CORTLAND CONDUCTS MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR U. S. GRANT

U. S. Grant, July 22, 1885.

 

The Cortland News, Friday, August 1, 1885.

CORTLAND AND VICINITY.

   Work has been commenced in putting up the wires for the electric lights.

   The milkmen of this place have advanced the price of their merchandise to 5 cents a quart.

   About five hundred persons attended the temperance picnic at Bloggett’s trout ponds last week Friday.

   The next open air concert at the Messenger House, by the Homer Cornet band will be Saturday evening, Aug. 15.

   The owners of the Mammoth rink have leased the building to the Hitchcock Mfg. Co., who will use it as a store house for cutters, &c. Possession was given yesterday.

   The D. L. & W. railroad the fore part of the week announced a reduction of fare to $5.00 to New York and return good from August 4 to 8, to all parties desiring to attend General Grant's funeral.

   A man came to town Saturday and seeing the mourning emblems on the post office, inquired of the postmaster who was dead. On being told Gen. Grant, he inquired if he had "been sick long." The Simon pure "intelligent juryman" has at last been found.—Oxford Times.

   I. W. Brown, who has recently completed a census of this village reports the population as 7,137. A year and a half ago it was 6,600 or a gain of 537. At this rate of increase it won't be long before Cortland will be entitled to a city charter.

   You can measure a man's character, says an exchange, by his countenance while he is waiting for his wife to dress.

   The bucket shop has been opened under the name of E. O. Andrews & Co., and the probabilities are that more Cortland lambs will deposit their earnings there, and when they want them again will find to their amazement that the bottom has fallen out again. It you want to gamble, gentleman, why don't someone start a faro bank. There, at least, it is a "square" game, as you certainly have one chance in thirteen of winning, while in the bucket shop lottery all prizes are blanks.

   A couple of days before Gen. Grant died he sat on the piazza of the Drexel cottage at Mt. McGregor reading a newspaper. An enterprising photographer saw that the general's position was just right for a good picture, and quietly adjusting his camera, took what proved to be the last photograph taken during Gen. Grant's life. Strange to say it is also the best. This picture which sells for 50 cents, and is 4 1-2 by 6 1-2 inches in dimensions, is sent free to every subscriber to the campaign edition of the Albany Weekly Journal, that is The Weekly Journal is sent from now until January 1st with the Grant photograph for 50 cts., which is merely the price of the paper, or The Semi-Weekly Journal will be sent until November 10th, with the photograph for the same price. The picture of Gen. Grant is so popular that a great many persons, including children, ladies and gentlemen, have, while acting as agents for The Albany Journal, made $2 to $5 a day from their commissions on the paper and the pictures. Information can be obtained by addressing The Evening Journal, Albany, N. Y.

   Brother Ford, of the Dryden Herald, has purchased a power press and a boiler and engine, in order to more readily turn out the work that is crowding his office.

 

Grant Memorial Exercises.

   Pursuant to a call of [Cortland village] President Duffey, a meeting was held at Firemen's hall last Tuesday evening to take measures for the observance of General Grant's funeral, The meeting was called to order, with Wm. H. Clark in the chair and Robert Bushby, secretary, Frank Place was appointed a committee on music, and H . M. Kellogg and S. L. Palmer a committee to secure the Cortland Opera House, or some other suitable place to hold memorial services. The meeting then adjourned to Wednesday evening at the same place.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

   H. M. Kellogg reported that the manager and directors of the opera house had offered to contribute $25, which reduced the rental to $25. The report of the committee was adopted. Col. Place, reported that the Mechanics’ Band had offered to furnish music gratuitously and that vocal music could also be obtained. The report was adopted and committee continued. R. W. Bourne, Garret S. Van Hoesen, W. B. Stoppard, H. M. Kellogg, Martin Edgcomb. George J. Mager. A. F. Tanner, J. B. Kellogg, Geo. L. Warren, C. N. Blowers, a committee of arrangements. Robert Bushby, James F. Maybury, Chas. W. Stoker, were appointed finance committee.

   Two o'clock p. m. on Saturday was fixed as the hour for holding memorial exercises.

   The committee on arrangements was empowered to request all business men to close their stores between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

   The finance committee will call upon our citizens for contributions to defray the expenses of the exercises, including the decoration of the opera house. Any balance which may remain in the hands of the committee after these expenses have been paid, will be contributed to the Grant monument fund, as it is hoped that everyone will aid to swell the sum total.

