Henry DeLeel, a respected citizen of this village, died about 9 Friday morning. Mr. DeLeel has suffered from abscesses for a number of years, and a few days ago it was thought best that an operation should be performed. After the operation the patient seemed to improve until Tuesday, when blood poisoning set in and caused death. Mr. DeLeel was about 60 years of age.

(From the Friday, January 26, 1900 edition of the Potsdam St. Lawrence Herald, courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).