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

fheir a.uses. All the friends went away in
snu r ,SoAcnes, while the military departed
some py railroad and some by steamer. The
u.oma dispersed as quickly as its enormous
means of would permit, and taxed every
haste of its departure.
e.a an e work Of sealing up the tomb began at
ln1o the outer wall of the case, making it alb
noiuuely air.tight and waterproof. At ten D.
Ne Mar gxi.etryS dn, being completed, Undertaken
key key and handed it to Police Captain BE attic.
linen me police formed and marched away.
LEAVING me tomb in charge of Captain Fessen-
Sentineis.
stimate Of the number of persons in the
1 anrt1n sections of the procession, based
statements made by company ami regimentai
commanders, yield the following results:
Federal troops and marines. ........... 1893
sarsI DlHision National Guard .........., 1850
Second Division Nationa Guard .......... 1880
independent military local bodies........ Oh
GG General siohl m,l Hafsra 6od ats;s ....." 4lls
CIVIC division, carriages, etc. ....,,...... som
.4O,2s5
General Grants tomb in Riverside Park was
visited Yesterday by more than 35,OOO people.
EaEiy IN the morning it became apparent that
v VIII G,o tTa ana ,da The scenes at the City Hall,
repeated p sae o ond a rested saaad there re Were Re to D., be
1saRsd n, 4 ao so%l l s1sw,y Al s tSsy the dss.d people az
i WAlCu W pCcEC QrOuQ0 the
grated doors and make out the lines Of the
huge casket within. The crowd was silent.
t Rhasl pasu aaq na rsvsre en- r. H thS g seen the tomb
tary gnard and then to the river bank, where
they looked at the war ships riding aG anchor.
up to the vault. At a signal from the first
barouche the guards drew up in front of the
t tome of and 1e stoen shat th were passing Def before the
descended from the first carriage and General
sheridan followed him and helped out a lady
dressed IN black and heavily yelled. It wal
brother Mrs. sartoris walked to the grated
door, rested one hand on the iron bars, and
peered into the black interior. For five min
utes she stood there, while all about the crowd
waited in respectful silence and with no nj.
see,I M to draw y closer to her. They seemed in.
word from Colonel Grant and the group re-.
gained their carriage and the four vehicles
drove sI'eS away: The other visitors that came
Palmer, Of Chicago. anu MI anu MRS. Potter
a rabid desire for mementos was early de-
withered, that had been struck by iightninr.
iay across a gully just by the soldiers tents.
k fonn g and ratchet We're busy all day, and be-
II half the great tree had been cut away. La.
dies secretly cut strips of mourning from the
0inGers stand stand. and slipped them into their
mortar and pebbles from the tomb. One ven.
der qea put IT. up in little pasteboard boxes sand
" ~ OOuCu uIO SOlu nuuuT6uS OF D0Gk.
ages to the visitors at five cents each,
Out In the stream the men-of-war Powhat-
tan and Alliance lay anchored, where they at
The Powhattan will probably remain at
anchor during the thirty days the soldiers are
to 1, guard the vault. Captain Josiah 4.
Treat. have of the troops. Cap
tain Fessenden was with Grant at the battle
OF Shiloh: The troops cook their own meals
on the ground, and are under the regular dis
cIipline of camp life. The man-of-war fires
the sunrise and sunset guns that regulate
their hours. Two men are always on duty at
the tomb, and are relieved every W hours.
The camp is called Camp Grant.
colonel Grant was asked yesterday in refer
mother is physically very strong, and 1 have
no doubt that in time she will regain her usual
health. She has been confined unremittingly
II she had not been very strong she
would have broken down long ago. I
think hat with q change of surroundings she
We shall ail go back to Mount McGregor and
separate. Mrs. Craft ant viii wi' do u ieM'l oc @usy
the house on sixty-sixth street,"
several clergymen spoke from their pulpits
on General Grant yesterday. An audience of
over five thousand people filled the amphi-
theater at the Manhattan Beach Hotel in the
afternoon and listened to a beautiful biog-
Robert Laird Collier. During the address,
which lasted nearly one hour and a half, the
Of applause: GiimoreSs band PLAYED I a
selection OF sacred music, and Nine. Clemen-
tine studwell. sang There are green hills not
was the great audience rising to their feet and
singing with grand effect Nearer, My God, to
Thee; Memorial services were held at nightin
Points mission. Rev. Antonio Arriglie deliv-
cred an address on the life of Americas
Greatest Hero, The speaker drew compare
Both, he said, cared only for the welfare of
their people. and sacrificed every thing per-
sonal in order to benefit their countrymen.
THE DAY
CHICAGO. Aug. 10.-Saturday the burial of
General Grant was appropriately observed in
this city. All business was suspended during
the morning. At sunrise a salute was fired
on the Lake Front by a detail.from Battery D..
AT ten o'clock q monster procession moved
through the various streets: 1t consisted Of
or departments of the city government, post.
Office and custom-house employees, members of
the county government, and various military
one hour and twenty minutes i'll passing u
given point. Thirty-tive bands furnished SOL
emn strains of music during the parade. The
immense column marched during the most of
the time through a heavy rain. The most
prominent feature of the procession was the
priately emblematic affair. Its dimensions at
the base were twenty by nine feet, and its
height sixteen and a half feet. The design
for the casket was twelve feetlong, and was so
profusely decorated with flowers that it was
literally a bed of roses. Beside the casket
rested the side arms of q General. The cano-
py itself was surmounted by a q golden crown
and sable plume. On each corner of the base
rested a f1eld-piece, draped in mourning, and
twelve immen se black plumes surrounded the
entire fabric. The semi-circular pockets in the
corners were made recepuacles for muskets,
drums,s abers and flowers; and in one of them
hung q knapsack bearing the memorable fig
ureS ''2l," the number of General Grants
first regiment. The sides were decorated
with silver eagles, bearing the initials "U. S.
G. There was a silver cross on the front
and rear ends; and above the structure at
the head and foot of the casket a
broken column and a pillow Of
roses carnations, and tube roses. Ihe
catafalque was draw by ten jet-black.
plumed horses, wearing rich velvet-trimmed
blankets, each of which was decorated with
three silver stars. The ten accompanying
grooms Were appropriately drapcd with Grape.
Behind the caLafalque, and drawn by
four fine horses, was a vacant carriage
heavily draped. This was the carriage in
which General Grant rode through the streets
OF this city at the time Of his reception on
his return from his trip around the world. 1t
was driven by the same driver on both Occa-
sions. Saturday night an immense audience
assembled at Battery d Armory, where appro-
pirate memorial serviceskwere held:
Dispatches from many towns in Illinois. In
diana, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan note the
general observance OF the day.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 1O.-At sunrise Sat
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