Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-04-21

common thing for Stewart to sell $1,000 OF
shilling ,caliess-in sinsls-day. and his
of loves nieuntsd up inso the mil
liels.
But With all thi nletbeAid that
| sIswart - either good or useif citizen.
| He was cold and harsk, to his eanplaEsS,
,asrciless to his debtors, and.-as grasping as
= man could be. He lived by rule, and
WAS as infiexible as bar Of iron. BE never
took circumstances into account, and made
no allowances. 1t was the dollar that he
wanted, and the dollar he would have, at
no matter what cost TO others. Possessed
of millions he has given but littlein 2ehari-
ties, and has in no way assisted in advAnc-
ing the interests Of his city or country. He
built two very fine buildings, but they were
needed in his business, or heneTer would
have done IT.; Whether he has left any
thing to the public remains to be seen. His
estate viii foot up not less than $40, ,0O0,s-
900, OfEhichl 50. .O80, 600 is IN real estate in
this city. rsisabe74 tped'i@ a'sa'
His name had been 50 long word Of
strength, and he had gone 50 proudly
through hundred eonEulsions ofbusiness,
when men were falling around him, thatit
seemed as if he was exempt from the trou-.
bles of mortality, and that the common lot
sOfiall could hardly be his. 1t did not seeru,
as if he cofild die. So carefully had his
Illness been kept from the world by his
trusted agents, the news of his death fell
on the city with a dramatic snddenness.
He must be numbered as one of the victims
Of the sharp infammatory attacks peculiar
to the season. His death was one of in
tense suffering from inflammation Of the
bowels, to which he was subject. but which
in this case was the result Of . severe .eOlda
To-day the pageant of his funeral has hardly
passed as this is written. The streets along
the line of the procession were crowded
with the throng which the city gets up, at
the slightest notice. The old church Of st.
Marks in whose grassy churchyard lies the
dust of many Knickerbockers, Peter Stuy-
vesant among them, was too small to hold
a third Of those who.desired sight Of the
great millionaire's last obsequies; and ad-
mission was gained to the church aswell as
to the house by card only, andspecialpolice
kept passage open with difficulty for the
carriages, three abreast. MaekerlEille came
up to gaze at the gilded coffin, and heaFse;
but ladies in India shawls and creamy
plumes, and well dressed men stood among
the frowsy, unkempt crowd, and all gazed,
chatted and criticised as IL itwere parade
they were out to SEER The lower orders
i joked and laughed, while their betters
! speculated sboutthe will, andthe gold plate
on the coffin, part of which was ascertained
to be gold plated on silver and part solid
gold. The hearsej newly gilt and polished,
was festooned withoutipan.l l'iih 80
/ With the usual profusion Of scentless
white flowers, caIlas and camelias, proper
to funerals, florists now -deftiy mIinlgslle vel,
low tealroses and violets, shades suitable to
mourning, with subdued and excellent eff
feet. The scent Of flowers was heavy at the
E.
outer door, and the scene in the. chancel,
the tall white obelisks and crosses of lilies
almost filing the space, with the rich, violet
hangiRgs of pulpit and reading desk fol
Lent glowing against them was superb, All
the back, the Altar, draped with purple
cloth, bore wide cross, nearly ten feet
high in front table Of smilax supported
an obelisk of white flowers. with the word
Remembered" in yiolets bedded in. tht
white at its base. In front tablet of smilaz
upheld a column six feet high, fanked by
a large anchor and floral harp, whose
chords were strung with violets, staToi
blossoms in the green at the base. Below,
the coffin rested on bank of flowers. The
widow provided that. the decorations b
/ duplicated, SO that the coffin was lifted
from one company of emblems at the house
to find another bed among them at the
church. rr 75.tE zetsein
The house was filed with fashion ant
respectability, chosen singers chanted tn,
sweetest music, and outside, in the crowd
each man hugged himself that he was no
as the rich enc who lay within. @Ah, /" saic
an old Irishwoman. looking on, ''perhaps
well have as good coffin ourselves when
1.-THE time comes, not so grand maybe, bu-
it'll answer the purpose. He'll mold {
soon as any of us there" Thousands of
eimployes escorted the hearse, ;sallowfacec
clerks and burly porters, four abreast, but
there was not room for them in the church
and without doubt they were glad to be il
the sun, enjoying their unaccustomed hol
day. The retail store has been closedsinct
the day Mr.. Stewart died, the only time
except on legal holidays, it is said, since il
was built. 1t is also said the other dry
goods firms have not enjoyed such run Of
trade for years as in the two days that
Stewartis has been unopened There are
few signs Of grief apparent forthe man;
but his loss seems more like a businesss
ch ange than anything elsea9ig g1iGE
e HsEwHERE.as n5eeatl si
| The schr. Exchange, that has been
ashore at Kelley's Island during the past
year, went to pieces last Friday afternoon.
A. GOOD FUNERAL Ei gi1ai
On the same day that Stewart was
buried, another funeral took place, whose
chief object seemedEto be to oatdo the dis
play Of the millionaire, only as it was ar
ranged according to the wishes of the de-
ceased, it was probably intended only to
show that she could have as fine funeral
as anybody. The dead woman was fifty
years old, daughter of a milkmsn, who
drove his own cart, unless his wife relieved
him inthat duty, and the widow Of rich
man, who made his money IN ice and real
estate speculations long ago. Byher wish,
the corpse was in her wedding dress, with
white and red roses, laid in coffin rich
with black and violet velvet, fringed and
tasseled with bullion and lined with quilt
ed white satin. The coffin lay in parlor,
backed by tall monuments of flowers,
which looked as if the ornamental sculp-
ture Of stone-cutter's yard had been trans
ported there. The hearse was drawn by
six black horses with giTded trappings,
next came six carriages with four horses