Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-02
BAL7IMORES BIG BOOM.

Remarkably Erten,ipe Arrangements
made for the Great Celebration Of the City's
One Hundred and FTftieM Birthday. Mag
nifoent Series Of Displays Covering Eight
Days Time, and Most Elaborate Details
Perfected.
Baltimore is perlecting the multi.
tudinous details of her great sesqul-
centennial, Oct. 1lth to 10th, with so
vigorous and systematic a method as
to at once prove to the world that
that though hundred and fifty years
Of age, the century and half has but
fairly developed her capacity for ear
nest work. Committees, composed OF
the foremost business men of the city,
meet day after day, to insure the
completion Of arrangements. Sub
scriptions from individuals continue
to come in the most substantial form,
and the handsome aggregate thua se-
cured is to be greatly augmented by
the appropriation to be made by the
city council. The celebration entire
will cover no leas a period than eight
days and nights, and in the splendid
programme announced it is difficult
to decide which will be the best day.
In fact they will all be best days, as
the arrangements are upon 80 mag
nifcent a scale as to render each day
specially attractive. Monday. the
llth, is Baltimore's day, and it will
pass into history as marking the
the grandsst exhibition of the pro-
gress and development of city ever
made on the continent. Fully twenty
thousand dollars will be spent in allie
gorical tableaux illustrating the
stages of Baltimore's growth. AS
much more will be expended by the
manufacturing interests. The Bal
timore and Ohio, the Oldest rail
road in America, and now one of
the greatest if not indeed the great
est single corporation in the world,
will make display which in itself
will be worth journeyins hundreds
of miles to witness. Tuesday, the
18th, will he the Masons, Knights
Templar and School Children's day.
Wednesday, the 18th, the Military
and Fire Department day. Thursday,
the l4th, the Catholic day. Friday,
the 18th, the Odd Fellows, Knights
of Pythias Red Men and similar So
cieties' day. Saturday, the 10th, the
Co!ored day. Monday, the 18th, the
glorious Mardi Gras, and Tuesday,
10th, the great wind up with mag
nifcent illuminations, torchlight pa
rade, fireworks and all that sort of
thing. Throughout the entire time
there will be one constant succession
of festivities. The city will be Law
ishly decorated from one end to the
other. Arches will be thrown over
the principal streets, and ordinary
holidays will be as nothing compared
to the period from October llth to
10Th. During this time the great
race meetings will be held at Wash
ington and Baltimore. with all the
famous trotters at the one place and
the most noted runners at the other.
The different theatres will offer un-
paralleled attractions, and in short,
nothing will be left undone to render
the event the most memorable OF the
kind ever known in the nations his
tory. Every care will be taken to
insure the perfect comfort and pleas
ure Of all visitors, special commit,
tee of leading citizens having this i'm
portant matter in charge. There
will be no increased charges at the
hotels, and the old time reasonable
rates for recreative comforts will pre-
vail. The Baltimore and Ohio road
the foremost Of Baltimore's great in.
stitutions, true to its half century oI
Jealous devotion to the best interests
of the city, has thrown open its lines
at the exceedingly low rate of hall
fare from all stations. This makes
the ordinary fare for one way cover
! the fare for the round trip. Tickets
will be placed on sale on the 9th, and
will be good to and including the
Goth.
MIR. SPOOPENDYKE'S PRA YER