The Washington Republican Washington County Friday August 24, 1900 About two o'clock Monday afternoon Dr. MAINTZ received a message from his brother stating that their father was not expected to live. The doctor forthwith telegraphed him that he would start for his old home on the first train 11:33 Monday night. But about seven p.m. he received a second message from his brother stating that father MAINTZ had passed into eternity and would be buried at 2 p.m. Tuesday, making it absolutely impossible for the doctor to reach home for the funeral. As we are informed father MAINTZ was 80 years old and the first death occurring in the Maintz family. He lived to a ripe old age, always a sincere and devout Christian in the Lutheran faith.--Linn Digest.