The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-02
ilswers ior decorating purposes. Then
came the Post Commander with the re.
mainder Of the Pos. and ex.soldiers who
were not members Of the g. AR followed

na"ers 'or decorating purposes. Thel
came the Post Commander with the re
mainder Of tue Pos. and ex.soldiers VIII
were not membera Of the G. A. r ,fo!lowe,
by the citizenR, and all marched to In
cemetery IN one column. At the cemeter,
Comrade Murray marched his equad to III,
center lot and stacked arms to wait th,
orders of tho Commander. The flower
were strewn on the graves by the hands o
the little girls and the work was woll ant
nobly done, after which three rounds O
light shots were fired by Comrade Muir
rays drillsquad. The Post then formed II
line as above and marched to tho othel
Hraveyards and the came programme wa.
observed. s
Alter the decorating services were owe,
the commander took his station at the head
OF the column and the whole line started
on the return march 10 the hall, with drums
beating, banners floating and flags flying
on reaching the hall the Post was dis.
missed, but held an informal meeting In
the hall, when resolutions were passed
thanking Commander Smith for his clio.
CANT and very appropriate addreas, also the
drum corps, the little girls who composed
the Flower Committee and tho citizens
OF the community for the help received
from them and The encouragement they
gave US In the services Of this the 18th
Memorial Day. The G. A. r. Post at this
place is not yeta year old. 1t was mustered
In as Post on the 30!h of August, 1883.
and US we are not as yet fully informed and
equipped, We did not expect to make on
this occasion what ia called Dig day. Bat,
notwithstanding this fact, we had large
crowd Of people here, much larger, in fact,
thaa We expected to see.
g OBSERVANCE OF TIE DAY. r.T5
Flags were displayed from almost every
building in the borough, and general
holiday was taken by the citizsns. Forty.
five soldiers graves were decorated, that
is. thirsy.aeven in the different grave yards
around this town, and seven at Dallas, w.
Va, whose report was sen. to this Post and !
will go into department headquarters with
our report We are. very glad to know
that the patriotic citizsns Of our old tram D.
ing ground, Dallas, Marshall county, ",
Va, have. not forgotten and are doing
something to perpetuate the memory Of the
men who stood up and fought Tor the old
Tag in its hour Of danger. :, . -,,7r. -
Ia the evening Rev. E. J. Smith de!iy.
cred lecture in the church TO large au.
dIencs. The sui jsct OF the lecture was
Prison Life" good one, and It was well
handled by the speaker. Two hundred
tickets or more were sold tor this lecture.
and the audience, after tho lecture was
over. went home well pleased with the
evenings entertainment and the elegance
oil the lecturer. The audience that gath.
cred to hear this lecture, q. twenty-five
cente each, was quite supplementary to
MIR: Smith, as it was at his own old home
and among his old friends and associates.
The speaker was member OF the Twelfth
West Virginia Infantry, l believe Company
n, was taken prisoner, probably near
Winchester, and was for eleven months a
captive in Libby, Belle Isle, Salisbury and
other prison pens Of the South. uo be.
gan his lecture at the time he was taken
prisoner, and took his audience with him,
as it were, through all his trials and suffer.
inga, during the eleven months he was a
captive, down to and including his return
home and his reception by his friends in
Brooke county, W. Va. The lecture was
success as whole, as well as in part. at
the conclusion Of the same the song H ONE.
Sweet Homc," was aung by the audience.