Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-28
THE GREAT PROCESSION. ]
EIGHT THOUSAND MEN IN LINE

EIGHT THOUSAND MEN M LINE. Twelve Hundred Business Men Marching in the streets-Musfc, Fireworks, Red Fire, Flags and Banners-Ths City in Blaze of Light and Decked with Bunt- inR-A Complete Ovation by the People Many Private Residences Beautifully ntes, Etc., Etc.
 The grand Republican demonstration last evening fully equalled if not surpassed the high anticipations formed regarding It, and takes the first rank with the very finest po- litical demonstrations ever seen in Connectl- cut. Everywhere, early in the day, on the route of march, people were out getting the colors ready and decorating their residences for the grand affair, and everything was looking finely in many quarter long before dark The general committee were up to their eyes in business all day attending to their multiplicity of duties, and the sub committees were working with equal spirit, and people everywhere, whether Democrats or Republicans, were looking on as oppor- tunity afforded at the preparations. Every body had eagerly made their arrangements for getting view of the procession either at one place or another, if not in the store, house or office of some friend, at favorable points on the thoroughfares. MT. Bigelow's residence was pretty picture to behold in its decorations before the sun had reached it's meridian, and all along on various of the | 4Io, irif of tho friend1 of Garfield and Arthur were taking shape The interest and spirit displayed for the Republl- can national and State tickets bespoke most unmistakably the entire success of the great campaign demonstration. General Lincoln, Hon. John l.. Treat and Hon. William J. Atwater, the general committee, were work ing hard experimenting, and many were the details in so large an affair which came, to them and their efficient co-workers. The subcommittee on illumination were as fol lows:
 Congress avenue junction and Church street to Chapel-L. D. Chidsey, George T. Bradley, c. P Jor- dan.
 t1esey, jr., Thomas c. Lewis, M. Frank Bristol.
 Chapel street from Orange to State-J. A. Richard Chapel street from State to Olive-J. M. Smith, F. A. Chase, Peck Sperry.
 Olive street. from Chapel to State-LOu1s Eeldman, Charles S. Leete, P. S. Crofut Edward T. Benham-
 State street, Olive to Pearl-J W. Merrills, David Corey, George A. Durand, William T. Hayes.
 Pearl Street-Dr. A. E. Winchell, Henry Bison, Louis c. Loomis.
 Orange Street, Pearl to Elm-S. E. Merwin jr., T. Attwater Barnes, Frederick Ives Dr. w. G. filling, C. NJ Loomis.
 Elm Street, Orange to Broadway-J. B. Sargent Rutherford H. Trowbridge, J. B. Darlington, jr, Broadway-F. s. Bassett. c. S. Pierpont, James Whalley Avenue, Broadway to Orchard street-John Rowland, John Gilbert, Theron A. Todd, George H.
 York Street. Broadway to Chapel-Arthur Wright Jocelyn P. Cleaveland s, s. Thompson. Chapel Street. York to Dwight. H. Kloek, E. F Mersick, Franklin S. Bradley Edward Higby.
 Dwight Street, Chapel to George-Joseph Parker George Watkinson, James H. Foy:
 George Street, Dwight to Colege-Edward Bryan Edmund Pendleton, George s. Arnold, Andrew O'Neil.
 H. Carmalt, M. Frank Tyler. Chapel Street, College to Chureh-F. W. Bowman H. B. Perry, NJ. B. Scott, J. N. Adam
 Yale college-HaTFy Ives T. Dewitt ouyler' George State Street, Chapel to Union Depot-E. P. Yale, | c. Bushnell, Charles s. Gray.
 The general committee on illumination were H. F. Hubbard, F. A. Gilbert, George | H. Ford, H. H. Peck, James H. Mcdonald. busy scene was presented at the stores l below the Woolsey House on Meadow stree all day yesterday In the afternoon at ; o'clock there had arrived a third of the store for the commissary department from whicl the visiting multitudes were to be fed, ant the array of sbushel baskets filled witl paper bags laden with good things seemed in numerab1e. In each bag-there were 7,Oot or 8 ,OOO of them-there were two sandwich es a doughnut and piece of fine loaf cak | or fancy cake while several barrels of ap pies which were sent in yesterday were als disposed of in the distribution. Hundred upon hundreds more of sandwiches, dough nuts, crullers, etc., were constantly arriving Mir. Mccarthy, chief of the commissary de partment will acknowledge in some suitabl form the ladies' generosity and their spirite response. Present, assisting in getting every thing ready, were Frank Powers, Georg Farnam, ianitor at Yale Theological build ings, William White. A. L. Willis and others Much credit is due the following whose store were depository for refreshment materials
 Stone X Chidsey, corner of Church and Geort streets.
 P. c. Lessey, e13 Chapel street;
 Henry Storer, 176 Chapel street.
 Mrs. W. o. Bement Merwin's block, corner of Sta and Bradley streets.
 | c. Pierpont corner of York street and Broadway.
 Alden Downs, corner of Hazel street and Sheltc 1 avenue.
 With the approach of evening people b. gan to flock early to the center to see th grand display. and the various arches were six o'clock in position and ready for tE grand Illuminating. The windows of man of the prominent stores on Chapel strec were richly and tastefully adorned by con binations of goods giving the national colol l and 617.tb tba al Grnoio1 onfixyif prevailed on the college campus, for was nc the college Garfield and Arthur regiment be out, splendid addition to the line, an was not the new cavalry company to be or for the first time? Verify, there was life an activity, and occasionally as the shades ( night approached, the melody of the too horns broke out belligerently on the evenin air
 The weather came out very favorably The ominous clouds of the day before, th keen southwest wind and the apparently se tied rain in the evening caused a myriad ( appeals to the weath erwise for hop giving assurance, but the weathe bureau very kindly forwarded a splendi October day, with just enough of a Novembe wind to give it tone.
 Early in the evening the roll and rattle c drums, the notes of the piercing fife, and th soul inspiring music of bands gave notice 0 the moving of organizations for the gran rallying place. The six o'clock train frol New York brought the famous Gilmo1 band, 40 pieces, who were taken to their hote the Elliott House, in two large busses, th leader, MT. Gilmore, being met by New Have members of the committee and provided wit carriage. The same train brought th Wheeler & Wilson band of Bridgeport, 2 pieces. Gilmore's headed the business an professional mems department of the gran parade, and Wheeler & Wilson's the gran turn out of mechanics.
 A Beautiful Scene.
 Early in the evening, while the forces wel | assembling, one of the events of the evenin occurred at the residence of ex-Speaker I R. Wright, being the presentation of an ell gant gold badge and beautiful bouquet wit silver holder to the D. R. Wright Zouave Captain Loomis, by German friends of Co | W-;obt The connpany received these pif