The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-16

the largest part of the people of Dublin t.
view the demonstration. Admirable or.
der was kept till the cortege came near
Glasncvin.
People began gathering in the cemetery
! early in the morning, facing the wind and
drenching showers during the long whit
ling. Throughout The day crowd after
crowdiuspected the turf lined tomb guard
Ell by 4 single group Of police who had a
difficult task to keep them moving.
-HR GRAVE,
which was some seven feet deep, had been
cut out Of the artificial mound covering
The plot. which had long been used TO in
ter poor people. A glance into the grave
suggested that it would be necessary in
order 10 mako foundation for Il monG-
the subsoi around the mound. By
o'clock the police became overwhelmed
by the power Of the increasing crowd
and BY the Withdrawal af part OF their
force who went to clear q way at the en-
trance gates 10 the cemetery.
When the first part Of the procession
reached the lower gate ut ) clock, it was
lonnd impossible 10 penetrate the dense
masses. In he struggle with the onlook :
ers the police were obliged to abandon
the attempt 10 drive then, sack. The
surging crowd around the gate seeking to
see the cortege met IL great contendiDg
wave OF others trying TO enter
SCENE or GREAT CONFUSION
cnsued and the procession for a time was
checked and thrown into diSarray. 1t was
decided to close the lower gate, and this
was effected amid great disorder, and just
as the llearse reached the spot; the hcarsc
was then taken to the upper gales. Here
the coffin was removed and placed upon u
platform specially constructed for the
purpose, in order to enable those il, the
procession to file around and have a full
view of the bier. At 6 o'clock the fast
falling dusk found the procession still I'll
ing past and there seemed no likelihood
that the stream of marcllers would end
till far into the depths Of night, SO orders
were given to remove The coffin to the
side Of the grave A body Of Gamma
Geals succeeded in clearing the way to
the grave and formed Il circle, within
which were grouped the Lord Mayor Of
Dublin, the civic dignitarics, Parnc'l's
colleagues and relatives. The crush
around about was terrible. Darkness
had set in. The noise Of shreking wom-
en-, the cries of children and the shouts
Of men struggling amid the crush made
inaudble Tie voice Of the clergy rectng
the ritual OF the Church Of England.
The FIRST portion Of the services had
bee, celebrated at the ST Nichols churoh
where the remains rested twenty minutes
while on tho way from the City HALL Al
the grave Rev. Mr. Vincent, OF the petu
ma Chapel, and Rev. George Fry, of MAN.
chester, oiliciatcd. They were obliged to
cut the service short, rs the crowd broke
into the preaching circle and overw helm
ed the inner group, somc time after, in
the dead darkness, whcn the crowd had
thinned away, The mere inlilnac friends
again grouped Themselves around the
grave, deposited wreaths thereon aud
took Last view Of the coffin The grave
became hcared up with floral tributes,
one CT which Was Miss O Shea :, overlook
ed in the description given chove. This
bore the suggestive words: ''ln Loving
Memory OF Mothers Land"