The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-10-01
Sewing Machine Depot l6 Canal Street. New orleans
MONDAYS Mourning.
How the Burial of President Garfield was
! Acn,n,na,,,orated in DOnalflsOnyiJle,


How the Burial of President Garfield was
Commemorated in Donaltlsonvilie.
Every store, shop and Office i'll Donald
sonville was closed last Monday, in response
to the proclamations of tho President, the
Governor and the Mayor, and most of the
places of business were draped in mourning.
Besides those mentioned in our last issue,
elaborate and tasteful displays Of mourning
decorations were made at Phoenix Hall by
the Cofeld Guards, 1t the Courthouse, the
Assessors office, the stores of Messrs. Park,
Gendran and Weber, the millinery estab-
lishments of Mrs, N. Blum and Mrs. j Few
rier, the law office Of Mr.. Fred. Duffel, the
Blue Bucket Exchange and the post-officc.
Detachments of the Cannoneers of Don
aldson and Cofeld Guards fred half-hour
salutes with their brass field pieces through
out the day, tue Cannoneers from the lovee
opposite Crescent Place, the Guards from
the public square. The Guards opened at
the ringing of the angeles with salute OF
thirteen guns and closed with like salute
at shutdown. The Cannoneers concluded
their firing with full national salute Of
thirty eight gums at sunset.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon funeral
procession started from Blue Bucket Hall
and moved through the principal streets of
the town, and during its solemn march the
chm Oh, fire and wharf bells tolled mourn
fully. The general officers of the procession
we're: Grand Marshal, Hon. Pierre Landry /;
Aids, A. T. Grigsby, Oscar Landry, Jos. A.
Duffel, Charles Shallowhorne, Jas. McCray.
The order of forming was as follows:
l. Hearse.
2. Crescent Brass Band.
3. Cofeld Guards; Captain DE. Jones,
Lieuts. +. 3. Earllart and r. McCulloh.
4. St. Joseph Brass Band.
S. Blue Bucket Fire Company Marshals,
Jos. Thompson, Jos. Walker, Jas. Williams.
6. Perseverance Fire Company; Marshals,
Aristide Martin, P. Landry, Richard Bond.
| 7. True Friends Beney olent Association !;
Marshals, Prosper Conway, Louis Waldo.
8. Congregations Of the St. Peter M. E.
| Church. the Nazarene, Second, Mount OIL
| i've, Zion Travellers, Revs Osborne Dicke f
sons and Adam Cantey's Churches, fol-
lowed by long limo of people in vehicles
and on horseback.
AS the long and imposing procession filed
past Crescent Place and the public square,
the military detachment located at each
point fred three gun salute.
| Returning to Blue Bucket Hall, the
parade was dsmissed;and all Of the great
crowd who could find standing room inside
| of tho hall and near the doors and windows
! gathered there to listen to appropriate ad
dresses from Messrs. F. b. Earhart and l.
E. Bentley. The speakers briefly reviewed
the life, character and touching death Of
President Garfield, and their theme and itt
treatment met with feeling responses fl on
the sympathetic audience.
The preparations for this ercditable dem
onstration were instituted at q meeting
held last Saturday evening presided ovel
by Mr.. " C. Gabrielle, Mr.. Joseph Thomp
son acting as secretary. The committee O.
arrangements consisted of Messrs. w. j
Means, o. P. Martin, Joseph Thompson
Oscar Landry and V. e. Gabrielle.
Memorial services were hold during TIL
day at all the churches of the town ant
parish.