George L. SLIPP, one of the wealthiest citizens of Sussex (Kings Co.) died before noon Monday at his residence from heart failure. Mr. Slipp was a retired farmer and had been a resident of Sussex for about twenty years. He was born at Hampstead (Queens Co.) in 1819 and was 71 years old. He removed from Hampstead to Penobsquis and worked the farm now occupied by Gideon McLeod. From thence he came to Sussex and bought the Fairholme farm, now owned by J.M. Kinnear, moving from there to his home on the adjoining farm. His wife, a daughter of Abraham MERRITT, Hampstead and three children, Annie BARNES wife of J.T. BARNES, Studholm and two boys, George SLIPP and Joseph SLIPP, survive him. Mr. Slipp was an ernest worker in the F.C.B. Church here. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon from the F.C.B. Church, Rev. G.A. Hartley of Carleton (St. John) preaching the funeral sermon. The remains were followed to their last resting place in the Kirk Hill Cemetery, Sussex, by a large number of friends and relatives. John ROSS, A. ROBERTSON, W.B. McKAY, Robert KELTIE, F.M. McLEOD and J. Arthur FREEZE acted as pall bearers.