The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-07
CINCINNATI.
dwelling of the Tyler-DavidsOn
Fountain.

" eAlS Salh uuJ AVl luC Guy. 1hIBG lEulL
y came IN bringing thousands OF stranger
t on all the roads. Spectators began to a
rive at the square early in the morning
+ and by halEpast ten o'clock the entr
b space bounded by Main and Vine street
I was packed with people. Seats had bee
erected along both sides ol Fifth stree
0 from Walnut to Vine, and large number
were provided on the esplan0de. Thes
t were filled; and windows and tops q
houses were crowded, many of the forme
having been disposed OF at high rents. Ii
D several places temporary structures hat
: been erected over the payements. These
too, were crowded while up and dow
the adjacent streets people thrOnget
+ everywhere,
The dedlcatory exercises commence
promptly at II o'clock. Addresses wert
made by Hon. George 4, Davis, Mos
Reverend Archbishop Purcell, Governor
Hayes, Hon. NJ. S. GroesbeCk, DIR, Lilien
thai, and Ferdinand Won Miller, under
whose superintendent the work has
been put in its place. Part of tho pro
gramme was the singing, by children
of the public schools, OF an ode composed
by Lewis j. Cist, OF this city. The foun'
tain was presented to the city by Mr.
ProbasCo, and received by Mayor Davis.
AT twenty minutes after twelve, the foun.
tain was unveiled, and Immediately the
water was turned on. Almost instantly
the fire bells commenced ringing, to
which the church bells in the city made
q prompt response The steamboat bells
also Joined in the chorus. The water
came down from the central figure in
showers, shot up from below in columns,
and came streaming out In graceful jets
from the lower basins almost simulta.
neously, The magnificent work was an
assured success, and the great multitude
broke out In shouts, and renewed them
again and again at intervals, as tho crowd
that come received fresh inspiration from
the spectacle.
During tho progress of the exercises,
five tiers Of seats that manilestly had not
been properly secured against accident
fell, carrying with them their load OF hu.
manity to the ground. Twelve or fifteen
are known to have been hurt, all slightly,
save three persons The wife OF Charles
G. Roth, of the ST. Nicholas, had her leg
broken; John Simpkinson, OF this city
was also seriously hurt in the leg; Richard
Corbett, of Covington, suffered from
broken leg; DR.. Keizemitter, Of PiQua,
was also somewhat hurt.
ADDRESS OF ARCHBISHOP PURCELL.
Tho Archbishop alluded to Munich
as the modern Athens and Cincinnati as
her transatlantic sister, and in speak ing
Of what he called the unholy conflict OF
capital and labor, he said let capitilists
devote their superfluous funds as some
among us here have done, to works like
this, to schools, hospitals, widows homes
and orphanges to liberal compensa.
tion OF artists, artisans, mechanics and
seamstresses and the storm which, with.
out being alarnists, we apprehcnd may
be Rverted.
SPEECH OF MIR. GRoEsBECK. ...
Mr.. Groesbeck said we welcome the
fountains as educated in elegant art as in
the permanent pleasure Of having no al,
10y rs beautiful as charity, ever dlspenE-
ing u cup of cold water to all that are
athirst All the speakers alluded to the
princely nature oil the gilt, to the obligR.
tion of the people Of Cincinnati were I'm.
der to the givers, and to the lesson Of be.
nidcence which 1t impaired. Early in
the forenoon Probasco's address in which
he presented the work to the city, lie
introduced Herr Ferdinand Won Mueller,
OF Munich, who had faithfully worked
upon and directed this enterprise to Its
completion. -..r..
SPEECH OF MR. MUELLER, I'D.
Mr.. Mueller spoke briefly, saying his
imperfect knowledge OF our language
would only permit him TO express his
thanks for the reception received. lie
thanked them In the namo Of his father
and brother, and Director Won Kreting,
of the Royal Bronze Foundry Of Munich,
for the generous and enthusiastic appre.
citation OF their efforts to achieve some.
thing worthy Of so noble purpose and so
memorable an occasion. He said he
should return to his country with enlarged
views of the vast privileges enjoyed by the
German people in this land He was ex-
alted with the expectation Of magniii-
cent future for these United States.
SPEECH OF MIR. rRoDAsco.
Mr.. Probasco said the idea ofconstruct.
ing peoples fountain, adapted to the
Sy % ths nreations or @ genins U on1y NJ y ytolont IN
~, % nTiSins,ed almost simnIionaonslv @ H Jt' in
WTn;ci n anJ GircinrSii obnS, GT,oon tsors
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In formally transferring the fountain to
the CITY, he said.
I'm ihc name of Tyler.Dayidson, for
the cause Of the common city, and as an
humble effort 10 encourage, by the aid Of
art, one form at least Of philanthropy,
this fountain is hereby absolutely given
and intrusted to your custody, posses.
sion for you and your children, forever,
with the earnest hope that the offering
tho blessing and iavot Of Almfnlity GOd,nI