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spirit of religions feeing h evinced. In closing, th* speaker said: “In that chamber where this hero lay dying, breathing his soul out of it* mortal tptmnierit into tho lihort) of immo’ t&lHj, , there hung a picture of Abraham Lincoln. As the soul of the dying man was just gliding across the narrow boundary, a white beam of the morning sunlight shone into tho room and bathed the head of tho martyred President in its golden splendor. In a moment the dying man had ceased to breathe, and instantly the bright sunbeam passed from the picture and flooded the calm faco now silent in death with its lustrous radiance. The gates of glory had opened to another of earth's redeemed, and Ulysses Grant again became a conqueror." OTHER ADDRESSES. Following a song by tho choir, ex-Lieutenant-governor Thomas Hanna was introduced, and read a short and elegant tribute to the dead bora He briefly passed upon the events of the war and tho great genius that brought oat of them victory in the preservation of the Union The simplicity of Grant’s character and greatness were described is touching phrase. He closed in saving: “It is meet and proper that the Women’s Relief Corps of the G. A. It., the wives, sisters and daughters of the veterans who aided their groat leader in wtfatdng his victories, should meet and hold these •wrices in memory of his death, \ our husbands, your sons, your brothers and your fathers belonged to the bravest and most patriotic army of men that was ever muttered beneath the stars. General Grant is but a true representative of that army. \\ hateve/ of glory and fame that may ne given to General Grant on account of the victories won by bmi under tho flag of an Union, your 30ns, jubt brothers, your husbands and your fathers, do now, and will in the future history of this country share, and share alike with their great general. The greatest and grandest funeral pageant of all the ages i3 now wending its way to the last resting place of the grand hero of the civil war —of the greatest man of this age. Millions of people are now assembled to do honor to his memory. It is well. The funeral pageant, the memorials, the drapery and mourning all tend to emphasize* the belief in tho justness of the cause in which he was the great military lender. Jt is 11 for the purpose and to the end ‘ that this gnre/nment of the people, for the poople and by th* people, shall not perish from the earth.” Jtrs. Elizabeth Eagiestiebl then offered a beautiful eulogium. following which came a short speech from Major Gordon, who said that it was pot a mathematical demonstration when to flgtt and when not to fight. Heroism tAktJ chances, and these Grant took. All our tfecwrhls, until Grant appeared at Shiloh, were men who could not afford 10 die, because they wanted to realize the fruits of victory in this lif. Grant was not afraid to die. He took the ehnaces. trusting in God as the ruler of all victories His life teaches us that he would rather *iif-than shirk duty. He displayed the heroism affinal perseverance. A poetical offering was thoo read by Comrade lien D. House. a3 follows: JS'fea though my words were bronze of high relief, And every word synonymous with fame, And every word thus used carved on a scroll *Ti> legend deeds by this groat patriot wrought, Ami then this bronzen scroll set on a shaft O vrkxiking all the land he helped to save, These word* were all too weak, the shaft too dwarf. TANARUS fitly sentinel the deeds he did, And keep them bright through days of coming years, That sons of ours, and still the sons of sons May kw >w hew his strong hand held up the flag Through storm of war. and saved the Nation’s life. Dr. J. W. Williamson followed with another tpown, after which I)r. Jeffery prououneed the oenediction. Ge'rgo H. Chapman Post will faWd memorial services in tho Criminal Court room this afternoon. Anderson Post, G. A. K., Services. The Major Robert Andorson Post, Grand Anuy of the Republic, held Grant memorial firrrices at their hall, No. 30 North Delaware Btreet. last night. Assistant Quartermaster Benjamin paid an eloquent tribute to tho great general, a poem for the occasion was read by one of the comrades, and other short speeches Acd reminiscences were given by various members of the Post, Tho Services at tiie Temple. Grant memorial services of special significance wero held, yesterday morning, at the Hebrew Temple, on East Market street. Rabbi Jfcowing officiated. The walls of the church •were draped in white and black, and similar drapery was clustered about the nltar and chandeliers, while at the fort of tho altar rested a portrait of the great! general, surmounted by the national colors. The music was appropriate to Urn occasion. Michael Bamberger rendering a nolo, “I Will Rise,” and Miss Dora Messing singing ‘"‘Nearer, My God, to Thee.” Tho Rabbi gave a prayer on “General Grant as a Man, Not a Soldier.” Then followed the Hebrew nenrices in memoriam of the dead, the congregation reciting the prayer, and concluding with tbe service of tho day. Throughout, a largo audience was in attendance, and the services ware unusually Impressive.

