Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28

there was scarceiv ~ may be said that
lnat b AFFORDED ! 3 view of 't the route ,Sos v Ell sp Sos
ysry from s IS to Sc sss nP pom ] It: n # sum paid
eeo9 sd for three ranged M d'f in q y single s seat. .E Bal.
m man; a Bay windows were We s"'d in 'I sreat s'o do TO-
t 'SSS !, These ee0p p9ioes ae s1s dSg as sn high a. e
e ssory IL Instance ! ! a s xindeow capacity IL { tss th, 1a
Rooms in s nroad wa store has brought si5o.
uthU.t Ne ~ y to S75 for the day. The D BALCONY we Of
Dow soVse on i! KS .t sold at ss5 q seat. Aba sys WHY
m 1nme TOT $3.50. A single window. which s cnm'
was rented ID S Sxce!ient view for a long distance,
When the f Snn ndre ae ladies' for $50 a seat:
B%ro sdwrcn approached the hour of nine,
were thron rae eye YES could reach the Sidewalks
ana every steamer poured its load into olf thu
tbe ao artery Of travel. Bronzed farmers farm aa' from e%e
rooms and o Mace races ace from city counting.
o enement districts, were in the crowd RicS
nov p94r, rogue and rascal, dignitaries and
stones and } sidewalk sscn G Gt5sT sa the se snrn;
10 De good-natured, and took the iosstlinpp Ind
t tried tn fe u.s. a matter of course. The police
was hard work s.e R RSSePle we're ven tine most street. %bo but %sn it
Width ~ pass along the walks than there was
Ma9lson Square was long astir. and t,pons
81 str saght-seers were trailing up Twenty-third
street as early as 80 O'clock, when an officer
ofith olf FiftS a dashed Up to the ladies' entrance
LOOK sook MS stand at the door. The pearl-grey
SASH denoting an aid of General Hancock,
xas c sfeass h hls srso of ea rns o5 Tsn.
cocks staff. He was followed shortly oa
f9r a m i,1d gentleman in military uni
Presidential and Gnbernatoriai " eaTriap oh n sne
~, Lieutenant.Colonel Gillespie. Their pres
Grepod attracted an enormous crowd to the
street, and the police were soon called upon
10 clear the sidewalk The crowd then swayed
around toward the main portion of the hotel.
wnich shortly became impossible.
Hamilton Fish was not among the pail. bear.
ers: he was sick, and the President had ap.
pointed AL, Drexel, of Philadelphia, in his
s miral M w she last had moment noa1 it was said that Ad-
A. half past eight o'clock Colonel
to aof aeeir ca s@%%aned The the pres,d Ra31;eear car'
rage, drawn by six horses, was called uD
to the door next, but it had fully an hour to
t;an 80 me rig, PRESIDENT had signitied his inten-
at the time, having finished his breakfast,
quietly conversing in his parlors. on the third
soor' WHIT With hs eGX, esf,se Cornell and Robin
Inc Grant family were quietly gathered in
sooms, hr xer grr rigid1 S.s excluded nat from their
it was announced that she would not
attend staa the funeral but had concluded to
r reperte Cd BY N0u br. H.% eSmsn to She be wni
weak and i'll, though not confined to her bed.
me party gathered at the hotel. ready to lake
carriages eSs for their position in the parade
far as to permit their carriages to fall in
line from the hotel, we're Colonel and Mrs.
f. fted 8 8: ef GRANT, Mrs. 5 ssrtor NJ. Mr. an and Ms Mr.:
Jesse Grant, Mrs. cram Mr Mrs. mrs. b Mnt.
Miss Cyamer, General Cresswoiil, Nj. Stephen
u. M1riarity, Senior Romero and MIR. w. j.
AfKell. The members of the party who from
Llme 70 time appeared at the windows as the
head of the column began to move up past the
no.el, the bands PLAYING as they passed BY,
part OF the multitudes gathered on the
square,.
At9;2O O'clock President Cleveland called
made for the order in which they were to
leave the hotel to take their place in the pro-
cession. The hands OH the clock in front of
O'clock when General Hancock and General
Shaler rode under its windows at the head of
the procession. The sun was reflected from the
their staff as it trooped on behind, followed
by the regulars, who, in passing, reversed
arms, while the bands. played mournful
the troops of the First Division. National
Guard, we're drawn up, guns were shouldered
as the be-, General passed; The regiments of
near Twenty-eighth street in a continuous
line in the east side Of Fifth avenue and in
the side streets, the Second Battery, Captain
Of tho avenue. A continuous line Of
Grand Army organizations extended
these files of citizen soldiers, one side in
uniforms and ready to do battle for their
country and confidently looking toward the
future; the other, battle-scarred and worn, it's
work done, and proudly looking backward
over the heroic past, passed the long process
sion with yelled iiags and muf HE'D drums, With
thsOng watched it go by from streets
and squares. from windows, housetops, bal
comics and porches, that seemed hanging in
the air, SO daringly had they been thrust for
ward from the buildings by sight-seers I'M
ious not to miss the memorable show. There
was not a foot of spare ground anywhere in
for the carriages, the military and the
marching thousands in citizens dress, seemed
1%Rfii19i%Rre ssnnP Ills o SH5 at they hey point diai a G'R RtftR
avenue and Twenty.third / Street, 81 where
the pressure Of the throng was great
est g abor and f his presence 4Sa e eroa alone +b acted 1.m like
made room for everybody else to the extent
Of his ability, and no harsh words were heard;
jackets Of the Twenty-secOnd Regiment OF
State troops made a continuous double file
and Second Batteries, handsomely mounted,
held the avenue as fur us Twenty-eighth
street. Throughout the line the crowd was so
dense that its power to exercise pressure had
passed. Where it stood, it remained an inert
mass, from sheer inability to move o foot.
Even the policemen were walled in. and, find
ing their occupation gone, stood still with the
rest, part and parcel OF the ~immovable, i'm
mense throng.
At 1910 precisely. the Grant family came out
of the ladies' entrance in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and took their carriages: Colonel Fred
Grant and his wife rode with General Grants
daughter Nellie (Mrs. sartoris); U. S. Grant,
Jr., and his wife and Senior Romero occupied
the next carriage together; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Grant the third, and the Cramer family
the fourth carriage. AS the carriages re-
ceived their occupants they rolled away
toward the avenue and remained there
in the line: They had been waiting more
than a quarter of an hour before President
Cleveland came out and took his seat in
four-horse carriage that followed received
Vice-President Hendricks and his private Sec
rotary, Hugh East. Ahead of them had gone
a number OF carriages following the Grant
family in the following order: Mrs. Rawlins
Holman, daughter of General Grant friend
and first Secretary of War; the Generals old
staff in four carriages; his ex-Cabinet officers
in four carriages; d~etachments from Wheeler
and q. s. Grant Posts, Grand Army of
the Republic. in four carriages; Mr.. j. W.
Drexel and members of the Aztec Club, and
survivors OF the Mexican War. Next came
the Presidents carriage, the Vice-President
and the Cabinet in five carriages, the mem