The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-06
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
BELLAIRE

The great Centen nial anniversary of the
signing of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence has come and gone, but the burn
ing words ofeloquence, the wild enthu-
siasm and fervent thanksgiving for the
bounteous blessings a kind Providence
has bestowed upon free people for the
past hundred years, which it called forth,
will never be forgotten. Throughout
this broad land there was great rejoicing.
Glad hearts thrilled and bright eyes
grew brighter on the great Centennial
natal day of the Republic. Amid the
exultant laundering. of guns, the
wavc and tiutter of starry banners;
amid rending cheers and choral peels
of melody, in every city and every
town and hamlet of this fair country,
the glorious Centennial Sabbath OF free
dom was nobly kept, and Bellaire done
her full share OF it.
At II o'clock sharp, on Monday
night July 3rd, according to previous
arrangements, the first gun of the one
hundred that was TO be fired, shook the
everlasting hills, and immediately fol-
lowed regular pandemonium, and there
WAS more noise to the square inch than
was ever heard in any city of the same
size, on earth. The iron tongues Of all
the bells in the city sent forth their
changing sounds at the same moment,
the whistles on all the yard engines of
both railroads here, and the steam
whistles of the rolling mills, blast fur
naces, glass houses, and manufacturing
establishments of all kinds seemed To vie
with each other as to which could make
the most noise, and that with the deaf
ening and prolonged shouts of the thou
sands assembled upon our streets, the
strains of brass bands and martial music,
and the deep roar OF the canon, seemed
to cause the very earth to "Reel like a
foolish man drunken with wine"
This lasted until about o'clock A. NJ. on
the morning of the Fourth and all this
time the city was abaze with gas jets
from one end to the other and ali the
business rooms and almost every dwell
ing was decorated with flags, flowers,
wresths, &c. and many of them in most
gaudy and elaborate style. Music by
the bands, song singing, general
good feeling and outbursts OF enthusiasm
were kept till o'clock A. NJ, when the
city suddenly grew nuiet as if preparing
for another shock at day light. |
At about 6 o'clock on the morning
of the Fourth of July our city was
fully astir and the stirring stIains |
OF National airs produced by the var
ious bands made the scene very lively |
one. At $50 A. NJ. promtly, the differ
ent secret organizations, Sunday schools,
&C. were formed in'front of their respec-
tive lodges and churces and the Public |
square and principal streets were swarm.
ing with men, women, and children,
cheering, singing and otherwise giving
expression 10 feelings of unbounded en-
tbAuSsS% "a ss Sa%s q NJ EEohEaa$t & Ms9rGG5r Msb9sr 9Cy
ties, Sunday schools, &c, to the Public
square. and at o'clock the procession be-
,ap TO move Of in the direction indicated |
by the programme. From ten
to twenty soldiers Of the
then came the Wallace Cornet Band in |
ull uniform, Just new, which caused them |
10 present very beautiful appearance, !
and their music was new and very hne; |
the Hibernisn Society came next, then |
81. Johns Benevolent Association, 81. |
Alphonsus Society and the Orangemen. |
Nil in full reg,la; then came the Sunday |
Schools, the rhunny Hook ard Ladder
Company, Colorcd Church delegation,
Mechanics Hose Company No. 3, Hope
Hose Company No >; then large wagon
gotten M by Crozier Brothers, IN which
men were engaged manlng brick; this
was followed by Tia, Belmont Glass
Works, which had wagon rugged in
| good STYLE, with furnace and machinery
| all in full blast. In the front part OF
the wagon they represented the old
method of blowing glassware, and IN the
rear of the wagon they had fine ina.
chine representing the modern way oi
manufacturing glass in 1876. They
were in full blast, turned out fine
glassware during the march. Then
come the Be!lsire Manufacturing Com
pany's representation OF threshlng
grain IN 1916 with fail, followed by
one OF their magnificent cleaners and
threshers showing the way il was done
m 1876. Then came Mr.. klotZ' rep.
resentation OF Centennial barber shop.
which WIS very amusing Then came
the Baron Manufacturing Company
with two wagons, IN the
front, one they had some fine
pressing machines, and during the
| hne of march were turning out Centen-
NAL medals by the thousand. In the
rear wagon, which was very large, they
had hundreds OF samples oppressed ware,
which WAS very elegant, and IN that
wagon were two hammers used by TIM
ners of the long ago, which were over
one hundred years old. Then came
Sterrett's band, making fine music. Next
WAS a large wagon, beautifully decorated,
in which were perhaps twenty little
bows dressed in red, white and blue. This
display was very fine. The next were
the butchers Of the city, who made a very
fine displsy also. The bakers
came next and made very
fine appearance. Mr.. Fred. RodewIg,
had an oven mounted on a wagon and
kept turning out cakes. &c, "as be went
marching along" The next IN order
was the German Cleo Club, making good
music, but the words we did not under
stand. The next was beautifully
decorated wagon driven by Fred. Eberie.
In the wagon were dozen or more little
boys dressed in red, white and blue, and
on the sides Of the wagon, IN large letters,
were the words: Hour Future De.enders.'
Next came the MoundsvilIe brass band,
producing some very sweet MUSIC. Then
came the Ault Brothers, representing the
mode of producing -four IN 1876 IN con.
,ras, with ths, Of l776. They had q set
of burs in full motion, and the whole
thing was not only beautiful bu. con-
pls,e, Next came the boss job Of the
day, that vas log cabin bulk BY Mr..
John Rodefer, and drawn BY four horses
Il Was q regular cabin in every sense Of
the word. i. had 4 chimney and frs
and, q, it were, family living in IT, spin
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