Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-08
GENERAL GRANTS FUNERAL.

The Departure of the Second Regi- ment Last Night-AdmiraI Foote Posts Departure This Morning The Stores and ManufactOrfes To- Day Scenes Last Evening - Tne Memorial Exercises at Tr1nhty Church This Evenfng-AartfOrdaAS
 ercises.
 In New Haven to-day on account of the funeral of General Grant large number ot the principal stores will be closed, many Of them all day and many more for part ot the day. The manufactures in town will nearly all be closed to-day. Everywhere m the city business will be either wholly or partially suspended. In the evening many of the stores will be reopened, as, for in- stance, the cigar stores and hat stores. The proprietors of the leading cigar stores made arrangements yesterday to have their stores closed until p. m. The leading hat store proprietors also talked the matter over and decided to close during the progress of the funeral exercises.
 The Second regiment left last night on the Elm City and Admiral Foote post, Ct. A. R., go this morning on the o'clock train. Hundreds more of our citizens leave the city this morning on the early trains. The Old line regular boat for New York last night was crowded with passengers. Every stateroom and every berth was taken and many cots were brought into use The Starin line also ran two boats to New York last night, one leaving at lo, the other at 12, and both taking all that there were accommodations for. The trains down to New York last night were also crowded. GOVERNOR HARRISON.
 Governor Harrison and the members of his staff went to New York yesterday afternoon. Their quarters are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
 TELEGRAPHIC ANNOUNCEMENT. Prompt announcement will be made on the COURIER bulletin board of the time the funeral procession starts and the time of the arrival of the remains at the vault.
 STANDING ROOM ONLY.
 Agent Conklin of the Starin line received early last night dispatch announcing that instead of three hundred excursion1sts by the Canal road for the Starin boats the number New York with standing room only" for those who had not secured accommodations in advance.
 Agent Ward of the Old line steamers ported last evening that both the Northam and Elm City were taxed to their utmost car rying capacity to take all the people that wanted to go to New York. Tonight three boats of this line will leave New York for this city at about the same hour Q1 o'clock) to accommodate the people returning from the great funeral.
 The Elm City will make her usual trip to New York on Sunday, leaving Belle Dock at 9 a. n and New York on the return trip at 12 o'clock midnight. This will give an op portunity to those who desire to remain Ill New York over Sunday to reach home ill time for business on Monday.
 ADMIRAL FooFK POST.
 Admiral Foote post, G. A. R., go by spe cial train to New York this morning, leaving Union depot at o'clock. There will be about 200 men and their friends who will accompany them will number about as many rnore Most of the veterans will return home this evening. The post will be met at New York by Noah L. Farnham post and escorted to their hall After being served with re- freshments they will march to the place where they are to fall into line with the great funeral procession.
 THE SECOND OFF.
 By9 o'clock last evening all was hustle and confusion at the Union armory. The air was thick with tobacco smoke and mem- bers of the Second regiment were hprrylng here and there preparing for the trip to New York The Wallingford band, twenty-five pieces, stood in the middle of the armory and played several pieces while the men were getting ready to fall in for the start. The members of Companies A and G of Waterbury came down early in the evening and reported at the armory. At Il o'clock the drummers beat the long roll and the com panies feli into lins, and ten minutes after wards were marching up Meadow street towards Church, headed by the Wallingford band. The line of march was up Meadow to Church, to Chapel, to East, to Water, to the boat The following table shows the nnm Der of men in each company who started for New York:
 Co., A, 52 men, Captain Hall.
 Co., B, 45 men, Captain Kaehrle.
 Go. c, 50 men, Captain Keefe.
 Co. D, 45 men, Captain EmbleF.
 Go. E, 42 men, Captain SucheF.
 Co. F, 40 men, Captain Lee. Co. G. 40 men, Captain Banncn. Go. I, 38 men, Captain Wood. Co. K, 40 men, Captain Treat. The Meriden and Wallingford companies did not report at the armory, but went on the steamboat train to the boat. The mem bora of tho Gup r11atoO0 t0OE the lyIIns and