Connecticut western news., 1885-08-12

of the large dry goods stores showed elaborate fronts. The Fort Orange club house, the headquarters of the various military organt- cations, and tho residences of many leading citizens were hung with emblems of mourn ing.
 The heavily draped funeral car stood at the crossing at Spencer street when the train came to halt. It was drawn by six black horses, over which were thrown long black nettings, The Brooklyn Grand Army men took their places at the horses heads, while the infantry and artillery companies ranged themselves on each side of 1t A committee from the Albany common council had gone to meet the remains at Saratoga, and they took seats in carriages. Gov. Hill met Gen. Han- cock and the Grants with his private carriage at the train. There was little delay in getting the procession under way, and with Gen. Hancock on horseback at its head it moved slowly up the Capitol, with the bells tolling and minute guns firing. The brilliantly uni formed military companies with reversed arms followed immediately behind the funeral car. On arriving ct the Capitol Gen. Hancock | formally called upon Gov. Hill in his private room, while the remains of Gen. Grant were | taken to one of the small rooms Of the lnsur- | ance Department, where the undertakers took | off the cover of the coffin. It was found that | the body had been displaced somewhat by the | journey, and that the face was slightly dis
  | ished their work the body was placed on the catafalque. There are eight electric burners under the | canopy and almost immediately over the head | of the coffin, This threw strong light on face. The catafalque is of black, with royal | purple border around the top, while the top, over the remains is of rich cream that reflects | the light down upon the face. As soon as tho | body was arranged on the catafalque Gen. | Sherman Gen. HEncocks staff, Gen. Farms | wu>kh and stan, followed by Gov. Hill and the l member of the Legislature, filed by and looked at the remains. AS Gen. Sherman passed he bent over the coffin for Q second | only, and then turned his head quickly away viewed the body the rotunda was thrown open | to the public. Within four hours 27 900 per sons walked by the casket.
 The remains lay in state in the Capitol con- tinuously until 10:30 a. m. Wednesday, when the doors were closed. At 11:90 the funeral procession was again formed on State street. The remains were transferred from the cata- falque to the funeral car at the State street en- trance of the Capitol, and were escorted to the Central Railroad depot. At 12:2O p. m. a pilot engine left Albany and run ten minutes ahead of the schedule time for the funeral train in New York having the same rights. The funeral train left the depot at 12.30 p. m., arriving at the Grand Central Depot, New York at ?. m
 AT NEW YORK.
 The funeral train arrived in New York at D. m., Wednesday, and one of the city's dense throngs had assembled to greet 1t. From the depot at 42d street down 9th avenue to Way erly Place, and from Waverly Place down Broadway to and about City Hall the crowd was the largest ever witnessed in these thor oughfares
 In 9th avenue many of the householders were absent at the watering places and had made no arrangements for decorating, the buildings but in Broadway funeral pal ap- peared to hang over the city. Every building was shrouded in black and white. Many of the adornments were gotten up at great expense. When the train arrived the casket was car ried from the train to the funeral car by U. B. Grant Post, Mo- 327, G. A. R., escorted by Gen. Hancock and his staff. The moment that the body of the immortal soldier was raised from it's resting place on the train the troops presented arms and the various bands played solemn dirges
 The escort was formed as follows Twenty Mounted Policemen. Major General Hancock and Staff. Battalion consisting of Four Batteries of tho Fifth United States Artillery, as follows
 Batteries I, l. and M, from Fort Hamilton;
 Battery H, from Fort Columbus, and Bat
 tery Band, from Governors Island.
 Lieutenant Commander W. W. Meade.
 Two Companies of Marines.
 Two Companies of Blue Jackets.
 Major General Shaler and Staff. The Second Battery, N. G. 8. N. Y., Mounted
 (Without Guns).
 General Ward and Staff, Commanding First
 Brigade N. G. s. N. r. Colonel Porter.
 Twenty-Second Regiment and Band. Colonel Seward. Ninth Regiment and Band. Colonel Stewart. sa Eleventh Regiment and Band.
 Carriages, containing Civil Officials and citizens New York Escort Committee of One Hundred, Funeral Car containing the body of Gen. Grant Guard composed of Members of U. s. Grant
 Post, No. 3S7, Grand Army of the Republic. General Fitzpatrick and staff, Commanding
 Second Brigade N. G. s. N. Y.
 Colonel Clark.
 Seventh Regiment and Band.
 Colonel Cavanagh. Sixty-ninth Regiment and Band. Colonel Scott.
 Eighth Regiment and Band. File of Policemen. The solemn procession marched through Forty-second street, down through Fifth ave-, through Waverley place to Broadway and down Broadway to the City Hall.
 As soon as the head of the column entered | City Hall Park, the Twenty-second regiment | formed line on each side of the entrance of | tho City Hall leading from the catafalque down the steps and along the plaza, the | right wing on the west side, and the left wing | on the east side When the funeral car ap- peared in front of the City Hall all the troops | again presented arms. Bands played dirges | while the casket was carried to the catafalque | in the main hall where it is to lie in state. | AT THE CITY HALL.
 The vestibule and corridor of the City Hal were wholly covered with black cloth, 80 hung | that it followed the lines of the architecture, hiding the ceiling with panels of pleating, coating the columns with plain bands of black, | ourtaining the walls and enveloping even the round radiators that heat the building in win ter. The staircase that parts and reaches on either side of the great lobby with two winding arms was blocked with drapery at it's foot, and on the first landing, in view between the ool- umns behind where rested the canopy that was to cover the casket was bright new bronze bust of the dead General on pedestal, be- hind whose black drapery were faintly seen the Stars and Stripes. Thus were blocked the stairs up which the vast army of sorrow ing citizens who viewed the remains of Abra- ham Lincoln here in 1865, passed to the bier, which was then in the Governors room over head. Above the bronze bust in the corridor of the second story was an old-fashioned clock made of immortals of blue and white, the testimonial of the grief of the wives and daughters of the many veterans. But in the great vestibule, between the inner pillars and the outer gates, centre piece in the impro- vised temple of mourning, stood the canopy that had shielded the coffin in the cottage at mounb mctreBOr-An hrtiBGlO paIOrm or black beneath canopy of black cloth up- raised on carved mahogany columns.
 SETTING THE GUARDS OF HONOR.
 The gates were closed as the last of the Citi- zens' Committee retired, and the Grand Army veterans lifted the coffin from the catafalaue and carried it around under the grand stair~ case into the draped committee room of the Board of Aldermen. There 1t was laid on trestles, and Undertaken Merritt removed the lid and sprinkled the face with marble dust. The journey had not peroeptibly changed the appearance of the face. Dr. Brush of Grant Post and Deputy Coroner Jenkins made an examination and decided that it would be practicable to expose the face to view for 6 week if necessary.
 Mayor Grace came into the room with un- covered head and stood gazing upon the face