The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-09-26
Gem. HrMmt's Arrival In Nan franrlsce,

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Es. President drAnt arrived n nan Francisco
on saturday, The aOth ,lay of September, thus
completing hIs sonr around thu world, after An
absence u two YEARS and four months. W.
CLEAN from the Associated rfess report Tho fol.
lowing Acconn. of his arrival and roeep.
and II wAa aN minutes past whom iha
lights ~ the ferry boat werc soon approaching
tha clip. Nhs moved slowly into position 1ho
platform WAS lowered, tto baud struck np
Home AgA.n, and, amid tho roarS ~ applause
from the waiting crowd outside, who realized
il,As the n'onens hal arrived. u.n.
,nors % q f'fii fi.is native land Ansr
welcoming speech hy Mayor bryant and :
hrisf response by tlsn. Grant, tho latter wAs
conducted 10 his cssnAgs, Msyor bryant accom-.
panying him, while tho various committee and
other gentlemen ~ attendance repaired 20 their
p 'I'"s. '''''-s 1pea snd,h~ v~Sieies moved ior.
s.s,,.s. s s ,sea.. Nh. ~ ra F. dram, r. 1 a.s Ia /.
np ff~n ihnasAuds of thSoAla. vhils
W. snsKiaH a..x,! ps.s.ed forward andnwayed
glance II 40 familiar lnoAnlens@ of tho gTeal
captain With the greatest difficulty passage
WA~ opened, iha pfocc~NlOn formed, aud the linz
of march taken mp Tho proc~ssiDn moved
rapidly aloiR Market slreet 10 Montgomery.
paA-ing through Montgomery, up Montgomery
ayennu 10 Kearnoy, sloug Mccartney % Market,
aioGg Market. eouniermArching V Tho rAlsee
Hotel, which Was reached u laso hour.
is.rLeN aud hlue lights wara hred along sl.s
route, snd buniir0@ and torches Alpniitled,
All tho streets leading 10 tho Palace Hotel
we're packed With dense throngs, through which
o.. procession forced M !. Wy Win great di,
tance bat eortlons of police 81 oil Tho entrances
denied ingres~ 10 oil Out these holding special
lermta 10 unter
Within, slo Immense court presented sceue
of snrpassi0g heAnty Electric lghta and fbj
~ jess IN up tho vast interior with brilliant
conri and niled tho spacious balconies and cor
ridors surgesi 70 And FRO IN ANTIQUE expeciatlon
of 'l,e coming gusss, whom thu packed ssresia
had detained
4, 10 o'clock Tho vide doors wsre thrown
opeil, aud tho hAr0ncho containing uen. Grant
iy dismoi,ntod. sud, crowded his way through
tho packed mass os human bstngs. wAs hurried
In his ruDti.
Az he slighted, Madame Fabbr., and eiorn.
of ~, salre. opened from one of the balconies
with ihn 4Ode of Welcome
The cruwd rushed Afier usn. Grant whom hs
elismnnn.esi, leaving ths stnEors Tor nsomenl
slmo.. without IN sndlencs, Eui, being stopped
BY tha rce Of police Who blocked Tho way,
they returned 10 The conrt, balnE treasured 6y
the announcement that tho General would Ap-
pear on ono of tho bAlconiss after he had had
IimA 10 IAy On tita OveTcOAa
IN few snInuiee Gen Grant appeared, amid
dcafcnHg and long continued shouts.
Mayor lEyant sa)led The crowd 10 order, and
tho General, mounting chair which VA
passcd over tho hea4ls Of the surrounding
er6wd, wAs again crested with . succeasion 81
cheers. when shs poiss subsldsd he addressed
them - foiiows.
.FtIiow actTixEns % HAs faAxefsco. Afsss
twenty i've yeegs' absence, IN glAA 10 meet
yo,i, and Assufo you of NY cordial thanks fou
the kind greeting you have given M. shall
stay tn your city long enough 70 greet you moFs
fnIly
The General lhsa Withdrew, amid proloagad
and treniendoue cheering. and tbs crowd q
lstig'h relMctantly ecaslers0
Grant looks exceedingly weil, bnl has Ioe'
twenty. y.stght psnnds in weight zines lsavina
phllAlelphlA ne oppressed HE great grAitd.
essi0n 81 the recsptton awarded him, saying Il
surpassed ell hls 6spectattcne HI spoks q hta
pie41use . returning hOnte, And hls sAetafAc.
!toA that hts acceptance 0f tho Nicaragua cana
Presidency had bssa received fAv0fAbly hsre.