Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-26
tSolunaI artS Courier.
thursday Morning, August 26, 1880.
Local News,
tror other Local New. see Second psx.l

second The Funeral Of Isaac H. Brown at Grace Church, New York. The funeral of Isaac H. Brown, the late
 well known sexton of Grace church, New York, who died at Branford, on Saturday, I took place in Grace church yesterday after I noon at l o'clock. The services were largely l attended. MT. Peter A. Schnecke, the assis- ! tant organist of St. Thomas church, in the absence of MT. Warren, played the organ at the funeral, rendering dirge as the process sion passed up the central aisle of the church. The chancel was brilliantly lighted by gas | jets, while a very heavy wind and rain storm was raging without.
 First in order in the procession came the l officiating clergymen, namely, the Rev. Dr. George F. Nelson, the assistant rector of ] Grace church; the Rev. Dr. A. B. Carter, of | Grace chapel; the Rev. Dr. J. W. Kramer,
 of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, I and the Rev. Dr. Henry Olmstead, rector of
 Trinity church, Branford, Conn.,, in which I Mir. Brown had taken much interest. The
 coffin was carried behind the clergymen. It was made of Spanish cedar, the mater ial of which Mr. Brown wished that his coffin should be made, and 1t was covered with black velvet. On the lid was silver plate bearing the name of the dead man with the date of his birth and of his death. The coffin had silver nountings, and on the top were placed Masonic emblems and two floral
 designs. The pall-bearsrs who came next, were Maltby G. Lane, Henry G. Monnega,
 Henry Metzger, H. H. Broadway, H. c. At
 wood, Henry Z Nichols of Branford, Conn,
 Isaac Buchanan, Ralph Archibald, Henry
 Luers, Ulysses Baker, Flames Shelton, J. H.
 Cole and Joseph Nettleton.
 The wife of the late MT. Brown, the rela-
 tives and immediate friends of the family
 came next, and afterward came the citizens
 delegation of Branford, appointed to attend
 the funeral. The committee consisted of
 Walter Fowler, Joseph Nettleton, B. J. Buel
 John Fades, Samuel Milford, Christopher
 Hegelheimer, Riley smith, Henry z Nichols
 Charles T. Kimberly, Frank Clark, Atwood Lindsley, Charles H. Montgomery and Henry Steadman.
 Last came the Masonic bodies as follows Puritan Lodge No. 339 Free and Accepted Masons, William H. Naething Master St. Cecil No. 568 Free and Accepted Masons, Theodore Jacoby, Master; Phoenix Chapter No. Roy al Arch Masons; Palestine Commandery No. Is Knights Templar, Joseph B. Rand, Emf- nent Commander Ancient Accepted Scot tish Rite, Charles T. McCarrachan, Comman- der-in- Chief; Cosmopolitan Consistory of Scottish Rite and the Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite. Those parts of the funeral service to be conducted by the Masons in at- tendance were assigned to the charge of Puri- tan Lodge No. 339.
 The services were the regular funeral ser vices of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and included the hymns ''Nearer my God to Thee, '' sung at the beginning and "Rock of Ages, 3 sung at the end of the ceremonies by the fine quartette choir of the church.
 After the ceremonies at the church the Ma sonic bodies escorted the hearse and the fun eral procession to Greenwood, where the body was buried. The services at the grave were conducted solely by the Freemasons pres ent.