The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-08
The Fourth at Kenosha.

The Fourth at Kenosha.
Some of the German societies held
Pic Me on the Island on the 4th, but not
knowing of it till it was past, we did not
attend and cannot speak defnitly oft. 1t
is understood, however that they had good
time.
On the 9Th the celebration of the city
and the citizens came off according to
programme. There was Federal salute
at sunrise-also ringing Of bells. The
procession, under the command of Mar
shall Simmons and Assistant Marshalls
Price and Capron, after parading some of
the principal streets in the order. of the
programme, marched to the Park, where
it arrived little after eleven o'clock.
The Fire Companies were well rep
resented and appeared well. The Ke-
nosha Rrass Band played good music
|creditably to themselves and to the city.
And outside of The programme there was
along carriage partly flledawith young la
dies or girls, dressed In white, which adj
ded much to the good appearance of the
procession. In the number of citizens
the procession was but poorly represent
ed az .a ''1 ---
On the Park the order of the pro-
gramme was followed and need not be
repeated The Mayor presided with a
little more than his usual dignity and
ability. The Prayer and the Reading of
the Declaration were fair oratorical ef-
forts. A little more volume of voice, and
a little better adaptation to outdoor
speaking, would have been improvements.
The Grafton, by Mr.. Howard of Milwau-
kee, was well deivered-exce perhaps a
little lack of volume and force of voice to
adapt it to outdoor speaking. In sub
stance the grafton was rather above the
average of Fourth Of July orations. And
it was remarkably fair one from dem
ocratic stand point. It touched gently
and carefully the right Of trial by jury as
secured to every citizen by the Coustitu-
ton, and the trial of acitizen, now going
on, not thousand miles away, by Mill
tary Commission. And it expressed the
hope that hereafter the present case would
never be referred to as precedent by any
ambitious General or Statesman to the
danger Of the Liberties of our country.
Aside from what was said of The trial by
Military Commission alluded to, there
need be no exceptions tax en- to the SUBJ
stance Of the Grafton by any one.
About -Four IN the afternoop, William
I. Ely, proprietor Of the schooner Hope,
gave to large party of invited guests, a
pleasure excursion upon the lake. We
were one ef2the invited, but were called
away just before starting, and could not
go. The Brass Band was part of the
party and enlivened the exclusion with
good music. RI fA n 81
we are informed that the excursion
wasa very pleasant one and much enjoyed
by all. Out on the lake the party was
met by thesteam tug Margaret, of Racine,
with a party from Racine, bound for. Ke
nosha. The Margaret came alongside, the
Hope, took her in charge, made "a turn
around in the lake, and came with. her
side by side into port. The PARTIES pas
sed from tug to schooner and from schoos
ner to tug, and commingled as one party
Mr. Ely felt to compensate the Margaret
for her time and attentions, but all CON-.
pensation was declined, even to receiving
dinner Racine and Kenosha were neigh
bors and Racine felt to extend such court
sizes to .Kenosha. +, And surely Kenosha
should feel to receive and reciprocate
them, and to. give three cheers for Racine.
three for the Margaret and three for the
Captain andcrew. And Mr.. Ely's 'excury
sion party, supported by all the city,
should give three times three for Mr.. Ely,
the Hope, and -Captainsand creMjfado he
Of the various places furnishing re-
freshments and dinner, on the Park, on
the wayside, at the residence Of j. IL.
W hite, at Simmons Hall, atthe Halliday
House and other public Houses, we cannot
particularly speak Fhe parity from eRa-
cine took dinner at the Halliday House
and were supplied we trust with a boun-
tiful one, for they were entitled to it. aoga
Of the horticultural Festival and the
Home Theatre at Simmons and aKimball
Halls we cannot speak particularly, not
having attended or heard definitely. from