Connecticut western news., 1885-03-11

accompanying wagon. The result was llne of march that was simply mass or nfe or every color of the rainbow, while Domos and rockets were touched off by the hundreds. Giant firecrackers, fired by the dozen at a time, were dropped at every step. The cluD was bent on painting the town red, and suo- ceeded
 General Hartranft's division of Pennsyl- vania troops had in line 1855 companies. Among the visiting organizations ln Generai Lees division were the following: Colored Gray Invincibles, Philadelphia, Pa.; Com pany c, Third regiment infantry, National Guard of New Jersey; Clark light infantry, Augusta. Ga.; Fifth regiment of infantry, Maryland National Guardi Governors Guards, Annapolis, Md; Bond Guards. Cantonsviile, ! Md; Colored Monumental Guards, Baltimore, Md; Colored Baltimore City Guards, Balu- more, Md; Colored Baltimore Rifles, Balti- more, Md; Brigade of infantry of Virginia; cadets of Virginia Military Institute; Colored Second battalion Virginia Volun teers; Colored State Guard, Richmond, Va.; Colored Ga field light infantry, Fredericksburg, Va.; Sixty ninth regiment infantry, National Guard of New York; Jackson Corps, Albany, N. Y.; Washington Contrentals, Schnectady. N. Y.; | Des Grenadiers Rochambeau, New York city; | Hornets Nest Rlhemen, Charlotte, N. C.; l Edgecomb Guards, Tarborough, N C.; For sythe Riflemen, Winston, N. C.; Meagher Guards, Providence, R. l.; Busch Zouaves, St. Louis Mo-; 148th regiment infantry, National Guard of Ohio; Company c, 165th regiment infantry, National Guard of Ohio; Company c, First regiment infantry, National Guard of Minnesota; Ames Zouayes, Minneapolis, Minn. THE BALL ROOM.
 The new Pension Building, iu which the in- auguration ball was held is an unfinished brick structure, only the walls as far as the caves of | the third story being erected. There are no halls in the building. It is simply & structure , 42 feet wide, covering the outside of rectan- guar space extending 400 feet from east to 1 west and 200 feet from north to south. When : the committee took the building iu hand 1t had cheerless ball room look, but this was soon dispelled. 1hs floors were Carpeted, the walls i covered with mirrors and the entire building | decorated in 8 good manner, reminding the guests of some royal palace decorated for 8 | great fete.
 Over the north and south entrance to the ! building and extending twenty feet beyond | the line of the first gallery and fifty feet in length, were erected temporary galleries for l the Germania Band, of Philadelphia, with its l hundred members, and the United Stats l Marine Band, also increased to that number. | The former furnished the dancing. and the | latter the promenade music. Four rooms at | the north and east side of the building, or one l fourth the entire number, were surrendered to | the caterers for the supper. A large room in ! the southeast corner was set apart for the cor- ! resp ndents aud for their convenience. The | diplomatic, general reception and Presidents rooms were on the south side of the building, | between the press room and southern entrance. l West of this entrance was the room of the EX- | ecutive Committee, and on the north side, west | of that entrance, the headquarters of the Floor | Committee. The remainder of the rooms were equally divided between the ladies' and gentle | mems cloak and retiring rooms-the former in | the Juthwest side and the latter in the north | we side. These rooms are great halls in | themselves, with thirty foot ceilings, and spa a., 11Ch for or1n inor hon and olf | gether cover an area of square feet nearly l double that of the floor of the vast ball room. They were connected by spaces for folding doors and all were accessible from the inside entrances opening into the ball room.
