The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-07
Base Ball.
The Turner Festival.


PROCEEDINGS OF TtSTHEpAN-rIC%IcA AT
TNH FAIR GRoU&DS OS THE ISLAND.
Az announced in the PTOIyrNWm" for
the tlRN, the different societies HSSSnl-
hled at Washington Hall, where, until
the tine of starting, NHaS' Br'ISS Band
diSCOurSSd excellent music.
The hour, So u. M, having arrived,
the societies formed in procession, and,
led hv the Great Western Band,
marched Io the Fair Grounds on the
Island.
The day could not have been better
for
THE ClCNIC.
Light feecy clouds hung upon the
edge OF the horizon and Heated across
the SkV. \ gentle breeze blew from
the river and modified the effects OF tho
suns RAYS. which would. otherwise.
have rendered the day opprHSSivcly
warm and il seemed HS though Nature
herself had chosen to smile for the par
ticular benefit of the piCnicerS. The
beautiful weather had its effect upon
all. and n merrirr, happier aSSemblRgc
than that at the Fair Grounds yCStCr-
daV W a never behcld.
The procession arriving on the picnic
grounds, the flags and Turner banners
were displayed nom the large stand
near the race track, and EymnaStic APP
paratuS was erected close by. Upon
The latter. scholars of both sexes. under
The direction of {. Conrad, engaged in
contests for different prizes. This, with
music by the band st0tiOuC(liu one oIthc
stands, occupied the time until dinner
WAS announced. This was spread upon
two tables in Floral Hall, at which eve
ryhody was supplied with needed bread,
and meat, and beer.
Dinner having been discussed, all re-
paired TO the speakers stand and list
ened TO some very interesting addresses.
At +. NJ, the prize exercises OfTur-
uerS commenced, and continued
Ior33 considerable length OF time.
The details OF this part of the pro-
CRANE were too numerous to be special
ly mentioned in onr limited space, but
they fully showed what extraordinary
ieais OF strength and skill trained mus
cleS can accomplish.
The prize exercises over, all gave
themselves up to uureSlraiued enjoy
ment. Some sang, some exercised at
gymnastics, some sat apart under IA
Tree retired, and diScOurSed of love and
matrimony, many played Copenhagen
with hearty good will, but most drank
beer at the numerous places where il
was sold.
The hour of five p. NJ. found the tide
Of enjoyment still flowing on uninter-
ruptedly. None seemed weary. Copen-
hagen was quoted above par, and creR-
fure comforts were still inexhauStible.
But the hour had come and the picnic
was at an end.
The different societies now reformed
i'll the same order as in the morning,
and, TO the magnificent music of the
Great Western and Naas' Band S
marched back to Headquarters, where
they were dismissed to prepare for the
Grand Ball in the evening.
THE GRAND RALIs-CLoSE or THE FE:s-
TIvTTIES.
Between half past seven and eight
o'clock i'll the evening, ladies with their
escorts commenced arriving at Wash
iuEton Hall and the stream, once
started, did not stop flowing until near
ten O'Clock. The dancing hall was
literally damned with ladies in tasteful
and elegant costumes, Turner's III their
white linen garb, the members of the
Great Western Band i'll their striking
uniform, and citizens i'll plain dress.
Indeed, too many were present for COM
Portable dancing, and had it not been
for the excellent management of the
Floor Committee, much confusion must
have resulted. As 1t was, however, all
who chose to dance had ample opportu-
nifty and ample space, and not the
slightest dissatisfaction existed.
The Ball opened with "a promenade
march. and as the floor filled with the
moving figures of gaily dressed ladies
and their partners, passing up and
down. crossing and re-crossing, we
wondered they were not ''in wandering
maZes lost, but when all would seem
most hopeless, the skill OF the man
ayers showed that what seemed utter
confusion was only disguised order.
The promenade through and the
dancers ranged, according to the Ger
man custom. in n semi-cirCular form
around the hall, the orchestra struck up
4 most charming waltz, and away went
the couples in that most graceful, easy,
and delightful of all dances. Polka,
Schottisch, Gallop, Narsoviana, and
other dances, followed in rapid succes-
sion, and found willing feet until "A
late hour.
AT the close of the evening, the prizes
awarded by the prize judges, for excel
lence in gymnastic exercises, in compo-
sition and in defamation, were distrib-
uted by Miss Kneigenberg, of Richie
town, Lady of Honor, as follows:
For excellence in gymnastic exercises: