The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-25

ent; The Generals little erand-cb;,dre,
IN a. o. urant, lr., and Nellie, were sleepin
=. Sre nursery above. Otherwise the eentiy
heda;:a S ana y. !, household were gathered at tb
tne group had not been summoned - -
Inent sooner than was prudent. The dno
Cors noted on entering the room and M
oeeuing TO the bedside that already tn
Purphsn tlnge. which is one of natures s;e
als oi nnai dissolution. had settled he
neatn the finger nails. The hand that n,
D1ugias hfted was fast growing colder tha,
u had been through the night. The mis-
nad nuttered beyond a point where tn
PHYSICIANS could distinguish it from tn
pulse beats OF his own finger tips. Respira
Iion was very rapid and was a succession
oi swallow painting. but happily the an
|Proacnng end was becoming clear of tn
|rattllng iullness OF the throat and luno
ana as the respirations grew quicker anc
more rapid at the close they also becam,
(.ess Haoored and almost nOiseless. Thi,
pact was IN its results 1omfortto
THE WATCHERS BY THE BEDSIDE,
|co whom was supposed scene of othe
|than q peaceful death. At times as g. pas
|sionate longing to prevent the event so nea1
would rise within her, Mrs. Grant pressed
|both his hands, and leaning forward tenderl,
Kissed the lace of the dying man.
Colonel Fred Grant sat silently, but Will
Ian evident feeling, though his bear
ing was that OF a soldierly son at the death
ped OF hero father. q. s. Grant, jr, was
deeply moved, but Jessie bore the scene
steadily, and the ladies, while watchin,
with wet cheeks, were silent. The mornin.
had passed five minutes beyond o'clock
and there was not one OF the strained and
watchers but who could mark the
nearness OF the life tide to it's final ebbing
DIR. Douglas saw
THE NEARNEss OF THE SUPREME MOMENT,
and quietly approached the bedside and
bent above it, and while he did so the head
OF the gray-halred physician seemed closely
allied with that OF the family. DR.. Shrady
also drew near. 1t was seven minutes after
8 O'Clock and the eyes of the General were
closing, his breathing grew more hushed as
the last functions of the heart and the lungs
were hastened to the closing of the ex-Presi-
dents life. The peaceful expression seemed
to be deepening in the firm and strong-lined
lace, and it was reflected as a closing com
Tort in the sad hearts that beat quickly
under the stress of loving suspense. A
minute more passed and was closing as the
General drew deeper breath. There was
like that of one relieved of a
long and anxious tension. The members of
The group were impelled each step nearer
the bed and each waited to note the next
butit did not come. Then it
never came. There was absolute stiffness
in the room and hush Of expectancy SO that
no sound broke the silence save the singing
,f the birds in the pines outside of the
for md III IL
engine that all night had waited by the
depot.
"ITs ALL OVER"
quietly spoke DR.. Douglas, and there came
then, heavily to each witness, a realization
chat General Grant was dead. Then the
doctors Withdrew, the nurse closed the
'yelids, and composed the dead General 81
lead, after which each OF the family group
toSthe bedside, one after the other,
and touched their lips upon the quiet face|
80 lately stilled. DR.. Shrady passed out
lpon the piazza, and as he did SO he met
DR.. Newman Fastening up the stairs. "He|
S Dead" remarked DR.. Shrady, quickly.
The fact of having been absent from theI
'ide of the dying man and his family att
,he last was n cause OF sorrow and regretI
10 the clergyman, who had waited all night
It the cottage. He had been summoned al
moment $40 late, and reached. the cottageI
,nly in ii. ae TO sIsf ts,sse g sor-
owing and gaze upon the, scarcely rhushedj
lps Of the deads Generaf to whomf Rr.j
sew1nan's lows lfas1a bonpd sshinas1ns ssHcl1i
lose ties and relations.
CLOSING SCENES. .''
Soon after Doctors Douglas and Shradyl
eft the death-bed they conversed feelinglyI
4 the later hours OF General Grants life. A.
ME pulse first had indicated failure the (
1tellect was the last to succumb it's clear /
ess and concious tenacity, and that after /
Midnight last night, though a circumstance
t o'clock indicated cognizance.
"Do you want anything, father" ones
Water" whispered the General huskilv, /
ut when offered the water and milk, they
lrgled in his throat, and were elected, andk
hat one word Of response was the last ut T.
erance of General Grant.
DR.. Douglas remarked that the peculiarity
+ Grants death was explained by the re
larkable vitality that seems to present an ]
bst.tcle to
THE APPROACH OF DEATH.
1t was gradual passing away OF vital
,rces, and reflex consciousness, the Doctor
hought, WAS retained to the last. The
eneral died of exhaustion, and in a per-
city painless sinking away.
Eyes" interjecued DR.. Shrady, quickly,
the General dreaded pain when he felt heb
ad begun sinking, and he asked that heb
nould not be permitted to suffer- Promises
as made, and it has been kept" Since he
to sink on Tuesday night he =
as free from pain. Toward the last no :
,od was taken, but when wet cloth was )
ressed to his lips, he would suck from 1T
ater to moisten his mouth. During the +
eneral's last night, DIR. Shrady was con-
5antly within call. DR.. Douglas was all
ight at the cottage. and DR.. Sands slept
t the hotel after midnight.
DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS.
The details and arrangements touching theL l.
,mains, while they are here and until theyf
rrive in New York, are in charge OF Joseph
J. Drexel and w. j. Askell. At this wrltlngf
le physicians are desirous OF havinga post
,ortem, but the family are said to be
verse, and that is a matter to be deter
lined. A week ago General Grant is said
, have said to an intimate friend that
,ould he die here during the hot weather,
e would prefer that his remains should re-
ain here until cooler weather, the purposek
eine to spare the family the sad and Ia
cuing tourney in sultry weather. 1t ISL
oubtfui, however, if this suggestion is fully
,rried out, though it is not unlikely that
,e remains may repose here Tor severai
avs. This, however, is entirely at the dls-
osal of Colonel Fred Grant, to whom It is
#.
THE ENTIRE CONTROL
al, arrangements relative to his fathers 81
.nains. 1t is not unlikely that the prop-|
sition from the city OF New York to &C
,rd q burial plot for the General ana ms
;fe when she too shall have passed away
iobt he considered by the Colonel. IL may
q that Washington will be chosen as IheE
ur;aI spot. It is believed to he Iounoeo
j the present inclination ofColonel oran1.
he oniy condition made by the General as
mo ago as June oath, was that his remains al
,nnld be inferred where those OF MIS-
~, t,+ might in time be beside his own.
PRESERVING THE FEATURES.
Within twenty minutes after the deaLh
canar.l Grant, Kere Gerhart, a Hart
,rd sculptor, who has been makinsa a stuay
ora of the General, was summoned 10 tie
,ttape at the suggestion Of Dr; Newhlan
!, ,,,ake a plaster mask OF the dead man
700 He was highly successful: -.
Tv;+h;n half an hour after the General
ecease. m % the waiting engine at the mounea.nf
onnt was on it's way to Saratoga 10 prinsE
81 epU undertaken, who will place the remaibs 4hs
nc ny ~ dav tn await the arrival OF 1hee