Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-31
Incidents of The 0CCaSiOn---NOlice'
able Floral Designs.
OTHER CELEBRATIONS
visits Of Army Posts 90 the National Gene
tsries-BsuAion Of the Elliott
Grsys.

A delicious fragrance filed Hollywood
Yesterday morning. The dew spgrked from
The iuxuriAnt grass aud foliage. and toe soft
sir was sweehned by odors from ten thou'
sand blooming plants. Devoted women
gathered early to place upon the graves OF
the soldiers the immOteleS and forget-me'
rots of % grateful people and the work was
a,,iduously prosecuted until almost every
psrt OF the field OF the dead bad been Wis.,
rea.
There ere Row very iey mounds. and gen
eragv tbe deco-ailng was done by the con
.,Fuction Of floral aTcbes and by plactDg
wreathcs aud boS0ueis upOn the stones sci
% marx the lines of the bAitahons who " ne
le-c in sprr1ed ranks clothed in The green
instetd ~ The gray; while around The
great pvTamid and the Monuments 10 Pick
e,ts men and the faltoG of the Otey battery
were festoous Of cedar and ivy in which
roses were mingled.
THE CEMETERY.
HOLLYWOOD has been much improved IN
anpcarance in the asst month or 50. but IN The
a. q nsrt particularly il shows the effect OF
Tie extreme economy thai has for some wears
been practiced by The company, notwlth-
FtaDdilg The heavy charges levied presuma'
ply for The maintenance OF the grounds.
There should he expenditures liberal enough
20 Keep the drives walks. aud paths in the
best order, aud show 10 the families heavily
taxed % bury their dead inthe cemetery
tnai the money eXactsd Of them is put TO
good Use ia the ncighbOrhoOd OF their sec
tiCns.
The new ieuce on the Cberry-StTeet Trent
Is decided Improvement.
The yin,~coYered granite lodge and gste-
wav were looking lovely yesterday. and the
age and dilqpidstion Of the old tool-house
we're hidden bY vines 70 that extent that it
actually looked picturesque.
The grounds a-e stIil pitilessy SCARED by
the work done M connection with the big
sewer run through tbe cemetery by the city,
but are not ~ much diShgured as they were
ai this time last yesr When al last the easy~
r~sds roadway II opened out Of the ceme-
tery 10 The city by Lluder street the great
sever wrong will be righted. II is hoped
sni prayed the compsny will not lIngef
over their work az the city did over the
sewer. for II they DO II Will exhaust the pa
hence oi those who have sections in that
vicinity.
BEAUTY sFOT.
\ s
one OF the ioveEest spots on earth and par.
tieul4fly suited It Tor sepU'ture purposes,
es the fails o. the river forever sound a
rajcsnc requiem for sn Its sleeping host,
ana IN iis groves there Is a solemn stiffness, a
rs~,ee, ~ btchRiYeS sweet assurance that those
buried there are indeed At rest; that though
tbrg ne close beside the bsi'y CITY, ITS heat,
worries. amohions, and contentious dis
turb them not.
Whaf. with it, forcst-oaks and pines. its
wide branching hJlites IT. cedars, expresses,
willows, eims, and mapies; its mag
no4iss, and rose.tTeeS, II is q cemetery OF
regal bea1Hy'fit for the entOmbment OF our
rrveTcd -Oas and dsughters-a roll including
presidents. governors, soldiers and sailors.
men and women distinguished in and honor
Ing all the Walk. OF life.
FLOWERS FOR TIE DEAD.
10 matter whence this custom OF strewing
fgsscfs upon the graves OF loved ones, II
meets great huGsan warming and many a
sad hrtTt mas found consolation IN bending
over mound sad placing upon il simple
fpWer--h token. a pledge, that though The
iody is moulderiug into clay the dear face Is
not f1rgOttOn.
- strong it this feeling, so universal the
hope that the living will renember the de-
parted. That Thousands like jacob OF old pray
trat their bodies may Oot be buried In
sirsuec hnds. but nav be returned to their
oii homes. There, they know, relatives and
friends will sometimes come TO pity aud to
praise them.
The Confederate Memorial day was born
IN the uoicuancy Of our griei ~ the fresh
sorrOW OF our defeat, and Is meant 10 be =
tribute 20 toe ardent patriotism OF the chiyal-
Iic youth Of Oug southern land, VITO without
hope oi reward, without pay, aud nimeSt
without clothes and ra,ions. entered into the
contest 10 which their States called them,
lad down their lives far away from
ancestral buyiuC-Erounds, ana found Sc
puliure in the iots adjoining Hollywood.
These are the homes 10 mother earth that
TIE ladies' Hollywood Memorial Associa
ton annually decorate. Thcy have always
doue their work well. They take 1t upon
thcpl-elVes 20 see that each grave has placed
upon 10 some token that he who lies therein
.s not Forgotten that the yearning for az
fecilonSte remembrance is respected. Num-
her- of these ladies' were at work WedBcs-
day evening aud early yesterday morning,
and had nearly completed their appointed
rounds W ben q great cloud arose and rain
fe' in such sheets that Hl who we're in the
cemetery had TO seek shelter else"here.
STORES CLOSED
The apGseal made 10 the merchants to close
their pdacc-s Of business early in the after
noon wa, quite elective. On Cary and
Broad streets ,ie absence o. open door. was
particularly notice able, and on Main the
sus pension OF business pursuits was much
more General than for several years past.
Very few young men who desired 10 aid in
The ceiebrstiOH either by marching with
their companies or ln any other way were
ksD; at their desks after 2 +. NJ, aud bad
the weather been even fairly favorable toe
pageant would unQuestionably have sur
pissed any such for many years.
THE RAIN PoUEs.
Toe raln. which began TO fall gently short
" before 1880 O'Clock, soon ripeped into
hard shower. and by the dsws-pour was
excessive. This continued without tbe
Fhsh.es cessation for nearIy a baif-hOurs
snQ 10 2.3O the fall commenced 10 lessen,
aud Tor the next two hours there were
showers, between which II times the sun
n.auiiet,ed u disposition 10 peep out. but
the dark aud Threatening clouds would soon
hide its cOuptensnce again The sun made
bold about 4 O'Clock and for few minutes
ils rays were clearly yisibIe. but almost 10
IA instant the rain wss isliiBg again, and
quite eoplOusly, TOO.
PARADE ABANDONED.
At bslt.Dast 4, the hour st which the ac'
I've military. veterans, aud citizens were di-
fessed 10 report for dut3, The dampness was
sihl manifest. and every umbrella available
Vas brought into requisition for the prottc-
tion Of the hundreds OF people who bad as. J
senDied In the neigbborhood OF Ssvcnth ana /
broad streets, where the eels,un was kDform |
shs members ef Lee Camp. Ne. l. C0nsnas~f