The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-01
MARDl CRAS.
Its Celebration Elsewhere.
Everybody Has a Good Time
Bidding Farewell
to Meat.

dense mass of surging humanity. Prom
inent amid all are great crowds OF go.
tesque maskers, representing every con-
ceiyable character. The weather is
clearing and pleasant, and the success
Of the carnival is assured.
During the afternoon the streets were
so denselv thronged that it was found
almost impossible for the police force 10
clear them for the pageant of the u!ks
and motley krews. The pageant Of the
former represented the return OF Louis
TX, of France, from the Crusades, the
scene being laid at Paris, September 1th,
1884, as follows:
First groupe-Three mounted hera!ds
with trumpets ut the,mouth riding abreast.
Second groupe-Armed knights bear
ing the orlane of France.
Third groupe-Two squires on foot.
bearing a rich cushion on which lay the
arms OF King Louis.
Fourth groupe-Equery leading the
Kings mailed steed.
Fifth groupe-Connt de Portens,
Count de Augon, brothers to the hing,
and Count DO Melon i'll foil armor,
riding abreast and bearing royal guidons
and banners.
Sixth groupe - King Louis
TX of France, and MS Queen Marguerite
of Province, in royal robes in their car
riage OF state, drawn by four white
horses led by the equerries, groom and
footman to the corriage.
Seventh-A group Of three maids to
the Queen, riding abreast and mounted
on richly capsrsoned palfreys, led by
three pages.
Eighth-A group OF four pages to the
King, mounted ana bearing rich colors
with many coored pendant streamers
riding abreast.
Ninth-A groupof four mounted men
alarms abreast armed with shields ard
battle axes: four menrat-arms abreast,
armed with halberds; four menat-arms
abreast, armed with lances.
Tenth A group OF cavaliers mounted,
bearing the banner OF ST. Dennis three
cavaliers abreast, mounted, bearing PEN
mons; three cavaliers. abreast, mounted
aUd bearing pennons.
Eleventh groupe-The Cardinal st
Cecil seated uader canopy OF rich silk,
drawn by tour black horses, led by
equerries.
Twelfth groupe-Priests on foot bear
ing grand banner oil the Virgin; four
priests on loot, abreast, and four pilgrims
with scrip and staff.
Thirteenth groupe-Four Saracenes
abreast in chains; foIr squires mounted,
h,a,ir,, lance. and q nanmar. all riding
abreast,
Arsr,his neoeant came the Krewe of
Motley made mn Of pon-iescripts. with
the same hits NJ the current events
rrominort an,onp which was the corpse
n'ar,,y oll;,nr UNDERGOING cremation
from the DIMES Of n still labelled crooked
whisky The crowd on the streets IN the
afternoon was estimated at from 10000
= 6O,OJC, and during the entire day
xo,b,.. oc.urrca IN Ynrtb Fe,tIy.
lilies.
L,, tho c-ovninc glory f the carnival
u.a. tho ,,r.rd na9esnt ot Namnhi. with
rs hr,.I,.rt mart, coIored Iicht. forming
. srnno. srrb - was never witnessed be-
t-.
The D,y i'm Arkansas.
rr7,,v porr F.h,u,rv 9g-N,rdi
Cras. .,ra. c.Inh-s,e5 hnr.tG.dav in grand
s,,I. TL.r, wore ,bop, 900 Masons
~ n. nrocos.io, ba.iIos nu-uorou.
A.o,. rrnre.e,,tinp various scenes. The
,.,,r,h.r nf visitor. Wa. lsrgelv in excess
,f,r.,. attendance of tn. kind heretofore.
Rp.,Ins. hov.e. the State county and
city d.norruent, generally. were closed
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and pages ting on eAcA "s7 ot lHe
pOa- and the Jp4rL lester AStTlCc. ne
caar!ot was drawn by four elephants.
The festivities closed with a grand
masquerade b4.. al tle exposition build