Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-08-12

placed as follows: Left Of the casket,
Comrades Corwin, Howtt, Mcdonald,
Squires, Knight, Guillam; right of the
casket, Commanders Tbbits, MacKellar,
McKelvay. Brady. Collins and Barker.
AT 9:35 the imposing funeral car was
drawn by twenty four je: black horses in
black trappings. 1t halted on the plaza
directly in front of the City Hall steps.
Inside the corridors Commander Jones
Right and left was his command The
guard Of honor was erect. Lift the re-
mains was the next command The
twelve men stepped to the silver rails
with gloved hands March" was the
word. The body moved out upon the
the portico whence the remains were
borne, Commander johnson Immediately
ut the head down the steps with meas
ured tread across the open to the steps of
the black and wait ng car Commander
johnson stepped aside and the casket-
honored burden was carried and placed
upon the diaz on mounted catafalque
The veterans retired down the steps and
the body was alone to all to view, but
deeply guarded. Soon the honor guard
next to the hearse on either side took
the same relative positions they had
maintained to the remains while being
carried from the City Hall steps and were
drawn away from the hearse Com
mander Johnson took place in the cen
ter Immediately behind the funeral car.
On either side at the rear end of the car
were comrades Ormsbee and Dowing Of
the Wheeler Post, of Saratoga; next and
directly behind these were representa-
tives of the Royal Legion abreast as fol
lows: Gen. John X. Mlliken, Gen. G. II.
Carlton, Paymaster Barton, Lieut. Col
Clarkson. Lieut.. Col Clark. and Capt.
Blunt. The clergy and physicians had
paid their respects to the remains by
alighting from carriages and accompany
ing them from the steps to the car.
They entered carriages on either side of
the plaza near Broadway, as follows:
Rev. DIR. Newman, Bishop Harris, Bish
op Potter, Rev. DR. Chambers, Rev. Dr.
Field, Rev. DIR. Brigham, Rev. DR.. West,
Rev. Father Deshon. Rev. Robt. Collyer,
Rabbi Browne, and Drs Douglas, Shrady,
and Sands. Col. Beck, in charge of the
regulars, commanded his companies to
positions. Colored men were at the
brides of the twenty-four horses. Six
teen men Of Mead Post, of Philadelphia,
of which Gen. Grant was a member,
were almost directly in front of the team
of black leaders, and the David's Island
band preceded them. At a given signal
the line of coaches, with the clergymcn,
moved of the plaza onto Broadway
The band stood waiting at the head of
the cortege. Col. Beck advanced to the
head of the line of horses before the
coach. Move on, were his words of
command. and the wheels beneath the re-
mains began to move. The hour was
9a7. The band played dirge, the tramp
OF the regulars and honor guard beat up
on the pavement. and the thousands Of
spectators looked upon the impressive
scene and Gen. Grants last journey had
begun. Then Mayor Grace and Comp
Jachue entered a carriage. The mem
bers of the Common Council followed
and entered carriages, as did also the
Police Commissioners. They then fol-
lowed the catafalque out OF the plaza
The police were withdrawn, and people
thronged across the space without him
drance. The last scene there was ended
Along Broadway hundreds OF hastily
constructed reviewing stands had been
erected during the night, from whence
the procession could be seen at prices
ranging from 81 to $40 q head The
fronts OF many houses along the line of
march displayed emblems of mourning.
Nearly every empty stand had been taken
BY spectators. When at length the
hands Of the great clock OF Trinity
Church pointed to the hour of Q, Broad
way presented an animated spectacle as
far 40 the eye could reach. The side
walks were thronged with people.
Every train and steamer poured its load
into the great artery OF travel. The
bronzed farmer from the country white
faces from the counting rooms and offices
were In the crowd, together with dirty
faces from tenement districts, rich and
poor, rogue and rascal, dignitaries and
nOnenities, jostlcd each other on the
curb stones and sidewalks. The police
found difficult work keeping the people
Df the street. Madison was astir early
and the street soon became we'll nigh
impossible.
Before 8 o'clock at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel the presence Of Gen. Hancock's
lta6, Col Hodge and Lieut. Col. Giles
pie. and the presidential and guberna-
lorial carriage party, drew such . crowd |
0f people 81 70 make passage through |
he streets impossible, and it was neces-
MY 20 cau upon the police to clear the