Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-27
LARGE FCNEItAL..
Burial t'.ank HcrzOg-Imrro- -si,G ne
liSiOaS Services.


Hs,Oas Services.
The funeral o: Frank Herzos who LOST
Eis life by the explosion Of 4 Carbon while
a salute was being fired on the hill on
" Wednesday last, took place from his resi-
!cnCc, No OBJ Manor street, yesterday
afternoon. Long before the time an
nonncad for the sad event tho streets in
the vicinity were tcnsc!y crowded and
hundreds If not thousands Of citizens
viewed tie remains, there being almost ?
constant stream OF them from 10 till 2
o'clock. When the sad procession finally
moved from tha house 10 St. ,!ohm'S Ger
man Reformed church II was almost i'm
possible 20 get through the crowds shat
Instructed the sidewalks Arrived Al the
church the coffin was placed i'll
front ii the cliaEccl AMI the nouTn-
ers took seats iii The iron: pewS.
Every seat and every foot OF stand
ING room in the church had its occupant.
REV. \. Dahlman, the past D, preached an
eloquent and impressive sermon from
ist SAMUEL. las clause OF the Goth verse
- there T.; but d step between me and
.ieath.'' l'he entire audience, and cspc.
tally the tt;atiy,s Of deceased We're greatly
affected, their grief frequently being mani
tested in loud cries. The preachers
theme was tie uncertainty of life, and
the necessity on the part Of all to bo ready
ior The dread messenger whenever Or in
whatever form 'he may appear. lie lc
ierrcd 10 the accident by which the young
man lost his life, rs warning to the
many others who SO narrowly escaped.
He iaplorcd the party spirit which is 50
apt IL run riot during our political con
test: and the eXcesses of various. kinds
that frequently attend them.
At the conclusion U tine religious sol!
vice the body was again exposed u tic
view OF friends and the public. The
ccilin Was covered with black cloth and
siIyei-n:nurtcd, and on the lid was silver
plate, hearing the name and date Of the
birth and death of deceased. Ga the
coffin were placed someexquisitc floral de
Sigrs, tributes to the memory of deceased
by relatives and friends.
After considerable time had baon spent
in vic~in2 the remains, tho coffin was
closed the immense funeral procession
reformed, and moved slowly to Lancaster
cemetery. Very many prominent citizens
were in line, and tho Humane fire COM
pany cf which deceased was member,
were present in body, each one wearing
Il sprig af evergreen on the lapel Of the
coat.
Arrived at ihe cemetery IL was found
impossible for the mourners to get near
lhc grave until Il detachment Of police
pressed back the crowd, by which it was
surrounded. The Humane company then
formed 4 line around the grave to keep
back the crowd until the final service had
ended. When the coffin had been lowered
the me atcrs cf the Humane each droppd
L spri.: of evergreen upon it, and the i'm
.ncnse throng of spectators was dismissed
with Jenediction. Very few funerals in
Lancaster have been attended SO nunsr-
,us!y, nor has there been at any time q
mere universal exhibition Of genuine grief
for the sad and sudden death which over
took Frank Herzog.
The carriers on the occasion We're J.
Valentine Wise, select councilman-elcct
of the Eighth ward, Charles Siingman,
Henry Brock, jr., aud Lawrence Snyder.