Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-12-16
THIRD EDITION.
GRANTS RECEPTION.

The cgsy of philadelphia Jam.
sneg-Ghe Nature of the GRAND
Observation-Disclosures way Free
People Welcome tina Eefa-
VA ingt0u'. Share In The
Event.
Tel4graphic advices received from
our special correspondentsay that Phil-
AIDE phia is perfectly jammed. Like
The roads Of Italy everones way seems
10 hg.ve but one common centre and
mat centre is Philadelphia. Here thu
entire people of the commonwealth has
eenyerged and here they sway up aud
down in one vast mass, joyful content
ea and satisfied.
It. ia estimated that there viii 5e b.
ra-en 60, 900 and 1000 people IN me
owing to tn, mmensity OF the gather
in considers bl. tima will 10 ueoeasagt-
ly consumed before they will bs able to
move.
rlB PREPARATIONS.
All along the route OF the parair
working men we're to b. found ytster-
day busily engaged in preparing fol
the gr lat event. Many of the bushes.
aud private houses had everything IL
readiness, but preferred not to string
the buatlag aud eVergreena, or TO hosl
the flass uutii this morning, "hii'
others hal completed al OF their ar
rangem snts and proposed to eDJoy the
day as q c)mpiete holiday.
The procession Is 10 moye from
Broad and Somerset streets a. halt
pas 10 o'clock if possible. Genera
Grant arriving at the junction Of the
Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads a
few minutes before that time. The
route will bs down Broad TO Market,
to Fourth. TO Chestnut, to Thirteenth, to
Pine, to Broad, to Passyunk avenue,
and theace countermarch. When GeH.
Grant reaches the Union League be
will leave his carriage and review the
parade tram the balcony Of the Club
house. At Broad and Market the pa
rade will be dismissed.
As the procession turns into Market
street from Juniper, it will b3 met ty Z
grand display of colors and evergreens
rea hing to Fourth street on that thor
oughfafs, Mr.. John Wanamaker has
erected seats reaching the entire Market
street length of the Grand Depot, with
the exception of the centre entrance.
The stand Is covered with white muslin,
dranad with red and blue bunting. thus
forming tn. tri-color, and will seat 1900
The arch over the break is surmounted
by spread eagle, and tells in black
lettering that. "The working people
welcome General Grant, The Grand
Depot itself ia one mass of red. white
and blue. relieved by ropes of bright
rteens. and on each of the sixteen
towers floats a large flag with the ma
tioAality inscribed upon each in IT, ~,
per. while the remainder of the Gag is |
of ona color,
Chestnut street, along that portion
over which the procession will pass, i.
oui,e "a nrofnsely decorated with faps.
burtior. eyerrreens, &c., as at any |
tina turing the Centennial year ana |
all day Yesterday it was thronged with
.ight-s.ers who desired TO take view
Of the decorations bsfore the grra: "a
ceant Of TODAY,
TIE MAYORS Office. at Fifth and C.,.-
mt straets ia VERY Handsomely d.eor-
ted with tricolors over the main en-
trance. and above these the Philadel-
phia coat of arms. The State House |
which adJeins thls, Is grao.iGIly dfap-
ca Win na'ionai ount'nS' anu mas res
toons OF evergreens suspended from the
s7cond story WINDOWS. over 'ne main
entrance OF THIS pullolng Is q h1s-size
portrait OF beneral urant on morse oack'
surrounded Win eVergfeehs' on lhe
pavement Is erected pia'iorm Which
VIII seat ABOUT ooo person. lhiS Is e1-
cluslvely under the control OF councils,
each member having received three
tickets.
AFTER the parade III the evening there
Is to be a grand reception and ai,er
that banquet at 'he residence OF MIR.
deorge w. Chllds, al "hlch VIII De
present Mrs. Childs, dereral W. I.
Sherman, Hon. Hamilton Fish, Miss
Stanley, MIR. and Mrs' a ). Drfxel,
Hon. a. L. and Mrs. Bore, Mrs. ten
eral Sheridan, Hon. George 3. Bout
well, Hon. John Welsh, lion. George
M. Robinson, Hon. Edwards 'lerre-
pont, Mr.. U. 5. Grant, Jr and other dig
tinguished persons.
ON TO THE RECEPTION.
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