Milford chronicle., 1885-08-14

OF the mrge dry goods stores showed eiApoiate
fronts. The Fort Orange Climb house, the
HEADQUARTERS OF the various military orBanl-
cations, and the residences Of many leaolns
citizens we're hung with emolems OF mourn
ing. ., .4.,a a. the
crossing al Spencer street when the tram
came To a halt It was drawn BY SIX oiack
borsaa over which we're thrown long black
netfinos The Brooklyn Grand Army men
took their places at the horses heads, WINE
tbe Infantry and artillery companies ranged
tts,,,seives on each side Of it. committee
from the Albany common council had gone to
meet Inc remains ct Saratoga, and they took
sesta in carriages Gov. Hill met Gen. HAN
coclr and the Grants with his private carriage
al the train. There was little delay IN getting
the procession under way, and with Gen;
Hancock on horseback at its head 1t moved
slowly M the Capitol, with the bells tohnB
and minute guns firing. The brilliantly uni
formed military companies with reversed Arms
followed Immediately behind the funeral car.
on arriving at 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 undortakers TOOK
off the cover OF the coffin. IL was louha tnat
The bodv had been displaced somewhat by the
ionrnev. and that the face was slightly dis-
colored. AS soon as the undertakers had M
isbed their work the body was placed on the
There are eight electric burners under the
canopv and almost Immediately over the head
Of TIE coffin. This threw strong light on
face. The catafalque is Of black, with royal
nnrple border around the top, while the TOP,
over the remains is OF rich cream that reneets
die light down upon the face. As soon as tine
bodv was arranged on the catafalque Gen.
sherman. Gen. HGncOcke stan, Zen. FARMS
wq@gh and staff, followed by Gov. Hill and the
members Of the Legislature, filed by and
Looked At the remains AS Gen. sherman
passed he bent over the coffin Tor q second
only. and then turned his head quickly away
and walked sadly off. After the oihclala mao
viewed the body the rotunda was thrown open
10 the public. Within four hours p, 600 per-
sons walked by the casket.
The remains Law in state in the Capitol con-
tinuously until 1879 q. m. Wednesday, when
the doors were closed. At ll:5O the tunerai
procession was again formed on State street.
Tbe remains were transferred from the cata-
faione Ia fine funeral car as the State street en-
trance of the Capitol, and were escorted to the
Central Railroad depot At l2:2O p. m.
niIot enpine left Albany and run ten minutes
ahead Of the schedule time for the funeral
train in New York having the same rights
1'he funeral train left the depot at 1880 p. m.i
arriving at the Grand Central Depot, New
York at p. m
AT NEW YORK.
The funeral train arrived in New York at D
n m. Wednesday. and one Of the citys dense
throngs had assembled to greet it. From the
depot at 42d street down 9Th avenue to MaY-
eriy Place, and from Waverly Place down
Broadway to and about City Han tne Grove nov.
was the largest ever witnessed in these thor
In 9Th avenue many Of the householderss
were absent at the watering places, and had
made no arrangements for decorating the
buildings but in Broadway funeral pail 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 Y. ..
Grant Post. No. 1927. G.. A. r., escorted by
Gen. Hancock and his staff. The moment
that the body of the immortal soldier was
raised from its resting place on the train the
troops presented arms and the various Dands
played solemn dirges.
The escort was formed as follows:
Twenty Mounted Policemen.
Major General Hancock and Staff.
Battalion consisting of Four Batteries OF the
Fifth United States Artillery, as follows
Batteries 1, L and NJ, from Fort Hamitoni
Battery III, from Fort Columbus, and Bat
terry 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
(Wilhout Guns)
General Ward and Staff, Commanding First
Brigade n G. S. N. Y.
Colonel Porter.
Twenty-Second Regiment and Band.
Colonel Seward.
Ninth Regiment and Band.
Colonel Stewart.
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. 1927, Grand Army Of the Republic.
General Fitzpatrick and staff, Commanding
Second Brigade n. G.. S. n. I.
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 a line on each side of the entrance OF
the City Hall leading from the catafalquue
down the steps and along the plaza, the
right wing on the west side, and the left wing
on The cast side, When the funeral car ap-
peared in front of the City Hall all the troops
again presented anne. 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
we're wholly covered with black CLOTH so hung
that it followed the lines Of the architecture
hiding the ceiling with panels Of pleatingi
coating the columns with plain bands of black,
clrtaining 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 its foot and
on the first landing, in view between the col
umns behind where rested the canopy that was
to cover the casket was a bright new bronze
bust of the dead General on a pedestal be-
hind whose black drapery were family seen
the Stars aud Stripes. Thus were blocked
the stairs up which the vast army Of sorrow
ing citizens VINO 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 Yestlbule, between the inner pillars ana
the outer gates centre piece in the impro-
vised temple of mourning, stood the canopy
that had shielded the coffin in the cottage at
Mount McGregor-an artistic platform Of
black beneath a 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 catafaldue
and carried it around under the grand stair-
case into the draped committee room Of the
Board of Aldermen. There it was laid ON
trestles, and Undertaken Merritt removed the
lid and sprinlled the face with marble dust
The journey had not perceptibly 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 q
week if necessary.
Mayor Grace came into the room with IN
covered head and stood gazing upon the face