AT ACTON PARK. .Addresses by Rev. T. 11. Lynch and J. 11. Itlaek— A Reminiscence. The Grant memorial services, held at Assembly Hall, at Acton Tark, yesterday, wero well attended, interesting and impressive. Among tbe visitors taking part in the solmenities were tbe members of Acton Post 294, G. A. R., under conmand of M. A. Daugherty. In Assembly Ha3l tho pulpit was appropriately draped, as was a large American flag, which fell in graceful folds about the portrait of th® loved leader. After the singing of “Rock of Ages,” services ■war* opened by Dr. Gillett, of Indianapolis, ■wfc* impressively read the Ninetieth psalm. Dr. Ttnclier offered a fervent prayer, after which R*v. Jenkins, of Jeffersonville, made a brief sycch introducing the venerable Dr. Thomas 11. Lysch, who said: “In the few minutes allowed me I will speak of General Grant's boyhood. 1 became acquainted with his father and mother aai with him in the spring of 1833, in the little p]*ce of Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio. Ulysses was then eleven years old. I was intimate with tho family for many years, as they were Methodists. Ulysses 1 remember in bis boyhood as being manly, industrious, firm of ?rpose, truthfu’ and of unblemished morals, like John Quincy . .dams, he had a mother, and that mother was mirrored in the boy and in tho man. lie was never an idler upon the streets. “In the fall of 1837 l employed him to take charge of a carriage and horses to drive Mrs. Lynch, myself and two children to Chillicothe, * distance of seventy miles, which journey ho to accomplish in two days. In the eveo.ng of the second day a heavy rain came trp which greatly impeded our progress, as the road** weie not then as good as they are now. TboS( •ioto bills were to pass, and it was raining heavily. 1 said: ‘Ulysses, here is a house of Xivate entertainment and a fpod barn for the horses. We will stop here and go to Chillicothe in the morning He looked up and replied, respectfully. but firmly: I sat out to get to Chilikoinc in two days, and I’m going to do it ’ I could not move him from this determination. At length my wife interposed. She said the HeiMo was to cross, it was dangerous, and he must stop. Ulysses's face flushed for a moment, then he bowed respectfully, and said cheerily, 'Mrs Lynch, I will give up to you, but 1 won’t Rive up to Mr. Lynch.’ And so wo stopped for the night. ”1 give this as a specimen of the firmness of tin* bov, hie fixedness of purpose, his courage and courtesy. 1 met General Grant at IndinnApoiot when he waa President. 1 called upon bisi at Governor Morton's residence, where he was surrounded by the great men of tho State mnd of the Nation As I entered the room he approached *ne with extended hand, and asked, ‘Do you remember our trip t.o Chillicothe?” I oWeiied t-j him that whs the only time he had been known to surrender, ami then it was to a lady/ Ur Lynch then gave his recollections of how yeung Grant came to be appointed to West Vmnu and that he prepared him for his exnmt nation by teaching him algebra and some other elementary branches. “During the four years he was at West Point." said the Doctor, ‘ ho me bis reports. Unfortunately, 1 did not

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keep them. They would be precious souvenirs now.” Col. James B. Black was introduced as the orator of the day. IBs theme was “General Grant,” and it was listened to with the closest attention. The subject was admirably treated, and was particularly clear and graphic in its handling of his military record and analysis of his charactv both as a citizen and a great commander. The Colonel's address concluded with these words: Deeply as every sympathetic heart must deplore his long endured sufferings, much as we would have given to avert his pain and lengthen his days into another generation of bis countrymen, we cannot but acknowledge that, what has been is for the best. Seeing how he was able to endure, and that his suffering has borne such rich results, we must even rejoice in it as suffering through which we have been blessed. It is a blessing to know by his example to what perfection of character one may attain who, with inflexible will, pursues the course which an enlightened and pure conscience apnroves. It needs not that one should be a warrior or a statesman to profit by this lesson. Here every youth may come and shape a character which shall make his life worth living. And age may hither come and learn to retrieve the past, and make the future safe. Who can measure the love of her whose farewell missive lies upon his pulseless heart. Matchless tenderness! Bublimest faith! ’Twere better to inspire and reciprocate such affection than to gain the victories of war. Who can tell how much his greatness was dependent on that iove which demanded that she shall lie beside him at the last. Walking in light as bright as beats upon a throne, he disclosed no spot or fain, but showed a model for the hearthstones of the land. We have been biessed as a nation by hearing the dying Union General say that he desired the good will of all, whether theretofore his friends or not, and by seeing his old antagonist of Fort Donelson sitting beside him at Mount McGregor, speaking words of kindness, and receiving the chieftain’s penciled assurance that he had witnessed since his sickness what he had wished ta see ever siuce the war—harmony and good feeling between the sections. The North and South came to his couch; dying, he placed their hands together, that, being brethren, they may, also, through him bo friends. His words bear a blessing to tho patriotic heart that seems like “tho benediction that follows after prayer." Who will not hope that he has subtracted years from tho time when the South and the North shall be wholly reconciled and all citizens of the Republic shall sincerely love the Union better than any section of it. A much-needed, a most timely benefaction: one which this audience will