The Cortland News, Friday, August 14, 1885.

 

MEMORIAL SERVICES.

   The memorial services at the Opera House last Saturday afternoon were attended by a large audience, and were of deep interest throughout. The majority of the business places in the village were closed throughout the entire day with the exception of groceries and meat markets and these latter were shut from 1 to 5 p. m., so that in the afternoon Cortland wore a Sabbath like appearance quite uncommon for a Saturday afternoon.

   The Opera House was appropriately draped both outside and in. On the stage were some elaborate and tasty floral decorations, the most prominent of which was a large cross made of natural and artificial flowers, in the center of which was a portrait of the dead chieftain, and at the bottom in purple flowers the word "Peace." It was the handiwork of Mrs. G. J. Mager, and its beauty was commented upon by everyone. The draping and festooning was done by Messrs. R. B. Tubbs and A. M. Delavan.

   The following is the programme of exercises:

   Music, Mechanics' Band

   Reading Scriptures, Rev. Geo. H. Brigham

   Prayer, Rev. W. H. Annable

   Music—Singing "America," Congregation

   Remarks, President Hon. R. Holland Duell

   Address—"Grant, the Soldier," Hon. A. P. Smith

   Address—"Grant, a Representative American," Rev. W. H. Annable

   Music—Solo, Mrs. Adeline Louise Nellis

   Address—"Grant, the Statesman," B. T. Wright

   Address, Rev. John McLoughlin

   Address—"Grant, the Man," Rev. Geo. Adams

   Music—Singing, "Rest, Spirit, Rest,” Choir

   Address— "Grant’s Home Life," Rev. J. L. Robertson

   Music—Singing, "Nearer My God to Thee," Congregation

   Benediction, Rev. J. L. Robertson

   The exercises throughout were fine. The remarks of A. P. Smith and B. T. Wright deserving special mention, as does the singing of Mrs. Nellis.

 

Reference:

1) Grant's cottage at Mt. McGregor: http://www.lakegeorgemirrormagazine.com/2011/03/08/grant-cottage-mount-mcgregor/

2) Bucket Shop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_shop_(stock_market)

GRANT'S FUNERAL TRAIN AND BURIAL




Riverside Park and Grant's Tomb

Grant's Tomb

 

The Cortland News, Friday, July 31, 1885.

TO LIE AT RIVERSIDE.

A Commanding Site Chosen for Grant’s Last Resting Place.

Some of Its Advantages.

The Place Mayor Grace’s Choice, for Reasons He Points Out.

   NEW YORK. July 28.—Mayor Grace this morning received a telegraphic dispatch from Colonel Fred Grant saying that the family would prefer that the General be buried in Riverside Park, this city. The board of Aldermen accordingly held a meeting and adopted resolutions to that effect. In the letter that Mayor Grace sent to Col. Grant, suggesting Riverside Park as the best place for the General's tomb, the writer made the following points in favor of that site:

   "Because of the peculiar beauty of the place in its location on the river, and the fact that a monument in it would be visible far and wide. It would give a distinct characteristic to this quiet and beautiful park, and such a monument as would probably be erected there would lie in beauty and fitness of location with the famous statue of Germania on the Rhine. The entire park would become peculiarly, in a sense that Central park never can become, sacred and devoted to the memory of your father. The park is so young that the character of its development would be largely determined and its whole future dominated by this fact. The monument would be visible from two states and for miles both up and down the Hudson River, and would not only borrow from but lend beauty to the noble stream, and at no time could your father's remains be regarded as lying remote from nature. In the heart of a great busy city, in the rush and hurry of the life of which death and its sacredness may be forgotten, the remains of the great may be passed in thoughtlessness."

IT IS NOW DETERMINED

that the funeral obsequies will begin on Mt. McGregor. The family fully recognize the claim of the people and the nation to do honor to the remains of Gen. Grant, but there is a feeling that before all the pomp and pageant of burial the family should have their dead all by themselves for a season of service. The family should be alone when their funeral service is held, and before the remains go out to the people to mourn over.

   Thus the funeral ceremonies for the family will be held here in the cottage at such time as may seem best. Dr. Newman will be with the family and conduct with them the service on the dead General. The President is anxious that there should be a national funeral under the direction and care of the War Department, beginning when the remains are started from the mountain, and ending at the place of sepulchre.

