The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11


walked Two by Two la advance
1hen came General Frederick Deaf.
q brother of Mrs. Grant, aLu
DR.. Sharpe, brother 10 law Of Mr.. Grant,
General J. A. CIesswe | ami The Mexicau
min strr. {. nor Rome. @, and a detachment
IF aItl.ery marching with arms Reversed
as infantry. In Hanlock's staff, Senator'S
Evaits and Miller, G.ner~l Horace Porter,
1hos. Ochiltrse, OF Iexas, DIR. Douglass,
General RUFUS Inga.ls, Admiral Rowan lid
many frieuos Of he general. Arrived at
the station there was an ther grea. crowd.
Alter sOne lite time spsnl IN grting tie
p SIS myers ON board, the train, cors sting Il
six Cars, lefI for Sar .Ioga.
At ciock lhe order 10 start was given
Engineer MarlIn smut ali The steam trom
the cylinders, End The train staDuIJg as IL
DAD on the graue, slo Wy ST FED by ats own
weight and impetus. Down slhe mountain
bluffs and ridges on e Gu sIde oI the crack
Were dense throug. OF people. The grove
south Of the cottage wnere tie ne. ais
little grand CHI d. EN- played, VS. alive with
.p. Gators. Every RICK, every juttn z
point, every vaLtage gruulG, was occupied
with Immense thrOngs staining uncovered
IN the afternoon suuIl-ht, wuire no sound
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sui. except Tor the he Wy booming vi The
guns biddIng farewell
Slowly the lille engine started bai
quickly il felt the impulse OF the descent.
Out upon the first bluff aud clear OF the
fote crep. the little engine and ira.n. H.
t, allied aroup1 the curve where seven
weeks before General Grant, i've, had
turned 20 view ,h= same sweep II vail, V
d. mountain, with Saratoga lake glist IL
lug IN the snulighI ten nj es awa,, an to-
day, as the Train rounded the .u,looE,
Gen raj Grants SONS g z=d oul upon the
seen. anu maynAp thought vi -HOluer
day as compared win tn 5. Sweep
Ing a.out curves 10 lhe right
and lett, the train passed slowly down The
the mounta4n. On 1t rec eli toward the
plain by The imouS eastern outlook, vel I'm
Iull view In r was pun OF whit smoke
In an instant @SJund of boomi g c annou
echoed through the Trees anu rat led
through the valley In .liuIe eohJes. Ger
and uvWn ac.Oss the plain or illerymen
were bidding them farewell. TIE decent
10 the little village OF Milton was safely
accomplished, and at the platform a few
hundred villagers silently saw the rLin
psss through, and their heads were IN
covered. The level plain WIS reached and
seven level miles lay between the trrin and
Saratoga. The sped wa; little Increased
Farmers and their fam lies stood
rear and sal upon tie ie1c.s OF
their farms TO see the train
that bore the dead general. Az in the
cannon on the mountain spoke out over
the valley, but only the edge of its echo
reached the moving train. rhe spires of
Saratoga were coming In view and from
that direction came the dull booming of
cannon plant d half mile out of the vii
lage beside the Mount McGregor track
Seon this battery was reached and passed,
its brass guns saluting the train on its
passage. The st curve was rounded and
the train straig htened away parall-l to the
tracks of the Delaware and Hudson, on
which, north OF the Mount McGregor de-
pct the funeral train of the New York
Central rosd was wsi.ing, while
Thousands of persons were bing held
back by the military, the mountain
train drew alongside the other ira n and
stopped. There were nine cars IN the New
York Central tr in. Next 10 the enigne
then came The funeral car, "Woodlawu.'
The other cars were occupied as follows
Car number two, the clergy and DR.. Doug
lass; number three, sons and notable
mourners number four, General Hancock
and staff number five, Gen raj Hill and
staff; number six, the press numbers seven
and eight, military escori; number nine,
baggage. the remains were taken in
silence by the guard OF honor to the car,
Wood swn," VIII Gu was drspsd with black |
snd hung with fags. and ali parties were
transferred to their respective cars,
which were all draped in plain black.
The Brooklyn guard of honor and |
six men of the loyal legion, guards and |
regulars entered the dead car, also two men
of Wheeler post, q. A. K. Som after two
o'clock the superintendent gave Conductor
Thornton the signal TO start and the i'm
ppssive and heavy train moved through |
the throngs and awsy from Saratoga. Mrs.
Grant has concluded not to 60 TO New
York to day, and will not probably leave
here TIL Friday next The other I, male
of the family, on account of this
determination OF Mrs Grants, have not
nsde up III ir minds whether they will 60
this ev, ming or not.