be glad to acknowl edge, and one which, from tho standpoint of patriotism, cannot be too highly esteemed, is the example of this world famed hero approaching the grave, sustained by a steadfast belief in God and an unfaltering hope in immortality. How much the world needs this belief and this hope! How necessary are they to the safety of society, the growth of civilization and the preservation of good government. Whoever regards mankind with religious care or with patriotic solicitude, gains comfort from this illustrious witness to theseeternal truths that make for righteousness, that saves men and exalts Nations. \Ve contemplate a colossal character. It fevers above the commonplace and overtops all its surroundings. Its majestic and well proportioned simplicity and benevolent aspect realize our cherished ideal of a mau; ar.d if the chisel could body forth an adequate representation of what onr mental visions see, the sculptor might unvail a statue of tho Great Republic. We honor him who completed his country’s heroic trinity—Washington. Lincoln and Grant the father, the liberator, the saviour. The ending of a long sustained literary effort, brings a weary feeling of disappointment, a sense of the inadequacy of the consummation, a weakening of the will, and a relaxation of physical power, even to one in good health. All this came to Grant in excessive degree when his self imposed task was done, and perhaps his doomeu life was thereby somewhat shortened. Realizing that he could not rouse his flagging powers to further usefulness, ho desired to free his loved ones from their wearing anxiety, and wished to be at rest. The honored traveler in all lands neared the end of his pilgrimage. The eye that had contemplated with equal steadiness the ebb and flow of many a tide of battle now serenely watched the oncoming of the cold, dark waters of the all-engulfing sea The ear, accustomed to the roar of cannon and the rattle of musketry, listened unmoved through the night hours to tho rustling of the wings of Azr&el. From the mountain's top, in the morning light, the hero d ft parted. To the westvwmbamoving day, the bells proclaimed the uowelcomed truth. O’er hill and dale, and under tho sea the mournful message sped. The flag he saved sank low on mast and staff. A personal sorrow filled the land. We form to-day a part of a great historic event. We are participants iu obsequies such as the world never saw before. Tho greatest of the nations attends the funeral of the greatest hero of the world’s best age. Nor do tho limits of the broad continent coniine the scene. Wherever civilization reaches and liberty has worshipers, and greatness is honored, men bless his memory, mourn his sufferings and bewail his death. The trappings and the suits of woe and all the symbols of mourning proclaim a universal grief. In cities and villages and wayside places, the people lay aside business, study, toil and pleasure, and throng the theaters, the temples and the groves. They gather in millions around a grave. All thoughts and hearts turn to one scene. Out from the busy center of the continent's commercial capital moves on with solemn pomp the grandest procession that ever bore a hero to the tomb. From forts and shipping, with drooping flags, the thunders of artillery resound. Slowly, to muffled drums, the peaceful army, miles in length, emerges from the precincts of trade and the turmoil of traffic, and winds up the quiet wooded heights. On a sylvan mount it pauses. Hundreds of feet beneath tho eye rolls tho majectic Hudson. Away to the eastward sparkle tbe waves of the Sound. Here nature waits in quietud o apart to baptize weary spirits with repose. Here shall be the shrine of freedom’s votaries of all lands. In tho broad bay to tho southward will stand “Liberty Enlightening the World." Here shall be patriotism ble.-sing the land. Here tho funeral car yields its precious burden, and while the reverent concourse stand apart, Johnston coming from the Pacific’s shore and Sheridan returning from his mission of peace to the red men,clasp hands with Sherman and Buckner above tho dust of him whom they gladly honor as their rightful chief. Close beside the line of march of civilization, hut apart from the unceasing clamor of the advancing column, he rests in sylvan shades. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord! In peace tho hero sleeps. Religious services were held last evening, Rev. Dr. Thomas H Lynch and Rev. Bidwell Lane, of Central M. E. Church, New York city, leading. Rev. Bidwell Lane will preach this morning, Rev S. L. Bowman this afternoon, and Rev. 1. Fee, of Cincinnati, this evening. Mr. Lane comes to conduct the evangelistic meetings which now begin, and will continue to the close of the camp meeting. Rev. I. Fee, and other ministers of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and other towns and cities, will be on the ground, and assist in the camp-meeting services proper.

AT CRAWFORDSVILLE. Memorial Exercises by the G. A. R.—Address by Hon. P. S. Kennedy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CrawfordsviLLK, Aug. B. —ln respect to the memory of Gen. U. S. Grant, and in honor of the mayor's proclamation, business was entirely suspended this afternoon and a large number of our citizens attended the memorial exercises held at Music Hall at 2 o’clock. The different bells of the city tolled from 1:30 UDtil 2 o’clock. The procession was formed in front of McPherson Post headquarters on Washington street, aud was under the direction of Major L. A. Foote, chief marshal, with W. P. Herron as as sistaut. The procession was headed by the Schweitzer band, and moved direct to the place of meeting. Tbe meeting was called to order by T. H. B. McCain, post commander, and prayer was offered by Rev, W. S. Pryse, of tbe First Presbyterian Church. Tho G. A. R. memorial exercises were then observed, with music by the orchestra band. A committee composod of E. C. Snyder, R. E.

