The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-09
FORr W0RrHL0CALNEWS.
RESPECT TO THE DEPARTED.
The Grand Army of the Republic Com
ducts Appropriate CeremOnies-A
Couple of Robberiss-A Ger
man who CGine Very
Near Being Corpse.

man Who CGlne very
Near Being Corpse.
Fort WORTH, Aug, s.-ISpecial.l-
At o'clock to-day the bells ell over
the city were toiled in honor Of the
dead soldier who to-day was laid in
Riverside park. The pos!oflice build
ing was heavily draped with mourn
ing ard Sunday hours we're observed
pg The office. P0at No 8, Crane Army
of the Republic, r. w. Bradley, COM
mandant, held memorial services Mt
the opera house az half past O'clock.
On the programme we're the names OF
Confederate and Federal col
dIers who united their voices in
eulogies on the dead chi9ftian.
SERVICES AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
The interior OF the opera house was
hung with flags and bunting and Grape.
On the stage we're pictures Of Generals
Grant and Lee, appropriately trimmed
with Grape. Suspended jusJ above
these was banner with this inscrip-
lion: "Wo honor our noble dead" At
II o'clock the crowd began to
assemble in tho opera house.
Tho attendance was not large,
but was composed Of some of tho b5st
people of the city, including quite a
number of Confederate soldiers.
At half-past Mayor j. Z. Smith, who
presided, in few appropriate remarks
explained that this was an assembly
OF citizens 10 do homer TO the memory
OF tho nations dogd soldier, and intro
duCed the Rev. MIR. Holloway, Of this
Ng.If a.
to the dispenserO sill things andinv0k.
eo Ills blessing upon all the peple Of
this great country. Judge BOykin, q
gallant ox-Contedorate soldier, then de
lVered Il touching and beautiful ore
ferred to the fact that no this hour
every village and hamlet in this good
land of ours was paying respect to The
memory OF General Grant. He pict-
urod the boyhUOd and youth OF Gen
eral Grant; how under the most adj
verse circumstances he had OBJ.
tanned q cadoIship ut West Point,
Ia green cOuaLry boy, aud
how the indOmitable will ana
perseverance,, which as q distin-
gushing characteristic OF tho man,
graduated him ut that school in four
years, though lily prepared when he
entered. He pictured in beautiful
! language tho conduct of the general
ut AppOmastOX court house when he
refused 10 receive his sword, and
when during MIR. Johnson's admins
| tratiOu il was proposed to mako an
example OF some of the leading Con
| federate soldiers, General Grant said
! no would resign his command sooner
than one word Of his promise to
| Gensr8l Lac should be broken, In
conclusion, the speaker said: "Nhe time
has come which was so long locked
| for by Webster, when on tho Amerl-
can flag should be inscribed, ORA
te-nity, Liberty and Union, now and
forever, one and insepsraDle." APP
| plausel. After appropriate music by
the orchestra, Mrs. Randall WIS intro
duced and read an original poem,
"Ualled Home at Last" Judge Kent
then delivered an admirable address,
full Of kind words aud affection Tor
the dead soldier and breathing great
respect and admiration for the Coined.
erata leaders. He declared that this
great lamonigtlOn over the death Of
General Grant was not ON account OF
any military victory, IL was on account
OF higher and more scored one, OF
bdiug an American citizen and fol-
lOW-citiZen Of ours. H0 expressed
great admiration at the broad catholic
spirit that pGrvadod tho sentiments Of
all the speakers az the late reunion.
| Said the speaker: "Hho name ui Gem
6ral Grant Will 80 sounding down the
| CORRIDORS OF time forever and forever
! linked with yuat OF General Robert u.
| Lee. Applause Whatever glory be-
| longs 70 General Grant belongs equal
| ly to General Leo for no was a lore
man worthy of his stoel." Referring
| 10 Honorable jefferson Davis, no said :
"He is ono Of those grand old mon,
one of nature uObiemen, whose name
will live in history as long rs that OF
Grant" Applause
At he conclusion of Judge koEts
speech, he proposed that resolutions
| expressing respect and sincere adj
miratiOn be sont to Hon. Jefferson
Davis by this post OF the Grand Army
Of tho Republic.
Mr., John W, WraY was then intro
duced aud delivered a beautiful trib-
ute TO tho life and cherRCtorO of Gonerai
| Grant. Mr.. MrAy y address was short,
but couched In oiugaut language, ana
! containing many gems OF thought,
fafyeut prayer 30 tho Divine Being
and tho services al the Opora house
| were over.
ROBELRIES,
There were several robJorles re-
ported at the reunion grounds last
night. Mir. b, ID, Long, OF Marlin,
who was euolmpod on the grounds,
| lost his vllia, aud lot OF clothes.
Several ladies had their pockets
picked ana lost small sums of money.
| 4 Mexican veteran W8s relieved OF
! Sl2 IN cash and IL rs reported that a
mau was dubbed oy0r tho head by
sCme thieves, bu. his cries frightened
! the villains away,
MARROW ESCAPE,
| \ German, whose name could not DO
learned, had miraculous escape from
death las: evening, He was employed
/ by MIR, Griffith, who resides near the
reunion grounds, to clean out an old
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