Show major john dillon pioneer of tintic gintic died last saturday john D lion one of the p aneer prospectors of the mining dis triet has passed away his death took place last friday evening and another name is stricken from the ever ener lessening roll of 0 our old timers major dillon as be he was known here in tintic gintic was born in county ma mao 0 irkland about seventy five bears ears ago receiving h s education at the trinity college in dublin corn com ing to american when a yo in ing man he was attracted to the west and being of an advent urso ne d tion he played an important part in the early history of idaho he ile also fol boned mannz in nevada and in 1876 he came to utah taking up bis his res dence in the tintic gintic Pi district he ile re bained here but a short time fol foi louin low in his arrival arr ivalin in 1876 but he came back again iry in 1885 after he had I 1 jut ut in cyeral eral 5 ears in nevada an accident ift iaione one 0 the eureka nev mines left nim aj 11 cripple but even x ith this ild hand 1 CI cap p he was able to follow mining minin u until a few years year sago ago major D hop lo 10 was as qi bite te severely 1 b ened in 1101 I 1 re wh ch ell destroyed his cabin some yeara y e r I 1 ago and this acci dent no do doubt tl b t chasten sten d his ecith i wh ie le th there er e nsf 11 no way may of getting authentic in armat on on the subject it is understood that the deceased had charge of a small bunch of sol diers in idaho and that he took part in some of the indian fights during the years 1864 and 1860 and th s probably accounts tor for his t tie of major which stuck to him through out his life it is said that at the time the people of lewiston res sted the removal of the state capital to bo se D lion and his soldiers were sent 0 it to ar rest L W bacon and th giblin brothers all of whom were mere old time residents of tintic gintic who were inspru cental in taking the state seal and records from Le lewiston miston dillon was n sympathy with the movement for the removal of the seat of govern ment and of course he failed tomake to make the arrest he ile afterwards became a close friend of bacon and the gib lin brothers john U D lion u was as the locator of some of the ground that is 14 no v owned by the grand central mining company and he also located other claims that have since become productive of high grade ore his mm min ng n interests at the time of his death were of no bartic ilar value the deceased had no relatives but so some me of h a old time friends here in tintic gintic arranged for the funeral ser vices m which were held from the catho lie ch arch on sunday afternoon liev rev mann on officiating offic abing mus cal num nul bers were mere rendered by the church chor cho r under the leadership leaders lea dersh hp p of mrs ella sullivan interment took place in the city cemetery |