   It is desired that the friends and the public should know that on the morning of Tuesday, August 4, they will be free to view the remains of General Grant in the cottage parlor, where they will be in state that day. On that day the principal funeral services will be held at the cottage, where Dr. Newman will deliver the funeral oration and at that time the President and State Governors are expected to be present. The interment service in New York will be confined to the Methodist ritual service.

   The programme of the funeral train will be as follows: Next Tuesday, August 4, leave Mt. McGregor at 1 p. m.; arrive at Saratoga at 2 p. m.; leave Saratoga at 2:30 p. m.; arrive in Albany at 4:30 p. m.; leave Albany at 12 o'clock noon, Wednesday, August 5th; arrive about 4.30 p. m. in New York. In the interval from 5:30 p. m., Tuesday, to noon Wednesday, August 5th, the remains will lie in state at the Capitol, and from the time of arrival in New York on Wednesday afternoon until Saturday, August 8th, the body will lie in state at the City Hall. The public obsequies of the funeral will take place Saturday at such time as the civic authorities may arrange, and the interment will then follow in Riverside Park.

   General Grant's body when finally interred will have seven distinct coverings. It has not yet been decided upon, whether his body will be covered in his uniform, as general, or in civilian's garments. It is possible that the body will be clothed in a uniform, if one is furnished by the War Department, as the family has none in its possession. Over the outer dress of the body there will be a covering of tufted satin, when the final interment is made. Over this there will be a case of polished copper. The third case will be of red cedar. Then will come a covering of royal purple velvet; then a lead lined cedar box, with heavy nickel corners. Over all these will be a solid steel case.

   The seven cases will weigh in all about three hundred pounds. The adornments of case in which he will lie in state will be of silver. The inscription will be simply “U. S. Grant." This will be engraved on a silver plate.

   Since the General's death Mrs. Grant keeps her room, not having left it since the morning of the death scene. Her grief is seldom violent; it is beyond expression. She feels separation from her life companion every moment. He was her mainstay, as she was his. The letter found on the general after he had passed away, sealed and addressed to her, is always with her. It is her only comfort, though the sight of it evokes frequent outbursts of grief. The blow of death yet stuns her. This note, tender and pathetic, full of devotion and love, pricks the benumbed emotions and gives them relief. The family are dreading what the effect of her seclusion may be. She will not leave her room, scarcely her bed. They will not try to persuade her to look upon [the] General until Wednesday, when he will be placed in the coffin. As pitiable as anything can be are her efforts at times to appear reconciled. She tries it more rarely, now that her sorrow has had some outlet, than she did at first.

   Col. Fred Grant and General Horace Porter are in New York having a conference with Gen. Hancock and Mayor Grace in regard to arrangements for the public ceremonies. Gen. Hancock's instructions are to consult the family about the plan of movements that he is to control. The Colonel will stay in New York all of tomorrow, and possibly longer. The precise character of the services in New York at the interment will be determined. Offers of a chorus have been made, and other things that seem incongruous at a military funeral, such as it will be in New York.

   The present plan is to make the service here of a domestic character, as though it were a private funeral, with friends about. There will be the church services and an address. This will be enough, it is now thought, of elaborate speaking. Neither the family nor the Rev. Dr. Newman think that anything more than the prescribed church service should be performed at the grave in addition to the military ceremonies.

   Plans will be submitted, on Col. Grant's return, for the removal of the body horn here. Manager Fonda is ready to prepare either an open car or a regular coach for the coffin. In the former case he will build a funeral structure on a flat car and give the car appropriate decorations. Otherwise he will remove seats from one of the passenger coaches and fit it up for the occasion. The wishes of the family will govern the method of removal. An engine of the Delaware & Hudson Company will await the mountain train at the Mt. McGregor station at Saratoga. It will have in tow the two cars in which the General and the family were brought to Saratoga from New York. One was Mr. Vanderbilt's private car, the other the private car of President Webb, of the Sleeping Car Company. Other cars will be attached to the train for the guard of honor and proper attendants. The same train will wait at Albany during the stay of 20 hours there.

   Arrangements for ceremonies on the arrival at New York will develop during the coming week. It is likely that Hawkins, the White House coachman, will drive the hearse at the funeral. He is a coal black giant. The General took him as his driver during Johnson's Administration while in charge of the War Department. Then he went to the White House with the General and has since remained there. He was very devoted to his benefactor. The General liked him. Hawkins wrote as follows:

   Gen. Horace Porter:

   As the dear General's old coachman for years, can you not aid in arranging that I may drive for him for the last time at the funeral? I would like to do something in his honor and would like to do that.

