Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-22
A DAY OF REJOICING.

General Grant Heartily ConEratuiatco o."
nj. stxty-Third birthday North an"
south Unite in Expressions of sympathy
IN His Direful Extremity-He Returns
His Acknowledgements to Ihose VIM
Remembered the Day.
New YoR1S, April 2s.-General Grant
was sixty-three years old yesterday. There
was no formal celebration of the annl'er-
sary of his birthday by the family on &C
count of his feeble condition. Costly al"
beautiful gifts were sent to his house, 40
companicd by congratulatory messages anu
well-wishes. Flags were hung OUT OF the
windows of a number of the residences
near the Grant mansion, and buntinS was
displayed on the Generals house. lhere
were fewer callers than was expected.
Those who desired to tender their collsfaT
u)ations did SO either by messenger or by
| post, not caring to disturb the family III
their quiet thanksgiving over the improved
health of the husband and father.
There was occasion for rejoicing, for Cen
clal Grant was as well as OH Sunday, when
lie was remarkably we'll for him, lie en-
loved his fifteenth bright day and celebrate
ed it by a good deal of physical cXertlon,
and seemingly without fatigue. At noon
he started for a drive in the park, accompa-
MED by his wife, Mrs. Sartoris and
ULYSSES S. Grant, Jr. He was absent
only half an hour, and on his re-
turn looked less pale and feeble than when
he started. Less time than usual was spent
in his sick-room and Office and more OF the
day with his family in the parlor: At 4:f5
| O'Clock, accompanied by Colonel Fred Grant
| and Harrison, he walked to Madison av-
| enue and back, seeming to enjoy it very
| much. He required NJ assistance, and on
| the way stopped twice to chat with some
children playing on the walk. Later he
Joined the family at dinner, and iii the
| evening conversed with a number OF friends
in the library.
The doctors arc jubilant over the Gener-
| ais maintained Improvement, and while
they refuse to predict the numbero OF months
he may live they say that all immediate or
sudden danger seems passed.
General Grant sends the following for
publication:
public schools, States, corporations and indi-
Viduals, North and South, who have been SO
kind as to send me congratulations on my
full Neutrality-suspicious.. The dispatches have
been so numerous and so touching in tone
that it would have been impossible to answer
"U. S. GRANT,
NEW York, April 2s.-Appropriate SEN
timents were expressed yesterday on tho
occasion of General Grants siXty-third
birthday at Louisville, KY, Galena, ILL.,, AL
bany, N. Y, all of the Eastern towns, and
throughout the principal cities and villages
of the West. The Colorado towns fired
guns.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The celebra-
ton of the birthday of General Grant took
place last night in the Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church, where the General formerly wor-
shipped. The meeting was presided over
by Senator Henderson. Addresses were
made by Commissioner Black, General s..
S. Burdette, General r. Z. Colston, Judge
Shellabarger and others.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April ga meet
ing Of representative citizens was held last
night at the United States courtroom in
honor of General Grants birthday. Gov
ernor Gray presided, and addresses were
made by Senator Harrison, ex-senator
Mcdonald, Ex-Governor Porter and SUI
preme Judge Nihlack. A letter to General
Grant was reported by a committee consist
ing of Hon. John G. New, Judge w. E.
Niblack, DistrictAttorney Holstcin, Cen
CiNA u. o. IOoGS1 dlu 11Ou. w. IL. LllBlSl,
and adopted by a rising vote. The letter
says:
Your deeds are consecrated by the great
cause in which they were wrought, and they
arc ennobied by the grand results attained in
a new birth OF freedom for the Nation and its
strength insure that Government of the pco-
pie, by the people, for the people, shall not
save, and the victor aud the vanauished
share equally in the rich fruits Of the VIC
tory; me peace of Heaven is theirs that
bic war"
The meeting was a very large enc and
full OF earnest feeling.
AUGUSTA, Ga, April 2s.-Memorial
Day was observed here by a parade of the
different military organizations. All busi-
ness was suspended, and the ladies deco.
rated the soldiers graves. The Confeder-
ate Survivors Association unanimously
adopted the language of an Grafton by Col
onel Y. Jones i'll reference to General
Grant, which concluded asefollows:
"kemenber:ng him now asthe geperous vic.
Tor VINO, at the ever memorable meeting ut
AppoinattoX our immortal Lee and the glori-
gus eight thousand veterans. the SURVIVING
t nseG sfs d aay yn Of A AprYi, 9 1fsa No opnsa1a1 XiIrGgg a % q
niagnah1nous terms OF surrender, do We.
S deaG ma n ,G;1 the graves ~ IS OF our Confederate
observance OF mis- OCCASION is dos gned to
perpetuate, respectfully tender to General
Grant assurances Of oursincere and profound
sympathy IN this the season OF his dircful ey
tremity."
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 2s.-Undcr the
auspices OF the Grand Army Of the Repub-
TIC ana Sons nf Veterans, a large mass
neetlhg was held last evening in honor of
the sixty-third birthday Of General Grant.
The exercises tookeplace at the courthouse
and addresses were delivered by James
Connolly, Thomas S. Mather, j. C. Smith.
Charles l.. Mooney, John M pa,uor Co