The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
A Procession of More Than a
Mile and a Half in Length
Follow the Casket to
the Tomb.
The Beautiful Burial Ceremo-
MES of the Various Or
ders at the Grave of
an Highly Esteem
ed Brother.
A Full Report Of the Sermon by
Rev. DR.. Curtis. at the
Church, and Complete
Particulars of the
Last Sorrow
full Rites.

Last sorrow
full Rites.
!. the old hero away meath the sud.
Ready to rise ., the call al his tod:
Sadly our hearts, oi 81 loved one bcr,ii.
Tcn,lcrlv. lovingly lay him to resi-
The announcement ri the death I'll Col
Joseph Lafayette Stephens. Oh last Thnrs-
iav morning. struck the hearts of the. peo-
pie I'll Missouri with u dcathlv chill. The
shork was 81 sudden and uncx pec,-j. II
was only the day previous that he MAS
we'll and hearty and engaged in his usual
business pursuits. lie went to bxri ~
usual the night before. and the mex, morn
ing at 6::'0 h. passed peacefully from earth
into the mystic beyond The hag "n the
state house n, Jefferson City MAS lowered
Ia hali-masi. in honor al the iII,i>trions
dead.
The mayor ri Roonvi!le i>>r,ci the iol-
lowing proclamation:
To THE CITIZENS or BOONvILLE.
Whereas. The citizens III Ronville are
again called upon To mourn the lU>s al IN
honorrsi and distinguished ncighbor and
friend whose life has been spent with us.
and whose every art has been in behalf III
our people friend oil our city. IL we'll
~ I'll the whole people Of the siatc-(nl.
JOSEPH LAFAYETTE STEPHENS. And
Whereas, II Is appropriate and right
that all the citizens amongst whom he has
lived so long. and by whom he WAS ~ we'll
beloved. should have an opportunity vi
paying a last sad tribute al RESPECT To- his
Ia, II II
i;melich, MAYOR al the city al Boonvillc.
do i>sue this my proclamation. and request
tina, all the citizens oi Boonvillc close
their respective places I'll business he
tween the hours al ~ u. m. and :, p. IN. OH
Saturday. August 18th. AMI attend the iII-
neral oi our decc:,cd friend
J. +. GNELnH. Mavor
Mayors otiicc. Boonvillc, August II. lSSl
From lar and near. iron, every portion
al the state. assembled the universal eN-
preston al >"rrow nj the Colonies demisc
Se,lalia and other points.
The train leaving Stdalia pulled out
ut 1:i3. There were not enough on board
{" crowd the train. hut those who wcr,.
found a pleaSan, opportunity :" coy
verse
Al 80 Hoonville WAS reached. CARR
ages were in waiting. and the passengers
were conveyed up town. The majority al
tine gentlemen being members at the vari-
Gus orders. went ut once 10 The>pian hall.
where the procession was To- form. The
balcony in front nj the hall was i,>iooned
with heavy folds "f Grape; the inside wore
the sable cmblcm> "i grief. and the whole
city seemed to be i'm mourning.
NJ 80 the Waddill Guar.l> Capt
Havencl commanding. dcploycd in front
ri the huilding. aud stood At parade
rest" until $50. when The civic societies
fell in line. and the procession started in
the following order:
wADDILL GrAED-.
Escort Sir Knights Tcmplar. Tancr,-i
Com n,an,icry. No. -.
Cooper Lodge No. IS. \. +. n \. NJ
Far West Lodge No. 4. !. O,.O.F.
Olive Branch Lodge M. 81. I. o.. -. r.
Visiting members.
Hear>e.
Carriages
Al the house the Knights Tsmpiar ad-
vanced To the piazza and formed open
ranks. next to them the MaSons. then the
Odd Fellows. While. the civic societies
were forming the guards wheeled and
marched tO their station AT the end al the
line. When the societies had finally
formed they extended from the piazza into
the street and ior two blocks down the.
thoroughiare. At this moment the bells oi
all the churches in the city b~.-
gan to toll. which was continued
until the procession entered the church.
The pall-bcarer> were: ]. -. -. r.:
J. +. Gmelich, J. II. Johnston. John Co>-
grove. John burr. Mason>: John X.
Walker, John l.. OBryan, e. Thompson,
oi Seialia. Capt. Levy, Of New York.
Honorary: W. f. Baird. Boonville
X. q. Roach, California; John r. Philips.
Setlalia; X. =. Williams. Faycttc; J. \.
Howard, Boonville: Hon. Jas. Thomson.
BoOnville.
As soon Is the lines were formed. the
pall-bearer> came out with the caskci
which they placed in the hear>c. the We
hicle then taking It's way between the long
lines oil men, each Of whom saluted n the
casket passed with the appropriate salula-
ton ri his order. Then the line WIS
formed two abreast, and the prae>sion
again started in the order given above.
At the Episcopal church the Guards,
who had been marching with reversed
arms, advanced to the entrance and formed
Oh the right, the knights Templar on the