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

on the other fine power press Of moderl
style, little boy printed the other side
and distributed them TO the people as the,
passed along. This was fine feature o
the procession. Next came o band o
martial music, followed by the Callahan
plan Society. They were dressed in tn,
most fantastic style. There were many
other. features of the procession but W,
have no time TO notice them, neither car
We give the line of march, only to say
that after marching through the princips
streets of the city they marched to Gene.
terry Hill where the Grafton was delivered
by Col G. l.. Poorman. 1t was tins
production and given in good style
Miss Alice Blrdsong then read the Decls
ration OF Independence, which was vel
received, ss Miss Birdsong is one of the
finest readers in this section. The rain
then put stop TO the performances on
the hill, and everybody returned to the
city. At night grand display Of fire.
works took place on the Public Square
under the direction of Messrs. Daniel
Theobold, Albert Westhersld and others
After the exhibition of fireworks, twenty.
five barrels of tar were burned on the
centre of the Square, amid the shouts oi
the assembled thousands, the roar of can.
non and music by the bands. The whole
affair was very grand success,
and one of the most noticeable
features of the occasion was the
fact, that during the entire day there was
not disturbance Of any kind, not one
arrest and not All accident. The finest
decoration OF houses in the city was
those Of Messrs. 9. s. s. Baron, DR. n.
w. Jupkins, Mr.. Hoffman, Geo. ID. Cal
len, p. T. King, A. Faufel, DR.. A. Graf
ton, +. Satterfeld and some others. One
of the most praiseworthy things of the
day was that of Messrs. Husbands X
Inskeep, who had prepared barrel of
rce water, and handed it out to the pro-
cession as they passed along, as also did
Mr.. O. s S. Baron. The 4th day o..
July, 1876, will never be forgotten IN
Belaire.
BRIDGEPORT.
On the evening of the third, large
crowd gathered 10 witness the raising of
Hayes pole in front Of and across the
street from Rowles' drug store. 1t went
up slowly and bent ominously, but was
at last brought up to its position without
accident.
A LARGE proportion Of our population
visited Wheeling the same evening to
witness the iluminstions, and the gen.
eral verdict was well done" The tar
barrel bon-fres were best seen from this
side, and las they were gradually lii up
and grew INTO full blaze they presented
n ne spectacle, the beauty of which WAS
increased by the flashes Of the cannon
from the hill.
A NUMBER of houses in Kirkwood
were illuminated, but that Of NIT. e.
Rowles was most conspicuous.
SOME miscrsants spent the latter part
of the evening in tearing down the flags
that ornamented the business houses in
Bridgeport. Mr.. VIM. Alexander caught
one with aag g on the broken stick in his
Centennial Fourths.
On the morning OF the Fourth If the
census taker had called about 3 o'clock,
he would have reported the population OF
bridgeport nan est inUentus.
As early Ms 7 o'clock they began TO
utilize the free bridge and get good pos
sitions from which TO see the procession.
Tho nestest thing in the line was the
MARY and her lambs" Of the Fulton
butchers This is the opinion of all that l
have heard mention the matter.
LIE, il be noted that the street car COM
psny kept up the % cent fsre.to Bridge
port slthoug gh the bridge WAS free Two
Of the conductors at least said, that such
were their instructions, and yet 1t looked
strange that some persons, and those not
paying toll by the year, should i've
cents only and ridc clear over, while
from others twelve cents was demanded.
Is il possible that ye gentle conductor
WAS establishing sinking fund.-
The principal event of the afternoon
was rain. II would come hard and fierce
Tor few minutes and then Jet up awhile
With deceitiul premise OF clearing on
and then again pour down till II settled
into Il regular dizzle.
The classic appearance OF the young
ladies in white from the country, on their
way home from the picnic on the Far
Ground, was largely due 70 the clinging
folds Of their drapery, fringed NJ the
bottom with blsck soil. II IL surm ed
that they won't wish to try IL again till
the next Fourth, although they tried TO
look happy, and we were reminded OF
the great poet
.Many a sickIy smile she smole,
And many q wink she WINK"
The average young man said d--m-
without the dash, and it's 10 be hoped
the recording angel thought he was
looking at the flaming wster just below
back river bridge, fer he said II many,
MANY times. In the evening a gentle
man remarked that 10 him Bridgeport 10
general, the town. not the people, looked
as n man felt after he bad been on q
drunk
But few went over 10 see the fireworks,
AS the rockets, &c., were visible from here,
and it Was supposed that the rain would
prevent the pieces from gong on wen.
A few rockets were let of from Afiicfs
hill and other points, and an occasioaal
boy shot cracker.
Some few Bridgeporters were drunk
very drunk, on the night OF the Bird. Two
Or three did not repose quietly in the
bosoms Of their families, but hugged
mother earth for the night. One vowed
thsi he went 70 sleep st night with par
OF boots under his arm and in the morn
ing they hsd turned 70 towel IL they
were boots they must bsve had snakes
in EN- that cr.vled Of with them, but u
is more probable tbA. he bad The to~e
to "wipe of his chin" sod doing it onc'
too aften fell asleep peacefully.
TO-DAY, everything and everybody
has 4 kind of used up look, /. IL they
hadn't fully recovered.
THn morning, . man performed tb'
somewhat dangerous feat Of climbing IN
pole rai,eS Monday evening. 70 losen tn