The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-25
ON T'HB MOUNTAIN TOP.
Gen. Crooks Remains Laid to
Rest at Oakland.
MANY DISTINGUISHED MEN
Present at tho Inst Sad Rites Over
the Dead Chlcltain Simple Ccrc.
nOny at tho Grave In tho Little
Cemetery on tho Hill.

BALTIMORE, March 24.-Oakland, Nd,
the place Of interment OF Major General
Crook, is town Of l 900 inhabitants and
almost Is quiet as It's cemetery. II has
a telegraph Office which opens with the
opening Of the summer season, and
closes with tho closing OF tho hotels.
Terra Alta, W. Va, Is tho nearest tele.
graph station to-day.
by wagon way and via telegraph the
Associated Press office here Is informed
that the General Crook funeral train on :
the baltimore K Ohio Railroad reached
oakland at lt:05; that the day was Inc
and that the people OF the.town and from
the country around were at the station
to receive the remains OF the gallant
General. As soon as the body was
taken from the mortuarv car pro.
cession WAS formed. At tho cemetery
the services attending the burial were
carried out according to programme.
DISTINGUISHED MouRNERs
Further details say: Last night the
representatives from the different States
began to arrive, and this morning at 10
o'clock the register OF the Gladcs hotel,
formerly owned by Mrs. Crooks father,
bore the names OF Lieutenant Charles
i. SchoGeld, Jr., General Samuel Beck, |
Lieutenant.Co Colonel, Assistant Adjutant
General u. s. Army, Capt. John G.
Rourke, VIM. J. Hancock and wife,
Gen. Nathan GoG, Of West Virginia;
VIM. B. Mckinley, Jr., Geo. W. Elders,
Robt. W. Daley, uncle OF Mrs. Crook,
Miss Daley, niece Of Mrs. Crook, both
Of Romney, W. Va; Geo. II. johnson,
Romney; John 3. Fair and Geo. Mason,
of Garret county, besides a goodly mum.
ber OF people from the vicinity.
Prolnptlya at2 o'clock the train bearing
the remains OF the dead chieftain pulled
into the depot. .a.
Ex.President Hayes left the funeral
train at Fostoria, Ohio, and ex-senator
Davis, who accompanied the train from
Chicago, got OF at Grafton.
When the train came to standstill al
Oakland, &. A. 4. Post No. 35, OF Oak.
llnd, had taken their places and acted as
honorary guard. Fully 1000 people
availed themselves of the opportunity OF
viewing the remains, after which they
were placed in the hearse and the
funeral procession slowly wended it's
way to the quaint old cemetery known
as the Odd Fellows cemetery on Quality
hill.
The casket, handsome metallic one,
was covered with army blue cloth and
silver and gold mounted handles, was
placed in the grave which was prepared
for its reception. The casket and corpse
weighed nearly 800 pounds. The pail.
bearers were the guards from Fort Sheri.
Ian, and his staff and Messrs. J. B. Fox,
George johnson and James Mason and
Dr.. L. H. Bartlett acted as honorary
AT THE GRAVE.
At tho grave Rev. J. J. E. Molatt, OF
The First Presbyterian Church, Of this
city, was assisted by the Rev. Dr.. Boil
ton, Of Palatine, W. Va. Tho service
in the solemn and impressive
burial service, in connec. {
ton with which DR.. Moffatt read the
following passages Of Scripture: Job
xix, 25-27; Psalm Xxi, Il; First Thes.
salonians iv, l3, II and 18th verses; Sec.
ond Corinthians v. IL; John xiv, l-3;
xiv, IL.
At the close Of the Scriptural reading,
Rev. MotIatt offered up prayer. After
DR.. MotTatt's prayer, Rev. DR.. Bolton
pronounced the bcnediction and all that
remained mortal Of the dead chieftain
was left to moulder in the little cemetery
on the hill.