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Show DEATH OF COUNT JOHN A. CREIGHTQN. The death of Count John A. Creighton in Omaha last Wednesday Aas a sad event that will be deplored by many. Though possessed of great wealth, his best I and warmest friends Avere among the poor, for whom I hs always tried to make provision in the buildintr of 1 hospitals and educational institutions. What he had 1 done in this respect was done in silence, and hia r- ward was the happiness he felt in being instrumental : in helping: all who were in want. "When the present I si old St. Mary's pro-cathedral was' erected in this city. I m Mr. Creighton. then doing, business in. Montana, was J a among the first to donate toward? the buiMing. His J 1 interest in the church, like his faith. -Avas Catholic. I 1 and wherever duty or recreation took him. his name is I 1 registered as a loyal and faithful child of the church. B His many generous and charitable acts in life are re?- if istered in heaven, and ,as his innumerable friends hope I . and pray, haA-e insured for him his eternal reward. ; ; ........ i.. |