The La Cygne Weekly Journal Linn County Saturday October 6, 1883 The saddest news the Journal has had to publish for a long time is the intelligence of the death of Elton SMITH, son of Hon. Ed. R. Smith, of Mound City, who died Sunday night from the effect of the accident received September 19, while riding a horse considered perfectly trusty. Elton was a boy of great promise and the bereavement of his parents is also the sorrow of a very large circle of friends.