People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — HOMEWARD BOUND. [ARTICLE]

HOMEWARD BOUND.

Old Liberty Hell Leaves Jackson Park for the Quaker- City. Chicago, Nov. 2. —Old Liberty bell, draped in somber colors, was rolled’ from its place in the Pennsylvania building. Tuesday afternoon, placed on a wagon drawn by two big black horses, and started on its homeward journey to Philadelphia. There were no ceremonies. The frame was wrapped in emblems of mourning for the mayor of Chicago The bell was taken to Administration plaza and stopped for a few minutes by the side of the new Lioerty bell. A few speeches were made. It was taken to the Union depot, placed aboard a special car in the Fort Wayne night train, and at 9 o’clock left for the east. The itineracy of the tnp shows that stops of a few hours-each will be made at Dayton, Xenia, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Altoona, Harrisburg, Reading and Allentown, the bell arriving at Philadelphia at 10 a. m. November 4.