The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-08-14

MANY MTfE tue HtU<iINtlH ~ Atr kfINty
bounty. In private, unseen life, he bore
many II the fruits OF the spiiit. he loved
his encmies not A. he loved his friends. but
10 loved them a. enemies BY doing them
these delusive April days v men hope revived
IN All our hearts said 20 him
"Nou are man Of Providence; God made
you the instrument 10 save our Nation ana
he may have great spiritual mission % ac-
compiish BY you and may raise YOU up"
Win mind clear and : voice distinct. ne
Il do not wish % proclaim II. but should
ne spare my life Il & my intention. and re-
solve 60 throw all OF my influence oy my ex-
liz i gone. but shall death defeat a pur.
pose 30 bencfcent, i he not mightier IN hls
death than IN his lifey What home has not
fet the sympatntuc chord souensl ny re
feringg How the enpers - sectional strife
have died out on the hearthstoae 81 the "a
tion, How political animoslties have skniked
Ms "i last , moment .. Who would not even
S for mansinds Ana thu was his consolation.
And who're, in all the annals OF the church,
shall we ind q dying hour 50 full OF reposef
In the early light OF April let. when all
thought the end was come the sufferer re-
vived. Heaven added months 20 iitc so
dear 90 ms all. When ne had recovered sur
ficently. asked him:
what xas the supreme thought on your
mind when eternity seemed 80 near"
had tried TO live a good and honorable life"
Was the response. which revealed the hidden
life OF his soul. And 50 came his last night.
The services were concluded by sing
Ing the hymn, "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
and pronouncing the benedIction.
About half past twelve O'Clock the
members OF u. 5. Grant Post No. S25, Of
Brooklyn, drew up In front OF the cottage
and populations appointed to remove the
remains entered, aud soon reappcarcd
bearing the casket. The march 70 the
depot was then commenced. The mill
tarv were drawn up In open ranks, ana
Is the members of the Post bearing the
remains passed through, the soldiers sa-
luted while the people uncovered and
bowed their heads In mnurnful silence.
The funeral train, which consisted OF
seven cars, awaited at the depot Next
to the engine came the funeral car. The
transfer OF the remains from the cottage
to the train Was without incident, and
exactly ten minutes TO one O'Clock, the
train steamed out from the depot.
Albany, N. r.. August 5.-When the
funeral train passed slowly through Sara
toga at 2s0 p. m. vast crowds assembled.
The bells tolled. and an expression Of
sad interest was unmistaksble on nearly
every face.
| At Ballston another assemblage stood
| uncovered as the train dashed swiftly by.
| The long platform Of Round Lake station
was occupied by 1t least 2. 900 people. Al
MechanIcsville and the other places
Gro wds Of several hundred were Ia holi-
day attire at the depots. At West Troy
| salutes were fred.
| Precisely at the schedule time the train
came to halt in Albany at Spencer
street. The funeral car, heavily draped,
4 drawn BY six black horses Ia funeral
trappings, was In waiting, and after
short delay the casket was transferred "a
II. At 3:53 p. m, the order was given tc
start
The procession was made mp as fol
lows:
FIRST DIVISION.
Headed bv platoons OF police 70 clesl
the streets; Maior-Gencral Hancock. U
s. A., commanding. and stan, mounted
Major General G. J. Farnsworth, Chic
Marshal, and stan, mounted; Major Jc
b. Carr, commanding, and stan. mount
ed; armed and uniformed military or
gapixaticns comprising the escort; q
funeral car, nanked by United States
troops and delegation OF U. s. Grant
Post, G. A. r.; mourners' carriages
Governor David b. Hill and stan; the
Mayor. Common Council and city off1ciali
10 carriages.
SECOND DIVISION
Brigadier- General James Warner, com
handing. and stan; the military orde
Loyal Legion. G. A. r., veterans Of thu
late war and sons Of veterans
THIRD DIVISION.
Major Walter s. Albraman, command
ing. and stan; civic societies, escorted
BY the Albany Jackson corps.
Enormous coucourses Of people line<
every street on the line Of march. Thu
pack and Jam at times dched the efforts
OF the police to preserve sufficient room
for the pageant. The crowds In Alban'
were far vastcr than were present at TIT
funerals OF either Lincoln or Garfield
It il supposed that not less than rs ,00'
strangers visited the CITY.
The casket was borpe into the Capito
at $3.50 D. m, and was taken immediatel
to an ante-r room adjoining the main cor
ridor, where the inclined rest, draped
with the National colors under the truI
grand and imposing canopy, waitc
il sacred burden The under
takess were In waiting and RAP
idly removed the purple an
glass lids, Il was found that the jaI
ring attending the removal from NJ
McGregor had In . certain degree dis
turbed the remains. This trouble VA
quickly rectihed.
Exactly at six o'clock the caskct va
placed on the rest In the corridor. Tn
doors were opened and members Of th
State Senate entered, two abreast, ct 81
foot Of the casket and passed out Of ID
Capitol by the private entrance. In