, 1880-10-15
THE PARADE,


THE tnrno,lt of the marching clubs In con-
ncction With the Sherman meeting last uyetl-
tnG was n SUCCESS entirely beynld the ex-
peetatiols Of tic most sanglllne. Twelve
years have etapscd since Chicago has
seen really large torchlisht pro
cession, antl hut few displays Of like
c'lnractcr hare been better tlla1I That Ut last
night. III point OF Thorough enthusiasm 1t
has never been exretTctl, II ever 1t was
cuuaied. 1t wis hi1arity md good feelin:,
from tho time TINT the procession commenced
forming to tic close of lho marching; and
tile cheering on tho streets lid not sllbstde
until the Inst club f,ad reached Its quarters
mud dispersed. Indiana niHl OhIn told the
story uf the E'atlress which reyerberatctl
through, Every portion of tho loyal
NUrtli. Chicago not being Mt all
behind III iler appreciation of
tito result, as the turnout lust night 80 well
demonstrated. E!sin sent ,pu delegation
lint dbl tile tow,, honor a,,d credit. "Thc
Tilncrs" lpat[e'l by tl!etr tMc military but,tl.
was perhaps the best attraction Of the pro-
cesssun.
Tho line Of march WIS expected to have
been taken up ut T:W o'clock, bnt 1t was
precisely S:45 when the stnrt was made. Tho
Marshal, Gen. John r. Terrence, WIS o,,
Mnnroe street, opp,sit the Palmer House, ut
7o'cluck, Will, tic fo!luwing mounted ai,ts:
Col. II. G. Hickey, Capt. Tl,umas kecfe,
Dr. 1.oren A1nttl'lsen. NM. +. u.
Fanc'mr. Col. Z. d. Swim, Capt.
George u. Cannon, Mai. Charles II.
thu Union Veteran Club, headed by Neyntls'
Military Band a.,h tho ElgIu Timers, ca,ne
down east III Monroe street. The Veterans
marched buck to tho Grand Paci!lc to escort
Secretary Sherman to Mccormick Hall,
but after waiting nearly !salf I'LL lInur fol,lh
TINT he Ind gono tu the hall. The boys wero
II little disappointed. ut course, but borc it
goud-naturetIiy. Just lsero MI incident took
plnce which shows tic 1IlcAllscss Ut tho
Democratic administration, ut the city MD
tic Democrat who llas tllo contract for
sweeping the strcets Tile streets Ind nut bcrll
sprinklcll In tllD least. TlIn Veterans wcro
stailtl!!: On clatk STREET faet'N; thu GranI
a,1 Hsfi %e, @ san;, dHr s;%sepssies fae
cloll' of dust TINT enyslopctl tho '.lcn mid
coycretl their clnthtng, TfiGrD WIS II cry Ut
tlcrlslo'l trotn a'l skies, mud SHOUTS went up
tu 'fs e nroa @ II nss( sTSS's scr a !" II Faf liz
Union Veteran Club. attempted 10 turn n.
team around when Str. Walsh came III,
al!tl said tlIat tho swccpers so,lId 70
IT. ,ats lid 9ts 70 's aek TS @ 'sh tis 5 s 'sa@s Ss
tho crt!wd flu0tetl as!l yelled, mid .lrcried
the actions Of those who would stoup to SO
MEAN ASn nEs1ttA.H.E AN ACT.
Tho Unlnn Vetera, Cub thnl, marched
bncG to StAtn 1.ilA AluIlr1u streets, When tho
resting 1t Alaulsol al!t Dearborn streuts:
ttets. Iurre.leo Ad statT A,i,l htlRtcr.
Uart!td uni Arthur slO,llltp! Club Of tho
Stuck & faF.is' nlm1erins u snea', In communal Ut
unlon Veteran Club. s13 strong. headed by
Eoyans. !:and. nnh es'It'lnan.l.n1 by Marshnis
T&S E4H s!'litasy i,s"l, thirty:six pecss, 4cl
h. ttshns Forsstho; hcaFied bs JOHN lhatel'cr,
1"rae Eisia Timers" tE5 mon. commanded by
Rls;la li"ya In n!ue. 10 strong. eon,'uunto,. by
,l'!rst Warl Fiainbeau CLUB. commanded by
TIe Eist a; bivis4"i, NV; was commanded by co
the South S,1e. First came tue Fiji, Ward, 10
Third wari Clubs, MStsriy i0i siss,!x.
En4'1wsAd ar!lt anwn nrsT1Lu " IL torches,
III. Fo1rth Ward l!s,xa.is WI III command Of
Maj. Da Young, and hcldcd by tho Lakeside
rho sccu,.d ward was represented by about
5OO white ind colorr.l tGsca- trarerd, commanded
hy Capt. ". IL. lsve.l, tho men wcarinx Tug ynl-
Tho Excelsior Hand alia i nutnt'ur % drum:
mora were ss4tterca through tho co''pns''es of
Next r,illU tho North Division Clubs, 3Iar-
shl!lu.i BY II. u. al4xwall. aud hoatluu by tho
F!fso,,nll, Ward. At sho head OF tho column
wus cnrrletl II hugu 1Ft;uu,
Next camo tho Lake Vlow boys With 160
Tbu Sixteenth, Seventeenth. and Eightocnth
WArh Clubs, with tAelF famous lallut-ttox
toFcllcs, c4lnu next to tho number Of atout l,H0
lMen.
tho West Division was next In !Iuo, headed ~
4, j. Stun0 u: Marshal, and Af0oru'H btIttury
liu,ld. really excellent though now musical or
xuIlizatiDu.
Thu N!Hth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twoltth. .Thir-
&eenth, Eighth. A14 SeyGnth Wnrtly cAInG In reg
uae rotation, turning out nearly l0l0 torches,
ALTOGETHER IN THE LINE
there wcro 400 club lnembo1s i,l uniform,