The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-28
REDUCED 10 ASHES.
ROAST At WASHINGTON.
Tho Rthains or Another Mortal Fin aud Smut.
Ter In LsAoyse's Orsn-A Short Sketch or N
LEA the Deceased Description OF the lueiu.
A,Eb eratlos, and a list Of Former Ores.

WASHINGTON, IA, November 27.-Au
ether Incarceration took place Mt this towr
to-day, the remains being those Of DR.. L.o
renzo Ehrhalt, OF Allegheny. Before DR.
IeNloyne put the cremation theories int,
practice in this country DR.. Ehrhnrt be
lieved In and argued in favor Of that sys
TEN oil disposiDg OF the dead bodies OF hu
man beings. lie aiierward became al On
thusiastic advocate Of the practice, and. a.
u consistent mail, maintained that Il physi
cian should put into practice that which
he recommended to be for the public good
ASrEMoETEM AGREEMENT.
To show his sincerity in the matter, he
sometime ago entered into M agreement
with his wife in which 1t was stipulated
That whoever died ilsst, the surviving part.
ner Should personally see that the renluins
remains Of the deceased. husband or wife,
should be burned in DR.. LcMoyne's iurn.
ace. This contract was further fortified by
a clause in Dr.. Ehrhart's will, and Ii is un
derstood that his widow hes indicated her
desire to have her body treated in simi
't' H'NAaSA WASh HiAV NlS5s
H BIOGRAPHICAL.
DIR. Ehrhart was born hi Offender:
Baden, Germany, in August, 1905. He
studied at the Gymnasium in tlat place
aiterward at Freiberg, and finally sradu
ated at Heidelberg, although he aiterward
received degrees from other promincn,
German universities. lie was-one OF the
leaders in the agitation OF lSlS, in which
Carl schurz and Sigismund Loew bore sc
prominent part. For this he was exiled
and had his property constiscated by the
government. lie made IL hasty retreat to
Strasburg, then under French dominion,
ana subsequently, came to the United
States. Flo first located Mt McKeesport
where he remained for about year and Il
half. Then he came to Allegheny and
located on Ohio street. His practice among
the German citizens grew spontaneously
and with great rapidity, and he was soon
enabled to buy the residence on Chestnut
street, which he occupied unit! the time oi
his death. So large was his practice among
tho Germans that he deemed it uaneces
sary to learn the English language. lie
was man Of high professional reputation,
and was socially a great favorite with his
fellow countrymen.
A FREE THINKER.
He was born 4 Catholic, but never ad.
hered to the faith, and was Il recognised
free thinker, SOME say an atheist, although
he associated much with Protestant minis.
ters. He based his allegiance to tile ere
matory theory almost entirely upon sani.
tary grounds. For 40 years he was Il aiilicteG
with the gout, and was Obliged to resort to
the use Of morphia to allay:Lis pain during
the last Is years Of his life. At one time
his weight was 240 pounds, but ut the time
Of his death he weighed only about &C
pounds.
The pall-bearers were Doctors Enmer.
ling, 1leckelman, Easton, Keller, Hart.
meyer and Zw'inger. E
THE ISClNEKATloS.
The fires We're lighted in ele crematory
on Sunday, by the veteran fireman John
L. Dye. Theremains arrived this morning.
The three sons OF the doctor and son-in.
law with Undertaken Devorc and few
friends accompanied the corpse. After as.
cending the long hill leading to the crema.
tory the collin was removed 10 the build
ing and the corpse lifted into the iron crib
and covered with sheet saturated with
alum water. Private services were then
held, and ut l2 o'clock the body was placed
in the retort. In two hours the incnera-
ton was pronounced complete The SER
vices were conducted by Charles Acken-
he'll, after which the body was slid into
the retort by Drs. Hcckelman and kolier
and Messrs. kredel and Ackenheil.
NOT HOT ENOUGH.
V. Harding, one OF the trustees Of the
crematory, says the furnace was not quite
hot enough, and therefore the body will
not be reduced 10 ashes as soon as usual.
From little peep.hole in the furnace door
q view Of the remains can lie obtained. The
alum sheet protects the body from view.
Tho crib, however, on which it rests, is
heated 10 Il bright red hue. The attend