The weekly Arizona miner., 1883-10-12
THE TUNER si..
TAs Prescott Rides pay eas Last Trsbste Q,
 Bespeet Co Liesr-Gso. E. Ralpk

By 10 o'clock this morning the Arnor,
 of the Rifles was slled with large coneours, of citissns of Prescott, assembled ts shou by their presence that though far from Asms and these he held most dear, R.lpf
 had many friends here who woalt
 ningle their tsAa with the be
 reAved mother and stricken relatives % fAl
 sssy. The body was enclosed in . hand
 some rosesocd easket, raised upon a catafal Iqus, covered with black cloth, and over thi,
 ~hite eraPs, extending half ~ay to the Aoo,
 and e~nght.up at intervals in graceful fes.
 toons Directly under the c.AsL and fall
 ing upon either s,d~ ~ss the lag of the
 Rifles, while on sop resied the cap and aide
 arms of The deceased. almost hidden in a profasion ai isasVrsl flowers. The floral of
 fsrings, which had teen collected with in.
 finite trouble hy the young lady friends oi
 the deeeassd, were cEean alike io their
 taste asd indassry. Captain Aia.~orsh had
 entire saArgs of the eksssr e. asd turned
 over shs command ot the Company, ~hscA
 ras drssn op in line as the foss Q; the
 coffin, so ,st Lisut Frank Nssior, whs
 called thela to 4ttenti~E ss0n after the heUs
 named and gave sAe coa.za4nd. -'Re.; cr
 arms
 ! fseSs css&isy ss ,hsE gsre ..s bs4a ,'fai bsttis figaia As list tssa bs-t sqlgn D
 aasAay a!les las tail' 'se| sAash l.l sgsa
 t.s essifs sasea.e,y sal sszrs .sesAg te
 sasny vys4 Prei dssfr ;tsg rcsa iu an
 impressive manner the Episcopal service for
 the dead. assisted st intervals in the ssrvics by choir composed ot kr and Mrs. Clark,
 Mir. Bo.ss. Mia Snyder, and Mia Martin,
 vhs sang the anthems Come unte Ne and
 I will give ysr Ress," "oa. that had
 wings like 0ovs.a and enc ether, winch
 were rendered in very appropriate man
 ner. The ssrvioss in the armory closed
 with an appropriate selection by the band.
 sho then took up pcaitioa outside, followed
 by the Rises, who formed in line and s'Pre-
 scented Arms as the smains were being
 trSnsfsrrsd to the hesrss by the pail bearsrs
 Aessrs Geo. $. Porsr, ?. A. CrAixus, '. J
 Bennitt, Samuel Goldwsisr. W. N Basum and \. O. Marphy.
 The procession, headed by the band, playing dirye and the Dead March, from
 Saul, vas composed of the ssoort ln a clamn oi fsn1 with Arms resered, the hears-, . carriage, in shich rode Capt Ainsworsh and Col. J.
 2. Martin l. $. Army, followed by long i'ne oi carriages ard citizens on foot, pro ceeded slowly to the cemetery where the eofhn wAs lowered into she grave prepared for IL Prof Martin r~~d the burial err vice aud Hon. r J. Butler. Trsasursr of the Territory cf Arizona, delivered the fol- le~ng eloquent and feeling addre.a.
 After the elose of the address three yol. lsys were Bred over the grave of the de cased eomrade by the Rifles, and co they len hun is his rest The funeral xas one Of the largest ever held in Prescott, and the frat military one ths, the Rifles have ever had
 kk surLERs nKAAsKx
 My Fr'ends:-And srust in that term I l may include those of oar dead friend xho t'.s i's- n that somess eorsn in the s,r- os-es of s,se cold arms os Sexth, my rrla- tions with the deceased have been peculiar y intimate fOr s number of yeArs, nss only sith tae dece@sed, but sith hls tamiiy-his aged and dosIng mother l number among sAe friends oi aie and mine. oa my return it''a 'FiP to Ae~ Aexlso, oaiy yesterday, simost tss nrs; sor'ss that greeted uy esr. os reaching town wers that Ralph sas dead: that hs had been murdered by the hand oi -ia As>-IS.in- Bat, on aa sccxsion Iiks this, around the grave ot the deceased, IL s no tisne to md1ige in examinations and re- srimins'ions- Ite courts oi our country !, ~il iEsess gate sully tho circumstances sur bounding the affair, and we may trust ,Aa, IRlPSEtiA! lus;ioe wll be mesesi out ,o th. offender. Scarcely had ~e reached home q shen Nc received letter from his mother sihe icoilzsd her deVoted soa. rn.s is th. 'e'oond Sho has died thrsush the agency of iiae bullet but sn tae o;aeg oeeaa,on i, x.. | -he result oi an accident. She ~ss locking or~Srd ssth leyoas anticipation to s yis,S | o < hieh her de~E boy had planned having in Inc nsar future to hsHae fron which h. lsd been long aoseat. Imagine If y.u can ' isr feelings ~heG she learned thai th.~. { ond dreams oi speedy meeting visA her i 'oh wiu never on earth os re4lIxed |,
 come to-day ~ith iuil heart. too tuIi !. Q trust Glysel: with the usseraas. of .II hat my ieslIngs aud inel,nA,sans voula 'rcmps. or the solsmaity of the oce.a,op | I ,ermit.
 We are here to-day merely to coas;gn ,o !, he tomb all that Ia mortal of orc vb.,rr n loved and honorsd for his manly o.,l. ties, anu to oepiors the cad fate that has sken him away firm us in the vigor of his ouiig msnhoca ere .'msnhccd's morning r IAd tosShed the noon sf hls life, and vhil. De shadows were still failing io the ssst.a
 lu ihs language If oae ut eur great srs. sr. at the grave oi dead brother. rHs Ih sa act paced cn hfe's highway the atone 0 hat marks the highest point; but hss fallen ] ! y the Nayside, into that dresmlss. sle~nI hat kIsses down his eyslids sill. Whit es m love wi,h life, and rapsurcd with the iosid, he has passed to silence and pathetic c ust. Yet after all, 1t may be best. ius; n h ne.happ'est sunnless hour af all the voyage v ihlie eager winds are kissing every sail. , dash aSAinst the unseen rock, and in an istani hear the pillows roar above T sunke. aip. For whether in mid sea CT among the reakers of the farther shore . wreck ai l.,,l lus; mark the end of each and all AnsI 'ery life, no matter If it's every hour !, eh with love and every momen. i.~,la5 ith lSy, sili, at it's close, become ,rag D fv aS ssi ard Aa.,. 4. ..s. A t,