Bryant and B. A. Russell, appointed by McPherson Post, No. 7, G. A. R., prepared an address for the occasion, which was read by E. C. Snyder. It was an impartial analysis of the character and achievements of Genera’. Grant, as a soldier and statesman, carefully abjuring all undue praise, but successfully refuting all serious charges brought against him by hi3 enemies. Tho address closed as follows: “His fame does not rest, like the unsubstantial fame of a mere genius, upon some startling and unexpected performance, which, like a meteor, for a moment attracts the gaze and secures tho applause of tho world, then dwindles into insignificance, finally disappears and is forgotten—but it rests like a pyramid which has stood the shocks of ages upon a permanent foundation, each block of which is a solid achievement wrought out with his own hands and brain, and will endure while valor and patriotism, great and noble deeds, and the virtues of a pure and stainless life, are deemed worthy of human praise." Addresses were also delivered by Hon. M. D. White, Gen. M. D. Manson and Hon. P. S. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy spoke as follows: Eulogy can add nothing to Grant's fame. His place in the world’s history is fixed, and nothing the tongue of man can utter will change it The Nation goes to his grave to day not to praise him but to bury him with the love it owes a benefactor. Wo would not care to place him with tho great captains of ancient story, who went abroad, with vast armies of conscripts, “And fire and sword on every side Through many a region sent," merely to magnify their own renown. What Grant did was infinitely greater and grander than the achievements of any of these. Without pride or cruelty, and from motives of patriotism and gratitude to the nation that had educated him to be its defender, he used his talents to suppress the most powerful and best organized rebellion of which we have any knowledge, and save to mankind the practical example of a government under which all men are equally free, and under which each citizen has an equal voice in determining by what laws the whole shall be governed. Ho did not conquer any nation, but he saved the greatest nation that has ever existed from being conquered by its worst enemy—the excited passions of its own people. We cannot contemplate without horror the condition in which this cotmtry would have been left had the rebellion of 1801 been successful. The very hope of maintaining free government in tbe world would have been destroyed, and perpetual anarchy and war would have engulfed both North and South in a common ruin; for it is now known that there was already an incipient rebellion within tho rebellion, soon after tbe new government was formed. The very principle upon which it was organized—the sovereignty of a part over the whole —was but the parent of disintegration aud lawlessness. It was a standing invitation to ambition to commence tho work of destruction. By these considerations wo are enabled to perceive the greatness of Grant’s work. Now that passion has subsided and reason has been enthroned again throughout the country, is it any wonder that millions meet to-day to pour out their gratitude at his tomb. Some have tried to bring reproach upon Grant’s fame by parading his mistakes. But when did the Almighty ever create a man wise enough to act as much as Grant did in great affairs, without making mistakes? It is still true, however, that he led tho armies of the Republic during tho most momentous and eventful crisis that any people evor passed through—a crisis in which tho whole country shook for four years with the thunder of continuous battle—and that all his great military enterprises, from Belmont to Appomattox, were crowned with the most triumphant success. lie was President during the eight years when passion was yet aroused, both North and South; when the Union was being reconstructed, and when statesmen were confronted by harder problems than had ever been given out to them before. And yet the history of his administration is without a lasting blemish. He crowded more great acts into the short period of thirteen years that he served the public than any man ever crowded into the same space of time before; and if he made mistakes, it can be truthfully said that none of them have resulted in detriment to his own fame or the good name of his country. Tho few errors of his public life, after all. are but spots upon a sun that will continue to shine as long as the glorious luminary of the heavens. It has been said in disparagement of Grant's ability that he would never have been heard of had it not been for the rebellion of 1861. This may be true: but is it not equally true that we should havo been without the inheritance of Washington's fame had it not beeu for the Revolution of 1776? In time of peace the Monitor would have been “as idle ns a painted ship upon a painted ocean,” and its dreadful power all unknown. But when in war the Merrimac drew forth the blaze of her solitary gun, it startled tho world and revolutionized ocean warfare. Graut's great success in handling vast armies and gaining victories shows that he might have done what Alexander, and Caesar, and Napoleon did under the circumstance which surrounded them. But Grant lived in a republic, and had no power to raise armies and make war except in a revolt against free government; and that he (lid not wish to make a name in that waj* should be counted his greatest glory. The evidences of sincere sorrow and mourning that come to us on this sad occasion, from the ,South, are an earnest that the time is not distant wneri all sectional bitterness shall be swallowed up in a now patriotism, and when a united people shall stand around a great monument in Riverside Park, and there, with 0110 heart, devoutly thank God that He gave to this Nation Lincoln and Grant, whoso wisdom and courage preserved to man the right to be his own master, and to the world the best example of just and righteous government.

