The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-03
Third Edition
Centennial Fourth !!
How the Day Will Be
Celebrated in This
Vicinity.
Banners, Decorations, Fire
| works, Professions and
Salutes.
The American Eagle on His
Centennial Spread, and the
Fourth of July Orator
ReveliDg in Glory.
And Just the Same in New
York.

grandest displays ever witnessed in
this city. The Fourth of July, 1875, will
be day long to be remembered. Ex-
tensive preparations have been going on
for weeks, and everything which could
add to the interest Of the occasion has
been adopted by the wide awake and
public spirited citizens whs have had
the general management in charge.
The Ward organizations and displays
are now complete, and by 10 O'Clock TO-
morrow morning our citizens and the
thousands of visitors who will swell
the crowds on that day will have an op-
portunity to see the result Of untiring
energy and liberal spending Of money.
Below Is gwen q synopsis Of what is in
tended to be done, together with the
complete and amended line Of march
and the order of procession:
The Second Ward will show up two
companies of Continen tails well drilled
and fully uniformed.
The Third Ward will display four wag-
ous. One Of them, on which will be a
ship, will be drawn by tour horses.
Thirty-seven girls, handsomely clothed,
will occupy another one. Washington,
attended by his body servant, will also
be there. The servant is the banjo play
er, "Nigger Charley"
The Fourth Ward will have four six
horse wagons. The Vulcan Lodge OF
Odd-fellows will have tableau wagon
representing the signing OF the Declara-
af In ha \
Company will also have wagon in line.
Jake Gardner's wagon, which is ftty
ieet long, will contain a hundred girls
dressed in snowy uniform. The Fifth
Ward Is expecting to have a platform
representing old Fort Washington.
The Seventh Ward will have four
wagons, the taDleaux on which will rep
resent scenes IN the early history OF the
country.
The Eighth Ward, with her company
| Of Continentals and Centennial Ward
Club, the latter wearing a unique and
snowy UNIFORM, and with six decorated
wagons in line, will make fine show.
The Ninth Ward will have two com.
panies OF Continentals, followed by
seventy boys in uniform and two deco
rated wagons. Eighth-street Park will
be decorated.
The Tenth Ward will carry of the
honors in regard to the number OF wag-
ons. There will be at least thirty from
this ward, two OF the handsomest being
furnished by the Cincinnati Ice Com
pany.
The Eleventh Ward will have two
companies Of Continentals and several
decorated wagons. The States of the
Union will be represented by boys and
girls in fancy uniform.
The Fifteenth Ward-Two companies
Of Continentals and three or four tableau
wagons. Several business firms in this
ward will turn out decorated wagons.
The Sixteenth Ward will have corps
Of COntinentals armed and uniformed.
wv o hundred Continentals unarmed, and
a four.pounder cannon with caisson
drawn by six mules.
The Seventeenth Ward will make one
OF the finest displays Of ali. The Read
ing Band OF thirteen pieces will be fol-
lowed BY company of Rangers, and
several wagons, on one Of which wifi be
the Goddess OF Liberty. Several revo-
Iutionary scenes will be presented on
the tableaux wagons. Herman Lach-
man, the brewer, and the Steinman q
Meyer Manufacturing Company will
make appropriate displays with wa gons.
The Eighteenth Ward has three CON-
panies OF Continentals all uniformed
blue pants and shirts and regulation
caps. The officers have red shirts. A
field band and three decorated wagons
also will be in line, under command OF
s. #. Scott, Grand Marshal.
The Nineteenth Ward will have four
wagons, besides number furnished by
business houses, all handsomely deco
rated.
The Twentieth Ward will turn out
ten-horse wagon, conveying thirty-fve
persons representing the welcoming OF
all nations by Columbus. The wagon
was fitted up by Prof. Graeser. In adj
vance Of this will be q company OF Con-
tinentals.
The Twenty-seoond Ward will turn
out two Continental companies, one OF
them armed, and several wagons, on one
OF which will be thirty-seven ladies
dressed in Martina W Washington costume.
A tableau on another wagon will repre-
sent Virginia, the mother of the States,
The central figure will be tae Goddess
OF Liberty standing beside q large gray
eagle.
The Twenty.third Ward reports four
four-horse wagons, three ix.horse, and
one etghi horse, aud q hundred and fifty
Coptinsntals. On one OF the wagons
VIII be q tabieaux representing q gold
mining sceas Of i647. Wsigaud's Band
o. twenty.soyen pieces will be in hne