The Dickinson press., 1889-12-28

itlt. ny nan lhdSl W oNloNh liz DeSiIl
growing worse, and at o'clock he was
said to be dying. At $40 he quietly
brcathed his last. When daylight came
and the news of his death spread over
the city il created a SORROW never before
equalled here. The arrangements for
the funeral have not been made yet. Mr..
Grady was born at Athens, Ca, i'll 1851,
and will probably he buried there beside
his father, who was killed while gal
lantly leading the T%wenty-lifth Moth
Carolina regiment at Petersburg. Mr.
Grady leaves a widow and two children.
Mr.. Grady wasthe best known editorin
an the Southern states. He stood in the
front rank of American journalists, and
the prospect of none was brighter. His
father MAS a colonel i'll the Confederate
army, and lost his life in battle when his
son was only IA years old. Young
Grady was educated in tn. University Of
Georgia. in his native city, where lie
graduated at the head of his class, and
his studies We're afterwards continued at
the University of Virginia. From the
first Mr., Grady was strongly attached to
journalism. and on leaving college, a lad
Of 10, he started q daily paper on his
own account at Rome, Ca, which failed
2f support: He moved to Atlanta and
wards l.; the Alfalfa Courier, both
S%essful. His ready pen, however,
for The Atlanta Constitution, The LOUIS
Vile Courier Journal and other papers;
and James Gordon Bennett, the elder,
0fnniv,kaI HIM Encr,rso >pryacnn,loo ac
The New York Herald, a post which he
held for six years. A fortunate specula-
ton, it is said, in RAILROAD stock, Melted
him $50, 1000, which he wisely invested in
q quarter interest in The Atlanta Consti.
tuition. This interest, now enormously
enhanced, he still owned when he died.
IN the December following the Charles
ton catastrophe, Mr.. Grady delivered an
address in New York at the annual din
ner Of the New England society on the
"New South" That speech was, and
still is, apPlauded all over the country,
South as we'll as North, and helped to
make it's author famous III remote places
where his name had before been up-
known. He appeared at the Boston
Merchant CLUB last week, where he and
ex-President Cleveland played star parts.
His theme then WIS the status of the
negro in the South, and newspapers
throughout the country are still quoting
ftem its ringing sentences and comment:
Ing upon his stirring utterances on that
occasion.
AT 9 O'clock In tho afternoon of Christ
mas day the funeral ceremonies will
take place. From every section of the
state has come the request that his body
might lie in state, that the people minht
look upon his face once more. In re-
Spouse to this request the family has con.
sented that the remains shall rest in the
First Methodist church, Of which Mr..
Grady was a leading member, from 8
o'clock in the morning Until the funeral
hour. Mrs. Grady's request is that there
be no display, nothing but the simplest
funeral. These requests will be carried
out, and on Thursday special memorial
services will be held at the capitol, in
which all the people, the military anC
the societies of which Mr.. Grady was q
member will take part. The speakers
will be chosen from among Mr.. Grady.
classmates at the University of Georgia
All the courts have adjourned, ant
many Of the city buildings are draped ii
mourning. kilograms of coincidence
lave been pouring in from all sections O
the country, many being from men mos
prominent in national affairs. Publ,
memorial services will be held Wednes
day or Thursday in nearly all the cite
Of Georgia.