The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-09

A MAN WITH CRUTCuEs
Almost the last carrlxge had wheeled
INTO line at Twenty. third street when
there fell in behind carriage containing
an officer with a gold land across his
breast Two croIchss ttood up In the car
riage beside him, and proclaimed his name
rs the eold scarf announced his rank. He
was Major.G neral ID lniel II. aicKles. Fol-
lowing behind the crippled veterans car
rage there tTod daseeminglye endless army Of
banners, s,without show of gold or glitter, but
the armlesS sleeves, the limping gait aud
the scared faces, that stirred mems minds
as they passed with deep and strong emo.
tiOI.
They weio the dead hero's comrades 4 who
shared his danger on the field t bait c and
had marched behind his VictorlOu. banners
over mtny aroad, and now walked with him
TO hts last resting place-so many Of them
soon TO follow sadly, yst proudly, they
walked once more together They We're
old meo, most OF them, but they Walked
bravely and Kept up with the youngest.
Some carried canes. more walked without
support of any kind. All had their badges
yelled with Grape aud wore bows Of Grape
on the left arm, The tattsrod banners
were yelled IN back and many posts car
rled as distinctive badges, sprigs OF
myrtle or evergreen on their breasts
lheprOeess,on seemed unending, stretch
Ing southwark as far as the eye could reach.
The streets all the way to the tomb were
HtttAti WIN ltuplt, anu 10 = iilU L Elll Ol Ille
column approached the tomb the duh re-
VerberationS of the guns from the men-of
war could be heard, and the troops broke
column from the left marching TO the
right or side of the road After forming Ia
line arms were pres ented and the cata-
talque slowly passed.
ANXIOUS TO sEE THE CATAFALQUE,
The crowd on Fifth avenue remained on
the sidewalks with remarkable perssteucy
until the long parade had passed There
were few cases OF hent proStration In the
ranks, hut 81 far rs known none were fatal
The 1egimentM ambulances were called
into reputation for slight cases, perhaps
half doIen times. At the corner OF
tiily-SeVen,h street where Pine turned
10 the west, the crowd swelled
from the sides To ogon way and
blocked ths thoroughfare and on twenty
occasions there was some trouble, wueA
the catafalque reached that point Every
body was moro int rested In the approach
of this than of any other part of the pro-
cession. II was watched for II block away,
It's conspicuous height maklng II plainly
visible as Tar as about Fifth street, A.
IL nearGd the corner the crowd
naturally hulged In the highway
and the officers had 20 IN, eaten
than with their clubs { make the speota-
tors recede, and IL was q difficult process
The peopie We're standlng eight and ten
deep and sons of those In 'front.' had raised
their umbrelss TO keep oiptho SUMS rays
Some women with babies i1 their srms,
and fathers, had hoistod their Ii tie ones to
their shoulders The oOstructions were
nume Gus ana those Mt the Icar were be- .
coming indignant, but ms the catafa,quo
came up tie ~ noyancc was forgotten and
only respect was felt As the leaders of
the horses were ordered to make a sweep
ing turn, and that was the only
wny ain which the interested gathering
could be driven back, the people iell back
from the horses as though n spirit had ap-
peprCd and ordered the m to retreat. with
Il rpontanelty that told OF their reverence.
every man raised his hat as the first horse
came abreast or him and remained un-
covered until the body had passed. After
the president, Vice-pIesldont, cabinet,
judges of the supreme coult, senator's and
members of the House OF Representatives,
the governors and their stans, ox-
President Arthur, Rutherford b.
Hayes, the foreign ministers, dlplo
mstlc officers and representatives OF
the army and navy had PASSED, tbs process
SION began to break up. The veterans and
civic organizations left Fifth avenue by an
alley OF tho streets between Il ity.thlrd
and Fits ninth streets ara gradually fell
out ofline.
FoUR HOURS OF discomfort.
