The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-04

When Weed approached the casket, he
bowed over the body, and gazed long and
earnestly at the face of his former asso-
ciate, He seemed deeply affected, and
after looking at the features of Greeley
for some time, he leaned on the arm Of a
friend and left the room As the multi
tude filed by with uncovered heads, each
one was allowed sufficient time to view the
dead Many ladies showed signs of emo
ton, some stopping to kiss the forehead of
the deceased As the dinner hour of the
working class approached, the crowd
awaiting admission became enormous
Laborers came down town in their working
clothes to get one last look at the face of
their CHEEKY old friend. Working girls of
all ages came from their factories and
stores and were very properly allowed to
pass in before the men. 1t was also no
ticeable fact that many negroes, both men
and women, were in the line
The stream of people anxious to gaze
on the face of the dead continued undi-
minished until ten clock this evening. when
the governor 5 room and City Hall were
closed Probably fully $4,000 persons
viewed the body, and many thousands did
not even reach the steps of the City Hall,
the line extending for blocks away. No
such evidence of public esteem has been
shown since the time Lincoln's remains
lay in state here. Flags are everywhere
at half mast, and crowds are arriving by
trains and steamboats, from adjacent cities
The City Hall is draped in mourning and
over the entrance hangs the inscription
We remember with pride his busy life%
n sri hI oh n
have arrived to join in the funeral services
Courts will adjourn over to Thursday
Editors of newspapers throughout the
country are requested to mail to Ezrs
| Cornell, at Cornell University, Ithica, \
| Y, copies of their papers containing eulo
gies or other articles upon the death o
Horace Greeley, to be comprised in me
mortal volume for the library of said Uni
versity, of which deceased was one of tn,
Trustees
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The Presiden
leaves here tonight by the $40 train fo
! New York to attend the funeral of Horace
Greeley.
Vice President Colfax left at noon t
attend the funeral
The report of the Secretary of Stat
shows that two hundred and ninety tw
thousand dollars were paid B. c. Davis a
bearer to England of the Alabama treaty
The treaty case cost FIVE hundred an
eighty-twO dollars and freight on it wa
seventy eight dollars. The aggregate COS
of cable kilograms was ST, 600.
Judge Nelson, of the Supreme Court
has resigned
!. The President has accepted the resigns
ton of Justice Nelson, and has nominate
as his successor, Ward Hunt, of Ne,
York.
Senator Pool sends the following telt
gram from Raleigh We have defeate
the Democratic Legislature by electin
Merrimon. 1t breaks up the power of tn
Democrats and brings a valuable and cor
trolling element in the State over to tn
Administration
SALT LAKE, Dec. 3.-The report
the President message relating to | 'tah
highly gratifying to the anti -Mormon
! The Herald says the President has bee
misinformed and misled, and that in Il
part of the United States is the constitr
ton held in more reverence and the Law
esteemed more sacred than here
CHICAGO, Dec 3.-In the United State
5 Court this morning. Robert l.. Farrar, el
Surveyor of Customs, at Peoria. W.
mulcted in three thousand dollars, at tn
suit of the government
The Board of Trade this evening expel
| ed the firm Of Mum 4 Scott, convicte
! Of causing false returns to be made of IL
amount of grain in store in their elevator
SAN FRANCIsCo. Dec 3.-At the Stat,
prison to-day several convicts scaled ii
walls and escaped
LONDON, Dec Abstracts of Pres
/ dent Grant message are published in tt
! morning papers The Times says it W
be read with interest. Although SO larg
" devoted to domestic affairs, it is full
r confident authority and placidity.
f The Daily News hopes that Gen. Grant
+ attention will be more occupied with tt
:. reform of civil service than with the a
: QUESTION of San Domingo. The Ney
d thinks the people of the United States a
+ ready for new departure in the admir-
< istration of their affairs and the prese
session Of Congress win be amply interes
! ing to those who watch for indications
n coming party progress