Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13

., The setting sun were poured forth upon
= acene which even the city Of parades and
,,s,,eants has seldom witnessed. Looking
~, III Nurray hill from the streets below.
Mar q venue seemed To have been trans
in,m.d into a brillian; garden " bright
aowera II some landscape gardener could
have exercised his skill over three miles OF
territory ne could not have produced a more
brilliant picture. The bright scarlet OF the
artiIlerymeu, the golden uniforms OF the reg
mar officers. broad acres 81 the white and
siIyerad uniforms OF the Seventh regiment
HACKED nv rows 81 fnrled flags and the deep
Nine uniforms OF the regular troops, came
slowly over the hill like the unfolding of a
an heads were bowed, all tongues silent
A man who stood near your correspondcnt
astbe eataialoue passed, neglected To don
bis hat and was reminded OF his neglect by
his hat being knocked into the middle oil
the muddy street, under the wheels oil the
Fifth regiment battery that was just NOV
ing past As the procession Tor an hour
and over filed in steady march through
tbis Great and noted center OF fashion
Madison square--and the marching feet
lent time 10 dirges played by the band and
drum CORPS, the seventh Regiment band
nearly "A hundred strong played the dead
mach In Saul The buglers, iifers and
dr,Immera of the Eleventh regiment played
"Flae as n Bird To the Mountain" with
thrilling effect. The shrill quayering notes
or the flies ia that wonderful air sounded
like the wall otColumbia over her dead hero.
Another band played Sweet Spirit, Hear
NV prayer!' There was absolute silence
40 far ms human utterance was concerned.
The city hali decorations were magniii-
cent beyond description. IL was nearly z
O'clock when the head OF the procession
reached City Hnllsquare. Then Gen. Han.
cock, with his gilded staff eantering behind,
rode into the gilded plaza and To the 'front.'
of the city hall. There he dismountcd, His
staff salutei, and drow up ia line opposite
the main entrance.
The twelve black horses drawing the ia.
neral car were then led in front OF the city
hall. The undertaker's assistant supplied
a black stairway against IL, and the Grand
Army guard Of honor from Grant post, OF
Brooklyn, assembled the car reyerently,
lifted the sacred burden and bore IL into
the building During their progress the
Twenty second presented arms, band
played a dirge and a bugle rang out from
the steps with mournfulnotes.
Ger. Hancock had now delivered the re-
mains TO the municipal authorities, in whose
charge they viii be until 10 O'Clock on Sat
urday morning. Two OF the iron entrance
gates We're open, and in two lines thepeople
Tiled past each side of the coffin, thence
passing tq the rear entrances,
No attempt was made to keep an accurate
account Of the number of persons who saw
the corpse, but il must lave been fully
twenty thousand, Before the body wasex-
posed to public view, at tho request OF Col.
Grant Lieut.. Col. Floyd GARRISON placed
upon Gen Grants breast a decoration al
tho Loyal Legion Of Honor, and Senior
Vice Commander johnson fastened by
it's side medal Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, II was decided, after IA formal
conference in the mayors Office. that the
coffin should be kept open until 10 "a. IA,
Thursday Friday and Saturday, On the
last named morning, at tho honr meptioRed,
the coffin will bp finally closed.