Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05

ment of the parts around the windpipe. An unusual feature of the cancer was in first tn- vading the side of tho throat rather than the tongue, which is most frequently the seat of the disease.
 IN HIS COFFIN.
 Gen. Grants body lies in it's coffin ss if in peaceful sleep. The arms cross the breast in natural repose. Only the wasted hands re- call his pain. The face is calm. It shows ID sign of where the dread disease crept. There is fullness in the outline and nothing of the death pallor. The hair is combed 80 that the gray scarcely appears. Bunches of white are in the beard, but it is trimmed as of old. The lips arc speaking lips, slight Iy parted, yet with no space between them. Death has made the face younger ? 10 years. Art has done much to hide the tenuation of the body. It is clothed in broad cloth. Above the buttons of the Prince Albert coat gold stud glistens. There is plain gold ring on the little finger of the left hand. The stud and and the ring are the only jewell ". White stockings show above the tops of patent leather slippers. The body lies quite flat, but the head is raised slightly by it's pill low of satin, bringing the face into fine relief.
 TO REST IN RIVERSIDE PARK.
 Col. Fred. Grant visited New York to con- suit relative to the last resting place of the dead exPresident. He selected two places, Centfsl and Riverside Parks, and the final de- cision wss left to Mrs. Grant. Upon his re- turn to Mount McGregor, and upon consulta- tion with his mother, Col. Grant telegraphed to Mayor Grace, of New York, that Riverside Park was the place selected. .-..
 Riverside Park extends along the river front for two-&nd-a-half miles, from Seventy second to One Hundred and Thirtieth streets, and is of varying width. The total area is about IF acres.
 Mayor Grace says:-' am very glad that the members of General Grants family have accepted this site for the grounds about the monument can be laid out with view to dis play the testimonial that will mark the resting place of the countTy's hero The old Clare mont house will be torn down."
 The outward swell of the promontory begIns at 122d street, and the river bank returns to it's regular line at 129th street. The summit of this elevation is an almost level plateau of 8 little more than twenty acres. On the river side the descent is abrupt. :
 If the observer on the summit of the hill looks to the south he has opened before him the long vista of Riverside Park and its 177 acres of driveways, hewn-stone wall, and an- cient oaks and maple on the steep slopes of the Hudson river. On his right are the ever widening surface of the Hudson and the distant Cities of Hoboken and Jersey City, and on the left the spires and tall buildings of the city of New York dis; appearing in 8 haze. To the east and south east only pasture land dotted with oaks can be seen. It is unimproved private property, and will, it is expected, rise in value and become the site of handsome villas, with lawns, walks, and shrubbery. Manhattanville, to the north east lies in the valley running northwest and southeast between Claremont and the highland north of 129th street.
 The spot suggests Revolutionary war mem ories Fort Lee is bold promontory on the opposite side of the river, the old fort in Central Park is on the southeast, Fort Washington is on the north, and the highlands near West Point shut in the horizon beyond the Tappan Zee.
 The site is remote from lines of travel, and is nearly eight miles, air line, from the City Hall and six miles at least by any practicable route from the Grand Central Depot. To owners of carriages it is twenty minutes drive from the north end of Central Park. The driver may choose between the Riverside drive direct to Claremont and tho Boulevard to Manhattanville, doubling back up the hill by way of the old Blooming dale road. This road, however, will doubt less be graded and made less precipitous Access to the site from cross streets above One Hundred and Tenth street is to be had only at 125th street. The streets be- tween are either not cut through, or are not graded for carriages. From down town an hour is consumed in riding to Claremont by the shortest route. This route is by the west side elevated railroad to 125th street, thence by the t125th street cross-town cars to the Blooomingdale road, and thence on foot about two city blocks up hill. The temporary tomb to receive the body of Gen. Grant is to be built of brick near the restaure--A
 DARK DAY.
 "The darkest day of my ife," Gen. Gran once said to friend, ''was the day heard Of Lincoln's assassination. I did not know what it meant. Here was the rebellion put down in the fieldiand starting up again in the gutters. We had fought it as war, now we had to nght it as assassination. Lincoln was killed on the evening of the 14lh of April. was busy send ing out orders to stop recruiting, the purchase of supplies and to muster out the army. Lin coin had promised to go to the theatre, and wanted me to go with him. While was with the President a note came from Mrs. Grant saving that she must leave Washington that night. She wanted to go to Burlington to see her children. Some incident of trihing na- ture had made her resolve to leave that even- | ing was glad to have it SO, as did not want to go to the theatre. So made my excuses to Lincoln, and at the proper hour we started for | the train As we were driving along Pennsyl- | yania avenue & horseman drove past us on l gallon and back again around our carriage, | looking into it. Mrs. Grant said: There is | the man who sat near us at lunch to day with some other men and tried to overhear our | conversation. He was so rude that we left the dining-room. Here he is now riding after us.' I thought 1t was only curiosity, but learned afterward that the horseman was Booth. It seemed that l was to have been attacked, and Mrs, Grants sudden resolve to leave changed the plans. A few days after received an anonymous letter from a man saying he had been detailed to kill me; that he rode on my train as far as Havre de Grace and as my car was locked he failed
 to get in. He thanked God that he had failed.
 remember that the conductor had locked our
 car, but how true the letter was cannot say.
 Ilearned of the assassination as was passing
 through Philadelphia. turned around, took
 8 special train, and came on to Washington.
 It was the Cloomiest day of my life"