Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-05
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, The Dny Opened With booming Of Cannon
Services ~ the Cottage.
/ MouNr McGHGon, y. s., Aug tor
The mountain brow by the eastern look
out u gun boomcd suilcnly at I O'Clock
this morning. The shock Of The rover
bcrations was yet on the heavy atmosphere
when u second report shook the earth and
startled the birds In the trees. The ar.
! tlllcymcr had begun nring thirteen guns
90 mark the sunrise OF Gen. Grants last
day upon the mountain Soon after i
O'Clock The soldiers received orders to
BHEAK UP CkMp
and Ia less than twenty minutes all the
tents had disappeared from among the
trees and were packed away In boxes
ready for shipment down the mountain
side. AZ $50 buglc rang out II was
The assembly call for the trumpctcrs.
Fifteen minutes later the buglcrs OF the
four companies Of troops were sounding
the re,cillc, and as the last strains float
ed over the mountain they were swallowed
up in
TIiE nuOMiNG on TItr utNS,
That every hull.hour through tIic day
VIII lHAN iIll WIZ NullfNN bl lHt
Significance Iuf the day, and at
sunset viii cgsewith thlrty-ciyht vollcys
The family NJ the cottage was nstlr az the
morning louIbcd O'Clock, und the cor
respondents and guests were moving ~
the hotcl The mountain train NJ Il
O'Clock had begun bringing up people,
and every NJ nr thereafter the little engine
drew up at hc ,lrpot The funeral car 10
~ Al
Saratoga came up carly, and lay
wArrING nm nuBDEN
II should carry Last night The members
of the family, In n group and alone, had
taken their farewell Of the remains. and
to-day they give up his body to the nation.
AZ . O'Clock The family will, except Mrs.
Grant repair 10 the hotel for breakfast.
CA returning, preparations viii begin for
the tuncrol journey. This morning when the
faulty went TO breakfast, II was not surely
known what the widow would'dctrrminc
10 do. She had her trunk packed ycstcr-
day Ia the event Of her decision
30 go Nfrn rms RrMNiNs,
but her decision, If known TO herself, hns
not been shared with the family At
half-pnst eight the doors of the Grant
cottage had been thrown open and Il
NlI'hhi ~ llolN lioUItu III AlchUllN Tor
over 90 lunr About o'clock the head
ot1 Ion. On OF buggcs, wagons, omni.
pusl. ANA nrous kinds of vehicles
lppued climbing up the steep incline
urNr he tern outlook, audi soon the
area No the vicinity OF the cottage was
tdionged with horses aud wagons and
FARMERS with their wives ana families.
AZ D'aO train brought Gen. Hancock
and number OF distinguished visitors,
At 10 q, m, services were had at the cot.
tagc In the presence OF over thousand
persons, Cane CHAIRS and rustic seat,
were provided for the ladies under the
trees IN the grove before The cottage.
Those who failed TO secure the lcafy shade
used thcir umbrellas. The ceremony
opened With the reading of Psalm No. 80,
which was followed with impressive
prayer by Rev, Bishop Harris The hymn,
M laith looks up TO Thee, was Joined
IN by the whole assembly present with
fine effect pr Newman then cumc
forward and delivered a sermon ON the
subject OF "Thc Dead General" the FAM
ily sitting In the meantime ubout the re,
mains In the pnrlur