The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-10-08

mencement of the exercises. The city
is much overcrowded, all the hotels being
Overrnn with guests, and Notwithstanding
the inequalities extended by private
families many persons find great difficult
ty III obtaining meals to say nothing Of
lodgings. The military and civic organi-
cations are now forming about the pub
lie square preparatory to starting as soon
as possible after the services commence
The scenes throughout the entire city
during the morning, notwithstanding the
unavoidable hustle and confusion, were
at times very impressive. The military
organizations formed in line on the cross
streets, with muffled drums and heavily
draped colors. The Knight Iemplar
marched from one street to another
with uncovered heads, presenting
a very affecting picture. Every one
shows an appreciation of the solemnity
of the occasion, and while there are
some few who are inclined to be bolster
Gus, the masses are orderly and we'll
behaved, and expressions of deep sym
patty with the bereaved family may be
heard on all sides. Euclid Avenue,
through which the procession will pass,
presents a very affecting and de-
c1dely solemn picture. The ele-
giant mansions all along the
avenue, which are certainly as fiue as
any in the country, are heavily draped
with appropriate designs of mourning.
The streets have been nicely cleaned
and sprinkled this morning in order to
obviate any annoyance from dust
which might otherwise arise. The
IN ~ Do,ly hoe
also been dampened by a mechanical
engine, placed there for the purpose of
meeting any emergency which might
arise from fire. All places of business
are closed aud the city may properly be
said to be in full mourning in memory
of Ohio's illustrious patriot, soldier and
President.
In order to meet the demands of
strangers temporary lunch counters
and every other conceivable mode of
supplying food have been erected in
every available space throughout the
city, even to the occupancy of unfinished
buildings, where tables are formed with
bricks and properly spread with clean
linen. The citizens are using every en-
deavor to accommodate the crowds.
From early morning until long after
the services were commenced, the streets
were lined with persons pushing for
ward, anxious to reach Monumental
Park ana witness the last ceremonies
over the remains of their beloved friend.
The scene about the square is one long to
be remembered. Every one appears i'm
pressed with the supreme solemnity OF
the occasion.
1t would seem, in fact, as if Cleveland
is the centre of the world to-day. Every
individual that contributes to compose
the largest crowd that was probably ever
assembled in the state of Ohio seems to
feel this. From the great public square
in the central part of the city, to the hills
and solemn dales of Lake View
Cemetery, distance of six miles,
where all that remains of the
dead President will be deposited, there
is one continual wall of people on either
side. The funeral train will pass nearly
the whole way along that magnifcently
broad and grand avenue, which the
great American traveller Bayard Taylor,
pronounced "the finest in the world.
The abodes of luxury and wealth
on either side appear heavily