The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-29
VIII Make a Deed to the Lot.

NEW YORK, July s9-Mayor Grace re-
ceived a dispatch from Col Fred Grant,
Friday, stating that ne accepted on behalf
Of his family the site offered by the city
authorities in Riverside park for the sepul-
ture Of Gen. Grant The announcement OF
Col Grants acceptance was made at the
meeting Of the board of Alderman by Presi-
dent Sanger, and the following resolutions
were adopted unanimously:
WHEREAS, The family Of Gen. L. S
Grant have accepted tie offer Of the ?
porsion OF the city Of New York of place
of sepulture in one OF the public parks Of the
city, and have selected a site IN Riverside
park for that purpose; be it therefore
Resolved, That the right of sspulture in
said Riverside PARK be and is hereby given
to Gen U. S. Grant and to his wife on her
demise. and be it further
Resolved, That proper deed Of cession
/ for the purpose designated be prepared by
the counsel to the corporation when the ex
/ act location and dimensions of the ground
are fixed, and the said deed be therefore
/ duly executed by the city authorities.
/ The place selected for the generals re-
mains will be between One Hundred Twen-
! ty-second and One Hundred Twenty third
/ streets. The point is the most elevated in
| the park and affords a view of the Hudson
/ for many mlle,.
/ The burial place viii be on the site of
( the old St Clare homestead, now known as
/ the Clsremont house, This buil1ing stands
on high plateau at the upper end Of
! Riverside park The building was the
homestead of the Clare family, AMI
when the grounds about it were &C
CURED by the city, the old build
ing, which has stood fer more than 100 years
on the present site, was remoiels1 and trans
formed into a house for refres hments, under
the control of the PARK department The
tomb and monument Of Gen. Grant will be
directly on the site Of this building, which
must be demolished or removed.
TIE LYING-IN-sTATE.
While the board of aldermen were in
session Tuesday, Mayor Grace, Police
/ Commissioner Voorhees,, 5Gan Perry
representing Gen. Hancock) and Super
intendent McAvoy tof the department
Of public works., held a consultation
as to the most advantageous place in the
city hall to have Gen Grants body lie in
state. Col Fred Grant, before leaving for
Mt. McGregor Monday, said that he would
leave it entirely to the discretion of Mayor
Grace and the other authorities. During the
consultation between the mayor and other
officials mentioned, the proposition was
abandoned OF exhibiting the body of the
dead general in the governors room, and it
was finally decided, in order to save time
and prevent any possible acct
dent, to have the casket placed
in the rotunda, Immediately at the
foot Of the main stair case. The De Jpls
will be admitted at the east and west ends
49, NJ +ba 1an a
lowing two lines to pass around the casket
at the same time. At night the ground
floor of the city hall will be lighted with
electricity.
Complete police preparations have been
made, and every precaution will be taken to
prevent confusion and facilitate the passage
of the lines OF citizens through the rotunda
to view the dead soldier
AN UNvIELDLY PROCESSION APPREHENDED.
iThe danger now is that the procession which
will accompany the remains of Gen. Grant to
the grave viii bs toe unwieilly for man
agement. Offers from military AMI civic or
CARNATIONS and individuals continue to pour
into Gen. Hancock's headquarters 1t will
probably be necessary TO coutine the many
bodies, who desire 70 participate in the GER
emonies to representatives instead of full
bodies If the Grand Army OF
the Republic should muster the
strength indicated. it would consume
six hours marching by a given point
The militia display wilt also consisty OF
many thousand men.
Gen. Hancock il determined that the
military character of the procession shall
not be destroyed, and he will therefore be
forced to decline manv OF the offers re-
ceived from civic bodies. In reply to a
letter received Monday from Mayor George
W. Mclean, rendering the services OF
Old Guard tor the occasion, Gen Hancock
wrote, accepting the offsr, and saying that
he United States troops, sailors. and ma
rines will occlpy the right of line; the 1s1-
tia and all organizations fully unitormca
armed and equipped will come next, while
the Grand Army posts will follow all pre-
ceding the hesrse.
CROWDS TO VIEW THE CAsKET
There was such a crowd at Undertaker
Merritt's store Monday to see Gen. Grants
ecfiin, that at one time blockade occurred
and several persons were somewhat hurt in
the crush Some women tainted. and the
store finally had to be cleared by the police
1t is thought that 20, 600 persons viewed the
coffin during the day and evening.
Governor Hoadiy's Proclamation.
COLUMBUS Ohio, July 20. Governor
returned to this city Monday