                                                                                ALBERT HAWKINS.

   In connection with this it may be said that the contemplated transfer of the cottage to the State or National Government will probably secure Harrison, the General's last colored attendant, a position to take charge of the cottage in coming years.

   Gen. Porter is the possessor of Gen. Grant's last headquarters flag, which was displayed at Appomattox. The flag was presented to Gen. Porter by Gen. Grant, and by Gen. Porter [the flag] has been loaned to the Union League Club, of New York, for use in its display of mourning.

   The preservation of Gen. Grant's remains during the heated term for a period of ten days is a matter of no little importance. Two days were occupied in thoroughly embalming the remains, the cavities and arteries being supplied with the embalming fluid which displaced the blood as it was introduced. In order that the present favorable condition of the remains may be preserved the embalming fluid will to-morrow be replaced by another operation with fresh fluid. The process of absorption also renders frequent treatment of the remains advisable, if not necessary.

   Messages of condolence in untold numbers have been received by the family of the deceased, among which is one from Emma Thursby, offering her services for the funeral.

   The following proclamation was issued by Governor Hill on Wednesday, making Saturday. August 8th, a legal holiday:—

   WHEREAS, The funeral of the late General Ulysses S. Grant has been appointed for Saturday, the eighth day of August next, and

   WHEREAS, The whole people of the State are desirous of laying aside their usual occupations at that time, to do homage to his memory, and it is fitting that such day should be a public and legal holiday, therefore, in pursuance of the power in me vested, I hereby appoint and set apart Saturday, the eighth day of August next, as a day for such religious observance as may be appropriate to the burial of the distinguished dead, and said day is hereby declared a legal holiday.

[Signed]                                                                    DAVID B. HILL.

   Given under my hand, and the privy seal of the State of New York, at the Capitol in the city of Albany, the twenty ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

By the Governor,

WILLIAM G. RICE,

Private Secretary.

   By order of the Postmaster-General all post offices in the several States and Territories of the Union will be closed between the hours of one and five p. m., on Saturday the 8th of August, the day of the funeral.

 

References:

1) Niederwalddenkmal, or statue of Germania on the Rhine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederwalddenkmal

2) Emma Thursby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Cecilia_Thursby

3) Grant’s Tomb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant's_Tomb  

DEATH OF GRANT

 

Grant family at Mt. McGregor, N.Y.

 

 

The Cortland News, Friday, July 24, 1885.

GRANT DEAD!

The Hero of Appomattox at Last Surrenders.

A World Mourns.

His Last Hours Watched With Breathless Anxiety.

Friends and Family Weeping.

Dr. Newman at the Bedside Gives Consolation to the Sufferer and to Those Who Mourn.

The Closing Scene.

   MT. MCGREGOR, July 22.—As the sun went down to-night a cool breeze sprang up and the people on the mountain endeavored to persuade themselves that the cool night would bring strength again to the illustrious patient whose every breath a nation watched, and help him to rally through the night, but the doctors gave no hope to the anxious inquirers, and were prepared to go to the General's death bed at a minute’s notice, or to wait through the hours of the night for the end. At seven o'clock, however, as the three physicians were at dinner, Harrison came to the hotel and called Doctor Douglas who went at once and alone to the cottage. Soon afterward another messenger from the cottage summoned Drs. Shrady and Sands, and they repaired to the cottage closely followed by Dr.Newman.

THE EXITS OF THE DOCTORS

and clergyman from the hotel were, however, so quietly effected that few knew that they had been summoned to the cottage. Arriving there they found the General again evidently sinking. The General seemed restless. "Would you like to lie down, father?" asked Col. Fred Grant, who noticed his father's restlessness. The General nodded and at the same time essayed to rise unassisted, but the effort was too great and he sank back into the chair, and the Colonel and nurse assisted him to arise. They supported him to the bed where he was carefully lowered to a reclining position and partly on his face. Dr. Douglas then rolled the chairs back and one of the physicians has since remarked that the General has left his chair tor the last time.

   The family were all gathered at the side of the sick man and again Dr. Newman, at about the same hour as last night, and at the patient’s request, knelt beside the General and prayed.

HEADS WERE BOWED

and silent tears were on the cheeks of men as well as of women. The doctors stood somewhat apart and the family was near its fast sinking head. After an hour death seemed a little less rapidly gaining on the man it has been pursuing for the last nine months, for it is just nine months ago to-day that General Grant walked into Dr. Douglas' to seek his professional aid for the cancer that has done what foes and war could not.

