The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-01
THE GREAT CELEBRATION.
PREPARING TO MAKE A HOLTDAY
WITHOUT A PRECEDENT.
Business TO be Suspended on Monday Tho
Raising Of the Flags and Making Ready
for n General illumination Of the City.

Business TO be Suspended on Monday - Tho
Raising Of the Flags and Making Ready
for General illumination OF the City.
Everybody was putting out his flag yos-
tsrday, and before nightfall the city, from Har-
lem Bridge to the Battery, was rainbow-hued
with bunting. Evidently II Is the Intention Of
New Yorksis to make the Centennial Fourth
the grandest holiday ever seen or likely to be
seen by our generation.
All the windows OF Grammar School and
Of the other houses in vandewater street were
a-Hutter with flags Ia the morning as the boys
huns out their largo new banner from the roof
OF the school edihce. The boys had become
dissatisfied with their old banner and decided
that II would never do for the Centennial year.
so, on Tuesday last they opened subscription
list and all contributed liberally Of their store
Of pennies. Nineteen dollars was raised at
once, and TO this sum the teachers added
enough to purchase a large and elegant dag.
Yesterday morning at II O'Clock the principal
OF the school marshalled the boys, 100 or 90
strong, In the large basement hall, and after
preparatory drill they filed into the street and
formed a solid phalanx In front OF the doors.
All were neatly dressed and all wore on the lap
pels OF their coats bows and rosettes OF the ma
tional colors. Every window In the street was
nlled with the smiling faces OF Interested spec
tators, who waved flags and cheered the boys.
table at the foot of the stone steps and ad-
dressed the little army before him. Then the
street rang with cheers as the boys tossed their
hands and shouted for the beautiful flag OF
the United States. The principal had provided
band, and to ts music we were ,y, sung the m n, star
and other American songs. Then the banner
was run up. II was cbeered again and again,
and then the trustees addressed tho gathering.
Singing, MY Country It's OF Thee" the boys
marched down Pearl street and dIsoanded.
PREPARING TIE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The decoration Of the Federal buildings was
.art.s A.D
were unfurled In the rotunda OF tho Custom
House. large banner was stretched across
the dome and another on & was hTns rms snt sne
OF the flags made by superintendent Geo.
Hitler. veteran customs omcer, who was
tom House brokers and a few clerks paid for
the decorations. Auditor osden's division was
Warrington, 1919 aud 1879 bannerettes. ana red.
white and blue streamers. The granite Columns
were festooned with red, white and blue:
A large sum has been subscribed by merchants
and inspectors for the decoration Of the Barge
once at the Battery. All the rooms have been
is to oe covered with flags OF all nations. The
place Is to be illuminated after midnight on
The interior Of the Post Onice has been extern
sively embellished with flags. Streamers have
been stretched across the fret story and along
the galleries, and the iron pillars that support
the same have been twncd with nass.
The gas fixtures in The CITY Hall, prepared for
the illumination. were tested last evening,
THE SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS.
Tho Astor Library is to be closed from p. NJ.
to-day until Wednesday morning.
The once OF the Aidfne Is to be closed until
Thursday morning next. Mr.. sutton has given
his employees tickets to Philadelphia and re-
turn.
Enrich & Co., at 2s7 Eighth avenue; Leo schles-
niger Co., at le8 Avenue c; John Tunley
Co., at T6l broadway, and the following named
nrms OF the Millinery and Fancy Goods Jobbers'
Association. will close their establishments
from 7. NJ. to-day until "Wednesday; Messrs.
McElhinney Van Hoescn, NJ. j. stenbercer's
Bros. & Co.. Bamberg, Hill * Co, $. Earnest,
Li6bey & Ryker, Henry c. Folger, A. & W. W.
Shumway, Leon Rheims, Ira Beard, Evan p.
Thomas. Jas. Glassford & sons, Jas. Thomas.
{. Calman, Hillyer 4 MackBy. Tooker, Wariny
& Co, McCabe & Conway, Cook, Valentine &
Co, J. Gouding, II. j. Sayres CO.. william II.
Horstmann Sons. c. +. Van BlankeDsteyn,
Hastings, Bosworth Co, Wright Markham,
Wills X Durham. ;. Sommorich Co., Hill
Brothera aud Frisbee McHugh.
Four thousand members OF the Ancient Order
OF Hihe.nilns have Informed Gen. Shaler OF
their desire to participate In the procession on
the night OF the third. The Swedish societies,
1,OoO strong; the Brtcklayefs' National Union,
80 strong; the journeymen plasterers, BOO
strong; the Carpenters and Joiners Centennial
Association, mum oeriug 3bO men the Old Guard
LAfaye ette, 100. the Washington Continental
Guard $50 strong, Joined By two companies
from Brooklyn; and a full representation Of the
Cuban patriots, will have places n the line.
The Young Mems Democratic Union Club
will celebrate the Centennial Fourth at Z. NJ.
At its headquarters, o Mon square.