The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-31
DECORATION DAY.
Its Observance Throughout the
Country.

delivered by W. B. Stokes and Horace
Maynard, The exercises were very i'm.
pressing, NOta grave otthe dead heroes
was slighted.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, May 80.
Decoration day was very generally and
impressively observed in this city. Busi-
ness was almost entirely suspended, and
the citizens turned out in great numbers,
The principal features OF the ceremony
were the professions, the addresses by Col.
W. Z. MCLane and Hon. Rev. Thompson,
and the placing Of flowers on the graves
by l50 girls dressed in white.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30.
Decoration day will be generally oh.
served, Most oI the business houses will
be closed after l2 o'clock. The Courts all
adjourned at noon.
MILWAUKEE, May 30.
The decoration of the soldiers graves
was pretty generally participated in by
soldiers and citizens, The most noticea.
BILE feature of the procession was the in
mates of the National Military Asylum,
mostly crippled, riding in farm wagons
covered with fresh green bows, with ban
ners inscribed, ave sincerely mourn our
fallen comrades" &c. The ceremonies
were impressive, and the donation of
flowers unusually profuse,.
MADISON, Wis, May 30.
Decoration day was duly observed herei
many Of the prominent business houses
and all State and Federal offices being
closed The procession was fully mile
in length, and protusion of flowers was
strewn over the graves. The graves Of
the rebel soldiers received generous
amount of floral offerings.
GALEsBURG, ILL.,, May 20.
Decoration Day was observed in this
city In the usual manner. A procession
was formed, In which the soldiers Of the
late war, white and black, tho Fire De.
partnent, public schools, and citizens in
carriages and on foot, took part. Sol.
diers daughters, carrying flowers, decor.
ated the graves OF the dead heroes who
lio buried In Hope Cemetery. Rev. w.
G. Haskell of this city, delivered very
impressive and appropriate address. The
weather was very favorable for the occa.
sion, and the number OF persons who par.
tiCipated In the procession and who were
spectators of the ceremonies was very
large. While the procession was In mo.
tion and the ceremonies In progress most
Of the places Of business were closed.
WASHINGTON, May 80.
To-day IL generally observed as a holi.
day, the public departments are closed
and nearly all secular business is suspend.
ed. The Committee on Decorations were
employed yesterday and TO late hour
last night making wrGaths Of evergreens
with which to adOrn the graves of the
Union dead In the nelghboring cemeteries
The contributions for this purpose were
in greater profusiOn than heretofore on
any similar occasion. The ceremonies
were under the auspices of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Kit Carson Post
this morning at eight o'clock proceeded
In a body to the Soldiers Home and the
adjacent cemeteries. and there decorated
the soldiers graves. The formal services
consisted Of prayer and the delivery OF an
GRAFTON by Hon. Ii. johnson. A part of
the procession proceeded OCulpepper, Va,
to decorate the graves. Hon A. N. Clapp,
ofNew York, delivered the address. At
Alexandria there were similar proceed.
ings. At Arlington they were more inter.
esting, aud attracted thousands from the
District of Columbia and surrounding
country. The mansion was tastelully
decorated with banners and wreaths. At
the tomb Of tho unknown large canopy
Of wreaths, flags and flowers were erected.
Along tho walks laCing the officers
graves were arches tastefully iestooned,
under which the procession passed while
strewing flowers During this ceremony
minute guns were fired from battery on
the ground. President Grant attended
the ceremonies at Arlington, together with
members of the Cabinet and other promi.
nent government officers. The proceed.
ings at the main stand did not commence
until . p. NJ, when, in accordance with the
programme, there was instrumental and
vocal music, the recitation Of poem and
Oration by COmrade Stewart L. Wood.
ford, Of New York. At the tomb of TN.
known soldiers there were religious ser.
vices, an address by Fred Douglass, and
the singing Of an ode by the orphans from
the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home.
New YoRk, May 80.
Decoration Day will be generally oh.
served throughout the city. A grand
floral procession will march from Union
Square down Broadway and over South
Ferry to Cypress Hill, passing route and
decorate the grave Of Gen. Phil Kenney
OF Trinity Church Yard. There will be ex.
ercises at the Academy Of Music in the
evening. Tho day opens beautifully and
the indications are that the procession
will be one Of the most impressive ever
seen In the city. The Sub.Treasury,
Assay and other Government Offices will
be closed. Banks, stock exchange and
gold room will be open for business as
usual, the day not being legal holiday.
Farragut's grave at WOodlawn Genet.
cry was decorated at sunrise this morn.
Ing, the ceremonies being performed by a
battalion Of marines under Col. Browne,
with q full band from the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, Farragut Lodge Good Templars,
and Wadsworth Post Grand Army of the
Republic, both Of Brooklyn. General
Isaac 8. Catlin, Of Williamsburg, deliver
ed an eloquent address commemorative Of
the life and services Of tho deceased Ad.
miral, alter which the grave was proiuse.
ly covered with cut and growing flowers.
Admiral NJ. Smith, commanding the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard, was also present at
the ceremonies. The entire party, many
Of whom were ladies, len the Navy Yard
at two o'clock A. NJ, and made the trip
both ways by means of government tugs
and train from Harlem, the cars return.
ing at $3.50 this morning.
Decoration Day was generally observed
throughout the city. All the government
buildings and the Stock Exchange closed
and there was partial suspension of bu.
siness. The procession was composed Of
Posts of the q, A. r., and delegations Of