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Show w .iiii- 1 if-- -- - W T. J. CONOR'S FUNERAL. I W Bturktnn Sontlnel. ) Tho funeral of tho Into Thomas J. K Connor took place nt Snlt Lnkn Tuos- " I day afternoon at 2 o'clock, from tho , chnoel nt O'Donncll'a undei inking cs- B tnbllshment, After tho Impressive 1 services of the Cnthollc church, tho I body wns takon to Mt. Calvary for i Z burial. Mnny friends of the ploneor ' H nttonded the services and nccom- lmnled tho rcmnlns to tho grnvo. Tho j inembors of tho family present were V JobnF. Connor of Btockton, Utah.tho ' ' only Burvlvlfg son, nnd Mrs. Ellon 1 ljary nnd Mrs, Mamie Paxton, daughters daugh-ters of tho lato Mr. Connor. Reprc8cntnllves of the Knights ot Columbus, of which Mr. Connor was a member, also nttended tho services. Since tho death ot Mr. Connor many stories concerning tho ploneor are recalled. re-called. Back In tho '70s ho becamo Interested Interest-ed In mining for tho first tlmo. Ho financed somo Spaniards In a mlno called tho Sunnysldo, on Lion Hill, In Tooelo county. On tho property there was a splendid showing of horn ttllvcr and Mr. Connor was offorod 1100,000 for tho mlno, which was n largo sum for those early days. Ho haughtily rejected tho offer. His sons woro then engaged In tho mnnngomont of n lumber mill, nnd tho pioneer, bellov-Ing bellov-Ing that fortune Bmlled upon them, Informed In-formed them that tho rise and fall ot lumber would soon ceaso to Interest tho family. But tho Sunnysldo proved to be merely n Burfaco showing and tho pioneer's dream of millions vanished. van-ished. Mr. Connor was extremely conservative conserv-ative about all matters of politics and religion. When tho agitation relatlvo to religious questions wns at Its height In Utah ho refused to take a part, lnslstlng'thnt as long as ho kept on good term's with his own conscience con-science ho had fullllled all that could eb expected of him. It was tho Bame In politics. Ho kept on good torms with himself and let others do tho "hurrahing." |