AT FORT WAYNE. A General Observance of the Day—Abstract of Mr. Edgerton’s Address. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, Aug. B. —Memorial exercises were held here this afternoon, in Masonic Temple. The exorcises were largely attended, and the citizens generally paid due regard to the solemnity of the occasion. Mr. Joseph K. Edgerton delivered tho memorial address. It was a long and careful review of the career of General Grant as a public man and as a private citizen, from his childhood to the hour of his death. Speaking of bis readiness to adapt himself to the circumstances surrounding him, and of hi3 ability to meet all responsibilities thrust upon him, the speaker said: “From Paducah to Appomattox, through Donelson, and Shiloh, and Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, and tho campaigns of the Mississippi, and Tennessee, and Cumberland, through the battles of tho Wilderness to Petersburg and Richmond, through all the fire and carnage of a conflict of arms which amazed the world' he moved, a master spirit in the art and power of war. “His powers rose to the full measure of his vast responsibility. He comprehended the great issue, not his personal fame, not tho policy of a party, but the unity and freedom of his country, and the need and cost of its defense and safety. He had become the chief actor in the grandest of the world's tragic dramas. Plain in person and attire, unassuming in manner and speech, reticent of many words, without affectation or ostentation, or aught of personal vanity or false pride; a plain, blunt man. as one of the common people; without the princely form or knightly bearing in which tho romancers of chivalry delight to clothe their heroes; this modest soldier of the Union, this son of the tanner of Point Pleasant, this exclerk of the leather store at Galena, was brave to fearlessness: patient, self knowing, self poised, self confident, self respecting, confiding, generous, magnanimous, courteous and manly; watchful, aud ready, and keen in observation; accurate in knowledge, broad in judgment, quick in decision, potent in will, inflexible in purpose, patriotic in motive, faithful in duty, fertile in expedients, and ever master of all his resources and opportunities; great as weil in combination and plan as in detail and execution. “Neither danger nor sucess could disturb the balanco of his even temper and well-ordered mind. Never under-rating, or over rating himself, nor the forces at his command, neverundorlating or over valueing UlO power of the hostile confederacy, which it was his duty and purpose to subdue, nor the masters of war, who led its desperate fortunes, he did not disparage himself or his country in comparison with them, nor over rate himself by despising them. He saw in Lee aud his heutenauts, men of ltko powers aud

training as his own, men earnest and true, in the cause they had espoused—“foemen worthy of his steel," demanding for their defeat his highest powers of intelligence and action, and these he gave to his country, aud, with his life in his hand, ready for its sacrifice, if need was, he moved and guided its embattled armies, a pillar of fire against the enemy, a tower of strength to his country. “Such was the man and soldier, who, standing face to face with Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox, on the 9th of April, 1865, did not forget that magnanimity to a conquered foe is the highest achievement of a great spirit, the brightest jewel in the crown of victory.” In succession tho speaker sketched the important part performed by General Grant in the period succeeding the assassination of Lincoln, and his career as President through a double terra; his tour around the world and its effect upon him; his return to America, his business misfortunes. his fatal illness ami his death, concluding as follows: “He lived until the completion of his cherished book, the memoir of his life, his intended legacy to the wife he loved. Its closing pages, speaking tho last thoughts of a mind clear, even in the very shadow of death, wero written by his wasted hand, nerved to its task only by the power of a master will, that love and duty made invincible. His work on earth was done. With one heart the Nation mourns his loss, as of a faithful public servant,-a great citizen, who deserved well of his country. lie rests in peace, in the full maturity of his years, and crowned with honor. “The lesson of his life remains, to encourage alike the humble and the great to all honest hope, all high ambition, all faithful, patriotic work; it remains also to rebuke the asperities of sections and parties, and the cruelty of war. and to invoke upon our country the perpetual blessing of charity and peace. “Rut while we mourn the nation’s loss, the tenderest sympathies of all hearts are due to the bereaved and mourning wife, and sons, and daughters, and the kindred of his blood, who knew his inner life, his household virtues, his love, his care, and the manner of man he was in the sanctuary of his own home. To them, to-day, the grand pageant of a nation’s respectful sorrow, counts little in the loss that bids them in silence bow to the will of God, aud commune with their own hearts. “The poet, the orator, the philosopher, the men of .science and literature, delight and instruct, and benefit the world, and achieve fame, by thoughts of genius or wisdom, recorded in language of beauty or power. The greatness of Grant was in his deeds more than his words, lie was a man of few words, the hero of great deeds. His mausoleum, or his monuments, how ever costly, or lofty, or massive, built by human hands, as tokens of a nation’s gratitude, will, in time, perish from the earth, as the greatest material structures of human hands have perished, but great deeds do not die while man and history live, and in history will be Grant's imperishable monument.”

