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short time, and, on recovering from the shock, he found Dr. 
Tourtellotte entirely buried. Mr. Ireland at once began, with as 
much energy as his feeble condition would permit, to remove the 
rocks under which his companion was buried. After he had suc¬ 
ceeded in extracting Dr. Tourtellotte he found him to be dead. 
Dr. L. H. Tourtellotte was born and raised near La Crosse, 
Wis. After receiving a liberal education there, he engaged quite 
successfully for a short time in stock raising, and finally con¬ 
cluded to study veterinary surgery, going to New York City 
and graduating at the American Veterinary College. About one 
year and a half ago he came to Denver, where he remained a 
short time, and from there came to Idaho Springs to superintend 
the Silver Glance mine, which position he has filled ever since 
satisfactorily. He was twenty-four years of age and honored 
and respected by all who knew him, and bore a most enviable 
reputation here and in every community in which he has lived. 
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, D.V.S. 
Dr. William Saunders, a veterinary surgeon well known in 
Boston, Salem, and throughout Essex county, died Wednesday, 
after a lingering illness, from diabetes. Dr. Saunders was ex¬ 
ceedingly skilful in his profession. He never held public office, 
but was very prominent in the Masonic order, rising to the 32d 
degree. He was a member of Starr King Lodge, Washington 
Royal Arch Chapter, the Winslow Lewis Commandery, and the 
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. He had also been identi¬ 
fied with Odd Fellowship for the last forty years, and was a 
charter member of Fraternity Lodge of Salem, insticuted Novem¬ 
ber 18, 1846, and a Patriarch of Naumkeag Encampment. Dr. 
Saunders, prior to the war, took an active interest in the militia, 
and rose from the position of Captain of the Salem Mechanic 
Light Infantry to be Colonel of the old Seventh Regiment, 
M. V. M. He also held a commission on the Division Staff of 
Gen. Sutton. Lie was a member of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery Company, and of the Boston Lancers. He was an es¬ 
timable citizen, and had a wide circle of friends. Dr. Saunders 
leaves a widow, to whom he was married a few years ago, but no 
