The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-08-12

tolls, and the sound of the muffled drums
grew fainter and then died away.
INDICATIONS OF A WARM DAY.
Eight o'clock and nature was putting
forth signals OF an intensely warm day.
The crowd grew denser and denser around
the plaza. The mufled drums and dirge-
ful trumpets marched in at one side and
took q position at the east end. The
players constituted the David'a Island
Military Band. At $50 o'clock General
Hancock and staff tramped slowly into the
plaza from Broadway, and presented a
front to the city hall, and then moving to
the end of the plaza toward Broadway
they rested. At this time 100 members Of
the Liederkranz Society filed up the steps
OF the City Hall and led by four instru--
ments sang with impressive effect, "The
Chorus of the Pilgrims" by Tannehauser.
The Honor Guard OF regulars filed into the
open space, and at o'clock came Com
pany A, Fifth Artillery, under Colonel w.
B. Beck, and Company E, Twelfth Infantry,
under Major Brown. The regulars took a
position beneath the trees opposite the
City Hall, and stood at rest. Then came
THE ORIGINAL GUARD OF HONOR
that was on duty at Mt. McGregor, and
which alone should lift the remains to-day.
Filing into the corridors of the City Hall
they took their places beside the remains,
under the command of Joseph H. Johnson,
Senior-Vice Commander of Grant Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, OF Brooklyn.
At 9:35 o'clock the imposing funeral car
arrived, drawn by twenty-f -four jet black
horses, in black trappings. It halted on
the plaza directly in front of the City Hall
steps. Inside the corridor Commander
johnson was waiting. "Right and left, !"
was his command. The Guard of Honor
was erect. 'Lift the remains" was the
command, in clear, but low tones. The
twelve men stopped to the silver rails, with
gloved hands. March was the word
The body was moved out upon the portico,
where was borne the remains, Commander
johnson Immediately at the head.
LEAVING THE BUILDING
Down the steps with measured tread,
across the opening, to the steps OF the car;
Commander johnson stepped aside; the
silver mountings glistened as the burial case
and it's honered burden were carried up
catafalque. The veterans retired down the
steps. The body was above for all to view,
but deeply guarded. The Honor Guard,
next to the hearse on either side, took the
same relative position they had maintained
to the remains while being borne to the car.
The steps were drawn away from the hearse
and Commander johnson took his place in
the center Immediately behind the funeral
car. At his left and right on either rear
corner of the car were the comrades OF
| Wheeler Post. Saratoga. Respectively next
and directly behind these were the repre-
sentatives of the Loyal Legion, as follows:
| General John j. Milliken, General c. A.
| Carlin, Paymaster George D. Barton,
Lieutenant Colonel Floyd Clarkson, Lieu
tenant Colonel A. NJ. Clark and Captain E.
Blunt. The clergy and physicians had
PAID THEIR RESPECTS
to the remains by alighting from their car
riages and accompanying the remains from
4 the steps OF the car. They entered car
riages on either side of the plaza, near
Broadway, as follows: Rev. DR.. Newman,
Bishop Haines, Bishop Potter, Rev. DR..
Chambers, Rev. DR.. Field, Rev. DIR. Brldg'
man, Rev. Dr.. West. Rev. Father DeShon,
Rev. Robert Collyer, Rabbi Browne, and
Drs. Douglas, Shrady and Sands. Colonel
Beck, in charge of the regulars commanded
his company as indicated above to Their
| ositions-Company A on the right and
| Company E ON the left of the hearse. Col
ored men were at the brides of the twenty
| four horses, sixteen men OF the Meade Post
Philadelphia, Of which General Grant was
member, were almost directly in front o1
the team of black leaders.
! SIGNAL WAS GIVEN
| and the line of coaches with the clergymer
| moved off the plaza on to Broadway.
band stood waiting at the head OF the 1u
neral cortege. Colonel Beck advanced te
| the head of the line of black horses befo re
| the coach. "Move on" were his words o
command, with uplifted sword. The lead
ers stepped forward, led by the coloref
men. and in an instant the black line
horses had Strengthened their traces ane
the Wheels beneath the remains were NOV
ing, The hour was 9:47, the band played
a dirge, the tramp OF the negroes and tn
Honor Guard beat upon the pavement
The thousands beneath the trees and crowd
| ing the sides OF the square looked sllenoi.
upon the black funeral car, rolling over the
curbs into Broadway. The black corrldor
of the City Hall were silent.
GENERAL GRANTS LAST JOURNEY
wos begun. Mayor Grace, Comptrolle
I,oew and Aldermen Singer and Jachu
emerged from the city building. and eptere
a. carriage that had drawn up in front. In
members of the Common Council followe
and entered carriages, as also did the rolic
Commissioners. They followed out OF os
n1.za as fast as disposed ofin the carriage
and when it was 10 o'clock the police line
,,oro withdrawn and the people streame
ocr,,ss the plaza without hindrance. In
last scene there was ended. o.,
All night long the carpenters with sa
and hammer were busy in Broadway an
when this mornings sun climbed up out {
marL un, corners and alleys OF the city, it r.
ppealed the presence Of hundreds OF hastii
erected - reviewing stands from whlc
, The GREAT procession could be seen at price
ranging rn ali the way from 81 to $40 hea, q
The decorators, too, had not been idle. y
MANY houses were displayed
! EMBLEMs OF MOURNING
| which were not there the night before. II
+ reviewing stands were located IN a.! sor
e Of Of nlaces; nearly every empty stand alol
\ the route had been gobbled up 6y specul
TORS: tnr some OF these were rented outrlgh
q while While others contained numbered seats,
n ha had for IS each. The speculat'ng 1eV'
: even ov MOO cot hold OF the newsboys, several !,
o whom stuck notices on their chairs TO u
effect it that seats from which to view the p p
, rade raG could be procured. When at ieng,
k the he hands OF the great clock OF Irinl' LII
Y Chnrch approached the hour OF cloc
y, tae1s' brGso As far as the eye could reach t
e s;Jewalks were thronged with peopl
e Eve Every train and every street car pour II,
g ;ts ;t load into the great artery OF tray!
lg d. Rronzad farmers from the country, VIM
t. iaces bf from the city counting rooms al Al
!. nfices. and dirty faces from the tenehe
!. oIhSoo' -. ~ tho crowd Rich and poo