The daily gazette., 1879-07-05
E1RTH EDITION
-,n,u wilmington.

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y "s,'sl "slS manner, ,n in Wl,m,agson, ing No.
e'.,ed u.S Of rather tameiy, w'',, ,,av nU
p"ssu ps.n,s AZ of interest, and les illan
sl e,ell'' ',',nt ~ Of drunkenness, disor-
and G caI"s, ,Ie evening previous quietne's
|uIiIs y s;th s' The exception ofthe occa,
ned ,;.sl,arpe W'sh of a iire-cracker, until
>, midnight when lively ,a ius,,1ue Sa hesrd ui
ps,U,, ,oan' Just as the City Han
yer ,.'''I 'oT"t Twelve, the members OF the
Ats AIu.s +. Z. Company passed
n''su' 'Market street on the way 70 the
~ m1 TAX, the train for Harriso,ng'
q. 70 sSsnt, sSS combined with the nsller-
ths 0uv ,ha ,nation's natal day,"was
\ ,hs y ,ny occasion of a ''racket" that Tor
0 Int n,',e, fairly rivalled the excite
u l mshering in the Centennial year.
-, VI. roared. tire-crackers resounded,
lOI. .slls ran rang vigorously, while The
u',,' w ,he crowds on the sidewalk
psn,lv sSl greeted the iirelnen as they
aa ID toti on their visit.
su s'sonchout , the city during the day,
liv" uIi"s to tie rep lrts of the police,
u,c and order prevailed to an unusual
" ' Considering the character OF the
" Much of this was due to the fact
,ns numerous picnics aud excursions
w .han,an DIS of people out Of town,
!, :, much of tile dlsorderly element
Al ! The general exodus. 1t was a
sr worthy of note that at y O'Clock
rsSay night, there were only five
nsrs s in the City Hall cells, and at
ime 1rt Yesterday were the cells entirely
p,' Y ,mnosslb'e to correctly estimate
number of people who spent The day
;Ip Of the city limits Attractions
NJ form of picnics AID excursions
ofared in all dir llcctions, and in coh-
sure there was general rush Of
n who desired " get out in the
,,v for breath of pure, fresh air.
NJ medts ofconveyance were taxed
M, greatest capacity, and it is safe
sr that nearly one-half Oh the citi-
we're away from the city at some
during the day. -
hrlet account of the different excur-
and picnics, and a list OF the cas-
., and iirc-alarms will be foHnd be-
kxTRsIoNs-AT PENNsGRovE.
he chief outside point of Interest was
|nsrove the pleasant little summer
4 on the Delaware. Opposite viii
rton. During he day nearly -four
sand people stopped there, and OF
number fully one-half were from
pineton. The steamer Susie A. Nc
made five trips, leaving Whining
and 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and 2, 4 and
kleck 7. Nj aud at each trip carrie d
Te.n five and six hundred persons
h were biz loads To- this boat but &c
|inbly was she managed by Capt
ney and his able assistants, that the
and landings were accomplished
out the slightest accident happen
10 any one.
the af ernoon Pennsgrove enjoyed
iyelist time that place has evel
IN during its existence as a summer
II. The bar-room under Frencl's
was constantly filed with an ex
,lrong, imbibing to their fulles
bit, and as a consequence row wa:
led up every few minutes. For awhil,
rows were conducted outside, .bu
they prevailed In the narrow limit!
e bar-room, where men fought eacl
with the terocity of tigers, but were
hnately too drunk to do much per
injury. ".Iersey Justice" seemed u
sleep for this once, as no officers o
law appeared upon the grounds tt
any Of these disturbances. The so
Element, which il is only Just to sa,
very large, wa ched these fights will
pest, and promp ly stopped man,
showed signs OF resulting seriously
de from these little "side-shows'
lie enjoed them selves very nationally
'ng and drinking in the cool breez,
the river as it came rustling through
Plea'ant retreats of the shady grove
ALONG THE RIVER.
steamer FELTON, made two trips {,
adelphia, and was crowded witt
lthgeTs ON both occasions. Many O
on board simply took the rid
hd down the river, without leavinI
boat.
ll'e number of people also wen
he river and bay, on the steamer
H'er RepuJiia, John A. Warner an,
pas Ciwie.
EXCURSION TO MT. CUBA.
eighth annual excursion and picni
fatls Catholic Sunday school +
ouea, ON the Delaware WesterI
road yesterday, was attended b
nIteen hundred people, and wa
OuGrdiy the great, st gai herring eve
noled at that popular resort. Dane
was me principal amusement, an
c9htlnued until the evening wa
advanced. Notwithstanding tn
vrowu the best of order prevailed
M 10 the walchtlluess and efficienc
' commit OF arrangements.
ihh ocEAN CITY EXCURSION
u y excursion TX to Ocean City given b
na I, W. 4 B. r. h. CO., yeste rday wa
uIosss "e III every particular. 1t
aontu al length in the Ocean Git
printed elsewhere. The run I
,sa ss, snore was made in five hours an
,e'u,hing the train left at 8 o'clo .
~ asaeheu Wilmington at 10. A nun
" trose NJ, who went down RENAME
luese excursions promise to /
,a"a .uis summer, and the hot
"sS se'uell ,0 at Ocean City will make
u'n ifequented place.
ALONG THE nRANpywINE.
le pleasant hanks of the Brandyw,,
= ,,a.a more generally resurted to than ;
sa ne iof years. Numerous peop
\ uSwh us va from Philadelphia, anc. res
!, a, VI ~ ens city also spent the enti,
M hoon,;sa ,ns many pleasant retreats alor
ueau'iful and romantic stream ri
ths th"'ns pienics furnished amusemel
.ar snl pubic, and assisted in draw,
any ~s people out to the Brandywii
ng the afternoon: WA
pir,sI uJIseph's Beneficial Society.
n,v'ss,auh e nun woods. This was Il
waa a'.h annual picnic of this socie
E"s Kno, very enjoyable affair. IN
N.Y. N pienlc al the Scheutzen Par
nas. ~, X. A. reunion at RidtI,