 It was half-past ten when President Cleve- land arrived at the ball room. He was imme- diately escorted to the Presidents room, where | for half an hour he had an informal reception. The President was accompanied by Miss | Cleveland and Mrs. Hoyt, his sisters, and by his brother, the Rev. W. N. Cleveland, and | wife and their two sons; Mir. Hastings, his nephew; Miss Hastings, Miss Nellie Yeamans and Miss Anna Yeamaus; Mir. and Mrs. Bacon, | the Presidents brother-in-law and wife, of To- ledo, and Colonel Lamont and Mrs. Lamont. | About the same time ex-President Arthur
 arrived at the ballroom, and he, too, was es- | corted to the Presidents room. Win him were Secretar .es Lincoln and Chandler, Sec
 rotary and Mrs. McCulloch, Attorney General | Brewster and Mrs. Brewster, Postmaster Gen.
 eral Hatton and Mrs. Hatton, Secretary Teller
 and Mrs. Teller, Judge Davis, of the Court of
 Claims, and Mrs Davis, Miss Lucy Freling-
 huysen, Mir. Allan Arthur and Marshal Nc | Michael. Vice-President Hendricks arrived
 about the same time aud ined the President.
 In the room at this time there was large and
 distinguished gathering, including persons of
 the most diverse shades of political opinion.
 The Presidential party made tour of the ball.
 room and left.
 HOW THE LADIES WERE DRESSED.
 The toilettes of the ladies in both the Presi-
 dential parties were exceptionally elegant.
 Miss Cleveland wore a robe of white surah
 silk with long train, edged with tiny paited
 rufaes. The low waist V shaped back and
 front was edged with narrow folds of the silE
 and Iuched with point lace, held upright by
 a narrow satin ribbon. The sleeves were
 short and displayed pretlily rounded arm
 covered above the elbow with long white
 gloves. She wore a band of black velvet about
 her throat. Her corsage was held by glitterine
 stones. Mrs. Hoyt wore smoke colored vel
 vet, with high waist and rich trimming o1
 point lace. Mrs. Manning wore robe o
 white Lyons satn, with an elaborate front o
 pearl headed jassementrees, the high wais
 was ornamented about the V shaped opening
 by passementre, and the lace held by diamond
 pins. Mrs Cleveland wore lavender brocaded
 satin, with white lace. Miss Hastings wor'
 shell pink Ottoman silk, with D. etty draper,
 of white lace. Both the Presidents niece
 (the Misses Youmans) wore white null dresse
 with embroidered yokes and broad ribboI
 sash.
 Mrs. Vice President Hendricks, who stooC
 near the President during his reception anc
 contributed greatly to the spirit of the oc
 casion by her affability, wore Persian rob
 of heavy brocade satin, the front mess o
 crystal and pearl passementeries over shriml
 pink satin. The sides we e laid in rich folds
 and the revers joining the long train wer
 lined with the pink. The lace at her throa
 was held by gittering diamond pin.
 The wife of Speaker Carlisle wore elegan
 costume of cloth of gold on foundation O
 lavender satin. This rich material formed tn
 high waist and long full train, falling bacl
 from petticoat of lavender satin, yelled witt
 pearl-beaded front. The corsage was cut il
 low V shaped opening and filled in with fin
 lace. She wore flashing cross of diamond suspended from velvet neck band, and man
 stones glttered in the lace about the neck.
 Mrs. Governor Brown, of Tennessee, who with her husband and their daughter wer present to witness the inaugural festivities
 wore Parisian robe of shell pink Lyons satiI
 with an elaborate jupon of crystal and peal } beaded passementeries. Her daughter, Mis Marie Brown, wore another of the sumptuou 3 toilets, French dress of white corded sill ) with long train and front of duchesse lace. Mrs. General Mcclellan, shell pink silk wit l front of brocade.
 l Mrs. General Sheridan wore white mauv l silk with low waist and front of plaited lact l garnet hair ornam; mt of ribbon veivet. Mi ) | Lottie Guest of New York, niece of Mime. RC l mero, wore pearl-colored Ei k and pink bro 3 cade velvet Mss Newell of New Jersey, ,wor white brocade satin and gorgeous diam0ndi 8 Mrs. Cayettano Romero wore cream satin vii
 lace drapery.
 . Miss Frelinghuysen, who accompanied NJ 3 Arthur, wore a toilet of ivory satin with 10 ] necked waist of cardinal velvet, edged wit i, pleatings of red crepe de chene.
 
 : WANTING THE FORTUNE. Franc e Weinberger, leaf stripper in tobac manufactory in Gospodence, Hungar l saved money enough to purchase e ticket in the Vienna lottery, At Il > recent drawing her ticket drew ore