Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-06
MANKATO.

The glorious old Fourth and Fifth has
been generally celebrated to-day at this
place. At an early hour the booming of
cannon announced to young America and
others that the old annual jollihcation day
had arrived. We all turned out. We all
got carriages, phaetons, gigs, saddle horses,
jumped in farmers wagons,went on foot and
otherwise, and got ready for the grand pro-
cession, and under the guidance of that old
veteran Maj. r. FL. Rose, assisted by Capt.
VIM. Frisbie, and the Hon. Fred Kron, the
show was all that was promised and more
too. The column advanced up Front street,
headed by Chief of Police Robinson,
mounted, followed by the Cornet Band,
which was followed by barouche, contain
ing Mayor Bradley, Gen. j. II. Baker, Col.
j. G. Wise, and Capt. J. M. Broome, repre-
senting the city and the "Press"-then the
Superior Hose Company, whose neat and
tasty uniforms, gentlemanly bearing and
precision of marching won The admiration
and plaudits of the people who thronged the
sidewalks and course of march. The usual
goddess of liberty followed, represented by
Mrs. Brackesberg and five guards, then the
representation of the United States by bevy
ofyoung ladies', Miss Kron as Columbia;
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines; San
born & Walz sewing machines and pianos
and organs; Austin's big boot; Klein's fur
niture wagon; G. Schmidt, harness; Singer
sewing machines, eight wagons; Jensen &
Hoerr, carriage makers, five wagons; Prael
& Du Boissen, dry goods, five attendants;
the most richly trimmed vehicle in the pro-
cession, displaying grand specimen of lace,
dress goods, curtains, hosiery and articles in
Vulnerable, representing a value probably of
$500; Greible Bros, boots and shoes with
ten workmen; W. G. Smith, clothing;
O'Leary's pop works, and about thirty other
wagons and teams representing other
branches of business. Also Col. Brooks,
colored, in costume, champion runner of the
southwest. Then followed about fifty horse.
men, Enthusiastically dressed as Ku Klux. AT
ter marching through the principal streets
of the city, the column halted at the Opera
house, where the celebration was continued
with music, reading of the declaration and a
stirring and searching Grafton by Judge
Brown. After this most of the crowd re-
tired to their homes, but the more fun loving
fastened to the base ball grounds and
Roemer's summer garden to finish up the
Joys of the day.
A furious runaway occurred Sunday night
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started from Pays livery barn with double
team attached to buggy. They went from
the start at a rapid gate, and in turning the
corner of Hickory and Front streets threw
the occupant ont, who fell on the pavement
with violent thud, and as his hands were
caught in the reins, he was dragged on his
back two blocks, as far as the corner of
Cherry street, where the team was stopped.
The crowd followed on, supposing to find a
corpse, but when released, Patterson jumped
into the buggy and drove the team in triumph
back to the starting point. and gave quite a
lecture on the cause, the effects, and the re-
suits of the runaway, also the remedy, which
is, when you think you are going to have q
runaway, get full and keep full, then you
escape all harm. We notice several to day
the Fifth-following the remedy.