The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-16

The Remains Of tho Late ".
il. 6eWett Were Laid
Away Yesterday.

The Veteran Club With Gumes
Drums aud Last Voileys Bury
Their Late Comrsds.
7 sieIday afternoon the remains IL w
n. Heweli. vho h.d been elected -urveyo
Of lhis county nj the late eisc,ion, and oh
Ailes four dsys vi sickuss died 81 bic re-,
dsnce in this city On Fri AZ, w~re b1rie,
By the Union Veteran club. This club
composed vi resident veterans Of the uniO
army in the late var. Deceased had bee,
IN sciise memb~r ri the organ. s,ion zinc
So incrp,ion. During the var he v.s 6ns
lieutenant and sdjdtsnt al the third reg,
meot Wi.consin Volunteer cavalry. Prompt
" n one o'clock Yesterday afternoon tn
club met n lie headquarters N Ohio street
and adopted the following resolutions q
resl~cl for their late comr sds IN .Tm-:
Whereas. The prime obi ct Of ,he roci~l.
81 Unisa Veterans !. To preserve the hun.
81 union which wss the od.p,ing Of @utus
dependence and implicit confidence in e.ct
Others honor and fidelity 10 = sscsed cause
under the mort trying c'rcumst snces .us
Whereas, God in His visdom has take,
from Us our esteemed comrzde, w. u
Hewe Z. fo, mefiy 6rs, Iiru,en.nt and .din
tsnt, third regiment Wisconsin, vOIunsrx
cavalry.
R-.oived, By the Union Veteran club o
Sedaiia. that in the death of our CONRAD,
we have sustained . severe loss. thu. thl
community has Let . useful, honest ana
wos,hv member, and the nation brave anc
faithful defender.
Resolved. Thsi the thanks Of the club b,
rendered TO Sheriff MURRAY and hi. es,ima
bile vale for the kind care Of the decessec
during his last iline-s.
Resolved, That these resolutions he en-.
tered On the rrcords Of the club, and thai
copies Of the same be Forwarded - the rela
Iv~s IL cur deceased coo,rsde, and given a
The prcs- oi Sed~lis for publication.
A,'er the adoption III the resolutions
the club, numbering about one hundred
| men, marched cut III the srmorv, aided
ny . msriiaI band With mufiisd drums, and
ID. IL. Middleton, ~ color bearer. carrying
the stars md stripes draped, each veteran
weAriu. pinned 70 the lapel OF bis cost q
club badge, con-lsiing OF . strip OF ribbon
an inch aud . half side and six inches
lung w,lh an eagle end shield printed
inere"n and the words, "Union Veteran
club, Of Sedalia," and = small, neat bow
Of black ciape fastened to the upper end Of
the badge.
Thee m,Iched to she residence Of
She,Id Murray, where they we've met BY
the he..se aud took charge VI the reuains.
d~nce while the band played . los diss~.
l-ss L.
hea'-e, the procession moved. the
,e,r-c being Prsc-ded ~ the following
Wee, .D., arm.i ~ith Springfield IN =.
sims reversed, ~ On escort Of honor, viz :
William Weiss. Charles Trau'm.o, Jo-eph
Hills, IL. y. Knapp, A. F-rnhsm. Il. W.
B,rnelt. J A. Fisher, Vim p. J .ck-on, NJ
Halter, b. +. Aah-"i. DR.. Sh-pp.,d, II.
Croft and Capt. T. Collins. commanding.
Th- following g~niieDsn. u~mheIs of
she Veteran club. we're the pail h-a'ens /:
T. J. Cs"',s, II. L. Fletcher, John Eric. Ell.
Ch.,i.~ W~ntx,sman. w. +. Lsshmes and
John K-hn.
The column proceeded, the martial bard
Icy ins = los dirge. To the Ohio s,rset NJ.
e. ctutrh
On arrival ut the church the e.cor,
opened ranks, faced inward, and =. the
cufin "a. being borne Into the hslIwav the
Wuti.l band .gsin played dir:e and the
e,cor. presumed arm.
the pruc<--ion moved slowly up the
broad stairway into the church, while .
funeral diIce Wa being played on the
o,san aud the cA.ket va carefully ar
ranged in front OF the rossTum.
A wreath of everxr~~us an.i DIVERS go
pl ICED on the c-fhn, and the a,x, drsp~,i,
sss ri d. rd sgsins, and over the c..ksi,
aud the services Immediately bsgan.
The choir rendered. the anthem, ale
touching manner, alter which the Congr.
gallon s.ne the hymH besinninx, Thee
We Ados~."
Rev. Miller, the p.s'o- Of ,hst church,
then "a he'd . pc yer. II - - Irch he de
iIverrd shos, iauer ] al irrs-. sddres-ipg
the members Of the club ~ fellow comrsie-.
He gave short history Of the life oi de-
crss-si, interviewer With words Of chIissisn
cheer fcr the he,essed relatives and friends
II d-cra>e,i who we're present, sud With
thrilling appeals so .he club memhess to
recoI'ect the insecurity Of hnmsn life. the
Ger, ainiv III death AMI the grandeur III .
character. tie spoke Of the de-
ces>r.i IN high terms. The discourse vss
concise, pointed sni eloquent
Al the concinsion al the sermon snd
after virwinx the remains, the procession.
IN the following order. 'ook M ia line Of
march 10 the c=De'eiy VIZ: Fust, the
martial hand, wi,h mnffi II drums; mex,
he escort, WiIh arms reversed. then the
,esr-e, offended b. the pa, hearers,
nsschlng on either aide. and followed by
he Union Ve,ersn club, marching 10 tuo !
snks, Col. Ritter commsnding.
On arriving II The cemetery = diTee vss |
,l.red while the cssket wss being taken |
roG the hearse and loverrd into the !
.:nve.
Rev. Miller then reci,ed the funeral ser-
'ice and the L.id'> PRAYER. the s.srmblage |
,anding ky With uncovered heads. The |
'-cort Of honor then advanced and 6red |
hire volleye over the grave III their late !
~ the las, h1nor 10 q man
Tho h.d served bis country faith
uliy in her dsy 81 darkness. ans; vho had
,een an Efficient officer in all the various
isii Offices To which his fellow ciiis-na
I'D called him in time III pesee, snd
vhoae friends vere almost "a numerous -
- acquaintance.
Alter the last vOllev had b en- fred, and
he lsss word Of regret spoken over the res'-
ng niece III deceased. the drums we're m
nUfa d, and 10 the quick time IL . march.
nx sir, the memt~rs of the procession
rsmped bsek tn the city and IN the hur-
yine tolls Of busine~s. eli realizing that
"Thus man With his reason sh.l perish,
And soOlness lie hidden from sight,
And tooPuss ehxil Re siiSnt ;o-morroV
That spesk with their feiiove 10 night"
An AGED Begger.
Jesse Da5js. q man aged 70 wears.