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Show Tin: LAST S III IU1KS. 'mitral hrrrlrrs Oirr the Ilrinalni of llr. Henry It. Illcharda. The serious Illness of young Henry W. KlcharJs, eon of our respected, townsman II, I', Itlchardf, 1 sq ,waa noticed In the Xrv.a last Haturday. A little alter flvn p. m. of the tame day death released the suflerer, ai.d today st eleven a. m. the luneral services ser-vices over the remains were held at thu residence of the ivriits lu the l.lghteenth Ward. A multitude of relatives and Irlenda assembled toy the Irlbulu of tin Ir lovu and reelect for thu departed and Ihelr sympathy for the bereaved faintly, and the floral offerings tuvirlng the casket ol the dead were as varied as they were numerous aud laullful. The servlrie wcrucoudncted by llUhoj O, F, Whitney, w hu also, hy request, do-llvi do-llvi rrdlhe main discourse while his counselors, I.IJers Itol-jrt Patrick and Wlbiatii 11. Ilarlon, ottered the o en-lug en-lug and uloeltig I layers. Themutlt, which was very fine, was furnished by a male quartet, Mitsrs. (leorge D, 'yf, Heler (loddanl, llolace J. Whlinuyand Wlllard hqulres, accom-I accom-I anlsd on the organ by p rank Merrill, rhusekctloiis rendered were "I need Theu every hour," "rlhall wemecU" and the beautiful and soulful aulheui. "Not dead bulslseieth.'' Hie first speaker waa Dr. Alma II. DunforJ, business partner of the deceased de-ceased hot-ore testimony to the many good qualities of hla friend aud late associate, both lu rlvate and i rofes-aluual rofes-aluual life. 111. hop Wliltue) followed In an earnest and heartfelt discourse exresslve of his sympathy fur the bereaved be-reaved larcntr, brothels, alstcrs and frlenlr, his admiration for the gentle, klnJ an I luveahle eplltl of thu de parted, anil his charily for whatever fault be may have maulfe-stud in the tlesh. The speaker knew of tut une fault lu hlm.und that was ulucI weakness weak-ness lather than wickedness. There was nothing Intrinsically evil In bis composition. He ba I lived to repent of that fault and retrieve himself byu subsequent uie'ul aud honorable course, llu had never It Jilted anyoue else and had not au enemy In the world. To know lllul was to lovu him. Uol bad now called him home, au I though It scorned a lly that lilt career was cut short, It wsa a satlafadlon tu kuow that thruugh uo fault of his owu bad death overtaken him, but by the ilicieeot Him who "doeth all tnliiga well.'1 There was much more tu the lllshop's discourse, which, as well as the rcmarka receding reced-ing H, was tetete with charity, a imps! im-ps! hy and good Instruction. The remains were laid lu rest In the cltycemstery, telng followed thither hy a large cuueourse. After singing by the quartette "Heel" Ilia grave waa dedicated by l.Uer William II, Ilarlon. Henry Wlllard Milliards, son ol Henry 1'. and Minerva l.niiey Hlch-ards, Hlch-ards, was born In this city on the 21st of October, 1HU!, and consequently ha 1 not attained his twenty-third year, llu waa uaturallya kind, gentle aud uu-selllsh uu-selllsh soul, tenderly loved by hla jjueiiu, and rstt-erood by a wide circle of frleuds. X)ursluceresymithy goes out tu the bereaved faintly lu tliulr altllctlou. |