The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-06

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THE sHERI DAN MONUMENT.
BY the Marine Band before the hour OF tho
regular exercises ut the graves Of General
Sheridan and OF General Paul, and o salute
was fired Hon. Eug me Ware. of Kansas,
read m original poem and Hon. d. y Alex
ander, Of New Work. delivered the Grafton.
The first ceremony OF the day was that at
the Sheridan monument. When the band had
played dirge Quartermaster- Sergeant 4.
W. Bogia, Of the Old Guard. pulled the rope
that detached the fastenings, and the flags
that covered the monument fell to the
ground just ut that moment the men,
bers of the Woman's Relief Corps threw
shower Of 70 ,es upon the grave. This ended
the SIMPLE ceremony.
The monument Is a plain, broad granite
shaft OF sharp and strong outline, upon the
face of which rests the bronze medallion OF
Sheridan It is erected by Mrs. Sheridan
In memory Of her husband.
BRooKLYN, May 3l.--The celebration OF
Memorial Day in Brooklyn was, ~ it b >
been for many years. an unqualified sue
Eade:
new YORK, May 3i.-Though the early
morning did not give promise Of fair day,
ryet II coild not be said TO be O very unpleas-
ant prospect. for the rain fell only light.
and at irregular intervals. All the public
buildings displayed their fiags ut half-mast.
hut there was q very meager display of
bunting elsewhere except at the hotels and
newspaper Offices
| A number Of g. 4. r. posts joined In dec
| Grating General Grants tomb A number
of beautiful floral tributes were sent by
prominent admirers OF the late General, in
cluding the Chinese Minister General
| Howard and other officers took part in the
exercises Rev. J. N. Buckley was the
| orator.
/! CHICAGO, May 3l.-ln spite Of the cold,
threatening and rainy weather, the veterans
o. this city turned out in large numbers to
do honor to the memory and to decorate
the graves of their dead comrades
Dispatches from AledO, Aurora, Duquoin,
Warren, Galena, Burlington. Hillsboro.
Rock Island, Springfield Shelbyvtile, Benz
ton, and almost every other city and town
4 In Illinois show that the day was observed
with the usual exercises The same is true
I Of Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and
I Minnesota cities and towns
PHILADELPHIA. May 3l.-tieneral Meade
Post No |, g. A. r., OF which General
Grant was o member, after being reviewed
Thursday by General W. 7. sherman, pro-
c6ede~ in body to Fairwount Park.
!. where the statue Ut General George q.
Meade was decorated Services were held
over the grave Of General Meade.
GETTYsBURG, Pa, May 81. Memorial Day
was observed here in the usual manner.
At . o'clock the colored school children
decorated the graves of their soldiers with
appropriate exercises. At the National
Cemetery children walked in body and
strewed the green turf about the graves
with flowers
! !. CINCINNATI, May 81. Despite tho rain the
Grand Army posts and the Sons Of Veterans
formed their parade and marched to the
depot, whence they rode to Spring Grove
i Cemetery. There, joined by number Of
citizens they strewed the graves of their
dead comrades with flowers using only the
Grand Army ritual. There was no speech
making.
T. dispatches from towns In Northern Ohio
Indicate that the day was generally OBJ.
served
RICHMOND, Va, May H.-The Stewart
Horse Guards decorated the grave Of Gen.
eral stewart The Pickett Division AssO
citation visited Hollywood with the flag
presented by the Philadelphia brigade and
beautifully decorated the monument Oi
Pickett
BALTIMORE. May 3i.-The Suns special
from Washington says: Memorial Day wa
appropriately celebrated on the battle
field Of Antietam. Among the distinguished
visitors were Congressman Butterfield, ol
s.Ohid; Bayne, Of Pennsylvania; Hartmann, ,ol
/: Oregon: Gear and Reed of Iowa, and
.Cheadle. Of Indiana; ex- Representative.
"Goh Of West Virginia and Thomas
Of Illinois The graves were dec0rat-
ed by the q. A. H. posts from Hagers-
i town, sharpsburg, Md, and Martinsburg
W. Va
New ORLEANS, May 3l.-The q. A. r
I pot6s Confederate Association of the Army
Of :the. Tennessee. the Northern virgini,
>, veterans and cavalry joined in :slecoratin,
J. the graves Of Union and Confederate sol
diefa.
.HfRstrxGHAN, Ala, May 3l.-1he q. A
r.. post and the Confederate veteran
Thursday united In decorating the grave
Of Federal and Confederate deau BAT
weather interfered somewhat with th,
! ceremonies
/ CITY OF Mexico. May 81. Decoration DA,
was observed by American ladies' in thi
city who decorated the graves of Ameri
Y cans who fell in lS47.