The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-29

SGeneral's head, after which each OF
THE family group pressed to the bed
fside, one after the other, and touch
Ned their lips upon the quiet face SO
slately stilled.
DR.. Shrady passed out upon the
{piazza and as he did so met DR.
Newman Fastening up the steps
''He is dead" remarked DIR. Shrady
{quietly. The fact Of having been
Eabsent from the side of the dying
man and his family at the last was
! a cause of severe and sad regret to
Ethe clergyman, who had waited all
might at the cottage. He had been
ssummoned from his breakfast mo-
! sment too late, and reached the cot
atage only in time to minister TO the
family sorrow and gaze upon the
scarcely hushed lips of the dead
sGeneral, to whom DR.. Newman q
Hove had bound him in such close
! ties.
Soon after Drs. Douglas and Shra-
Idly left the death,bed they conversed
ffeelingly of the latter hours Of Gem
eral Grants life. The pulse first
Ehad indicated failure, and the intel
ilect was last to succumb its clearness
and concious tenacity, and that after
midnight last night, though cir
Scumstance at 3 o'clock indicated
scognizance. do you want any
sthing, father" ?" questioned Colonel
Fred at that hour. Water" whis-
spered the General, huskily. But
awhen offered water and milk they
xgurgled in his throat and were eject
sed, and that one word of response
Twas the last utterance of General
sGrant.
DR.. Douglas remarked that the
speculiarity of General Grants death
swas explained by the remarkable
vitality that seemed to present an
.obstacle to the approach of death.
I 1t was a gradual passing away of
sthe vital forces, and a reflex con-
seriousness, the Doctor thought, was
retained to the last. The General
sdied of sheer exhaustion, with a
sperfectly painless sinking away
Eyes" inteuected DR.. Shrady quiet
sly, "the General dreaded pain when
( he felt he had begun sinking, and he
sasked that he should not be permit
sted to suffer. The promise was made
/ and has been kept. Since he COM
menced to sink on Tuesday night he
I twas free from pain"
Toward the last no food was tax
ten, but when a wet cloth was press
sed to his lips he would suck from il
Sthe water to moisten his mouth.
sDuring the Generals last night Dr..
$Shrady was constantly within call. !.
.Dr. Douglas was all night at the cot
Stage, and DR.. Sands slept at the ho-
{tel after midnight.
DISPOSAL OF THE REMAINS.
Within a few minutes after the
death of General Grant, Karl Ger
shardt, Hartford sculptor, who has
sbeen making a study here of the
General, was summoned to the cot
;tage, at the suggestion of DR.. New
man, to.make a plaster mask of the
dead mans face. He was highly,
tsuccessful. Within half an hour af-
tier the Generals decease the waiting
sengine at the mountain depot was
on the way to Saratoga to bring the
undertaken, who will place the re,
1mains in ice to-day to await the ar
Trivial of a New York undertaken, who
! has been summoned and who is now
I Jon the way here
The details and arrangements
itouching the remains while they re-
main here and Until they arrive inI
New York are in charge of Joseph;
sW. Drexel and w. J. Arkell. Att
sthis writing the physicians are desir-I
sous of having post-mortem exam!
sination, but the family are said tOI
Z he averse, and that is q matter vet
Ito be determined.
A week ago the General is said toI
have intimated that should he dieI
I lhere during the hot spell he would!
aprefer that his remains should rel
main here until a cooler period, thej
spurpose being to spare his family al
Ssad and fatiguing journey in SUCH
shot weather. 1t is doubtful, how,
lever, if this suggestion viii be fully
scarried out, though it is not unlike
sly that the remains may repose here
some days. Colonel Fred Grant,
: who is left in entire control of all ar
lrangements relating to his fathers
remains. 1t is not likely that al
proposition from the city of New
York to accord buriel plot for the
General and his widow, when she|
shall have passed away, might be-
! considered by Colonel Grant. The|
impression that Washington may be-
schosen as the burial place is believ-
led to be founded on the present in-|
sclination of Colonel Grant. The
! aonly condition made by the Gener-
Hal, and that as long ago as June "a, !
) twas that his remains should be in-|
5tered where those of Mrs. Grant
might in time lie beside his own.
( MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.
The family of General Grant has
sbeen constantly in receipt of MESA |
Sges ofsympathy since the announce
sment of the Generals death was
sent out this morning. Among the
sfrst was that from President Cleve-
Hand.
Among other messages received
fare The following:
New York, July 23.-Colonel f..
sD. Grant: Please present your
! smother with the assurance of our
ssincere sympathy. Can | serve you
iin any manner? Please command me
without hesitation.
ALoSZo B. CORNELL.
NEw YORK, July 23-Colonel Fred
ssGrant: Sympathize with you most
profoundly in your great sorrow.
sAny facilities over the New York
central that may be required will be
splaced at your disposal
CHAUNcEY NJ. DEPEw.
7 WINsoR, VT, Jnly %. Colonel
SGrant: | shall wish to attend the
funeral. Please telegraph when
1time is fixed.