Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23
CHAPTER CLOSED.
Funeral of George w. Hobbs
Largely Attended at Uxbridge.
Many Railway Officials and Members of
the Bar Present Unitarian Church
Filled.

Uxbridge, March 22.-The town Of Tx
bridge presented an aspect Of mourning
this afternoon on account Of The funeral
of the late George W. Hobbs,
who had been her dutiful son
for over third of CEN
tury, At o'clock a special tain ar
rived from Providence bearing the Off
cials of the N. Y, n. II. & H. railroad
and others, to the number of about 40.
Private services were held at the house
at 2 o'clock, where immediate relatives
were present. Public services We're held
at the Unitarian Church, which was
filed to overfowing. Long before the
arrival of the remains every available
seat on the floor and in the galleries was
| taken$The services opened with pray
| er by Rev. Cyrus A. Roys. The Busi-
ness Mems quartette Of Woonsocket rem
dered There is hope beyond the shad-
ows" Scripture was read by Rev. G.
A. Roys, which was followed by chant
abide with me" by the Quartette. An
other prayer was offered by the pastor
The quartette impressiYely rendered
Twill not be long, sad heart be still. !"
/
very eloquent and touching eulogy. He
spoke Of the deceased as man who
had wide experience in dealing with
men. He was to be found among them
in the affairs Of life, but at the close Of
| the day he would return TO his freside
| to reap the abundance Of its blessings.
He was true patriot, and the last con-
Versation the speaker had with him he
spoke Of the blessings of a united coun-
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/ imous congress which We're standing be-
hind the president ia the present crisis.
The Rev. Carlton z. Staples Of Lex
lngton paid high tribute to the de-
! ceased, whom he spoke Of as a man who
| was always ready and willing to serve
to make the life about him more pleas
ant, higher and more patriotic.
The services closed with the benedic-
t1on by Rev. Cyrus A. Roys.
There were many beautiful floral trib-
utes, among which were a large wreath
Of lilies and roses, from the Old Colony
system Association; flowers from the
officials Of the N. T., N II. & II. rail
road, and an anchor of roses from the
/ Providence Emergency Hospital.
/ Inc lnterment was at Prospect Hill
cemetery. The services consisted only
of a prayer by Rev. Cyrus A. Roys.
Inc bearers were William E. Barnett
OF Boston, executive secretary Of the
New Haven division; A. A. Maxwell.
claim agent and attorney, Boston; L. r.
Potter, assistant claim agent, Provi-
dence; A. K. Tillinghast freight agent,
Providence; f. S. Arnold, attorney
Providence, and Col William A. Gile
attorney, Worcester. The other officials
were George P. Greene, general agent
Providence division, Providence; E. w
Martin, chief clerk Of superintendent
Old Colony system, Boston; j. NJ. Will
liams general freight agent, New Eng
land Railroad, Boston; H. +. Mapes
rent agent, New England Railroad, Bos-
ton; F. G. Spencer, superintendent, Wor-
cester division, Providence; r. z. Gard.
ner, superintendent, Stonington division
Providence; ]. N. King, superintendent
New England Railroad, Providence; E
P. Dawly, civil engineer, Providence
b. B. Wetherell, assistant general bag
gage agent, Boston; H. NJ. Mccain
bridge, agent Worcester; A r. Longley
treasureTs agent, Providence; c. ]
Gunderson, assistant paymaster Provi
dence; o. H. Briggs, general eastern
passenger agent, Providence; D. b
Scott, electrici9n, Providence; Hon
David S. Baker, attorney, Providence
Hon. Amos c. Barstow, treasurer OF
Barstow Stove Company, Providence
and A. r. Whaley, station master
Providence. Other from -out-of-twon
men We're Hon. A. J. Thayer, East
Douglas; Frank N Thayer, Blackstone,
Davis p. Gray, B. L. Smith, Whitins-
vile; George T. Fowler, Northbridge;
| Dea. A. c. Slater and Rev A. ]. Hop
lins North Uxbridge; Frank J. Part
ridge, M. d., and G. X. Mellor, Worces-
| ter; William M. Prest Esq, Boston.
| Among those present from town were
| Hon. A. A. Putnam, judge Of the district
court ex-senator SiIas NJ Wheelock,
| Representative Arthur R. Taft, ex-Rep-
| resentative Charles r. Seagrave, Charles
A. Taft James Daley, William e. Hay
ward, James M. Farnum, Daniel w.
Taft, Charles Fl. Bates, superintendent
of schools, Town Clerk Edward Parker,
Town Treasurer William w. Thayer.
Selectman G. W. Scott, Postmaster
Charles A. Cook, Tax Collector A. s.
Sweet, Hon H. ]. Taft, county commits
sioner; Deputy Sheriff f. o. Bacon, VIII
liam J. Taft, ESD, George S. Taft, Esq,
Samuel B. Taft, Esq, Francis p Brady,
Esq, members of the bar; William e.
Davidson and Edwin A Mansfield, su-
perintendents of the Calumet and Hecla
mills; John q. and Herbert r. Sayles,
Arthur Wheelock agent of Calumet
company; Samuel f. Scott, Charles z.
Wheelocl1, John r. Scott, local manu-
facturersy and many others
The members of the immediate family
were Mrs. George w. Hobbs; his son
George T., wife and daughter; Walter S.
and Henry w. Hobbs, his other sons.
Two brOthe and two sisters were also