Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1887 — WORDS BY WIRE. [ARTICLE]

WORDS BY WIRE.

The Lat'-st News by Telegraph from All Parts of the World. Political Gossip, Railroad Notes Per* tonal Mention, and Occurrences of Lesser Note., LATEST DISPATCHES. DECORATION DAY. It I« Generally Observed Throughout flic Country. '‘Memorial, pay” was very generally observed throughout the country. In Chicago there was an imposing procession, in which about fifteen thousand persons participated. The graves of the Union dead in the several cemeteries were decorated with appropriate ceremonies. At Washington, New York, and other important cities imposing demonstrations were held. At various points in the South the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers were covered with flowers. A New Aork dispatch says: Early in the day Mrs. Grant stood at the tomb of the hero of Appominattox and, entering, placed her personal token of flowers ujkiu the steel casket within. Though the narrow space was filled with foliage hers was the only offerir* of blooming flow ers. Then Mrs. Grant went away to her hottie, net to be present when the public should come to the services there. The arch of the tomb was covered with white immortelles and purple with these words : "In war a foe. in peace a friend.” From a cross above the arch dei>ended a Grand Army badge of purple and blue immortelles, three feet in length, sent from Chicago. There were offerings from the Viceroy of China, through his Minister here, from the Loyal I egi<n, end many others. Twenty thousand people were there when the services began. The feature of the day in Washington was the special service at the tomb or Gen. John A. Logan in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Logan, supported by the members of her family, sat under the shallow of the tomb while the Generals eulogies were being pronounced. At Snringfield, 111., Abraham Lincoln’s tomb was beautifully decorated with flowers.