In Wasioja, Minn., of a brief, distressing illness, Thomson B. Severance, aged 23 years, 11 months, and 17 days. Bro. Severance was baptized by Eld. O. P. Hull, in January, 1863, and united with the Wasioja and Ashland Seventh-day Baptist Church, of which he remained a worthy member till death. He was a faithful husband, kind father, and respected neighbor. Bro. Severance has left a wife and three children, and numerous relatives and friends to mourn their loss. May the God of all comfort sustain them in their affliction. Z. C.