ELSEWHERE IN INDIANA. At Lafayette. Special to tho Indianauoiis Journal. Lafayette, Aug 8. —Memorial Day in Lafayette was one of the grandest events ever wit ncssed here. Rain iu the early morning made things look gloomy, but with sunshine about noon a large number camo in from tho country and surrounding towns, so that by 1 o’clock there was an immense crowd on the streets. The procession formed at 1:50, and marched to Pierce’s grove, where the exorcises wero held. The procession was estimated at two thousand, including all secret and benevolent societies, fire department, etc., was three quarters of an hour passing a given point. The speakers’ stand was ornamented with floral tributes from societies, churches and individuals, all of them elegant and beautiful. Business houses and residenies were draped in mourning along the line of march. The memorial arch, corner of main and Fourth streets, wus one of the grandest affairs ever seen in this part of the country. It was forty-five feet wide and forty-five feet high. Rev. Mr. Marine, of Indianapolis, delivered the oration, which was eloquent and most acceptably received. It is estimated that not less than ten thousand people were on the grounds. Lafayette is about the only city in the State which observed tho day on any such extended scale. Business was entirely suspended after 1 o’clock p. m., and tho city wore a general funeral appearance. At Attica.. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Attica, Ang. B.—The rain interfered considerably with the elaborate preparations made here for the Grant memorial exercises today. Arrangements had been made for a procession, composed of Burnside Post, G. A. R,, Attica Light Artillery, the various secret organizations and benevolent orders, and Washington Park had been filled up with speakers’ stands and seats sufficient to accommodate large numbers. After a change in the arrangements was rendered necessary, Rice & Harris’s opera-house was selected as the place for bolding the exercises. The building was crowded at an early hour in the afternoon, and tho following programme was carried out: Music; prayer, Rev. S. P. Colvin; music; address. Capt. Benj. F. Huyler; music; address, Capt. A. A. Rice; music; G. A. It. exercises; music; benediction, Rev. William Wilmer, Tho business houses remained closed from 1 4 o’clock, and aB the people assembled there was a simultaneous tolling of all the bells in the city. The addresses of Captain Huyler, of this city, and Captain Rice, of Lafayette, were both highly commended, and the entire exercises were very creditable. At Anderson. Special to the Indi&naooliß Journal. Anderson, Aug. B.—Memorial services wero held here, to day, under the auspices of Major May Post, G. A. R. The post was also joined by members of Sam Henry Post, Pendleton, and of Howard Post, Summitville. Aside from tho Grand Army veterans, the procession was composed of the uniformed Patriarchs, tho Improved Order of Red Men, the city and county officials, and a long lino of carriages containing citizens. Services were held at the fair ground, and, although the day has been a threatening one, fully five thousand people listened to tho addresses delivered by General Thomas W. Bennett, of Richmond, and Rev. F. C. Weichman, of this city. Business wa3 suspended at noon, and insiguia of mourning displayed on every hand. At Madison. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Aug. B.— At the memorial services, in tho court-house, this afternoon, eulogies on General Grant wero delivered by Gen. A. D. Vanosdal, of the G. A. R. t and Rev. J. H. Barnard. of the Presbyterian Church. There was a suspension of business, and most all of the business houses were closed for a few hours in respect to the deceased, while flags were at halfmast, and emblems of morning were profusely displayed. At the public meeting music appropriate was sung, and prayer offered by Rector Mououre, of the Episcopal Church. At Elkhart. Bpwial to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart. Aug. B,—The memorial procession to-day in honor of General Grant was very large and wa3 composed of the city officials, Veteran Guards, Grand Array posts and firemen, and numerous civic societies. They marched to Island Park, where an immense crowd listened to funeral orations, delivered by Rev. Messrs. Darling and Disbro, and short addresses by other prominent citizens. Business was generally suspended. At Logauaport. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Logansport, Aug. B.— Grant memorial exercises were conducted here to day in the presence of nearly ten thousand people. Business of all branches was suspended. The opening feature of the ceremonies was a grand civic and military parade, during the progress of which all the bells in the city were tolled. Ex-Senator G. N. Fitch delivered an address on the military history of Grant; D. B. McConnell spoke on the life

of Grant, and Rev. IT. L Stetson spoke of Grant as a man. The drapings and decorations were elaborate and the exercise was a great success. At South Henri, Special to (he Indianapolis Journal. South Bend, Aug. B.—Graut's funeral day was observed in this city by a general suspension of all kinds of business. A programme was carried out in tlio courthouse square, consisting of prayers, dirges, hymns and speeches. Captain Nicar, ex-department commander of G. A. R., spoke, representing the soldier element; Hon. Clem Studehaker, the manufacturers; Senator Marvin Campbell, the merchants and business, and ('apt A. M. Ilarns, the workingmen. Very Rev. T. E. Walsh, president of the Notre Dame University, represented our Catholic citizens, and Rev. J. 11. Wilson the Protestants. Ail the speakers paid eloquent tributes to the memory of the dead hero. Several thousaud citizens gathered in the square to participate in the exercises, and the Grand Army of the Republic was out in full force. At Vincennes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Vincennes, Ind., Aug. B.