   Then the doctors and clergyman strolled out upon the piazza and sat near the parlor window, and Jessie Grant joined them at times, but the other members of the family remained in the sick room and watched and waited while the General answered "yes" and "no" to several questions.

   A waiter was sent from the hotel to tell Col. Grant that his dinner awaited his coming, but the man was sent back with the word that Col. Grant would not dine that evening. The little wants of the body in health sank into insignificance beside the infirmities that disease had wrought upon the man who lay dying before the group of friends in the cottage parlor.

   Time then passed slowly indeed, and at length at 8:15 o'clock Dr. Douglas left the cottage. “How is it doctor?" was asked him. "HE IS DYING," said the gray haired physician. "Will he live an hour?" was asked again. "Oh yes, and possibly more, but he is passing away," was the response, and after a little time at the hotel Dr. Douglas returned to the cottage.

   At 9 o'clock the General's pulse was up to the point of 165 beats to the minute and was fluttering.

   After his rally and about 9 o'clock he sank into a sleep that was described by a witness as the peaceful and beautiful sleep of a child. His condition, however, is not one to command confidence for the pulse beats are still rapidly fluttering, and the respiration, which nominally is fourteen beats to the minute, is now forty-tour.

   At 10:30 o'clock, however, it was stated by reliable authority that the General was in slightly better condition than two hours before and quiet, but as against any hopeful inference that might be drawn from this fact, is the other fact that from the present condition which borders upon a lethargic state the patient may quietly drift into final unconsciousness.

   During the evening the extremities of the sick man have been cold, and in the visible symptoms are the signs that nature puts out when death is chilling the powers. The General, as the night passes, seems suffering no pain, though the lines on his face are tensely drawn, and the furrows of the brow are knitted as he lies upon the cot, beside which the family are constantly watching,

   At midnight Gen. Grant remained yet quiet, though not asleep. The coming hour was anticipated with great anxiety. Bottles of hot water were placed at the General's feet to induce warmth, and mustard draughts applied upon the stomach and breast to preserve the flagging circulation. Dr. Sands is resting at the hotel, and Drs. Douglas and Shrady are at the cottage.

   The General remained in the same quiet condition. The pulse and respiration were unchanged and there was a feeling that he might tide over the midnight season of weakness, and until 4 a. m. hypodermics of brandy were being used.

   At 12:30 a.m. this morning Doctor Shrady left the cottage with "Buck" Grant for a walk. The doctor said that there had been no change in the General's condition in the last half hour. He was still dozing. Harrison, the General's valet, walked over to the hotel, and when asked how the General was, replied that he would probably live through the night. No one else, however, is so sanguine.

   The General aroused shortly before 2 o'clock and Col. Fred Grant went to doctor Sand's room and called him. Warm flannels were applied to the neck and back to relieve neuralgic pains, and hypodermic injections were also given at frequent intervals. This brought temporary relief. There is no improvement nor was any expected. The family were still awake. The sick room was still lighted up.

   The General was unable to speak at 3 a. m. He could not cough to clear his throat. Respiration 50, pulse too weak to count. The lower extremities were growing cold. The patient was in a comatose condition a large part of the time.

   MT. MCGREGOR, July 23.—General Grant died at 8:08 this morning surrounded by all his family. The end was peaceful and without apparent pain. So far as is known the last words uttered by General Grant were a request for a glass of water at 3 o'clock.

   General Grant's remains will be removed to New York after being embalmed and when the body reaches that city the family will decide as to whether a post mortem shall be made. The family have been desirous that the funeral shall take place in Washington, but the place has not yet been decided upon. The General, before his death, named three places, at any one of which he said that he would like to be buried. He, however, concluded to leave the choice of a burial spot entirely to Col. Fred Grant.

A BRIEF SKETCH.

   NEW YORK, July 23 —With Grant's death there passes away one of the greatest Captains of modern times. Military critics may differ as to his character and rank as a military commander, but in the face of his achievements any attempt to belittle his military capacity is idle. Judged by the standard, he held a place in the affections of the people of this country which was equaled by no one except Lincoln, and his record as the leader of the Union army which crushed the rebellion will leave him an undying name in the proudest chapter of our history.

   Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Clemont county, Ohio, on April 27, 1822. He entered West Point on July 1, 1839, being then seventeen years of age. Among his classmates were Franklin, Ingalls. Sherman, and W. F. Smith.

