Butler's Funeral in Winter Gorge Keeps Grim Tradition
A frost bound funeral for General Butler unfolds on a Merrimack valley hillside. A large procession, military guards, G A R rites, Masonic observances, and cannon salutes mark the burial beside the Butler plot as dignitaries and crowds watch through snow and cold. Prominent attendees include Governor Russell and many state and local officials, with extensive lists of attendees from Boston Lowell and New Hampshire. The route runs from Merrimack to Bridge then Hildreth, a one and a half mile procession.
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Butler
Russell
Dr. Chambre
Merrimack
New Hampshire
Smith
Blair
J. D. Lyman
Exeter
E. F. Eastman
Daniel Hall
John C. Ray
Manchester
F. J. Parson
Franklin
John C. Linnehan
A. G. Fairbanks
Freeman Higgins
A. McLane
R. M. Chamberlain
C. W. Gilman
Railroad Commission
E. Aldrich
Littleton
Butler Club
Noah A. Plympton
A. C. Drinkwater
Alger
Cambridge
William Taylor
C. L. Woodbury
Dr. Miner
John I. Baker
J. Mitchell Galvin
Www. B. Gale
Charlies G. Lewis
McDonald
T. J. Gargan
M. Usher
H. W. Huguley
J. B. Sweeney
Stevens
Kelly
Rockland
E. W. Hincks
E.A. Alger
Jonas H. French
Philander Cobb Andenjamin B. Barney
Boston
David F. Barry
John Merrill
Arthur L. Spring
Frank H. Briggs
C. J. Flynn
J. P. Bramley
Charles E. Silloway
Lowell City Council
Lowell Bar Association
Pickman
William E. Westill
Freeman W. Puffer
Stephen J
Bridge
Hildreth
Major General Funeral for Peach in Lowrut
General Peach and staff attended a funeral ceremony on Merrimack street facing the church. The casket draped in the American flag was carried by eight sergeants then placed in the hearse. Militia and veterans formed a long double file along the street as the procession prepared for burial.
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Lowrut
General Peach
Merrimack Street
Walker
Gray
Peter
Farrell
Wenden
Jones
Farr
Soule
Ann Street
Peach
Order of Procession for General Butler Funeral in Lowell
The procession details list Brigadier General B F Peach Jr and staff, officers from multiple units, cadets, and civic delegations. Troops include Troop F Cavalry from Chelmsford and Light Battery C from Boston, with hundreds of mourners, governors, and society groups attending in Lowell. The scene ends with the funeral march and artillery at the burial plot overlooking the Butler family mansion.
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B. F. Peach, Jr
C. C. Fry
Wynn
F. @. Hersey
Boston
A. A. Hall
Dorchester
Elijah George
N. A. Thompson
W. T Lambert
H. EF. Converse
Malden
Philip Little
Salem
G. A. Pierce
Newton
H. W. Sprague
A. W. Clark
Spalding Light
Wilson
Carlisle
Elisha H. Shaw
North Chelmsford
Amoshk. Leighton
Westford
L. N. Duchesney
W. L. Steadman
Lawrence
G. A. Sanborn
C. F. Sargent
W. H. Hen_Kessey
Lynn
Second Corps
Lowell
William H. Hosmer
W. B. Nichols
Association of the
Marlboro
C. H. Rice
Fitchburg
BH. E. Whitney
Milford
George HH. Chaffin
Gratton
T. FE. Jackson
G. A. Devlin
W. J. Williams
W. H. Jackson
W. H. Turner
C. H. Cook
FE. B. Carr
William Fairweather
G. S. Howard
Wakefield
FE. J. Gilson
J. Flanders
G. E. Lull
A. D. Prince
A. Greig, Jr
Frank E. Cutter
Concord
Sinclair
Hovey
J. R. Fulton
Sixth Infantry
Russell
Senate
House of Representatives
Smythe
New Hampshire
City of
Board of Trade
Butler Club of
Massachusetts
Lowell Bar Association
Sixth Regiment Association
Pawtucket Lodge Masons
Old Residents’ Association
George E. Pinkham
Willis P. Burbank
J. B. Pendergast
J.W. Plaisted
C. A. R. Dimon
Horace B. Walsh
Bernard Sweeney
James [. Fulton
A. J. Fillmore
John J. Dolan
Charley H. Stickney
A. R
J. Henry Coverly
Andrew Liddell
Daniel A. Brown
Frank B. Peabody
H. W. Allen
William L. Goss
Amos Winters
A. I. Gilman
J. W. Fletcher
M. N. Peabody
H. B. Nay
Howe
Haverhill
Dahlgren
South Boston
A. J. Phillips
C. J. McCullough
Abraham Lincoln
Charlestown
James KR. Gerrish
John A. Andrew
G. A. Dill
Dennis L. Linahan
William H. Smart
Cambridge
Theodore Winthrop
Chelsea
Charles T. Ring
George W. Marsh
Hiram G. Berry
Nathan Newhall
Robert A. Bell
Burrill Smith
Farragut
Sons of Veterans
Creenhalve
Lowell High School
J. Hunton
Howard
M. Robbins
G. Richards
Alfred Sparks
B. W. Plaisted
Marston
Marden
Kelly
Hitchcock
John H. Ring
Joseph D. Logue
Michael Corbett
John Gormley
Patrick Madden
Aids
Irish Benevolent Society
Holy Name Society
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Michael's Church
St. Patrick’s School
Ancient Order of Hibernians
St. Patrick’s Temperance Society
Mathew Temperance Institute
Michael Mannings
Burke Temperance Institute
Michael E. Sexton
Central Labor Union
Edwin G. Walker
G. A. R. Department Officers of State
G. A. R. Sixth Regiment Association
Pentucket Lodge of Masons
Salem Zouave Association
Thirtieth and Cone Regiment Associaon
Department of the Gulf Society
Services in the Church for General Butler
General Butler's body left Huntington Hall for St. Anne's Episcopal Church where simple rites were held. A color bearing corps from the Sixth Regiment preceded the casket wrapped in the American flag, as bishops and ministers led a formal Episcopal service with Chopin Funeral March playing as the procession ended. Relatives and dignitaries filled the church and pews, with no eulogy delivered and prayers concluding the service.
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Mr. Sinclair
Hovey
Portsmouth
N. H
Harrison
Massachusetts
Russell
Executive Council
Hale
Maine
Sixth Regiment
Baltimore
Newampshire Veteran Association
Butler Club
Pawtucket Lodge
Diamond
J. A. Lowell
Boston
Edward A. Avery
Braintree
E. J. Sherman
E. T. Burleigh
Lawrence
Charles H. Allen
J. N. Marshall
George J. Carney
George F. Richardson
Lowell
Sinclair
Paul
Chopin
Franks Offers Magnetic Treatments in Boston Circles
Dr William Franks advertises magnetic treatments and circle sessions in Boston. He will hold group circles on Tuesday evenings and offer daily sittings from 10 am to 8 pm at 33 Common Street fourth door below Tremont Street.
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WM. Franks
Aily
Common ST
Tremont St
Boston
The Hallowed Spot Surrounded by Soldiers and Civilians
Lowell January 16 special: The resting place for the dead soldier is described as very appropriate with a lot perhaps two hundred feet long, surrounded by soldiers and civilians in a solemn cemetery scene.
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Lowell
Jan
Funeral for Major General Butler F Follows War Valor
Special to the Post reports the Portsmouth clergy and B F Butler Post 42 honor Major General Benjamin F Butler with a military funeral. Clergy in white vestal robes attend the grave as wreaths and a white rose symbolize purity and undying comradeship. A Pawtucket Masons delegation adds acacia sprigs and thirteen guns salute the fallen commander.
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Dimon
J. R. Fulton
Worthen
Pawtucket Lodge of Masons
T. W. Emerson
Oliver Ober
A. B. Clark
G. W. Batcheller
Fred Frye
Solon W. Stevens
Charles A. Cross
H. A. Wright
F. W. Hall
W. S. Brown
A. B. Hill
J. A. Patten
St. John Chambre
Battery C
Benjamin F. Butler
Earth
Fittingly Honored Butler and His Old Regiment
Lowell reports a large crowd of veterans and militia honoring General Butler. Brigadier General Benjamin Peach Jr. led the funeral escort, drawn from Massachusetts Militia units and Butler’s Sixth Regiment veterans. The article notes Butler’s longtime service in the Sixth Infantry and his command of veterans in the Gulf and James campaigns.
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Lowell
Butler
Massachusetts
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of the Gulf
Army of the James
Butler's body lies in state at Huntington Hall
Thousands view General Butler's remains as mourners and comrades stream to Huntington Hall in Huntington where the body lay in state guarded by Grand Army veterans. The crowd fills the doors from 9 to 11, the face covered at 11, and the procession moves to the church at 1:30 as bells toll.
Anecdotes on General Butler at Salisbury Beach
C M Rowkin recalls 1860s Salisbury Beach gatherings where General Butler faced hecklers with calm wit. He notes a child memory of his remark hard words don't hurt anyone and a prank moment with spoons. One event featured a tree stand and a hidden spoon dropped to test his composure.
