The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-19
Greeting Our Guests.
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great artery pierces, and will be as lasting
as the rivers and the gorges that it spans.
Mr.. Henry Probasco was so we'll pleased
with the illumination OF the Fountain
Wednesday evening that he has arranged
for the repetition this friday evening,
when twelve calcium lights, with colors,
will be in operation, all furnished by the
Cincinnati Electric and Calcium Light
Company. f
Among the solid men Of our Southern
delegation were four whose united weights
amounted to 1900 pounds,
One of the pleasing features of the
evening was the performances by
the Cincinnati Orchestrs, under the
lead of Mr.. Michael Brand, and when
the grand organ peals joined in with the
perfect Instrumentation of the band, the
vast audience listened breathless, almost
forgetting the delicacies of the feast. Such
music in such a hall, said one Of the de
lighted guests, is worth coming up from
the Gulf expressly to hear.
To-DAys DoIHGs.
Owing to the late honr at which last
nights banquet closed at Music Hall, ouI
guests did not get up very early this morn
ing. About 10 O'Clock, however. most o
them were again on the streets Some tool
the early opportunity of going to our hill
top suburbs, and many used the invitation
of taking free ride over the Main-street
and Mt. Auburn Street Railroad Line for
visit to the Zoological Garden.
Others took stroll through the bottoms
the business portion Of our city. visitin
our wholesale houses, and here and there
leaving orders for our manufactures
Many of them went to our chemical labo
ratories, our iron foundries in the Wes
End, our cotton depots, and our packin
houses.
An invitation was read on Change tC
day from the Hall Safe and Lock Compan
inviting our Southern guests to visit thei
factory.
The following is the programme rendere
at 2 o'clock this afternoon by Currier'
Band at the reception at the Zoologics
Garden. They attended in large number
and enjoyed the music immensely: :.
Overture Morning, Noon and Night. .SupT
WalH-FleuH de ST. Petersburg. Resc
Selections-Familiar Southern Melodies. .Currit
0verture-Alphons d. 'Estrella...: .sehube
Fantasia-The Little Duke, Leooc
Overture-De Frau Meisterin. in................-Supl
Nocturne-MOnaStery Bells..... Lafebure We
Reveille-Turkish Patr0l.. ............... Michael
Overture-Semramide e........-.....-.."....R,s R,ssil
Finaie-in Light Marching Order"m".......Ca
During the intermissiOns a lunch wa
| served to the guests in the restaurant c
the garden. The visitors, moreover. wer
highly pleased with their tour around tn
walks, and highly enjoyed the sights. Du
ing the afternoon there were also son
speeches made.
In the evening four hundred seats, ha
and half each at the Grand and Pike
have been kindly set aside BY the mana
ers for the guests free of charge.
TIE Southern Railroad has offered
make good the tickets held by our SontIe
visitors until April 1st, If the tickets a
! presented to the Office of the Compan
a.. many of the visitors have availed thel
selves of the offer.
All seem to have been we'll pleased vii
the banquet and their visit to the city, ar
are willing and anxious to speak word
praise for the Southern Road. Many
the representative men from the Sou
expressed themselves this morning Of Il
firm belief that the completion of IL
Southern Road would prove new era
business in their section of the countrr.
w. II. Standefer, Mayor of Gadsde
Ala, which is considered the central bu
ness point OF several counties, express
the firm belief that the greater part of Il
transporting to and from his city will
done over the Sou thern Road as that is t
air line. and Mr.. w. NJ. Weeks, edit'r
the Gadsden Times, repeats the same bell
Gentlemen from other places express
similar views and are expecting bonn
business.