The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-08-21


NEW YoRK. August "A thousand men
and women fingered around the tomb as
$50 o'clock. when the young undertaken.
stephen W. Merritt. unlocked and swung
open che great iron and oaken doors 20
allow Patrick CreyAn. OF Pittsburgh. tosesi
the great solid steel outer case which In
closed the conn and - cedar box seven
men from Troy descended into the tomb.
ana by the light OF nickcrinE candles held
aloft hy boy drove nifty six bolts OF
Steel into the front wall Of the steel case.
making n absolutely alright and water
proof Park policemen and citizens. who
had gos Through the lines somehow. crept
down towar the welrdly Iishted tomb, and
she furnace q which the bolts we're heated,
pieces Of burnt candle. rings Of rubber from
the bolts and even spiin<ers OF wood IN
which the bolts were packed they wanted
some Of the bolts we're round 20 he lmper-
feet and were drawn out Of she steel case
eagerly seized them as souvenirs The last
holt was driven - s;E O'Clock and then she
case -. f,s,snsa dc,n n place nsen !, th y,
prevent possible damage 20 the marble slabs
by reason 81 the grs.t weight Of N: sseei
whole case wss me next painted With dark Va.
ter proof paint 20 remove che verk of two
vandAls ~ho had scratched their names on
All s Sssn nr Merrss se upon me
ern face Of the case . solid copper plate IL
bore the inscription; Y. : Grant. died july
The Screws we're driven with she ehon-
handled. silver stated screw driver with
which AL tne screws q the conn have been
! purpose. and will be preserved - . memo
rial and never used AGAIN Upon this handle
| The work vas over stt-n O'Clock exactly Tn
1 dertaker Merritt locked the great doors y an
= nuse brAzcn key and handed 4 over 60
4 formed in double ranks and marched away
\ In she faint starlight ieavin the tomb under
the guard OF Captain Eesaenien. wlih the
| locks thar cluster just above fhe tomb
/, ~ mid ,shi ths desolase lltsie knoll was
Deserted ~ Al ssve the soldier wssehs ,:s
tening outline against she sky Tn~ echo
4 ing tramp OF the ssasinei sounded fairtiy ON
oei nns sea Ss rsa q ss inn
\ Artkiery had gone 20 sleep under - White
tents fine encampment has been christenei
| IL .aembers ioaahs Win him AZ shiloh m
| der Captain. afterward General Ierrsi. Inc
| camp VIII remain on guard for tnsrty days
Chinese oeremonies-
NEW YonK. August She obseruics we're
Z celebrated IN Chinatown IN a chnracrri-fic
manner. At an early hour the imperial
standard was hang - half mast and bniie
elm was issued a fol- o~r: General .rans,
very great var General aud bead man % ths
Americans Il dead. lie was a very good
| man IL is requested that every
bodv observe Today. hls funeraI
day. quietly and pay proper rr~p.t
laundry man and grocer siIke and ~ con.
tents mace known % the community stores
were but half opened AMI only a little bu-i-
ness Was done. In many ~ tnr cauh rooms
Grants portrait wa- hung IN q place ~ honor
mourning embfrn-. or black and white
prayer carl--put alongside or beneath.
AZ No. 3 Mott street. Wong M. strict sud
dhi-f honored the Generate memory IN or
tnodox styie La cornrr 81 ~ 49, p'aDn :
va formed upon the moor ~ niisnz the
rpace bet ~ cen the walls and tao pieces 81
timber with fine white sand three inches
deep II the center vas raised nionnd ok
ilches long and two Wide A. the loot %
the mound ~a~ placed porcelain bsrwl ~
tea ana mt the head saucer ~ roasted
buck In she four corners funtrni lo>sstirks
were Inserted VA fhe sand On the WALL AZ
the head ~ the toy cemetery Wa rnSsei I
/ long PRAYER written In blue hiack upon
white satin paper The1o-< STICK ~crr ~
/ ufted early N fi1e mOrmux AMI replaced ~
RAPIDLY n they burned Ous- wong m saiu
Inc los stick l. for Chinese God AMI ma
him see the ten and meat for the spirit 81 tee
dead man 20 thar be wiii enter the next
A n Mott street an enthusiastic younz
celestial attempted 20 honor the. dead by
knitting fireworks and pyroteehnics. rs
same A. would BE- done In shina- ~ the dc
appointment 81 the small boys IN the ncixn
borhoot the youth WAS summary SUP
messed by his employers after ne nfrt p1rs
had broken the silence OF the strrtt bN,
few Chinese used the mourning emplcms y
their American neighhors- Lanterns q
pfayers with White OF white and violet I'D
bons seemed fayortes everywhere