J. S. HOWARD by J. S. Howard

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 16, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 27.

J. S. HOWARD

By J. S. Howard

PHILBROOK.—Died at the Little Geysers, Sonoma County, Cal., June 27, 1885, Herbert L. Philbrook, aged 24 years, 3 months, and 14 days, from a gunshot wound inflicted by a man who answers to the name of Paul Miles.

The circumstances attending his death are sad in the extreme. On the morning of the murder, he, with his brother, were bathing in a bath-house at the Springs when he met his sad fate. He has been carrying on house-painting in Healdsburg and vicinity for about two years. He was held in high esteem by all who formed his acquaintance. He was always busy at work, and had many friends among the business men of Healdsburg and surrounding country. He leaves a loving mother and brother, and an aged step-father, to mourn their loss. The writer spoke a few words of comfort from Ps. 146:5.