Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-12-10

ors Dilks and Walhng.
Fourth Precinct Police, Capt Ullman.
One hundred members of the Fire Depart
ment under command of Engineer SHAY
Rev. DIR. Pullman, officiating Clergyman at
the grave.
The Pall-bearers.
Hearse.
Lizzie, Ida and Gabrielle Greeley and other
Mourners in carriages.
The President Of the United States, Vice
President Coliax, and Vice President
elect Henry Wilson, in an open
landau surrounded by fifty
Police as Guard
of Honor.
Governor Hoffman and Governors of adion.
ing states.
The Tribune Editorial and ReDortorial Staff.
Typographical Society.
Union League Club.
Members Of the Common Council
Heads of Departments
Distinguished officials from adjoining cities
in carriages two deep to the number of
eighty-6ve.
Members of the Liberal Republican General
Committee
Union Republican General Committee
Tammany II all General Committee.
The Simon Cameron Association.
Sons Of Temperance.
Delegations from the Arc adan, Lotos, Farm
ers' and Rural Clubs and American
Institute. Citizens generally.
No music was in line, but the pro-
cession. as it slowly moved down
the avenue, presented a grand and
imposing appearance. The doorsteps
of the houses along the avenue, with
out exception. were thickly crowd
ed, and the windows and balconies
were full The hotels and club hous-
es and public buildings of all kinds
presented asea of human faces. The
gathering was greater than the null
titude which welcomed the Grand
Duke Alexis or the funeral of Abra-
ham Lincoln. From DIR. Chapin's
Church to Madison Square, distance
or Just a mile, the avenue was near
ly blockaded. On the outer edge of
the sidewalk the crowd were huddled
two and three deep; on the walk
within the area there was barely
room to pass.
In Madison Square and on the
space before the Fifth Avenue Hotel
the concOurse was still greater. All
along Broadway from 14th street.
through which the procession moved,
to Hamilton ferry, there was dense
mass of people. About Bowling
Greer, the Battery and the ferry
house the crowd still stood patiently
waiting.
On the Brooklyn side the same
scenes were repeated Along Union
street to Fourth avenue and down
the avenue to the cemetery stretched
the wonderful double lines of watch
ers. At Green wood there was a still
more surprising sight. Here an
eHormous copcourse had gathered
standing about the entrance gates
and winding roads, and concentrat
ing about the open grave so that the
mourners when they arrived, had
the greatest difficulty in following
the hearse.
DECORATION OF THE CHURCH
The building had been appropriate.
ly decorated Over the door hung a
flag draped up with black. In the
vestibule was portrait of Greeley,
with Grape around it. The screen
behind the pulpit was covered with
black cloth hanging iH graceful folds
and relieved by festoops. while from
the top of it depended graceful
strings of smilax The pulpit itself.
and the rail in front, were fully drap
ed. The drapery ran around the
front galleries, and from bracket to
bracket along the side walls.
Lengths of serge dropped from the
center of the ceiling to the spring OF
each arch, twining about the columns
and hung from the pinnacles OF the
organ. The clock, stopped at ten
minutes before seven, the hour Of
Greeley's death, was surrounded
with black, and above it, 10 green
wreath, was white cross of flowers
The pew Mr.. Gre ley used to occupy
about midway up the north aisle
next TO the wall, was draped with
Grape. The figure in flowers of .
Tyre With brokes strings hung at the
head. The seat was lhickly strewn
with white flowers This WILDE lef,
empty for thirty days. The most
remarkable decorations ofthe church,
however, were the flowers. There
was beautiful appropriateness and