, 1883-02-24
TIE LAST SAD RITES.
Funeral Of Herbert q. Crinrsn from the n.
E Church Yesterday beautiful and I'm
pressive Services

E Church Yesterday. beautiful and I'm
presstve Services.
The spacious audisorlnm OF the A. r.
Church OF this city. corner Second and Pop
lar streets, Vas crowded yesterday TO listen
10 the funeral services Of the late Herbert Ii.
GrinneIl, who was shot down At Ainsworth
List week by Frank p. Hammond In mo
ment Of passion. Lcng before the funeral
cor.ege arrived the folding doom. leading to
the ante room had TO be opened and this
apartmen. was soon filed. The ushers used
every endeayor 20 seat sll nevertheless chairs
were placed in the aisles, and about the doors
and hallway. many we're standing. 1t Was
after eleven when the beautiful casket borne
BIZ six tried and true friends Of the deceased
during his lifetime, entered the door aad
solemnly wended their way up the aisle, fol-
lowed by the
GRIEF STRICKEN YOUNG WIDOW,
her mother, and several intimate friends OF
the family Seats had been reserved tor the
mourners facing the altar. and n, they took
their place, the choir, which had been aug
msnted to IA voices, sang that grand old
anthem "It Is Well" Rev. A. }. Joslyn
then advanced, and after reading an appro-
pirate passage from the Scriptures, the con
gregation arose as the choir rendered beau.
tiful and touching hymn. The reverend
gentleman then knelt in prayer, and as he
called upon lim who seeth the sparrow
fall and watcheth the hly grow, 10 watch
over and protect the poor little woman who
in 80 short period was made \ BRIDE and
widow, many were moved 10 tears. As he
concluded, An appropriate hymn Was rem
derei, whei the minister read few verses
from the bible He first stated that Her
bort II. Grinneil was a native of Conn,-cti-
cut. ani scarcely over y years age, and
PAID glowing anl eulogistic tribute 10
the
MEMORY ~ THE DECEASED.
tie spoke OF the weddi.S OF Mr.. aud Mrs.
Grinnell, At winch he had otiiclat-d less than
two months ago; OF the struggles an,i iinai
triumph of the young xiie in bringing her
husband 10 the feet OF Christ and finally as
he narrated how the poor heart-hroken
womaIi, after she had closed the eyes OF her
idol-her all, iii that last, restful sleep, she
sent for young Hammond, he who had IN a
moment OF passion torn from her all that
WAS dear to her IN this world, and Is she
stood there told the conscieDce-stricken man
thsr Herbert, in his last breath. had forgiven
him, sobs could be heard throughout that
vast snd solemn gathering. How Hammond.
as he stood in the pres, nee OF the dead and
the living. with head bowed IN stricken
grief cried ont in broken and husky
voice, ''Oh, madam, | have prayed, "h how
have rrlyed
That HERBERT MIUHT LIVE.
But the prayer was too late. and all that
was left of Herbert Grinnell Bow lay before
them. Mr. Jo7lyn took this OCCASION 10 re.
mind his hearers how uncertain was lie;
and how necessary, oh how accessory 1t Gas
To he prepared to be called into HE presence.
At the conclusion Of the services the
choir sang with touching tenderness and
solerunity, the hymn "Ihy viii be Done,
when the remains were borne to the hearse
in waiting The funeral cortege VAS ar es-
ceedingly ioug one. numbering some forty
carriages and sleighs, filed with intimate
frienda and scluAintancrs 1t the deceased
and family.
The following named gentlemen atiiciatrd
as palIbesrers: W. W. >prague a.i G.
". Young, of Ainsworth, Geo. Whitrhousr.
Of Waliula Junction, Jas. Alien, Vim. kel-
ling and IS Painter, Of this city.
A MONTANA RACEg-Tbe Missouls horse,
Jocko, 80 far the best son Of CsribOo, Is 10
be taken east this season % contest speed
with the best eastern racers. He is entered
at the Coney Island autumn meeting IN
handicap sweepstakes for all ages, three
miles, IN which he will NEE. ouch horses As
Checkmat-, Compensation, Monitor, Bend
Or, Creosote and others The race has 3.
nominations Jocko will contest in the great
Long Island stakes. = sweepstake of four
miles for all ages, in which he will meet
many of the same horses as in the first men.
toned, and also Thora, considered the best
dan ghter of the celebrated racing stallion,
Longfrllow. Jocko is also entered in prom
inent racing events at the Chicago summer
meeting.