, 1881-09-09
VETERANS.
The Great Day Of the Veteran gol.
diers' Reunion ut Blooming
ton, III.
Speech by ucn. Grant 10 tho Thousands
OF Old Eotliors Present.
A Vast Gathering Of the Veterans Of No
braska at Lincoln Yesterday.
AT lltOE}afrSETOS, III"
ssn..fa} f1|tnntch To The Chteuro Tribune,

AT nt.O,MrSHTON, III"
Spsetai Ditpatch to 7he Chteuao Tribune.
CInoMrHtsr0N, III, Bgpt. B.-The uroht dny nf
tho yetcral! su!tliors' rc,,ntun hna come and
Kt,le, md hsts proved, 50 fnr M fitltnlicrs aud
enthusiasm were concerned. fcuidcd SUCCESS
Thu days wt,tk began at II nclnrk In tho tnt'rns
tnY Will, military and sve I,nrntlc through tho
s,rupt4. It wns bcn,ul by tho Arsenal Itand, |
followed by lIAIn's Zuu1ycs asit II coEore'l com
papy frol, NJ. Is,uls Then GnlMu Sustn'a ilni,d |
mid Whittier Post, q. 4. H.. Ut Chcngs'. esrnrt-
Ing tIcil. u. s. Hrtnt, Cav. Enllot1, t!cnt..bnv.
1tumltuJt, und tho Hun. LAWRENCE Weldon.
l>rht,td these uasllo Il humhnr or carriages
continuing citzctls. visitors md tho cnnnitcu'
lnc,l, nnl following wrr0 Il number VI tnIittrfy
organizations. lite prt|eesat0t plsstd hrn'',
tho courthouse square, which WINS cfo"ded
with ai9htscurs Gen. Gna,it receiver! 4 perfect
ovation from tho residents md veteran viSttor4
nrI II wis with mich difficulty ttht tho uro-
ccssfUn resumed It's lfnD Uf nnfch through the
city tn tho fAr-KsuuIst Whon tho tAip was
rrurhod tho enthusiasm Ut tho vet1r.na broko
la1se. Tac nurs1s wgru dctnehnd frntn uelis
t;ruut'B cnrrlnEe, md tho mChburs oE Whittier.
| Tunlga. aud MnHnuliu ptlsts hhrnesscd theni'
| seIvrs To Iung rapo and drew tho
| u,ntl Of 4AppurnattUx and hs companions IN
triumph al1,,lul the gr0unls. The 0et.urul
! brought up finally At tho tent Of tho Co'tl-
nluntlur. .in- Chief, Cnl. Fnsttr. t4trc Il Runru
WIS liullltn,l, and tho Dtlcrgct!o anu cnf0rprIs'
| Ing uItlxuns, who wrrs hnuna ut nil hazartfs to
shRko hut..ls With uratlt fnunh themselves tett.
| CVy, Eul1uln cNtne Uut and explained that Gen.
! Urnnt WIS ulltrrly ilmbu to 11thhe Il spccch nr
to nyuil shnkv hn1lls With tho vast iDntIttll" ns"
sctnblgd, but It wus proinlsc,t that utter tttnch
tho unneral wouh be ln tho ht'Ihitllontro
10 review tho troops, nud might possibly
bU Induced tu naku II speech III thnt occaaloll.
There Ind BEEN all entirb raft Of orAturs nn-
noutlcol on tho proxrau, hut inr soI,u reasos, Of
Ssii ts po;; ot aoS%r II she Ers3 ssR s,d f; Ssfe
SpnsSS 1 iiS A. Az 9tspnsnbfSA s,' s. A;Ri ' i,o q
Froupurt, iS aud % othors ai.,,ost ~ we'll kiowi,.
sis xssy ! w ~ 5oi; Wt tho waltz Of
S a,a WI WIZ aa Wt il Is ino.s6o @ f@r uo /" ,saS
wsn sy T. sey T. 1S ' xStsFs sst aa s
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wrs aso =, W. f u IT. ts ar se W.
'n1 ss s C ys,Sss, SSs Sas no %aj
w XIV natiz " ~ o1eeuI liz ps,ls nh, hu cx.
~ outs tiy ts sisH 70 u aiss' I" uo% soaer5 oIy
k y q ihis yyston ana w.,,i,, S,t L!, lie !n'l
to fy "fS to y sa te uop;a sI'm ikg E. se.i kas s
spoke @ t,'d % wers weli reeoss,: nari w. aIxF:
t9r rS.y, Ms III. arsar rf tS% IT. III ay .o ~
,oSl snpay VIZ ,nsr,ha II i bos @ tu Caup M:
CnllSE my f"s M}ey VIII, ibn r,,, u, iu1 a mr
nu,as MS ei.ous, tao town was nica wi!h Visitors
a1 tne ~ Ky ,;',,rs SGns r % H., nv. n i
aw," u,a ,,rd 'o ~ nil wnh omn,l fur ii;n urtcs
TSaa a %s p"s"v rss rniIol o., fsr st,eenh, III