Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-07

NOUN N. T., july %
The following are among the telegrams :.
reived by the family:
c1 pn5t4 Y Ears hed Pa j J ~ ss:mMrs: General
General Grants death. l offer full meas,osl
Of sympathy. e"sofe
SAMUEL J. RANDALL, Berwyn. pa
AUGUSTA, Me-, July 23.-Mrs O. S. Grant.
your great bereavement. The entire Na1tidnn
mourns the loss OF its first soldier and it t"ato o
citizen. Atsl
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Among the many others who sent dis.
patches were Colonel Thomas F. Ochiltraa
Hon. William Nj. Eyarts, r. Kuhe. ,Jananasa'
Minister at Washington; Potter Palmer 20
Chicago: Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Tynar y
Washington; George w. Childs, of Ph;;,oi
delphia; Mayor Grace, of New York; How
William E. Gladstone, ex-Premier of Grea.
Britain, and w. G. Endicott, Secretary NJ
War.
PROCLAMATIONS.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The FOLLOWING.
proclamation was issued by the President.
'.The President of tho United States has inst
iIlustrious citizen and ex-President of I ths
united.States. General Ulysses s. Grant, mt
Mount MacGrcgor. in the State OF New Yorbke
tSe endeavort to > proion la'e lis I iife. fiH In %afid in
this announcement to the people of th ~
United States the President is impress ses
with the magnitude of the public loss Of a
victory, ~magnanimous; amid disaster serene
and self-sustained; who in every station,
whether as q soldier or as a Chief Magis..
countrymen, trod unswervingly the pathway
OF duty, undeterred by doubts, single-minded
has witnessed with deep emotion his n rs
longed and patient struggle with painfnl
alsease. and has watched by his couch of suf.
ter1nS Sa wi ch1 fearful IT las sym apa ~ the: The destined
turned to the Creator who sent it forth. The
great heart OF the Nation, that followed him
when living with owe and pride, bows now
Of his virtues, his great patriotic services
and of the loss occasioned by his death.
hive Mansion and the several departments nj
washington be draped in mourning for a ne.
Rod OF thirty days, AND that all public bust.
pended, and the Secretaries OF Wa aud of the
Navy will cause orders to be issued for app,n.
pirate military and naval honors to be rem.
"ln witness whereof 1 nave hereunto set
ny hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this Esd
of the United States the 10th.
[signed] GROVER CLEVELAND,
by luc fTSSucHC,
Il. +. BAYARD, Secretary of State.''
ALBANY, N. Y, July 24.-The following
proclamation has been issued by the Gov.
ernor:
STATE OF NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE Cu.v.
BER.-Clysses 5. Grant, twice President of this
United States, the defender of The Union. tho
victorious leader OF our soldiers and Genera
on the retired list OF the army, is dead. TO the
spirit, patient in suffering, brave in death.
HIS warfare s ended. After the close of his Of.
fetal life, and following that journey around
tons were paid him, he chose his home
among the citizens ct our State. He died
upon our soil, in the county of Saratoga,
tionary, memories. 1t is fitting that the State
which he chose as his home Should especial.
~ honor his memory. The words Of graf
his death shall honor, too, the Offices which he
held, and proclaim that praise which shall
ever be accorded ito those who serve the Re
therefore, tits hereby directed that flags
ON the public buildings Of the State be placei
st halt.mast until his funeral; and on that
in the Executive Chamber and the 0 depaTt,
ments OF the State Government WIN be sus.
pended: The people Of the State are called
of mourning, and it is requested that at that
hour they cease from their business and pay
respect to the distinguished dead.
olfOA u!ANCI AAy u1tuu anu the Of1Vy Seal OF
the State Of New York, at the Capitol, in the
city of Albany. the sd day Of July, 1856.
DAVID b. Hill.
WILLIAM G. RICE, Private Secretary"
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Adjutant- Ga-
eral Drum, by command of Lieutenant
General Sheridan, issued the following
order:
I'm compliance with the instructions of the |
PRESIDENT. on the 10V of rho f1porol OF oooh
military post, the troops and cadets will be
Paraded Il, and the order read to them, after
will be fired at intervals Of twenty
minutes; between the rising and set
OF the day a National salute of thirty. eight
guns. The officers of the army will wear
Grape on the leIt arm, on their swords, and
tne several regiments. and of the United
States corps OF cadets will be put in lpourn-
1ng Tor six months. The date and hour OF the
commanders bS telegraph, ana by them to /
taelr subordinate commanders"
H PLACE OF BURIAL.
MOUNT MAcGREGoR, N. Y, July "a
The time and place of the burial have not
been fixed, and it may be several days be.
fore a decision is reached. Mayor Graces
offer OF a public park Tor a tomb is looked
on With favor by Mrs. Grant and Coloe
Fred. The General is said to have init
mated a week ago in case he died at
Mount McGrcgor during the hot weather
ne would prefer that his remains
should be kept there until cooler weather,
his purpose being to spare the family a sad
and fatiguing journey in sultry weather
The General specially requested some time
ago that his body be inferred where that OF
MIS-. Grant might in time be placed beside
his. Stephen Merritt, a New York under
taker, started for Mount MacGreg0r noon
after the news of the Generals death was
received. He embalmed the body upon his
arrival. A cloth-covered oasket with eop
per metallic case inside has been ordered.
Public interest now centers chiefly upon
the obsequies of state and the burial
Colonel Fred Grant himself does not know
where the choice of a spot for the sepulcNel
Will be made. A messenger from tt
PRESIDENT and another from Mayor Grace
OF New York, will arrive here TO-DAY
to present to the Colonel in person tue
invitation of the respective cities o.
Washington and New York to bring
thither for burial the remains of the den.
eral. General Horace Porter will arlnI
here to-day to confer with Colonef tKu
Grant relative to the arrangement OF ls
funeral details. The city of Sprlngfe!g,
H., has also rendered a r%esting-place ~.
the remains of the General. Some das