—The Grant memorial exercises, in this city, this afternoon, were attended by a large concourse of people of all denominations and political opinions. The exercises were held in the court house yard, beginning at 2 o’clock, Capt. G. G. Reilly acting as chairman. Eloquent speeches were made by Hon. Curran A. Peßruler, of Evansville; Major Menzies, of Mt. Vernon; Supreme Court Judge Niblack. Hon. S. N. Chambers, and CVpt. G. G. Reilly. A large choir rendered some beautiful music. The G. A. R. turned out en masse, and the citizens generally closed all their stores, in obedience to the mayor’s proclamation. At Richmond. Special to the ludianapolia Journal. Richmond, Aug. 8. —Duo respect to the Nation’s loss was, perhaps, as generally paid in this city to-day as in any city of the Union, there being little or no business transacted from 10 a. m. to 4 p. M., and somber draping being put out all over the city, while appropriate services were held under the auspices of General Sol Meredith Grand Army Post; but there was no civic or military display. The impressive ritual of the G. A. R. was 4 used, the Temple Quartette lead in the singing, and speeches were made by Major J. S. Ostrander, Dr. J. R. Weist, J. L. Rape and D. W. Comstock. At Tipton. Special to tho Indianapolis JouraatTipton, Aug. B.—General Grant’s burial day was very appropriately observed here to-day by the Grand Army and the citizens generally. By order of the mayor ail business was suspended from 10 a. m. to 4 i\ m. A large procession formed in the court-house square, and, headed by Fritz’s cornet band, marched to Kleyla’s Opera house, where speeches were made by a number of the leading men of this city. The house was beautifully decorated, and a large monument was erected m the center of the stage. Fully 1,200 people were in attendance.

At Columbus. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Aug. 8. —Memorial services were appropriately observed to day under the management of the Grand Array. Iu the afternoon business was generally suspended, and the court-house was packed, notwithstanding the Intense heat. The meeting was presided over by Mayor Morgan, and after exercises by tho Grand Army, short addresses were delivered by Colonel Stansifer, Judge Keyes, and a number of other leading citizens. The exercises were participated in generally by all classes, without distinction of creed or party. At Muncie. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Aug. 8. —Appropriate memorial services in honor of General U. S. Grant were held at Music Hall this afternoon. After the ritualistic ceremony had been performed by Williams Post, G. A. R., addresses were delivered by Comrades Hon. John W. Ryan and Hon. R. S. Gregory, on the part of the soldiers, and b}’ Judges J. S. Buckles and O. J. Lotz, on behalf of the citizens. The services throughout were peculiarly sad and impressive, as befitted the occasion, and the great bereavement tho Nation lms sustained. At Greencastle. Special to the Indiaflftpvhs Journal. Grkknoastle, Aug. B.—Our citizens met this morning in Meharrv Hall to hold memorial exercises in honor of the deceased ex President Rev. Alex. Martin, D. D., preached the memorial sermon, and John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., delivered an oration. During time of services all the principal business houses were closed, and church and fire bells tolled in honor of the illustrious soldier-statesman.. Minuto guns were fired by the Asbury Battery, and the G. A. 11. marched in procession to the services. At Pern. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, Aug. 8. —General Grant’s funeral was very generally observed in Peru. Most of the business houses closed from 1 to 4 p. m., and a large crowd gathered at the court house, where tho G. A. R. funeral service was performed by the W. B. lleyburn Post, of this city. Short addresses by Revs. S. Cavins and Marshall and Judge Lyman Walker were delivered. Flags were displayed at half-mast, crape was profusely used, and all classes united iu giving the grand old hero duo honor. At Martinsville. Special to tho ImiianapoUo Journal. Martinsville, Aug. B.—During the funeral services of General Grant the business houses iu this city were all closed, and nearly every store and many residences wero draped in mourning. The bells of the city were tolled from 12 to 2 o’clock, and everybody seemed to realize the solemnity of the occasion. The P. M. Blankenship Post, G. A. R., i3 holding memorial services at its hall to-night. At Delphi. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Delphi, Aug B. —The memorial exercises held here to day wero of the most imposing character. Judge John H. Gould delivered the principal address, and pronounced a most masterly eulogy upon his old commander. J. W. Riley and CoL Maynard read original and appropriate poems, and the entire exorcises were truly befitting the occasion. At Greeusburg. Special to tho IndianaDolio Journal. Gkeensburg, Aug. B. —Grant memorial day was observed here and nearly all tho business houses closed during the afternoon. The Grand Army Post directed the ceremonies, the principal address being delivered by Hon. W. W. Curry, at tho Opera-house, where a very large audience assembled. At Ladoga. Special to the Imliananoli* Journal. Ladoga, Aug. B.—Memorial services were held at the Methodist Church at 10 A. m. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. A. Maxwell and liev. Mr. Porter. Addresses were delivered by J. H. Burford and B. li. Russell, of Crawfordsville, and Hon. J. F. Harney. The benediction was pronounced by Elder Joel Ridge. At Madison. Madison, Aug. B.—Tho city is draped in mourning, and all business is suspended. The people generally met at tho court house, where memorial addresses were delivered by Capt. A. Vanasdel and Rev. J. H. Barnard. Deep grief pervades the community. At Waynetown. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Waynetown, Aug. B.—The memorial meeting here was addressed by William M. Reeves and WillE. Humphrey, of Crawfordaville, and others.