From noon-doy on, iOrr hours Into the
afternoon, the vicinity of the tomb ana
Riverside tarlI was the scene of discom-
fort for the waiting thousands Heat had
followed the cool Of tho mOrEiGg and the
succeeding hours added TO the heat and 20
| the Aundreds or thousands Of people, who
| suffered much IN lheir Crampcd positions
of waiting IN the blazing SUM hlne. One
O'Clock came and w, mt, but The funeral col
was yet long way OF and moving very
Lowry
Beneath n fir tree ut tho crown Of the
kno !, rested a small c1arcoal furnsee and
e. ear 10 were the tools and materials with
which to seal the leadeu lining OF the cedar
ease into which the casket and the re-
mains of General Grant should he placed
Down the SLOPE, nearer the vault, was q
portable furnace, such as Is used 10y work.
men flrheRtlng bolts. hi group Lear by
were i've men, mechanics, who should
riyet the steel caskot within which the
collin and the cedar loX should finally 4
| prcscr, ed The steel case rested upon tive
| marble blocks, 2A feet high, . feet Wide and
| rs inches thick similar marble block,
had been sunk I'm the floor, iusl
with the sulface, and upon those The re-
mains nt Mrs. Grant are expected To ie'
pose. Mary persons were pcrmittod t'
nCer into the tomb where the steel receptn
Gle was awaiting the bodytheu being borne
TnE PROGRESSION ArTHE PARK.
EoOn after o'clock the drums beat ant
the blarc OF tfumpets was heard from IN,
lower cnd OF The PARK, A carriage came y
view. In " was general Hancock. He
was tn only occupant and st0o,
erect. Tr0oping behinl him on horse
ack wero the members Cf his Htall
The general rode TO a point near the tOmh
when he alighted Hc was met by Super
int nlent Murray, commissioner Grim
Minis and others of the park board Gen
oral Hancock's stnn and aide swept past
There were among them General Fltahusl
Leo and General Gordon, whom Genera
Sheridan met no "warmlyn In other time
and under circumstances dllltscn', UpOl
n commanding slope 100 yards north o
General Grants tomb the stan officers am
aides drew rein heoeath clump of spread
ing trees. Meantime helmets were Rhininl
aud plumes waving over the slope 10 th
sOuthwnr'. 2. Tho trappings upO1 man!
horses ghono In the sunlight Cannon AM
timbers n.awn by horses that wera rlddel
by RriillerymeR came over The brow Of ~
southern slope, ana orde Hes gauoped 4
and fro and saUres ana uCcputrementf clNt
marines, with n Hight battery Of tho Flnl
artillery were coming down the drl Q
They marched out up n the Opo whor
llnncO KS stan was halted, and nor
the Infantry Ond tue marines stunned the
position OF "rCst - In the shade and on
upOn the slope toward the Clnremont hotel
which was covered with plumed holmctg
marines with the uniform OF the tars; III,
United States marine corps, with bright
uniforms; saddle horses With riders dis
mounted, but no ding their brldlO rSius
cannon muzzlns thrust from behind tht
,Ower bend OF the hillock; pyramids o
stacked guns with glistcning hayonet
lnterlnced along the drive; solld wall
of people on cufblng Ines of buhbin'
um6rol as: through tho trees vista, n
which the brown and rugged rocks OF TN
Palllalys pierced the woods and leite'
aboto tho river; the lludsnn, tOo,glIsioniul
n 4 flowing hi The sunllgbt-so l0ofed
the scene nOrthwnrd from tue tomb, TIT
Twcnty.second and NMh regiment
marched up nom the east and down by IN,
| tomb, ard were drawn up In limo ON IN,
| brow OF tho blum overlooking the river
| Tho line reached beyond the view nom tn
| tomb around the sore The two regiments
| stacked arms aud were NJ rest 10 nea
| the ledge of the blum were the rcglmcnt
drawn up that the hundreds OF men II
| bright unif0 ms fOrmCdalino of silhouette,
against the sheen OF the broad river II
which the afternoon sun was reflected.
| SUDDENLY A GUN DOOMED
out over tho water and a cloud ofb'us ani
white smoke puilcd over the stream Tn,
| Powhattan, lying down under the blu1
had fired tho first OF salut
which the hills were calling back IN ochoei
and the guns OF the other war vessels Ii
the river anon shook the bluff and ftarte,
the echoes plying In the woods ON the Jor
soy hills,
Three and o'clock passed aud thu toni
yet waited, But there came q buglc cal
from the eastward ~ iieO o'clock, The