DEATHS.

Hon. Gunder Halverson, a pioneer of Mower county and a very prominent and influential character in the early history of our county, died at his home in Nevada township last Thursday after a short illness with grippe.

Mr. Halverson was born in Norway January 12, 1828 and came to America in 1846. Living in Wisconsin and Illinois a few years until he became seized with the gold craze and went to California in 1852. Mr. Halverson settled in Mower county in 1855. In 1873 he was elected to represent Mower county in the state legislature.

The deceased leaves a wife and three children, Ole Halverson who resides in Wisconsin, Aleck Halverson, the president of the Otter creek creamery and a married daughter whose name and place of residence we have not learned. The funeral Saturday was largely attended by many old settlers from at home and abroad. Interment was made at the Six Mile Grove cemetery.