Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-29
THE DEATH OF MAJOR BLEWITT

: 13. 1882, the following proceedin.
were had:
IL The meeting wGs called to order b
Hon. Henry e. Wallace, who state
that the object of the meeting wa
10 express the respect entertained b
the bar for the memory of Mai. Gal
land j. Blowitt. deceased.
On motion Hon. Henry c. WalIac
was elected chairman and WIN. L
wilson, secretary.
On motion the chair appointc,
Judge Eldridge Burden, Judge Wm
Walker and Judge L. Ry!and com
mittee to draft suitable resolutions
and report at next meeting.
On motion the chairman was adde,
to said committee.
On motion the meeting adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman.
| LEXINGTON. Mo April 20, 1882.
Bar met pursuant to call with Hon
Henry G. Wallace in the char.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following preamble and
resolutions:
Whereas, 1t has pleased the Great
Judge of the universe to summon
from the courts below to the courts
above eur venerable and lamen,cd
brother. Maj. Garland j. Blewi:t,
who. "by reason of strength" had
reached and passed his four score
years iu age; it is mournful pleas.
| ure to US, the surviving members of
the bar, late the theater of his active
labors, where we SO often met him III
earnest, but generous rivalry for the
advancement of justice and the inter-
ests or our clients, to assemble and
shed the tear of sympathy over his
new made grave, and revive our
memory of his virtues. Our departed
brother was we'll known az a lawyer
aud able advocate bo'h in kentucky,
his native state, and in Missouri, the
state OF his adoption. Trained to the
strict rules of pleading and practice
of the common law he was meyer an
admirer of, and consequently never
became proficient in our c0dc-practice.
yet he was an earnest and eloquent
speaker, and of great force before a
jury. Our brother was thrice mar
ried, and left at his death grown
children by his first marriage and
three small children by his last mar
riage, together with their widowed
mother. Though subject to mauy
vicisitudes and trials in the course of
his long and eventful life his strong
constitution and stout heart enabled
MN to battle bravely with them all
vet. as We all must do sooner or later,
ne was compelled finally to yield to
the lmperious demands of inexnrabie
death, the conquerer of all physical
life. but without "stiug" to those
who have faith in the Reieemer of
the world, as we trust our brother
had. Deceased was for many years
member OF the Masonic fraternity aud |
Of the Cumberland PRESBYTERIAN
Few men are free from faults, !
yet at this hour we can throw the veil |
of oblivion over the foibles, if any,ant
remember only the virtues of our
deceased brother.
Resolved, That our heartfelt SYM
pathy and coincidence is hereby ten- |
Tered 10 the widow and children OF
'ur deceased brother in this their sad
affection.
Resolved, That Eldridge Burden,
Esq, is hereby appointed to present
! copy of this preamble and resoIu-
ions to the circuit court of LAFAYETTE
county; that A. j. Hall, Esq, is here
'y appointed TO present Il copy of
'ame 10 the criminal court of said
county; that VIM. Young, ESQ.,, is
hereby appointed to present copy
II same to the probate court of said
county; and j. ID. Shewalter, ESD. Is
hereby appointed to present copy of
anne to the county court of LAFAYETTE
county, with the request that they be
pread on the records of said courts.
espectively.
Resolved, That the secretary of
his meeting is instructed to send
opy OF the preamble and these
esolutiOns, signed by the chairman
hd attested by the secretary of this
Meeting to the widow and family of
he deceased.
Resolved. That the papers of. the
0uhty arc requested to insert the
proceedings OF this meeting IN their
o!umns, and the Bowling Green. XIV.
'apers are requested to copy same.
ELDRIDGE BURDEN,
JOHN T.. RYLAND,
VIM. WALKER.
Ii. q. WALLACE,
Committee, .
The report of the committee was ,
and OH motion of A. j. Hall.
So, the preamble and resolutions
'ere unanimously adopted.
Appropriate and feeling addresses
,ere made by Messrs. Hail, Field, f
oung, Burden and Wallace. d
on motion the meeting adjourned F.,
me die.
ii. G. WALLACE, Chairman. s
Attest:
w. b. WILSON, Secretary. !,