, 1869-07-07
TIE FOURTH.
Independence Day Festivities In
and About Chicago.
Pitnits IL the Woods and K1eQrkions
On tht Lake.
Fireworks and Bonfres-Record Of
: Accidents.

The great national holiday WIS celebrated In
and around tho city, OF Monday, according to the
ltme-honorud programme. Our citizens went
through tho ceremony OF "obscrr1nR" the Day,
with th1 usual aeconpauiuenu OF heat, dust,
n.cworts, bccr, brass bands, noise. tumutt and
wesrtncss, bringing home to them the well-known
Huth, no~ 1ulBm. that tho Fourth OF 1nly ia
the atale2t, weateat, most Improbable day Of MI
tho ye4r.
Tux CELEBRATIONS.
The doinga Of the day n,Ay be briefly summed
mp. The celebration was inangnra,ed at an cs,ty
hour OF the morning by number Of little boys In
the South, Wegt and North DlytA!ons OF the citr
who fred on N imn1ense number OF little guns.
They Kept up this ceremony during the whole day.
hundred big guns were .lso 1fcd Oh by the
Dearborn Light Artillery A large quantity Of
g1npowder WIS blazed awa5 within the space Of
tueuty,fous hours, and the streets were strongly
perlnmed with the ss1le- The people generally
evEgreens; and street cars, buggiez, wagons and
vehicles Of every description pgrstuteA = bewery
aspect. These who did not feel inclined to run
watched the boys On the street Those WHO
thought TO make their Escape nom the ce1ebra-
uon bJ going TO the rural dEtl1cta found the
e1cusslons- GoodI1ch's steamers piled every honf
tetN cen Chicago and Evanston, and the groTe5 Of
that qniet spot were invaded all day BY ANXIOUS
seekeIs nfter rustic peace- II was not to be found
nj Evans1on, for there The Declaration OF Inde-
pcnde0ce wAs read and an orator delivered a
There were over $4,000 people who went to
Washington Heightat The outgoing trains were
crowded. although In come cases combating of
nendons, great many people Of both eexes nAv-
Ing 10 stand up during the IMP Of ten miles, oc-
cqps1g .n9at , ,ss m beg, ~ r. pssssg Indeed
ceremonies vas broken oEer, and the people con.
Quoted themselves pretty much as they pleased
iqn ,se recent rn Ihiea ap deaeed sae MUCH sed
NON the entoJahleneas Of the OCCASION. The analr
vas gUtten up under the auspices OF the Ellsworth
Traveller Association. cltizeps were led TO be-
Ieye That theI comfort, at least, would be stteud-
"a T. but they found out when It Ess toolate that
In, aDd. IN very many cases. those who had par-
chased lic1ets found It Impossible To get to the
eceDe Of festivities, while hundreds returned On
aboard OF after their arrival The refreshmenta
on the ground were not SUFFICIENT lor
Of 10 snaseseni to rsep % tnsn ID sood huaot. a t 4
seat upon the ground Vas Impossible, rs The damp.
nesa prevented II, and tue few benches which hal
drrd people. Those who we're lucky enough 70
secure sesss IN an eligible places never LEFT them
became weary and tired out, and so11cd their
facts honeward as a relief from 30 uncomfortable
apaea The military e1esrisez although, ptoo-
aatiaty; and, take the aAsr altogether. more dis
satisfied lot Of people never before assembled to
GO 0DQpI 10 &1E uALAl Gay OF LQel{ COUNTY,.
celebration took place at Hyde Park under
ihe auspices ot St Paul's Episcopal Church, and
the visitors enjoyed pleasant day.
Another celebration was INDUCED IN At Haas
Park By the GermanA
Al Oakland there was celebration, and the
eoIner-stone Of the lev Congregational Church
A. Wfoodlawn the Iron Houlders' Association
bod picnic, With music, speeches and dancing.
At Highland P1rG an or0tiou HHs delivered, End
several gentlemen improved the occasion by max
tDE apeechcs-
The lake was covered e11h stcamers, bearing
lhare fhe sneboysan made seTe ops
during The day, and ln the evening she took q
quiet gaEl Ito no point in parrculaE on the laxe,
all AL the steamers were provided with musl-
cians, who played vigorously Is the Eessel was
3 h ops sns pto sps asp tnn IT
noseseI tssy s T slEays y ps paJea | possum Sa i .D'
iry gathered 10 their homes again, ard, having
lccn supplied With the nsnal varieties Of nrcworIs
they proceeded In the usual manner to IRE them
were ppmerouA. They weIe bfautfuL They were
satisfactory to those who offered them up and TO
nsled % | peasai.iy I win tie oazs of bondrrs, tne
sounds Of music aud the intermittent eIplokons |
Of small firearms, and made the midnight SKY IN
Fourth oi july duly and duttuly celebrated.
RECORD or ACCIDENTS
Between and O'Clock on tae morning OF the
fwren Eohie and Mctrnrnrre etreef. nne ~ 1hem
eaT3Fd In hnr mi or noNderI nn,, VIM san,e
n ne nthers n-e,1 Thsjr rractors sn.rf enternd
ne - rns+ahia ~ 1.,ine ,rI ~ ~ ~
4 ~ l i"s E ~ ad ~. ~ n-s ~ ~ X
ros5o ~ W'ht asu ns sttahI ho, UT1st & ~ Ih,,
y ~ 1sus n i, VII. se,o1 ~ neu' A41 'on
L1uS . & y - tu;,s @ - ntJ ur,t.n
soMe Nssschlesous nsSh.n tatsw enMa
tnnipeoo ~ = co!eEed man Mnp WAS y MoIA uates
ttalA sueet utloRt. u aid not s1plous lneus oIt
alo subsequently, Hnen ue hLeppeu upon ~ nucu
70 9is horIoI He Jumped up e1clAmlne; !, " Hress
&c Losu, &c ksnHaaM % eASea ase kuaL zen
be discovered the causc OF tue e8ploa1on, ne re-
naIked: Fl sa dst AT Young m mean, ~nAt
d11 aat A. "a pfoEe ne aamn m q neex s:,; ,r,-
dcINau 6EltnfuL at1eluPtt1 " pul la1He Uu4lek