Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

whose eyes filed when his daughter said,
"Papa, Josie and / have made this for
grandpa, and please won't you give it to
himY The Colonel placed the oaken
wreath on the casket and there 1t rested IN
Albany and still remains as the children
Offering. Four o'clock had passed. The
gray Of dawn had deepened to red and day
was near.
The Strains of Dirge Music
c-ept on the morning air. At first distant
the5 drew nearer and nearer. The red
deepeLed in the East. Sunrise was near.
The strains of music slow and sad gre"
more distinct. The blue-coated veterans Of
the Meade Post of Philsdelphis, five hun
dred strong. came tranping to the dlrge
music of the trumpets. The East was sui
fused with tints Of orange and dawn was
close, the dawn of the funeral day. Ihs
veterans entered the plaza and marched
rsst with muffled drums to sill their foot
steps. A heavy gun doomed ont toward
the sea. The chimes of old Trinity psaIed
mournful notes and the sound OF mu'Hsd
| drums crew fainter and died away. Ii was
sunrise. The day wss born. The last day
LOr tQe uehu upJu CoAku oSAOAO 'A~
should have opened to shelter him;
Six o'clock and Wilson Post OF Baltimore
marched by with a Chicago organiz alton,
! The corridors had been picketed by fifteen
policemen, while outside l25 more were at
rest under the command OF two seargeants,
The last guard of the Grant G. A. K
Post. save the thirteen who will attend the
! body to the tomb, had been mounted at D
| o'clock. At $50 Captain A. c Barry and
men of the Seventy first Regiment went on
duty as the last military body guard before
| removal. Inspector Steers, with three hours
sleep in as many davs, was IN charge. =!
am awaiting the coming Of the military, and
shall have $40 men here at 8 o'clock, said
the Inspector. Seven o'clock, and the
streams Of solemn music hoated IN at the
grsted iron doors from many directions
Eight o'clock, and nature was putting forth
signals of an extremely warm day.
The Crowds Grew Denser and Denser
around the piazza Men with muftled
drums and dirgeful trumpets marched IN al
one side and took positions at the east end
The PLAYERS constituted the Davids Island
Military Band. At SIS General Hancock
and staff trooped slowly into the plaza from
Broadway and presented front to the City
Hall, then moving to the end of the plaza II
Broadway, where they rested in the plaza
At this time one hundred members OF the
Iiederkranz Society fled up tC
the steps of the Citg Hall and leo
by four instruments, sang with impressive
effect, Chorus Of the spirits from over the
water" and Chorus CT the Pilgrims, by
Tapnenbsuser. The honor guard of regu
lars fled into the open space at 8 o'clock
company A, fifth artillery under Col W
B. Breck, and company f, twelfth infantry
uudsr Major Brown. The companies anC
the guard of regulars are under the com
maLd of Col. Breck. The regulars tool
roi'ion beneath the trees opposite the CITY
| Hall and stood at rest. Then came the
original
! Guard of Honor
that was on duty at Mount McGregor, snC
which alone should lift the remains today
Filing into the corridors of the City Hall
they took their places beside the remains
and then under command Of John d JohH
son. senior vice commander Of Grant Post
| Of G.. A. K of Brooklyn. The men a:
! they stood we're as follows. Lef OF the
cssket, Comrades Corwin, Howatt, McDon
aid, Suuires. Knight and Guillam; right o.
casket. Comrades Tibbstts, Wallace, kellar
McEelvev. Brodic, Collins ald Barker. Al
| 9.25 the imposing funeral car was drawn
| by twenty four jet black horses in black
| drapirgs. IL halted on the plaza, directly
| in front of the City Halls steps Inside