The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-06

ing. One of the most lnboroosihS LOO
lures of the procession was the presence
Of goodly company of young ana
handsome boys, whose sparkling eyes
and manly bearing showed how much
they entered into the spirit OF the
occasion. The column passed through
all the principal streets OF the
city, and was everywhere received
with manifestations of interest and de-
light. The interest of the fairer portion
of the behelders was frequently mani
tested by elegant tokens Of approval, In
the shape of boquets and wreaths be-
slowed by gentle hands,upon some happy
and lucky owner. The youthful mem-
bers we nave alluded to, wsre'often the
recipients Of these floral honors, and the
Joyous pride with which they bore their
blooming trophies, transformed the little
fellows into the conscious heroes OF the
day. About noon, the procession return
ed to Headquarters, and after partaklng
of refreshments, adjourned. The after
noon was taken up by business meet
ing, followed by social excursions, gotten
up for the purpose of showing special
Inequalities to the guests from abroad.
PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT.
Long before the hour for the commence
ment of the exercises last night Wash
ington Hall was filled to it's utmost ca
pacity by an exceedingly happy and gay
audience of both sexes. Of course the
German element of our population large
ly predominated, but still large num-
Der of English citizens were distinguish.
able in almost every portion of the hall
About half past eight o'clock, just as the
exercises of the evening were about to
begin, it was discovered that q portion
of the hanging curtains above the stage
were on fire. In an instant the alarm
spread through the hall and for mo-
ment it was feared that serious conse-
quences might result from the panic.
However, by the self possession OF the
managers and the efforts of the more
composed portion of the audience, the
fire was Immediately extinguished with
out serious damage to the scenery on the
stage, and order was restored. No per-
son was injured and the scare soon sub
sided, whereupon the performances of
the evening were commenced and con-
tinued without interruption to the close.
The following is the programme:
PART FIRST
|. Overture,-by the Great Western
Band.
2. Grand Allegoric Tableau "Hail Col
umbia."
3. Single Bar Exercise.
q. Silt Dance-by nine Performers.
5. Contortion Act-by Mr.. Huck, of the
Pittsburgh Turner'S.
6. Wrestle for the Lance,s or Gymnastic an
Gent Grecia and Rome-by two GYM
nasts.
. PART SECOND.
Overture-By the Great Western Band.
|. Tableau. Grouping-By twenty mem
berS.
2. Indian Club Exercises-by three
Members.
3. Tumbliug Carpet Exercise and Bal
ancing.
q. Double Bar Exercises.
Concluding with the celebrated comic
Scene" The QMoll Orchestra.
The gymnastic exercises were pecu-
liarly ineand elected many enthusiastic
plandits from the audience. Our limited
space forbids our mentioning in detail
the exercises which we thought deserv-
ing of especial praise. All were of q
fine order and generally excelled any
thing of the kind we have ever before
witnessed We cannot, however, refrain
from mentioning as remarkable, the liy-
ing Pyramids into which the performers
grouped themselves; the Indian club
performance was also very good
indeed. The %. Moll Orchestra
with which the performances con-
cluded excited much merriment. The
performers were dressed 10 fantastic cos
tunes and played upon al sorts of out,
landish instruments, from the burdy
gurdy to penny trumpet. The orches
ira was conducted a Ia Julien by Mr..
Conrad, of Pittsburg, whose musical
exstacies were highly amusing. The
music consisted of several operate selec-
tions snd a pot-pourri of national airs,
the whole closing with solo by Conrad
on the penny whistle.
The programme for the exercises OF to-
day will be found in our advertising
columns this morning, and we advise all
of our citizens who desire to witness o
splendid performance and have a good
time to 60 to the Fair Ground and spend
the day.
An JTuPuly FsDeIegate.o