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General Butler
Salisbury Beach
Ben
C. M. Rowkin
Newton
N. H
Ex President Hayes III Stricken By Heart Neuralgia
Ex-President Rutherford B Hayes III near Columbus and at Fremont hospital has suffered a severe heart neuralgia attack. He shows partial recovery but remains very ill under care of Dr Hilbish at the Hayes mansion. Webb Hayes and family attend him as doctors monitor danger.
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Fremont, O
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes
Columbus
Buffalo
Cleveland
Webby. Hayes
Webb
F.S. Hilbish
Hinyes
Marked Down Sale of Shoes at Moseley & Co
T. E. Moseley & Co. at 469 Washington street announce their annual marked down sale of boots and shoes. The stock includes Waukenphasis English Herbs French and many American goods. Many pairs sold below cost and bargains offered only once a year for gentlemen and ladies planning future purchases.
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T. E. Moseley & Co
Washington Street
Sterling Silver Tableware Sale at We We Silver Bon Bon
GEO. E. HOMER offers a sale of sterling silver items including Bon Bon Tongs 63c, Napkin Rings 79c, Gold Bowl Spoons 79c, Tea Spoons 79c, Bon Bon Scoops 1.62, Fruit Knives 75c, Orange Spoons 1.19, Sugar and Tea Spoons sets 4.75, Butter Spreaders 1.19, and solid silver items like Thimbles and Stamp Boxes with deep discounts, all guaranteed sterling silver and discounted from higher prices.
Jewelry sale listing with varied gold and silver pieces
A catalog of jewelry items with sharp price drops from original tags. Gold sleeve and link buttons, solid gold ladies pins, gold scarf pins, solid gold rings and gents rings, baby rings, rolled plate rings and pins, sterling silver pins and hair pins, garnet and turquoise bracelets, and a foxtail silver neck chain with heart charm offered at reduced prices. Most items show discount from previous higher prices.
Opera Glasses and Plush Opera Bags Ad
French Pearl Opera Glasses priced at 4.25 and Lemaire models at 3.75. One set of Opera Glasses listed at 81.75. A 10 percent discount applies to all Opera Glasses not shown above. Plush Opera Glass Bags offered at 62 cents. Formerly listed prices not shown.
Stationery and writing goods price notes from earlier listing
Prices for writing paper range 10 to 25 cents per pound with former higher levels. Envelopes sell 3 to 10 cents per pack with prior prices 10 to 20 cents. Mourning paper 15 cents per quire, five quires 50 cents at half price. Lap tablets and writing cases offered 1.25 to 0.85 dollars, down from 2 to 10 dollars.
Watches on sale solid silver and gold filled pieces
Solid Silver Chatelaine Watches 3.98 formerly 5.00. Solid Silver Boys Hunting-Case 5.00 formerly 6 to 7.50. Solid Silver Gents stem-wind 8.50 formerly 10 12. Ladies and Gents Gold Filled stem-wind 9.98 formerly 12 15. Ladies Gold Filled American 7.50. Ladies solid gold 14k 19.00 formerly 25. Ladies solid gold 14k heavy cases 25.00 reduced from 380 and 35.00. Ladies rolled plate fob chains down from 1.00 1.50 2.00 to 75c. Solid Silver fob chains 75c. Gents rolled plate chains 1.50. Another lot Gents plated chains 75c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Elgin
Waltham and Elgin
Sale of silverware and carved wares with low prices
A varied list offers Genuine Rogers A1 tea spoons orange spoons table spoons fruit knives and sugar spoons with prices from 7c to 59e plus hand engraved sugars and creamers. Also included are plated butter dishes pickle casters triple plate fruit dishes cake baskets nut picks and child s sets priced 5c to 81 98 with several items reduced from higher amounts.
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Rogers
Brighton honors retiring Citizens' Improvement head at Parker House
About fifty Brighton citizens dine at the Parker House to honor C D B Fiske, retiring president of the Citizens' Improvement Association of Ward 20. Mr B M Fiske presided as guest and speeches praise public-spirited work, with Alderman Lee, Rev A A Berle, City Solicitor Bailey, and City Clerk present. The retiring leader thanks members and notes ongoing commitment to Commonwealth Avenue improvements and integrity in public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. B. Fiske
Citizens’ Improvement Association
Ward 20
Brighton
Parker House
A. A. Berle
Congregational Church of
Chairman Lee
Board of Aldermen
Bailey
Matthews
Lee
Commonwealth Avenue
New England
Fiske
Mr Fiske Receives Heartiest Applause Then Speaks
Mr Fiske was received with the heartiest applause and, once it subsided, spoke as part of a public event. He addressed the crowd with remarks reflecting on the occasion and thanked supporters for their attendance.
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Mr. Fiske
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