The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-23
GOOD FEELING AND KINDLY EN-.
PRESsIONS ON ALL SIDES.

They have come and gone, the Tennes-
see excursionists have and though their
stay in the city was worry short We believe
our citizens did everything IN their power
to make tho visit of our neighbors as
pleasant "a possible.
Asis well-known, tho preparations for
the coming of the Tennessoeans had been
going on for several days, and many Of
our most prominent and influential citi-
IONS we're taking an active part in the
matter.
Night before las. all tho arrangements
were perfected, and the coming Of our
visitors was all that remained 20 complete
the programme.
COMING.
Tho steamer Frank i. Gracey, on
which tho ex~ursionists wero 10 arrive,
made her Appearance in tho Mississippi
river opposite Birds poin! at fow min
utes past two o'clock, and in accordance
with arrangements previously made, the
tugs Montsuk and Cache, which Messrs
Halliday Bros. generously placed at the
disposal of the committee of arrange
ments for tho occasion, started down the
river to meet the Grscay and escort the
excursionists to the landing. Rev. II. Is.
Thayer, Rev. Mr.. Wall,r and Row. &.
Duerschner, accompanieiby a number Of
citizens, went down "a The Cache, and
Rev. Chas. Gilbert, W. b. Gilbert, ESQ.
Mr.Thoms, DrSmith and other gentlemen
! on the Montsuk. The .ugs met the Gracey
at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi
when the gentlemen above namel boarded
her. They were not long in making
themselves known TO tho leaders Of tho
excursion party, and the rost of the time
until tho Gracey reached the landing wac
spent in mutual congratulations and ex-
pressions of hopes Of future friendship.
PREPARING FOR THE RECEPTION.
At about the same lime tho tugs left the
wharfboat to go down TO meet tho Gracy
tho Presbyterian church
hbLL W AZ III NJ
. which was tho signal for the different
" Sunday schools, which me. at thoir respec
- tive churches to start on the march t.
the corner OF Tenth street and Washing
ton avenue where Hon. John =. Gamble
= marshal OF the day, was in waiting. Whel
=, all the schools had arrived, the marsha
h formed them.in line, and the
1t LONG PROCESSION,
II headed by the silver cornet band
,e marched down Tenth street to Ohio levee
20 thence down the levee TO Sixth street
RS where the procession arrived only TO
" minutes before :ae steamer
al GRACEY TOUCHED THE WHARF.
"a After considerable delay the marshal
a succeeded in forming tho different school
"a in line, between the two railroad track
!, along tho outside OF tho levee. The,
- were formed in open rank, the head Of III
- foot near Eighth. BY tho time ihi
rather di ilicult task was accomplished, tn
;. excursionists were
, READY TO DIsEMBARK,
and proceeded by Col. q. w. Day, mar
:, shall of the day of the visitors, they as
- cendea the !cvee and marched in doubl
:, file through the ranks Of the Giro schools
. and. returning haulted in frort OF the
a sPEAKEa's STAND
which was erected on the iron railing
n around tho windows of tho city natons
bank.
l. THE OFFICERS.
l. Col. &. W. Day, of HumDolt as chic
u marshal, with j. Mcknight Of the sam,
d place as assistant had charge of the Wis
r itors, and conducted Affairs in a mos
a creditable manner.
6 1t would be impossible to give anythin,
i like correct estimae oc tho number Of
d persons present firm each place bu
o from those who had charge Of the oxcur
d sion We learn thai there was presen
,, between LOO and 100 perlons. Hum
h bolt, Union City, frenton, and man.
other towns were reresentei.
/. TIE ODD fELLOW FEMALE COLLEGEt
located a. Humbol turned out to tn
number of one hundred. They also pro
vided the singers Vhoso presence anC
excellent singing alded 60 much to thu
. enjoyment Of the OCCASION. Miss Emmi
1 Ames, professor o. music in the col
lege, presided at TIE organ AT che recep
. ton stand, and by bsr exquiijite playing
9 and line cultivated voice, sdded no in
+, signilcs cant pat to the inter- sting exer
! cises at the reception.
AT THE STAND.
Q The programme was u little detective
/ lust a little-aad tho marching of the pro
! cession did net AZ first move as smoothly
. a. was desirable. The mar sha5 founC
= the handling of two thousand children al
0 onerous task; tut after mnnuevering
/ about for somo time, marshal Gamble
: who is procession cap.aia OF great ak III
q and his very able assistants, Messrs
;, Webb, Burnett and Jorgensen, got The
: visitors, entertainers anc the spectator
T all messed in froa, Of the stand, when th'
b band played medley tupo.