Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-06
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
How it was Passed = Parade Of the Firamen
and Guards-0ther Celebrations.

Our city on the Fourth presented
quite gay and holiday appearance,
the two Engine houses, the Guards's $
Armory, the hotels, business houses
and many private residences being
handsomely decorated with bunt-
ing, flowers and evergreens. From
an early hour the previous night
young America, in the exercise of
his inalienable right, kept up a con-
slant fusilade Of pistols, fire crack
ers and Chinese bombs, but fortu.
nately not single accident occur
red 10 mar the pleasure of the
coming day. Although the streets
were filled with people,
many of whom were strangers,
not q single disturbance took place
and we saw but two drunken men.
At daylight the nations birthday
was fittingly ushered in by salute
Of 100 guns, fired from Fort Hill by
members of Confidence Engine
Company No. 2. At 10 O'Clock,
the two engine companies, with
their machines beautifully deco
rated with flowers and flags,
moved to the Plaza where, with
the Los Angeles Guards and the
Academy Base Ball Club, they
formed In
pR0cEsSroN
In the following order:
Mounted Police.
Conterno's Band.
Grand Marshal Geo. Gard, with aides, W..
Il. Bettis and Martin Lehman.
Los Angeles Guard, Capt. Darcy, marshal
I'd By 1t. Gollmer, aide Of the
first division.
Academy Base Ball Nine.
Carriage containing Chief of Fire Depart
ment and Presidents Of Fire Companies.
Thirty Fights Fire Company, marshaled
by Jos. Bayer.
Kalmbacks Band.
Confidence Engine Company, marslaled
by Walter Moore.
The line of march was taken,
down Main street tn Second; Sec-
ond to Fort; Fort to Fourth; Fourth
to Main; Main to junction of
Spring and Main; countermarcE on
Main to First; First to Spring;
Spring to the engine house of the
Thirty Fights, where the new hose
carriage was housed and the column
broke ranks. We think that, at
this juncture, the Thirty Fights
did the hospitable thing with two
or three kegs OF beer and several
dozen glasses. Considering the
long dusty march, the beverage
was not out of place.
The next feature Of the days Gel
ebratfon was the Calathumpiaus,
who, with the Duster Hose Com
pany No. 81. were the sensation of
the day. Che company consisted
Of line of men in linen busters,
stovepipe hats and six button
stockings, pulling by formidable
rope a dimibutive mock engine.
At Washington Gardens the din
ner and picnic given by the La
dies Benevolent Society was q
great success, both from social
and financial standpoint. Those
who went there to eat aud make
merry had refreshments Of the best
quality In plenty and fun galore.
The ladies, we are glad to know,
will realize in the neighborhood of
$400 from their self-devotion.
The dinner given by the Presby.
terian ladies at Union Hall was
also success, and was well patron.
lied. The hall was beautifully
decorated and the masrous and
maidens OF the congregation vled
with each other In courteous at
tention to all who patronized them.
The days enjoyments were
pleasantly concluded by the ball of
the Los Angeles Guards at their
armory and that of the Turnverein
Germania at Turn Halle. Both or.
ganizations had their halls beauli-
fully and appropriately decorated
with flags and Other patriotic in
sigma. Their Fourth of July en-
tertainments will be long remem-
bered as two of the most enjoyable
events of the kind that have ever
taken place in Los Angeles.