, 1880-08-12
nEAusEANTs,

DEAUsEANTs.
All the county offices Will bo closed Tues
day aiMl "Wednesday.
Aicssrs. Shfnmin & Gobcl, No. It'll h1cht-
gnn avenue, oppostt tho Exposition build
Ing, Intend to decorate thalr store in q hand
some manner.
In view Of tho lnrgo number of Evanston
people WHO arc expected to nttend the Con-
train to Evanston eacli day Mt 2a.1n.
Il Knight Just from Rochester, who saw
Monroe Commandcry drill Mpnday night,
says they wcre liko piece OF machinery.
ClliGaRont,s will haye, n chance to- sec them
II the procession and ut tho Jockey Club
Park.
Tho first installmcnt OF evergreen trees
600 Of tl1ein-arrfsed yesterday fnortl[EE, and
the 0tlnr 200 will 1a liefe tO-llAy or to-llUr-
row. They are 70 be put at tho bnse Of tl.e
arches. aud In the camp mid Exposition
Building.
George II. Thomas Post, g. a. r.. has a
spcctnl meeting Fritlny evening to decorate
their hall fur the Cung'ayc. It Is desired 10
tel11er tho use OF THO hall to visiting Knights
for headquarters. Every member Is expected
to report.
,aetics ~ attaIed BY te h Eva%stosi suuad Of
Knights Te1npar, they have been assigned
tho scconl p!ncc In the, grand procession,
Company Nfncty-ntMc. OF -tlia Apollo COM
manlery, a1one being nl.et.d OF them.
Tile Entertainment Committee will lneetin
O'Clock tonight TO arrange, for tho .dlstribu-
tl0n Of citfzeils' tickets to tho reception Mon-
day evening tfld Knights tickets 10 tho con-
certs arll theatres Wednesday night.
Several met, were engaged yesterday in
decorating tho Interior OF tho Gratld Eli
Asgg wnz III 5 Il ae1 s1oriS riSFx es t
gather all itlen OF ITS nltim1te apponranc;.
Work on tho exterior will be begun this
morning.
From thirty to forty members of, Apollo
C0mannIery reslio nt EmElcwood, wl!ero
perfect themselves In their eyolut!ons.. Many
Of tic members have thken rooms III tho city
foruext week. as tllcr artlnous committee
duties will not admit Of their returning home
at night.
AID. Lawler yesterday suggested to the
iinss so q tic te s Kngnts s Tpar se prscesso, for
tho accommodation Of tho city officials md
their families, aud 1t appeared to strike him
fav9rably. No orlers, however, were given
In tho matter, nor. will there bc until his
Il0n0r Sleeps over It.
for tho seats erecting under tho direction ut
the Entertainment Committee can be pro-
cured, one OF tho Committee said yesterday
tint nothing tlelinlt had yet been done nbout
the tickets, but an.!9nsa'ents ~. regarding
pcrs In a day or SO.
rho work Of decorating the arches will DO
commenced to-day, and Z sufficient number
Of men will be. employed to finish the six
teen by Saturday night The contractors
only ono Of tiie arcllcs having bee,7 COM
petcQ up to yesterday afternoon, though
portions Of tho framework Of fifteen nro LII
The Doat Committee 1,avo secured another
steamcr,-th%e @ % %Noasntun,-ma|kf3hns ,,|fh Rime ia
b,''sb e. ssblo - to ''s1 taks out But Into tGs lake
on their various trips dllring. tho dny md
evening TINT n.any people: It. IS beIioy,ed.
stenlners are being negotiated for.
pepsrt'aont q 1'sbl!a Works ysstsfdsy X, X,
pressing II fear that the paving Of Alicht.
gan avenue would not bo completed
III ti'ho for the Conclave, but ' the
any 'i i.nxiaty On tho subject. for il hsd been
necessary to work ut night nid Sunday.
1nstead of tho 800 !garrison ;iiags which
| vera 10 be loaned BY tho Government,
through solno l1!ls,nnnaEclncnt only fifteen
ltaFD colHbt t1i! lAe LUCK oL .uultliIR Ait5
the Exposition Building. Tho flags ware to
be hung III festoons ul!!lcr tho gallery arches,
md other material will have to bo substt:
! tuted; but Architect Wilcox says the etfect
| will bc almost rs E0Uu.
Probably no hotel In tho city Is milking ,as
extensive preparations for tic, uccommoda
ton Of visiting Knights ind others rs is the
| Gardner House. on tie Iake-Front Tic
management realizes TINT, from bolng di
reGtly opposlt tl.9 Grand Elcalnpme'nt, ro9lis !,
tionai ACCOMMODATIONS for, several hundred
persons have been provided, Many will ulsc
quarter ut this house to get tho benefit Of the
delightfully."- cool brcezes from tho lake.
Capt. Corcoran and tho veterans were bus,
& yssteb6ay s 81 yga R5af i" I'D es nesly II S @ Ga &
pluee. Il they do as well to-day tho whole
park will be covered. Another sunad Vi
Plnkertoi's police Was put OIL duty las
nig4 '199SE tj;qntyHiSht 3Cy ta mea noW e!
furnishing YIN <bcgln; Mr; Metzger, tut
Chairman Ut tho Camp Committee, expects tt
',nyu thom all ready for occupancy by Ffida!
hight.
Dr.. Robert Morris informed Tn1pusR
fsSSrdss a G GSssstSny ssoy as ~ adssf lis HUE df
1sccOrt'er to prepare nn1 send to Ch!eag'
noxt week n document t!lreetud to the urallt
Encnnpnlent Of tIse United States concern
S n9Ise1gte pgwar %t II " Ga Ganan rnfei pe
nifty arc yery stns!aiye upon Tits question
and DR.. Morris said It Is certainly quito un
fortunate that tfloy hnve 30 entn!lglcd thou,
selves n t1Sr ,l connection With the ConyG't
concerning their own Independence.
1T ths Editor u 7ns cAteaso TRIBUNE.
Cn1cAdp Aug. 1l.-Will somebody VIII
lns tho time to sparc, aud desires to benefit
large elass Of onr citizens, wa!t unun ou