RAILWAYGOSSIP. The Bee line people aro arranging for tw* grand excursions to Niagara Falla. William Leeds succeeds Harry Miller as a> sistant engineer on the Indianapolis division ol the C., St L. & P. V. T. Malolt, vice president of the Union rail* way, is expected home to morrow from his Neik England pleasure trip. Charles Parmalee, late contracting agent of the West Shore fast freight line, has taken • clerkship in the local office George Boyd, assistant passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, arrived in tho city yesterday morning, on a short visit to his parent*. He returns this evening. Commissioner Doherty, of the Indianapolis pool, will attend the meeting in New York, Thursday, to complete the organization of th* Central Traffic Association. O. E Jenkins, traveling passenger agent of the New York Central road, will spend the Sab* bath iu the city, the guest of Walter Nichola, passenger agent of the Bee lino. M. E. Ingalls is gaining the confidence of capitalists and business generally, so promptly and so fully does he publish weekly and monthly statements, whether earnings show an increase or decrease. George S. Sipp, car accountant of the C., L. St. L. Sc C., has obtained two weeks’ leave of absence, and will, during that time, visit Montreal. Boston and New York. This is his Aral vacation in sevon years. Mr. J. C. Allen, chief clerk of the passenpnr department of tho St. Pau’ uneapolis & Manitoba road, has resigned, and will take a rest of several months. He has been iu railway eervic* for over twenty-five years. Norman Becklev. general manager of tho Cincinnati, Wabash Sc Michigan road, has just commenced his seventh year in that position, and the excellent condition of the property give* evidence of his ability to manage its affairs. The New York Mail says: “Dea’s between Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Roberts may increas* their capacity of fighting others, but in no other way improve either tho general condition of raiF way traffic or the paying capacity of their roads. 15 John B. Frawley annnounces his return to th railway service as traveling passenger and land agent of the Missouri Pacific railway, in a circular in which ho declares, as the result of hi* experience, that “a brick iu the hand is worth two in the hat.” The Atlanta & West Point railroad has just refused Hon. W. W. Turner, a member of th* Georgia Legislature, a pass. The road hai granted free transportation to all the other solons, and Turner is mad, it is stated, because he has been slighted. E. W. Jackson, the recentb’-nppointed general manager of the Mexican Central, will take official charge Sept. 1. Ho is at present winding up affairs with tho Vera Cruz road, with which h* was connected up to the time he accepted th* position with the Central. 11. G. Raworth, who has been in tho service of the South Carolina railway as locomotive engineer since 1881, has tendered his resignation, owing to his feeble health. Ho was at one time engineer of the “Best Friend,” one of the pioneer locomotives of tho country. When the chief engineer of the Illinois Central railroad was laying out the line, and wanted * mellifluous name for a station, he would shuffle a packof cards, each inscribed with a letter, until a satisfactorj r combination suggested itself— as Tolono, Onyarga, Aledo, Diona, Nokoma, and so on. Harry Miller, who recently loft the C., St. I* & P., to accept the position of superintendent of tho Cincinnati & Northeastern road, is doing very creditable work iu straightening out th* respective departments of the same. One of tho superior officers of tho road says he takes hold like a veteran railroader. John Landis, lato with the Merchants’ Di* patch, is an applicant for the agency of the Cauada Southern line at this point on the retirement of R. C. J. Pendleton, and, should not the offic* be merged with that of the Blue, Johnny’* appointment is well assured, so well are hi* friends in railroad circles standing by him. Rumor has it that the Globe Fast-freight lin* is to secure a route into Indianapolis. Among the applicants for the agency arejCharles Parra*lee, late contracting agent of the West Shores and Samuel P. Hazzard. Tho first-named has been favorably spoken of to Manager McLaughlin. Charley did good work as contracting agent of the West Shore. A. E. Touzaiin, who has charge of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,St. Paul extension, i* regarded by Burlington Sc Quincy managers a* one of the ablest railroad men in the countr** and Tt may be doubted if the enterprise woufd have been undertaken if he could not have been secured for the head. The Denver extension of Burlington & Quincy was conducted by Me. Touzaiin from beginning to end. Grand Organizer S. M. Stevens, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, organized a lodge of that order in New Albany Friday night The following officers were elected: M., Thomaa Fisher; V. M., W. S. Ashcraft; Sec., Frank Stephens; F., John Clare; M. C., John Shillideay; W., Ed Clare; Com., Poter Hurley; I. G.. Robert Chapman; O. G., John Rosenbergei; Chap., Win. Kemper: trustees. W. H. Stephens, jr., Robert Sinex, Samuel Austin. After th* election of officers, ico cream,cake and letnonad* were freely indulged in, and tho boys had • good time.

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