Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-10-29
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Inferred "a 0aS tsrave crs-ferv IN
Americas yesterday afteruo.a AZ tyy.-
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The funeral train hearing tie hssly ,
st treufgiRs dead statesman left At
iaata a. s-3d a "a arriving a. Amcri-
esls, h4s aurne. a. 4. ?. Ia- TAe casizrt.
placed IN a spectral car. un,i.-r Il quart
Of houar. hai mI riass frout. ~
that his familiar fa-e aat form c,lal3
! D xiswes4 hT thsse who loved AMI
honored aim IN life and now revere ms
memory IN death The massive caslses
was eHsArfuel IN the ~il5Sea sogais Of =
Ln4ted States Tag while d1ral tributes
-oftos~ covered the walls Of ;hs. ear aud
svsEn pt.es4 n every available space
la the same cur. in a closed apartment.
were nen5srs ot the family A. vari-
aas stations along the route people
thrungvd o. tlloasaasis aad ver. u-r-
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mains of shsir sisspartssl friend
The remains were act.onpal Ell tv
srawl Asxir-s,n ami staff. delegations
from Atlanta and other cities af the
state. members Of the ti-.orxia bar A.
-.l.sis.siou, Hon uoke smith. ex-sccre-
tarv OF the interior >ena. .or Walsh
u Augusta, Cangressmen Charles =
Bartlett and r c. e. Black. ex-Con-
Errs,mau Barnes. n military eScor. of
e1ualHi ssi1s,'i officers of the Flfth
ts~orgta regiment. aud several hund red
citizens. contributed by the towns
wherever the train stopped
When the train arrived at msric,ls.
ths entire population Of the cits hai
gathered At the depot The vast a.
scmbiaee sroot IN silence with an
covered neasis 70 snow their r-spec.
aud grief for the dead The. t0liin.-
bells 81 the city aile,Is - the s1lemniiy
uf the OccRslou-
The easlSet WIS conveyed from the
special car t0 the hearsc. which WA
drawn by four black horses. each ly- 3
by a sable groom.
The Amerieus light infantry and a
delegation o. ~ gems prucs.-le,t q q
aearse- AMI tie procession started ea
the Methodist church. The building !.
along the line OF march were draosi
iE mourning
AZ 1850 p. N the p neral service -
sau. tfea- Clement A. Egans deIfv-
ere,s a fuarraI GRAFTON. At is -ousg- 4
siuu The choir sang asleep IN Jesus. =
i he remains were ehen con v.vesi O.
the cemetery DVeiIlugs along rae
raute were arzP~,i- The p-,,,c,.ss i8a
passed nE the house in watch sse
gr-ap family drEelz Yeas 1l-u. Friends
s.al. plaersi a ar.e Arch over -hr ,ar..-
way au wnseh were the yvurls --lI s,
tHd llagus. People iiursl The ss.l..-
aa-ls- from tA-. church 70 ta.. cusn.--
serr-
Arriving X u4k Grove. the mil t.arv
ranks st11si a. present arms. The
remains were carried - the family
"a. \ prayer was rad bv tf,-a- Evans.
and the body Of the dead statssguA.a "a
Tas LoeFsresl Iat1 rae grave - sleep
beneath tAe sssst of Georgia sail. under
soatAeru sSles. II the city he lovs.,i
aud tae sectlau he ssrve.L l. was sisssu
twilight when their act 0t sor-uyxf,si
aufv was p~rfarulsi which asillsyi 10
tire rts.ltn IF the os.gzEs5uu- The ps.s,-
PIE were n silence. and even IN ds--
parting H. one wls disposed % glIk-