The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-08-14
THE GRANT FAMILY.
Their Last Tributc-Mnnv Expres.
siOns of sympathy.

Twelve carriages were assigned for the use
oil the Grant family and their near relatives.
At 10 o'clock Colonel Grant was informed
that these vehicles were waiting at the en-
trance to the hotel on Fifth avenue for their
occupants and that it was desirable that there
should be no loss of time on the part of the
mourners in getting ready to take their posi-
tion in the line of procession. III obedience
to this request he marshalled the family and
their more immediate connections, and at
once entered the carriages. In this party of
mourners were Colonel and Mrs. Fred Grant,
their daughter Julia, their young son, U. s.
Grant whose departed grandfather always
playfully called him General" by which pet
name he is frequently known; Mrs Sartori,
Mr.. and Mrs U. $. Grant, Mr.. and Mrs Jes-
sic Grant and their daughter Nellie; DR..
Sharpe, who married sister of Mrs Grant;
Mr., Mrs and Miss Cramer Mr.. Simpson
Grant, a cousin of Colonel Grant; Mrs. Cor
bin, Mr.. and Mrs Potter Palmer. DR.. Sharp,
Mr. and Mrs, Holman, of Long Island; Miss
Rollins, the eldest daughter of General Roll
lins and ward of General Grant; Sgnor
Romero, Mr.. n. L. Dawson and Mr.. W. j.
Arkell
Mrs Grant, the widow of the General, was
not present. Some of her friends strongly
urged her up to late hour ON Friday to be
present, but she said that she felt that she
had bid the General ''goo1-by' at the funeral
services at Mount McGregor, and she pre-
ferred to have that as the remembrance Of
uuclr laSU parting. lnOuBn III was KNOWN
that all during the day her sorrow had been
so great that she had been more or less con-
fined to her sick room. Still, in a message
from Mount McGregor she expressed her sat
isfaction that she had been true to her orlgi-
nal resolution of remaining on the mountain.
Though, in obedience to those in charge Of
the details of the procession, the Colonel
caused his party to be in their carriages soon
after ten o'clock, it was one p. m. before they
were able to fall into line at the hotel, and il
was six o'clock at night before they returned.
With the exception of the comparatively
short interval when they assembled around
the tomb they had been compelled to remain
i'll their carriages all that time. This, nee
esSariy, involved more or less discomht, es-
pecially to the ladies, "but all this was for
gotten,' Colonel Grant said "in the oppor-
tunity that was afforded them to witness so
wonderful n tribute Of respect to the MEM
DRY of General Grant,
The colonel expressed himself as greatly
pleased with the arrangements that mad been
made for the funeral, and with tine great
popular demonstration of respect, The fam
| lily had large number of callers at their
rooms in the evening, and it was very late
before they were able to retire.
The three sons of General Grant came into
the upper corridor of the Fifth Avenue hotel
during the evening, and received an ovation.
| They were introduced to the governors of
States, and many men of note from the
South, who were profuse in their expressions
of sympathy, This was the first appearance
of the members of the Grant family in public
since the generals death.