The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-11
LAID AWAY.
The Funeral of Vice-PrcSident
Hendricks ut Indianapolis.
The Body Followed to the Grave by
a Great Prooe 3sion.

An immense COncOurSe OF people from all
sections of the land participated at Indiana
polls in the last sad rites over the remains of
the dead Vice President The public build
inGs and many private residences were
heavily drapad with mourning embems, and
business was entirely suspended.
The early morning trains on all railways
brought delegations from the national capital
and all the leading cities of the Union, to-
gether with an influx of people from Central
Indiana and Illinois. The cabinet was repro
sented by Secretary of state Bayard, Sec
rotary Lamar Secretary Whitney,
Secretary Endicott, and Postmas-
ter-General Villas; the supreme bench
of the United States by Associate
Judge, Matthews and Blatchford, the
United States Senate by Senators Edmunds,
Allison, Iugh, Harris, Conger, BAR,
Dolph, Vest, Beck, Camden, Vance, Jones,
Voorhees,, Payne, Palmer and Harris;
the House of Representatives by Messrs.
w. r. Morrison, j. Blount, II. A. Her
bert, ". S Holman, William Springer ". p.
Hepburn, :. Is. Ward, William Phelps, j. j.
kleiner, Thomas Ryan and +. Dunn. The
number of active and eX-members of the
Lower House present. in addition to those
named, was large The governors Of In
diana, Ohio, Illinois and kentucky were
present, attended by their stalls and mum
Gus State officers. Ma ior- General Schofeld
was the chief representative of the United
States army present EX-President Hayes
and General William T. sherman were dis
tinguished guests, the latter accompanying
n delegation from st. Louis
Washington street was crowded hours be-
fore the time for the services arrived to such
an extent that lOcOmotiun was almost i'm
possible. The buildings along hat thorough
taro presented an almost unbroken line of
drapery, the most conspicuous being the post
Office and county court house.
one Of the central points of attraction for
the visiting mu tltude was the modest nome
of the late Nice-Presdent on Tennessee
street, a plain two-story brick structure,
facing the State capitol building now in pro-
cess of construction. ON the front door of
the house was black rosette, from which
was pendant strip of black Grape. viii IN
constituted the only outward emblem of
mourning. On the street, in front of the house.
gathered large but respectable crowd, which
grew in numbers rs the forenoon advanced.
A detail of police and soldiery was able how
ever, to keep the street clear in front of tho
hous to enable friends and relatives of Mrs.
Hendricks and the members Of the respective
committees to gain admission to the ground.
Emblcms of mourning and memorial floral
designs were ut hand everywhere. Among
the mos, notable designs was n beautiful
flower pece from Miss Cleveland, the Iresi-
dents sister
Ats \. NJ. Mrs. TeudrirEsentered the room
for her last leave taking, accompanied by
her brother and Mrs. Morgan. The ordeal
was most trvinp and Tina des,loto woman
seemed +, II. Utterly f,rost,,toJ clin',in,,
to the last t. the clay s. soon TO be hidden
from, her view Impressed with the
dead. she sent n uhotoc,rabier TO TAX a t,i..
ture of fine collin EGfnra he ARRIVAL deIa.
cations from different cltios bc0an to come
and were admitted to pass through and view
the body while the photo 1ragher was engaged
1t was II o'clock when the coffin WINS re-
placed and the strenm q, visitors nrain
passed bv and ont through the siie
door Shortly after this the nallhelrars ar
rived Tie draDel hrar-a and
the carriages for the family and friends
were drawn up before the door. and The
ureDaratiOns were made fo1. the final rnmovoI
of the BODY. This was done without furt her
leave takiny. The police and military kant
the curious. but always re.nactfuI mass Of
pe0ule ont of the way and the littia uroca.
sion moved ouietlv With its escort throu,h
den,ely lined streets TO the Cathedral of St
pnul.
1t was nearly moor, when tho coffin was
borne into the cathedral. the vast conrrepa-
ton having already been seated with he az
cep,iou of the immediate relatives and the
. church yrstry The olicintin,, ciar,,., four
in number, in their rob.s of Office
met the coffin nj tha u,oin ortronca
Of the cathedral nrera.laj Nv ' ''''c
of the Indianapolis Light Infantry The
body was borne up the central aIcla tLa
clergyman md members of the ve.try, (,oin,,
in aivance Blshop Kniclerbo .,,r r.a tne
! onenino sentence of the burial sarv'ca ~ on,
the Resurrection AMI the lifn " folIn,y.ll hr,
, Tho Reys DIR. Stringfellnw Of Nont,,",,,ry
Ala. and Fulton. of 81. LON, in tb7i, rari'
tation of tho other verses us.I fn,. a., d,,J
until The colin had Lren carried oni ,ia1a
outside the cbancel The areat nrijinnca
stood while the inlnressi, i've sca,, ,,ya. ,,,a"tad
Following fin, bier ra1no tba widow Ioo,.
inc ON the arm of Mr. Norron InrIo,ynd ~,
tLe Other relatives. Mi IN lean monrnin5
Thirteen news TO thr RIGHT Of tbo cantraI
were reserved for the family. wh,lo tba re.Ir,,
AMI the members ot Ideal cHn,n,',t,'oy
occunind ,avs IN fro,,t .. ,I y e. v'
Tho new occunied Inv tbn dood Won. p, ~ =
dent in his lifetime was The tenth frn,, tho
front TO the left of the midi when facin,,
fine altar II was distjnruishod hv IT, 1,,,
nIete envelonment in black cloth and nv i the
fact that II was unoccnniej - WV
The church is n moiinst bricl, st,rcturo
seotjn,r mo narsons Int f,,lIv I nm ,,aro
crow,leI within lis walls Thc DORIS innar