The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-05
CONSIGNED TO EARTH.
FUNERAL OF HON. !. T. vPoEaRAFF,

Touching nemonstrattoas Of sorrow by his rstto,
villassrs-lmpressl's JislIslOus s.rvlesn, and
| Grsat and Notable IIonon to the
| Dead cOuEre"maas Memory.
memorial remains Of Hon. J. T. Upde
graft were consigned to their mother earth
yesterday in the little family burial grount
on the UrdegaF Home Farm at Mt
Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio. r
MI. Pleasant is well named. Even nj
thisunattractiye season Of the year the view
afforded by It's elevated position is a grand
one, and its neat cottages and substantial
homesteads wear an mir Of home.like com.
fort which is rcstful 10 the gaze OF city
eyes. 5s.. is3 LAX 7.5<
Yesterday the whole village had au us.
pect Of gloom. The houses were all draped
in mourning. business was suspended. md
the inhabitants walked sadly from house to
house, or gathered in little groups aud
talked sorrowiully OF the loss they all Eel.
their community had sustained in the
death Of DR.. updegrah. Business was sus.
pended, ilugs flew from the public build
ings, draped in black, and the church and
school bells tolled continuously. Every
where were seen tho habiliments OF woe.
sTRASoEEs IN Town. -
All morning carriages, buggies and other
vehicles pouredinto the village from every
direction, bearing delegations OF sympa-
thizing friends OF tho dead Congress.
man from Cadiz, St. Clairsville, Bellnirc,
Martins Ferry, bridgeport, Steuben-
vile and nearly every other
town in the district, as well as not a
few from Wheeling. About II o'clock the
Congressional escort arrived from Wheel.
ing in hacks. Owing to the inability of all
the committee first named to attend, other
gentlemen had been substituted by Speak
er Keifer for portion OF them, SO that the
Congressman who were present were Rep
rentatiyes Townsend, Atherton and Dawes,
OF Ohio ; Skinner and Won Arnim, OF New
York; Peele, Of Indiana, and Willis, OF
Kentucky. Messrs. Mckinley, Of Ohio,
and Genther, Of Wisconsin, arrived later,
via Portland. !
Among the other prominent. persons
present were Colonel ]. d. Taylor, OF Cam.
bridge, and Nj. D. D. Taylor, editor OF the
Times, DR.. J. NJ. Todd and OIessrs. Wm.
Alexander and Z. 7. Rhodes, Of Bridge
port, Colonel Hugh Sterling, of Wheeling,
Messrs. WA. Hunt, editor OF the Chronicle,
a. T. Mckelvcy, Joseph A. Close, ]. r.
Young and J. B. Longley,,o ,,of st. Clairsville,
Mayor Mitchell. Mr.. w.. S. Meek, editor OF
the Times, Colonel George Robinson and
R. N. Theaker, Of Martins Ferry, Colonel
T. b. Coulter, Of StcubenvlIle, Mr.. S. B.
Piper, Of BarnesvilIc, and hundreds OF
others Of equal prominence. A committee
OF reception had been appointed by the
citizens, consisting Of Messrs. J. X. Rat
clilfe, cashier Of the First National bank
Of Mt. Pleasant; Oliver Flanner, William
Glass, Blakey S. Harrison, John McHugh
and Rev. Frank Lupton, and also com.
mittee Of arrangements, composed OF
Messrs. Benjamin Comloy, .Kenworthy
Hogc, S. J. Thomson and Joseph Hill. :,
Many people had gathered in the church
by 10 o'clock, two hours before the time
set for the funeral. .SSGf U&Et
Meantime the Congressional escort had
been received Mt the residence Of Rev. D.
B. updesratf, and here also tho pall-bearers
met. There were twelve OF them, as fol-
lows: Colonel T.B. Coulter, Of Steubenyile; !;
WA. Hunt, Esq, Of st. Clainvillc; Mr..
Thomas B. Hibbs, Of Smyrna; DR.. j. NJ.
Todd, Of Bridgeport; 7. J. Brown, ESQ.,,
OF Cambridge; Mr.J. j. Gill, OF Pittsburgh !:
Mr.. Warrick Price, Of Cleveland; Samuel
Mclaughlin, Of Jefferson county; Mr.. W.
A. Judkins, Of Smithfeld; Wm. McD. Mil
Ter, Of Steubenville, and Oliver G. Cope,
OF Harrison county. ~, - I
ArTl1E CHURCH. it5
After the stricken relatives had taken
leave OF their dead, the body was borne to
the old Friends Meeting House, preceded
by the Congressional escort and the
mourners. At the door the escort parted,
to make way for the coffin and jamily.
The members Of the committee wore white
sashes with black and white rosettes.
The casket was placed in the open
space ut the left OF the ministers
stand, and the mouruers took seats to the
left and rear OF the minister's. s3s, ,t'is
The vast edifice was filed to overflow
ing. The house is IN unusually large one,
and has IN interesting history. 1t was
built in 1918, and will hold 2,5Oc people.
Its capacity yesterday was taxed to the ut
most. 1t is II building Of peculiar archi-
lecture, being 90 feet long and 60 wide,
and being divided in the middle by IL Sec
tional partition, all but the lower part OF
which was removed yesterday. Above is
a deep gallery running around the entire
house. Attention was paid to sccuringt the
utmost capacity, and not to style, in its
construction. y, p. 3Fe2ii 4 w q
1t was with some difficulty that suf.
ticient room was kept open in the aisles
to allow passage through them, many being
unable to obtain seats. The congregation
WIS made TIP Of people Of all denon,ina.
tons, colors and ages, the large number
Of colored people being particularly no.
ticeable. To these, before and since tho
blot of slavery was wiped from the nation.
al escutcheon, DR.. Updegratr had, been 4
friend in need, ind they now came to pa;y
their last tribute to his memory. d.
- 4! THE SERVICES. NJ IA.
Rev. A, II. Hussey, editor OF. the Gosucl
Exposi9or, OF Columbus, and Il minister OF
the Society Of Friends, had charge OF the
services. He opened with m appropriate
Scripture reading, and the vast assemblage
became as still as death. AT the conclu.
sion Of the reading he announced the
hymn: +
G "fu the Christians home IN glory " + Z. ~
t.t There remains 4 land OF rest, H'I5l g5-tlts5,
There my savior's gono before inc s.,
5rL TO fuliill my souls request - aT.5rt y
IS There is rest for the weary" III ,4 a,G.s (.
This was sweetly and impressively sung
by a choir Of sixty young ladies, and dur.
ing the singing many Of those present gave
vent TO tears. a. sS1 ~ ~
Rev. Dr.. Doughan Clark, of Richmond
Indiana, after a feeling prayer, preached
the funeral sermon, taking for bis text the
first verse Of the fifth chapter OF Second
Corinthians: "For We know that il our
earthly house OF this tabernacle be dis.
solved, we.havc building Of God, house
not made with hands, eternal in tie
heavens" 3 z lStS n 4. a .,ii,i
The discourse was striking exposition
OF the speakers ideas Of Immortality. lie
said nun cannot get rid OF his parsona)