The daily gazette., 1877-08-28
From the Phiia. Times. 4s ~ 4,
THE COMING or THE GOVERN ORS
THE PRoGKAMME FOR TOMORROW AND
THUsDAY.

THUSDAY.
Tomorrow morning the Governors
will arrive at the southern entrance Of
the Exhibition Building at 10 O'Clock.
and will be received by the officers Of
the Exhibitors Association and of the
Exhibition Company. They win make
a tour Of the building, escorted by these
officers and member of the reception
committee, arriving at the platform at
IL o'clock. Addresses of welcome will
be delivered by President Summons, of
the Exhibitors Association, and Presi-
dent Morton, of the Board of Directors.
Approximate music will be provided,
and responses are expected from the
visiting Governors. Preparations have
been made to secure perfect order, TO
the end that everything shall be conduc-
| ted in a manner creditable to the Elk
hibition. The Mayor is making. both
for Wednesday, and Thursday, hea y
detail of police, and ample pr, vi .en
will be made to accomm odate all invited
guests. At O'Clock in the afternoon
the Cadets of Girard College, accom-
panied by their baud, will give an ex
hibition drill in the auditorium. In the
evening there will be grand concert, at
which Miss Thursby, Madame Carreno
and Siguor Gottschalk will appear. The
grand floral fisplay on Wednesday will
serve to decorate the orchestral gallery
and auditorium. as we'll as the central
| pavilion. On Thursday the Governors
will be received at the Exhibition at 10
O'clock a. IN. Together with the invited
guests they will occupy the orchestral
gallery in the rear of the platform, en-
tering at the south centre. At eleven
o'clock the industrial parade, composed
of the employees of the manufacturing
establishments in the city, will enter al
the eastern entrance anil proceeding
along the &c ntral aisle to the auditorium
will pass in review before the Cover
nors and invited quests. The lady en-
ployes will occupy the seats reserved
for them in the auditorium and around
the central pavilion. The Exhibition
Band will give one of their fine concerts
during the afternoon, and at five O'Clock
Centennial balloon Buffalo, carrying
eight persons, will make an ascension
from the lawn at the south Of the Ex
hibition Building. -
The visiting Governors will Assem- ble
in Parlor @, Continental HOTEL at 10 o.
clock this morning, where they will bt
met by large number of citizens to wei
come them to the City of Brotherly
Love. This afternoon at3 O'Clock for
NAL reception will take place at Inde.
pendence Hall.
The main object of the coming of the
Governors being to visit, in addition tt
the Exhibition, the principal industria
establishments of the East, Messrs. Johr
Roach u Son have extended an invita-
tlon to the disti 1guished guests, togethe
, with Presidenj Morton and the Director
of the Exhibition, to visit the thrift.
sbipbuilding city of Chester on Thursda,
, afternoon. The Messrs. Roach, will
place at their service special train t.
; take them from the Centennial depot il
time to witness the launching of tn
great Iron steamship built for the Alex
J andre line, which is to take place at 5 o.
clock 2. NJ. on that day.
There are plenty of generals and col
onels registed at the various hotels, but
he Governors come to to the front slow