Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-08-17
THE GROSS OBSEQuIES.
A LARGE CONCOURSE IN AT.
TENDANCE.


Heart.Rending Scenes = The Be-
reaved Family in Needy Cir
cumstances The Citizens Ap.
pealed to.
The funeral of Mrs. Charles A.
Gross took place last Wednesday af-
ternoon, and was largely attended.
The remains had been removed to
the Miners Union Hall in the morn
ing, Mr.. Gross's house being too
small to accommodate the mourners,
and the services were held in the
hall. The children (of whom there
were ten, nine of which range in age
from five months to sixteen years,
we're present, and, with the excep-
ton Of the baby, sobbed aloud. Rose,
who is not yet 10 years old, was es-
pecially demonstrative, and did not
leave the corpse a moment from the
time it was brought to the hall until
It was taken away. She lay PROSTATE
ON the body, her face close to that OF
her deceased mothers, which she
kissed repeatedly, and gave express
sion to her grief in such exclams-
tons as these:
"Oh, mamma, do let me come with
you "
"Oh, mamma, I won't let you go
without me ~ oilLess G w.
Her voice becoming choked with
tears, she would pause awhile, and
then burst out afresh, and call upon
God, il he was as good as her mother
said he was, to restore her mother.
There was not dry eye in the
crowd, and many strong, hearty men
who had not wept in many years,
aud had forgotten how, joined in the
weeping throng. The father, and
his brother and sister in law, stood
by and did their best to soothe the
children while vainly endeavoring
to repress their own tears. But il
was of no avail. The sorrow was
too deeply felt for repression.
AT THE GRAVE. 4
In the graveyard the scene was re.
peated, and toward the end of the
services, when the Rev. Mr.. Jenvey
picked up a handful of earth and,
saying "earth to earth, ashes to
ashes," threw it on the coffin, Rose
begged of him not to allow her moth
or TO be buried unless she was al
lowed to 60 with her. She had to be
forcibly removed from the grave.
Rose had always been the mothers
girl of the family. Unlike the Other
children, she, with discrimination
rare for her age, ever preferred stay
ing at home to help her mother to
going out to play with other child
rem. This habit had developed into
an ineradicable attachment for her
mother, and she will probably feel
her loss much more than the other
children.
:
Mr.. Gross came here in 1861, and
has resided here ever since. His
family is known to everybody in
town, and the sudden death of Mrs.
Gross has cast a gloom over the en-.
tire community. Mrs. G. A. Gross
and Mrs. Paul Gross, of this city,
were sisters; they having married
brothers their respective children are
double cousins. sses ~
TIMELY RELIEF.
G. A. Gross was formerly in com.
Portable circumstances, but during
the past two or three years the pre-
vailing dullness affected him to such
an extent that at times his family
were in actual want; and had it moi
been for Paul Gross, who helped
them with lavish hand, they would
have been compelled to apply to
the public for assistance. Their
needy circumstances having been
brought home to our citizens in q
very forcible way by the appearance
of the household during Mrs. CROSS
illness, it was suggested that col.
lection be taken up for their relief
Acting on this suggestion, John w,
Grier headed list with S25, and
passed it around. The list was soon
covered with subscriptions aggre-
eating over $3.50. This will be Of
some assistance to the distressed
family, but it is desired to increase
the amount, and for this purpose the
list will remain in Mr.. Grier's
hands, at Wells, Fargo & Co..