Show another PIONEER PASSES AWAY john gillespie died at his home in this city last tuesday february ath 1915 of general debility he was born in glasgow scotland march 27 1830 came with his parents to the united states in 1849 he was III mar ar ried to catherini catherine ross november 16 1852 in salt lake city and in the fall of 1854 moved with his wife to tooele thoele where he has resided ever ev er since he was baptised baptized sed into the mormon church in scotland in 1843 and has as spent an active life working for t the e church having served a mission in t the e muddy valley and one in arizona up until three years ago he was president of the high priest quorum of the tooele thoele stake during his early life as a pioneer he fought in the indian wars and served a number of terms a ai sheriff of tooele thoele county he is survived by the following children mrs margaret boam of butte montana mrs agnes gillett peter john william daniel james and alexander gillespie all of this city and walter gillespie of glenwood utah 52 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren john gillespie Gilles pio was not only well known in this city and county as a 0 one ne of our re citizens but he was well known in almost every evely county of the state funeral services were held in the tooele thoele north ward meeting house yesterday afternoon bishop J C orme presiding tha choir sang rest for the weary soul prayer by M B nelson the choir sanf when first the glorious Glor ioui light of truth the first speaker was elder john A bevan who gave ave a biographical sketch of the life and works of the deceased from the his youth up to the time that his bis advanced age prevented him from taking an active part in his church if and other labors the closing speakers was stake president C A orme who reviewed in part the work done by the departed as a pioneer advising the family and grandchildren grandchild rento to follow well the example of their worthy parent both in to his church duties and as a citizen of the state the choir sang 1 I need thee every hour the closing prayer was by stake councilor C R mcbride the interment was in the tooele thoele cemetery the grave being dedicated by elder B L bowen now the news comes that the european war will be ended in three years as it will take that time lime to kill all the armies off any way let us have state wide prohibition hibi hibit tion fon if it only cures a few of the drunkards it will do a good work besides saving a few dollars for ganv of the he laboring class in in the state that need the monty money so bad roosevelt N J was the scene of a clash between strikers and deputies the other day and in the scrimmage one striker was killed and several more wounded senator martins martine of that state dem is much incensed over the incident as aj he has always denounce 4 other states for permitting such lawlessness les he has introduced a bill prohibiting india individuals duals or corporations corpor alfons from keeping armed men on their premises to guard their property or for foi any purpose and making offenses lenses of by a fine of and a 4 gears imprisonment under this bill il enacted int c law a tanner farmer who has his hired man keep watch with an air zinc for rats in his cornhouse corn house or weasels in his chicken coop will bee be liable to pay and languish in a dungeon for or a twelvemonth |