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Show within a circle of which ho mndn Cincinnati Cincin-nati Biid vicinity the center. ll was tor some time in military command at Kurt ; Washington (now Cincintiutil, mid Inter ! lived in rural simplicity on a fnriu nliout j fifteen miles duwn the Ohio river, at North , Itcnd. I lie represented Ohio in congress, went j from Ohio on the (,'olomblun mixtion, and i wiw a resident of Ohio when elected to con- j press ami thn presidency. l''or these ren- sons the people of Clnciuiiat i have organ- : ized to do him honnr hy t lie erection of a token of grateful memory -nn equestrian kl utile. The movement, received stimulus with the election of the grandson of the Tippecanoe hero to the presidency in hmk. and the requisite fjft.uou for the stat uu and pedestal was secured some time aim. This statue is to (si Uft.fl in. In height, Btid Is now approaching completion In tlia studionf thcsamesetilptor w liotleHlgned the colossal equestrian statue of Grant for the eityof Chicago. H represents the general in the military uceoutermeiits of that. ie-riod, ie-riod, and the face Is considered hy lliusi) j yet, living who reuienilier ami were ae-i ae-i qualnled with him a striking likeness. The success of the Cincinnati movement ; 1 caused those interested In the mnrkliiK ami preservation of historical places about the ' city to IniitiguriiUia movement for a mouu- meut to the general on the site of his tomb , at North Iteud, and congress hiw (iill.e re- j cently given favorable consideration In j both senate and house committ.ssi to the j bill to appropriate (i",W for a iin.numetit j there. I The tomb la situate.) on a high knoll , ! cornm iniling a view of the Ohio river the i full extent of the m iKiiibent curve that given the liumi) to the place. Tradition ' has it that the general eamo dally to this ! point ti watch the progress of the work of i construction on the old Whitewater t ntinl tbut tunneled n lull on his farm, Here ' be contemplate I thcinitintive of a civilization civiliza-tion that quickly revolutionized the w hole country, and here bis mortal remains huv reposed half a century in the tomb built for their reception. It is n vault, als.ut twenty feet square, and fifteen feet deep, and is entered by several steps lending to a i door shown In the accompanying picture, i The vault is of brick, platen d, and the ! elements have wrought rapid dieay. Hey-! Hey-! eral times it lias lieen necessary to repair : It, nnd now it is proposed to rebuild the ' tomb of substantial material and r.ii) , above this foundation m lofty shaft that may be seen by all tourists by the river or the two railroad that, alu-r runiiiug par- ! . : j IN TIPPECANOE'S MEVORV. . A Statne to Bo Kreeterl-llls Tomb j Be Marked Appropriately. I Special Corrrattiondence j . , I CISCKSATI, Aug. 12.-There will aoon , ' be erected in the west some flno memorial . to Gen. and ex-Prcsi'lcnt William Henry Harrison. The aggregate c.t of three .f them one in this city, one at North liend, O., and the other on Tippecanoe battle ground, Indiana-will be 100.i0. Severed years ago the llarr .on Memorial Aastx ia- 5 sfr, ? f it? xh ax . ' C5f Jvsuiil ; ! WILLIAM IRNl'.r IIAKM1V)S' TOMB. j ! all alonit the river the whole dUtanew i from t'ineiniiati. here e, ot.e to the ; north and the other to the ami to of tt.e j ffub. The kol!, embracing? several acr, ! the llanioon ! will donate. Many j tourihts visit this pU ever year, not le- ; t- see the U:n.b than to enjoy the maiii(l-! maiii(l-! rente and beujty of nature here unfoideti, ' and the picture shows plainly the aeii worn path that bads from the road up the slop to the Umih, from wl.kh one can j look down npon the site of tba old log calia and the remnants of the orchard, tba source of the historic eider. GroKbt H. 5scIiwki. PBOPOSRP iTATCE, tloo of CincinnaU was organized, iuobje-i being to erert in this ci'.y n e.ppropriata memorial to the hero of Tippecanoe. Though born iu Virginia On. Uamoa j Ufework waa in the westeitt anuiSj |