   Thomas and Meade were in West Point at the same time Grant was there, but they were in classes ahead of his. Grant was graduated on July 1st, 1843, and was appointed a brevet second lieutenant with orders to report to the Fourth Infantry. In the summer of 1845 the regiment was ordered to join General Taylor's forces at Corpus Christi, which were protecting the frontier from the Mexican army. He took part in every battle of the Mexican war with the exception of the battle of Buena Vista and was conspicuous for bravery.

   Grant, in 1848, married Miss Julia Dent, the daughter of Frederick Dent, a well-known merchant of St. Louis. He resigned from the army on the 31st of July, 1854, with the rank of Captain and returned to St. Louis, where his wife and children were residing.

   When Lincoln's first call for 75,000 men was made Grant was living at Galena, Ill. Four days after the call a company was enrolled in that town and Grant was put in command.

Four days later he reported with his company to the Governor at Springfield. When the twenty-first Illinois regiment arrived at Springfield, the Governor put Grant in its command, and in August 1861, President Lincoln appointed him a Brigadier-General.

   General Grant's army and political career is too well known to need specific mention here. After retiring from the Presidency, Grant set out on a tour around the world, occupying nearly three years. His tour was one of the most remarkable chapters in his wonderful history. He was paid royal honors from the beginning to the close of his journey. Probably at the close of his journey there was no one man whose name was better known around the entire world than his.

   One of the pleasant events in his closing career was the act of Congress, passed in the very last hours of the Forty-eight Congress without a single objection, restoring him to his rank as General of the army and placing him on the retired list.

Bronze Miss Liberty.

Work Temporarily Stopped—The Estimated Amount Insufficient to Erect the Pedestal.

   NEW YORK, July 20.—Work on the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty has been stopped several days on account of the delay in getting the steel anchors and girders, which are to be built into the masonry. Gen. Stone is preparing a memoranda of expenditures up to the present time. The $100,000 which the World is raising will not be sufficient to complete the pedestal and an extra amount will be necessary to place the statue in position. The steel anchors and girders will cost $14,000; $4,000 was spent in unloading the statue from the Isere; $350 was cost of transporting the statue to the fort, and it required $600 to build a shed to protect it from the weather. The steel anchors are to be placed at the bottom of the masonry and will be connected with the girders at the top by long steel rods. This will be done to give the requisite elasticity to overcome the force of the wind. No estimate has yet been made of the cost of putting the statue on the pedestal.

 

CORTLAND AND VICINITY.

   It took nineteen men, five boys and three dogs to place the stone in position to receive the drinking fountain corner of Court and Main streets on Wednesday.

   We should be pleased to learn if there is any law that compels that gang of loafers to hold down Randall's wall [by the Standard Block and Post Office—CC editor] every night. It there is none they ought to be informed of the fact as their duties seem to be most arduous.

   The heavy thunder shower which struck Cortland yesterday afternoon must have spent its fury before it reached us, as about two miles south of here the wind leveled fences and out houses and twisted large trees off as if they had been pipe stems.

   A brilliant meteor was seen here at about nine o'clock last Friday evening, it taking a direction of northeast to northwest. Its flight was rapid and there were apparently two explosions, the last one sending showers of fire in every direction. It was as brilliant as an electric light and the face of the earth for a moment was as light as day.

   The drinking fountain has been placed in position, corner of Court and Maim streets, and furnishes a vast amount of amusement to the gamins. It is of a handsome design the castings being made by Fisk, of New York, and the painting by Hamill. This one only has capacity for men and dogs. Those to be placed at the Messenger and Cortland house, will also have accommodation for horses.

   Mager & Walrad, with commendable enterprise have draped their large show windows in mourning to do reverence to the memory of General Grant. The South window is draped with black and white bunting with a large picture of the deceased General in the background, while the North one has a ground work composed of the national colors, a background of solid black, sides of black and white bunting and a stand of arms, reversed, in the center under a portrait of the illustrious dead, the whole making a neat and fitting tribute to the memory of General Grant, our dead hero.

GRANT’S DEATH IN CORTLAND.

   The Western Union Bulletin in this place was hung out yesterday morning about 8:30 announcing: the death of the "Hero of an Hundred Battles." Passers-by would glance at and then stop and read it over more carefully, as if the sad news was beyond their comprehension. The National Colors on Firemen's Hall were placed at half mast, and public and private buildings were appropriately draped.

 

Reference:

U. S. Grant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._S._Grant