Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-02
A BIC DAY TO-MORH ROW.

A BIG DAY TOMORROW. Preparations Made by the odd Fellows to Celebrate she semh- Centennial or Their Order-Grand Canton sassacus Will Entertain lss Guests To-Night-Quinnipiac's semi-
 Centennial.
 Tomorrow will be the greatest day in the history of Odd Fellowship in the State. It will be the celebration of the semi-centennial of the order in Connecticut. and elaborate preparations have been made to observe the day. There will be monster procession in the morning. Its order and the route over which 1t will march has been published in the COURIER. An extensive collation. will be served the out-of.town lodges at the srmory. The work of preparing the big hall for this event commenced last Friday and has been pushed forward rapidly. The committee Is putting an especial effort into this feature of the celebration and hopes to furnish Q collation. to which no one can take exception in any way. In the evening the anniversary exercises will be held at the Hy- perion. The excellent programme arranged for these exercises has also been published.
 The local lodges and cantons have been preparing for this big event for some- tims, and nothing has been left undone which could assist in making the day the greatest that any order of the kind has ever seen. The lodges and cantons throughout the State will be represented in the great parade and many from without the State, notably from New York, Brooklyn, Albany and Springfield. Many buildings and resi- dences on the line Of march will be gaily decorated. The decorator has commenced tc adorn with gay colors the Glebe and Ex change buildings, and many others about th' city will be clothed with flags and streamers of the national colors. From the windows O the Glebe building are the colors of all na' tions, the red, white and blue predominant ing. Above them smaller flags wave, ant from window to window are stretched strip of bright colored buntings. The work o decorating will commence in real earnest thi morning.
 Colonel Doherty. the grand marshal, vii come down from Waterbury to-day and vii meet his aids at the Elliott House. Thi hotel will be the headquarters during tn, celebration and most of the distinguished guests who have been invited will be Tod get there. Enough food has been provided a the armory for ten thousand men. The ooffe, will be cooked by steam and served iron four 150 gallon hogrheads.
 Grand Canton Ssssacus will entertain Can ton Memo, No. 1, of Albany and Cantor Springfield, of Springfield, Mass. Gran( Canton Golden Rule will entertain Canton Brooklyn, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The big cele bration will commence tonight when Sassa GUS will assemble at its armory at sever o,oIonL and acooropapiad hv Grand CaptoY Golden Rule and Canton Aurora and witl the Second Regiment band at the head of tn, column will march to steamboat dock ant receive Grand Canton Memo, of Albany command of Memo and tn, Canton will be accompanied by the Alban! City band of twenty. one pieces. On the re turn the cantons will march over the follow ing route: Bridge street to East, to Wooster to Brewery, to Chapel, to the New Havei House. Memo will stop at this hotel during its stay In the city. After the local canton have returned to their armories the reception committee will escort the members of Mem, to Sassacus armory, where Mayor Peck will formally welcome them to the city. Tuesda, morning Sassacus will receive Canton Spring field at tho depot. Entering carriages, thu visitors will be driven to the New Havel House. where Memo will join them, and th entire party will be escorted over East Rocl Park, returning In time for the parade. Af ter the great parade Memo and Springfield will dine with Sassaous at the latter's ar nory.
 Wednesday Sassacus will entertain Nemt ct Stony Creek. The cantons will go owe on special train soon after o'clock. shore dinner will be the feature of the day The party will return from Stony Creek il time to allow Memo to take the 5:55 train oi the Hartford division.
 Colonel Doherty, grand marshal, has an nounoed the following staff: Captain F. B Lane, chief of staff; aids, D. w. Blskeslee J. T. Rice, Philip Winter, E. D. Hendee, R T. Baldwin, Charles Barrett, J. O. Donovan Alexander Harbison, D. M. Ireland, L. B Clark, c. O. Stevens, A. Reisinger, 0. H Case and W. D. Baldwin.
 oUINNIPLAc's CONFIRMATION TONIGHT. Quinnipace lodge will celebrate It's owl semi centennial by a grand banquet a Loomis hall tonight. The menu cards vii be souvenirs. and will resresent the thre links of the order. The program of the even ing is as follows:
 Toast master, Past Grand Master Loren H. Stan
 i. Charles NJ. Busbee. deputy grand master
 3. James Bishop; grand master, "The Grand
 j. Music.
 (. General s. E. Merwin, "rhe State of Connec ticut."
 5. Mayor Henry F. Peck. "The City of New
 g. D. R. filling. Noble Grand. "ouinnipa, Lodge"
 2. Music.
 8. Lucuis P. Deming. past grand master, "ou Alma Mata"
 Q. James R. Launder, past grand sire, lou guests.
 10. Music.
 HARMONY LODGE ATTENTION.
 The members of Harmopg lodge No. 5, I O. 0. F., will assemble at 0. N. Loomis' ol, stand, corner of Orange and Center streets on Tuesday, September Sd. The store will be open at 8. m. and the line will b formed at 11:15 a. m. Badges will be pro vidad