The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-01-28
A MOglrnftil Occasion.

Queens messenger" ...
A MOurnful Occ aston.
Return OF the Allison Lobby from Des
NIOines.
Saturday was one Of tho most
mournful days ever known in the
history Of Dubuque. Sorrow and
lamentation sat enthroned upon the
brow grief and vengeance meet their
melancholy way along the street. The
occasion was the return of the Alli-
son lobby from Des Moines. And
such return! Dubuque will never
see it's like again. .0.. .r.u
After the defeat of Allison on
Thursday evening, and the attend
ance at his wake at the Savery
House, the entire lobby left the house
at daylight the following morning be-
fore people were astir. They pushed
through to Cedar Rapids as fast as
possible, arriving Friday evening. In
the ordinary course of human events,
they would have to remain over there
until the day following. and then
thro' so as to have arrived bone on
the afternoon train. That would
bring them into Dubuque by daylight
and on no consideration would they
do that. The whole town was in
broad grin at them, with it's mouth
stretched from Whisky Hill to Eagle
point. The genius Of superinten nd
cnt Farley, who was himself mourn
er, was equal to the occasion. He
ordered up special train which
brought them through to Dubuque,
where they arrived at precisely i a.
M, just two hours and fifty three
minutes before daylight. When the
train turned around tho bluff from
Catfish they bribed the brakeman
with . small remnant of that Forty
Million to turn off the light and al
so the engineer was induced not to
whistle, and thus in silence and dark
ness they entered the depot.
Here they renamed for fifteen
minutes until Lyon, who had been
sent out to reconnoitre the enemy,
returned and reported the gas lights
all turned of, the whole town appar-
emily locked in slumber, and espec
tally all quiet around Joe Rhombergs.
Then tho entire lobby filed each one
by himself, and Pollock. captain of
the Tanners, formed them into mourn
full procession. They marched two
deep, and the following is the order
Of their going a.a
Col. s. N. Pollock. Marshal. g.
MAJ. E. D. LYON. and A;,
MAJ. GEO. L. ToRBEkr Aus
George Crane F. w. II. Sheffield,
H. L. Stout, J. p. Farley,
v. J. Williams, NJ. NJ. Trumbull
DR.. Z. A. Guilbert, IL. A. Wiltse, ~
Fl. G. Fellows, NJ. 8. Robson,
o. P. Shiras. L. 9. David.
Col. D. b. Henderson. ..
The line Of march was up the rail-
road track to First street, thence in.
to the alley between Main and Iowa,
thence with Gen. Wiltse whistling a
low plaintive march, with arms re-
versed and flags at half mast they
took their way to their several homes.
We would direct attention to the pol
icy manifested by chief mashal Pal
lock in his procession. First-him-
self renowned in war. Second Ly-l
on and Torbcrt. genuine sons Of Mars,
every inch Of them. Lyon upon the
right phalanx to swear at it should
any danger appear, and Torbert upon
the other to chew his tooth pick ut
it. Then came Crane, whose prowess
is thing Of fame, and sheffield
weighed down with tho Forty Million.
Next, Stout and Farley, to give
character to the occasion. Then
Williams and Trumbull. whose grief
was most expressive Of all. Then
Guilbert and Wiltse-Pharmacy and
Coke rolled into enc. Fellows aud
Robson. with grief on every Inca
ment. Lastly, Great Henderson
himself, who strobe after, Is did
Ajax Of old. when returnign from the
wars. Sternly and sorrowfully did
they move-remote. nnfriended, mel
ancholy. slow.
The procession had reached Second
street, wien Lyon pricked up his left
ear, gave loud cry and started at =
break-neck speed for Main street,
with coat-tails on : level, followed
close by Pollock. Torbert, Sheffield,
Crane and all the rest. Lyon went
around the corner and turned down
Main street like shot. But It was
no one but an Allison man, on his
way to tho early train. bound for
Canada. He swore be wouldn't stay
in such country any longer. With
one accord. however. the whole pro.
cession began to tell him thcy had
not been to Dcs Moines except on
private business--had not seen or
heard Of Allison for mouth, and
did not know there was anv sanat 10;