The many friends of Mr. Edmund Bemis in this, his former home, will regret very much to learn the sad intelligence in the following which we clip from the Longmont (Col.) Ledger.

During the day, on the night of which he died, which was Thursday June 7th, Mr. Bemis was in his usual health and engaged in doing some plowing. He returned to his house about six o'clock, saddled and mounted one of his horses, called his dog and started out to look up the cows. This was the last time he was seen alive. As the cows sometimes wander away in the timber, his wife did not feel any special alarm on account of his being absent longer than usual. But when about 10 o'clock, the dog returned alone, she felt certain that some serious accident had happened to him. The nearest neighbors were aroused, and a vigorous search was at once commenced. But there was no moon, and the sky soon became so thickly obscured by clouds of inky darkness, that it was impossible to see any object at the distance of five or six feet by the light of a lantern, and the search was of necessity abandoned until the appearance of daylight the next morning. But at the first show of light Friday morning the search was renewed, and the body was soon found at a distance of only about one fourth of a mile from the house. He was laying upon his face, with no indications of having been thrown from the animal he was riding, or of any struggle after he fell. His death was of course instantaneous, as he fell upon his face and forehead dislocating his neck.

The supposition is that he was suddenly attacked with faintness, which caused him to fall from his horse with the fatal result above stated. Some of the searchers during the night, passed within about fifteen feet of where the body was lying, but the darkness was so intense that the light of their lanterns did not enable them to discover it.

The deceased, Edmund Bemis, was born in the state of Massachusetts, and had attained the age of 69 years at the time of his death. The body was taken to Colorado Springs and given burial in "Evergreen Cemetery". He was a man of fine personal presence, well, informed on all general topics, possessing a genial temper, and higly esteemed by all his acquaintances.

The Enterprise, June 26, 1883, p. 4, col. 1-2, Evansville, Wisconsin