FIELDING, LEWIS, COOPER, BACCU Joseph FIELDING, aged 81 years, one of the oldest and best known miners in this locality, died Saturday night, March 7, at the home of his son, Edward Fielding, in Johns avenue. He was the first mine boss in the Midway Block Coal company workings, opened about 40 years ago and for 25 years held a similar position in the Briar Hill mine here. Mr. FIELDING was born in England and came to the McDonald district with his wife 45 years ago. He was twice married. Both wives are dead. The following children survive: Edward, with whom he make his home, Mrs. C. G. BARR of East Liverpool, Mrs. George TUTEN of Venice, Mrs. James BELL of Canonsburg, Mrs. George STURGEON, Steubenville, and Mrs. E. H. CAMPBELL, Salem, Ohio. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of the Rev W. D. IRONS, D. D. Interment in Robinson's Run cemetery. John T. LEWIS, aged nineteen years and five months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. LEWIS, died at the home of the parents one mile south of town, Saturday morning, March 7, at 6:25 o'clock. He had been ill from pneumonia one week. He was employed at the Crescent bottle works. Besides the parents, five sisters and one brother survive: Lillian, Sarah, the wife of William JENKINS, Pearle, William, Bessie, and Genevieve, all at home. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the First United Presbyterian Church, In charge of the Rev. W. D. IRONS. Interment was in Robinson's Run cemetery. John T. LEWIS was a young man whose gentle ways and cheery smile won the hearts of all with whom he came in contact. Rev. Dr. IRONS paid him a beautiful tribute, and expressed the sentiment of all John's friends, as he recalled the words of the young man's employer, spoken that morning, "He was one of the best!" John COOPER, aged 92, one of the best know residents of Oakdale, and a descendant of James Fenimore COOPER the author, died at his home in Oakdale Tuesday afternoon. He was the oldest citizen of Oakdale and for many years the entire countryside in the vicinity of Oakdale joined in the celebration of his birthday anniversary, making it one of the annual town events. He was widely known as a Republican having formerly been a Whig. Mr. COOPER was born April 24, 1821, in Chester county and lived on a farm until his twenty-fourth year. Later he went to Clarion county and set up a flour mill. In Clarion he married Miss Sarah NOLL of that place in 1851. Later he set up a mil at Oakdale and for the last 34 years had owned the Oakdale mill, having retired from active operation of it 10 years ago. He was the oldest member of the I. O. O. F., in Allegheny county. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Four children, Mrs. Emma TROUT of Leechburg, Pa., Mrs. Lillie KI! NG of Kittanning, Pa., Mrs. Elsie SCHRODES of Oakdale, and Albert Fenimore COOPER of Pittsburgh are left. Max SHRODES is a grandson. The funeral services will be held this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Oakdale Presbyterian Church. The interment will be in the Oakdale cemetery. Miss Laura BACCU, aged 20 years, of Laurel Hill, plunged to her death down an elevator shaft at the factory of the Armstrong Cork Co. at Oakdale, where she was employed, shortly after 7 o'clock Thursday morning. It is said that Miss BACCU, with several other girls, was on the freight elevator. The girls got off at the fourth floor, and in some manner Miss BACCU fell just as the elevator had reached the fifth floor and before the safety gates were closed. She fell to the cement floor of the basement. A doctor was called and found that the girl's neck had been broken and death occurred instantly. Miss BACCU was considered a careful employee and it has not yet been determined how she came to be on the freight elevator or how she lost her balance and fell into the shaft. *Photo available of Miss Baccu