Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-09-08
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 4th, IS.


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~ MILWAUKEE, sept. 4th, IS.
The great hero of the war received
the honors of Milwaukee to-day. Gen.
Grant arrived by special train from Ra-
cine at three o'clock A. NJ, and took
rooms ut the Newhall House. At ten o.
clock procession formed, composed of
soldiers, bands of music, carriages, and
citizens on foot, and marched through
| the principal streets of the city to
the new Music Hall on Milwaukee ST.,
where the formal reception exercises
| took place. Ex-Governor Solomon
made the welcoming address, which he
did in a most admirable manner, Of
ten using the trite sayings of the Lieut..
Gen., and calling forth storms of APP
plalse from the monstrous assembly.
Gen. Grant merely returned his thanks
and called upon Senator Doolittle to
speak in his behalf The honorable
gentleman, among, other things, said
that General Grant understood that on
ly a. portion of the demonstration be-
longed to him personally. He desired
to acknowledge the services of the brave
officers and men under him, without
whose aid he would have been power
less. He also believed in the Provi- |
dence of Almighty God, and that't
Him the country is indebted for its sal
walton. General Grant also desired to
commend the Wisconsin troops, and to
speak favorably of the enterprises for
establishing Soldiers Home in Mill
;waukee, and an Orphans Home in
Madison. Mr.. Doolittle's remarks were
listened to with great attention, and
frequently interrupted by vociferous
cheering. Gen. Pope being present
was called out, and said he came to Mil
waukee in the very darkest hour OF his
life, and his treatment then, and ever
since had been uniformly kind, and her
people should never pass from his re-
gard. He evidently thinks good deal
of Milwaukee, and Milwaukee evident
ly thinks a good deal Of him. There
was excellent music interspersed, vocal
and instrumental, such as Milwaukee
is famous for. The gathering adjourn
ed about noon with three hearty cheers
for,the Lieutenant General. There was
a good turnout and fair enthusiasm; /,
but Milwaukee has not done as we'll in
to her population and facili-
ties as Dubuque did week before last.
went all over the biggest elevator I
in the world to-day, in company with
our old friend J. II. Goodrich, formerly
in charge of the public school at Cedar
Falls, now in the office of the Auditor
of the Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
Company. This monster elevator,
which most of your readers have heard
of, will hold million and half of
bushels of wheat. Think of it. 1t rests
on niEc thousand piles, which cost two
dollars apiece.to drive them; it is three !
hundred feet long, ninety feet wide, and |
one hundred and fifty feet high. The
cars to unload run right into the cleva-
tor, there Being room for ninea time.
These nine cars can be unloaded in the |
incredibly short time of ten minutes.
The grain is carried by machinery to
the upper stories, where 1t is weighed
and distributed to the proper bins. The
work is all done in very simple man
ner, and with great ease and facility
II is the property of the Milwaukee d
st. Paul II. r. Company, and was built
last summer. H.
have met in this city Mr.. and Mrs. }.
II. Goodrich, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Mower,
and J. r. Holden, formerly of Cedar
Falls, and I found their interest in our
little city not yet wholly departed.
The weather il terribly warm, and
everybody is sueltering and complain
ing. Some people l notice vent their
spite on 'sder goot lager bier"
l shall take the $50 train on the M.
& st. Z. II. II. this evening, and the
next time you hear from me, my dear
GAZETTE, / shall be among the Badgers
farther north. BE good paper. C.1
q. d. T.
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