The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-07-08
THE FOURTH IN ST. CLOUD )
Incidents and Accidents. :

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~ As tho Fourth tame on Sabbath, the "a
was some uneertaintyas to whether sstur-
| day or*Mendsy ishah1a O., s.etviss lin its
stead. sMasts persons chose Monday
tho most Of thosetwho mads any choice
at all: Saturday .Tas a beautiful day, and
q number Of paenieins PARTIES. started into
tho country, Al, so far ~ ~ could learn,
had good time. :, The boys commenced
with their f,s-craokcrs and torpedocs, or
rather carried on more vigorously what
they had commenced several days before.
During the afternoon couple ofpainfal &C.
eidents occurred. Two lads, one tho son
Of J. G: Smith, Cashier~of the Bauk Of st,
Cloud, ami the other a son Of DR.. Tolmap,
were amusing themselves with frescrack-
era On The Sidewalk along Washington ave
nue.. George Smith had a paper .contain-
ing a quarter Of ) pound of powder, and
tearing open one end, without any thought
!. Of the consequences, let q small stream
run down on piece of lighted punk, Of
course, the fire flashed UP, exploding. the
package. Georges face, and: eyes =: iwero
very severely burned, and his clothes set
on fire. For several days he was not able
to see, but is getting ibetter. Frank Toll.
man was also badly burned about the face.
Another boy, Frank Sheppard, while firing
. small cannon, spilled some powder, which:
flashed into his face, badly injuring one
u On Sabbath many drove out 70 The lakes,
and spent the daJ iounging on the banks
or walking through hthe woods. Some Of
those who remained At home amused, them
selves disohatsinx frs,sfma andzfre-vdr1.,
to the great annsy.nes q. people :,attend-
ing chureh:>s Duriags part Of the day the
Noise Wy Absolutely .,disgraceful, and many
wondered whether there vas nc" authority
to. check such = desecration Of: che Sab
a..N 4ol!G 49, sninlsri~' ~ 9 i IT,
ostn. s3s.i IL + az ; 10 ''.4''
70 MondsJ morning opened gloomy and
and vet, and eonainued ,overcast al day
EARLY IN lie forenoon the streets were fill
Cd With peoplss,, many lajt: Of whom were pro-
vided. with shot guns, muskets and the like,
And, : continual discharge was kept up al
day;::Towards nooR : mounted party ofhalf-
breeds paraded through The streets, paint
ed and aecoratsd after. the manner of In:
disns.~ They rods tolerably eompaotly at
first. but later in;t the day, they .scattered''
baaly-which Is Indian fashion, we pre-
aums. The artillery company also came
out about noon, and fred a number Of ga
lutes. 1T was while the cannon was sta
toned on st. German street, nearly in front
Of the Bank. of st. Cloud, about three
o o'clock, that . terrible; tragedy occurred
The piece had been loaded, and flashed
dre a.mdn named. Peter. Thieser stepped
in front and rammed down the charge; it
flashed again, and sThieser was stepping
around to ram the charge once more, when
a discharge occurred, sitting BIN in the
right sheuldsr tearing it ;'av.y almost
from the BODY, I'D ln,s him: instantly
Some persoa 49, iln, SO that he
was stopping vhsas1A1 charge exploded.
III a......I --..s7<1Is-.. 81 .;..,
man Of about IS years Of age, and had'no
relatives in thi5.Pert Of tl,s renatry! 8 His
remains were buried on Tuesday, His
death is the result Of general carelessness.
The only wonder is, that during the day,
many more deaths did not result from the
reckless use Of firearms or that the town
was not destroyed by fire. 1t is the gen.
orally expressed hope that the same care
lessness shall not be 8 gain permitted.
Lieut.. Frank Hamlin had. his company
ofjuyenile cadets ddt,sand thty presented
quite neat appearance IS they ~paraded
through III ssrsets + =
In the evening the Little Giant Fire Com
j. gan = ball at schvartz.& Theis'
Hall, which, was largely attended, and
proved : psenniary-sae rs a1S'5: :
Mr.. Andrew Larson had his right hand
severely injured by the explosion of some
fireworks.
But little general interest seemed to be
felt in the celebration; Of the day, ana the
different stores and places Of business were
kept open: THIS doubtless arose, in part
atleast, from the Fourth proper coming on |
Sabbath, and the division as to what day
should stand for duty in its stead.
$50, ADJOINING sIocAL1r1Es. u !sH,'
On Saturday there wasa Sunday School
p1o,io at'sadk' Rapids. The little; folke 4
enjoyed pleasant day. >: =. ~. y: ,..: 81.
AtMaine Prairie ) picnic tvan held, on,
We understand that an able
GRAFTON was: delivered ny BaH! Atwood. III
Intervening there ,was : dtsplayWSof Az
works at the residence Of Samuel Young
). large picnic It Forest City or, Monday
attracted many from: Main D Prairie, Fair
Haven apq 4| adjacent towns. - - ..-,
We ass Informed that the picnic at Clears
-: Ne: x 8 s.!. H. managed
= Arrangements had been made fog large
:pieni.',,s t@heeao On 'Masaaa With CO..
Kerr, Of this city, q oF.ter, 'but=ahe rain
'put q ouietus on L. .,....esxs.,
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By the following! telegram, published in
R1s'' Of the g. ltlToula seem thet Gar
hart. one ~ the hurl Srerf- of lsornoral