The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-11
ECHOES OF THE DiRGE.
TAKING UP THE THREAD OF LIFE
AGAIN
Where 1t Was Dropped to Do Honor t.
the Great Soldier The Grant Family
Visitors to Riverside and
the City Hall.

and Ulysses y Grant, with their wives and |
Mrs Sartoris, who have been stopping at
the Fifth Avenue hotel, left Monday for Mt. |
Mctiregor, on the IL o'clock train over the
West Shore road Jesse Grant and his wife
did not accompany the other members OF the
family
Gen. Sherman started for home Thursday
morning, ami Gen. Sheridan left Sunday
night. Gen Fitzhugh Lee is still at tae St
James hotel
Vice President Hendricks left Monday
evening The vice president said that the
funeral procession was grand and impos-
ing spectacle He declined TO enter on any
discussion of politics
Two sentries in the uniform of the United
States army paced with regular steps around
the tomb Of Gen. Grant all Saturday night
As the sun rose Sunday morning krause,
the bugler who sounded the "tapo"
after the funeral SERVICE reused the soldiers
in the tents with the reveIlle. The flag went
up at half-mast over the tomb and a cannon
doomed from the man-of-war that lay in
the Hudson off Riverside.
Daylight was the signal for visitors to APP
pear They came in groups of two OF three
at first. The early visitors were mostly
strangers in the city. Grand Army inca be-
longing to posts from all parts of the coun-
try gathered in groups all over the ground
The line of the sentries was established
about ten feet in front of the vault, and be-
yond that none were permitted to pass by
the guard without special authority, and
finally line was formed as in the cit, hall
and the ranks were full all day. About
40, 600 people visited the tomb
Shortly before 4 o'clock the officer of the
guard, Lieut.. Sawyer, while resting on a
park bench in the shade of the little cump
of trees behind the tomb, observed four
carriages driving up to the inclosure at a
brisk trot As the first Of the carriages
reached the walk Immediately in front
of the iron gate it stopped and Gen
Sheridan quickly stepped out. No
sooner had he touched the ground
than Col Fred Grant descended from one
of the rear vehicles with Mrs. SartoriS. Tne
three stepped acro;s the walk and MIS-.
Sartoris, leaning upon her brother, took
hold of the grating and peered within the
tomb. Thus she remained for fully hve
minutes When urged by her brother
she turned and re-entered her carriage,
which was then driven back to the
Fifth Avenue hotel followed by the other
vehicles The party consisted of Col. and
Mrs Fred Grant Ulysses s. and Mrs Grant,
Gen Sheridan, Mr. and Mrs. Creswell, and
Mr. ami Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago.
1t was found necessary to keep a dozen
policemen on duty at the city hall Monday,
owing to the large number OF persons wha
crowded into the building to view the cata-
falque and floral pieces which stood in the
3l,,,l, ,,l II
they could At 10 O'Clock I'm
dertaker Merritt and his assist
ants arrived with two large
covered wagons and began the work of re-
moving flowers to the tomb at Riverside
park. Any floral pieces whose size prevents
their being placed in the tomb viii be placed
outside at the entrance to the tomb.
photograph was taken OF the catafalque and
flowers, copies of which will bt
given to the members of the Grant family.
Every little leaf or flower or twig that fell
as the floral pieces were being taken from
the city hall was eagerly snatched up by
the spectator the majority of whom were
women or young girls Even the moss on
which the pieces rested was in demand, and
before a half hour after the last piece had
been taken away from, the floor looked a
if it had bsen swept
The catalalque and the canopy were
taken apart and carried to Merritts e,tab-
lishment on Eighth avenue, where they
will be placed on exhibition for some time
to come
On the visitors registers in the governors
room appear the following names compris-
ing the party of the Grant family who Wis
tied the city hall Sunday night: F. D.
Grant, Alex. Sharp, u. > A,
W. II. Monroe Jr., New York; julia
| Grant, New York; Nellie 5. Sartoris London
England; Ida Honore Grant, Lockwood
house; Bertha Honore Palmer, Chicago, Ills.
Annie B. Dent The names were written
by each of the signers in person,
These visitors saw the interior of the city
| hall, as arranged for the lying g-instate fol
the first m
The World prints the following special
| from Saratoga:
Il was shown dispatch yesterday which
says that Col. Fred Grant las accepted the
| position of engineer Of q railroad company
which is backed by the Baltimore &
| Ohio railroad and the Wisconsin Central,
| for the purpose Of making a new entrance
| into Chicago. Col Grant will 60 to Chi
| cago to take charge Of this new work as
| his fathers papers and the loose threads OF
| his affairs. Col. Grant has had a very
thorough education as an engineer at West
| Point He should do very well in the rail
| road business.
10 an interview, Sunday, Col Grant said
| 81 think that fathers book will appear be
| fore long We do not yet know exactly
what or how much manuscript there is.
| The last pages my father wrote have not
been lookel over, and there is a large
| amount of matter not in form fol
| publication. On my return to Mount
| Nc Gregor / shall devote the next fom
| weeks to looking over the manuscripts. ]
shall make copies of all his papers and pre-
| serve the originals. | ain not yet SURE
| whether or not there will be enough matter
| for two volumes, but what there is will bt
published with as little revising as possible
The story will be brought down to my
fathers death, and, when this has been
done, whatever there is will be printed" I
In regard to his mothers health, Col
Grant said: my mother is physically very
strong, and have no doubt that in time
she will regain her usual health. As to the
future plans of the family can not speak
very definitely. We shall go back to Mount
| MdcOreSo, anu Heihahh Oheie uhbii Ihll
when the family must separate Mrs
Grant will doubtless occupy the house ON
| Sixty sixth street"
- =, The Commercial Advertiser says that SC
far as can be ascertained Mrs. Grant will
have an incomeof about SIS, 600 per snnum
| This is estimated from the interest
at per cent on her profits on
the generals book, which will be it
is believed $225, 600; the rent of the Sixty
Sixth street house $4,000 and the S., oO0
which congress will probably vote her. Be-
sides this is the interest if there is any, on
the trust fund Of $3.50 900.
Dr. Shrady, asked if Fsrd Wards ras-
cality had any effect to hasten Gen. Grants
death, said he thought it had The doctor
said the trouble over Wards transactions
assisted the ravages of the disease