The daily gazette., 1881-07-05
THE FoURTH IN WILMINGTON
A Noisy Day, with Plenty OF Drunk.
enness and Fighting.


A Noisy Day, with Plenty OF Drunk.
enness and Fighting.
The Fourth was observed in Will.
mingtOn in q very general manner,
with more than the usual amount OF
noise and drunkenness. The sound OF
pistols and fire crackers filed the air
at an early hour, and continued almost
necessarily until late at night. There
was the usual category Of accidents
resulting from the use of IRE works,
but it is believed none Ofthem We're of
q serious nature.
The noisy little fi,e. crackers were
used to greater extent than ever be-
fore, the men indulging iu them even
more freely than the children, and
throwing them around, packs at a
time, in the most reckless manner.
Unsuspectihg victims were frequently
astounded by the sudden discharge OF
bundle of crackers under their feet,
su supplemented, at times, by the dis.
charge of big cannon-cracker, which
was sure to make man think the
crack Of doom had surely come.
FIRE ALARMS.
OF course there were several fires, On
account of the use ofso much in1amma-
bis matter, but the ire department, as
usual, was ready for any emergency.
For conveniency and efficiency Chlef
Enpinear r. Tazswell divided the city into
two fire dist iricts, making Market street
the dividing line, ,ihe companies respond
ing OILY to alarms within their respec-
| tive districts. The fire alarm telegraph
WAS given q praclica! test and proved It's
efficiency, the companies knowing ex
1 actiy where to 60 as soon as an alarm
was struck. Tie first alarm Of the day,
| aud the first actual fire alarm sounded
by telegraph, was given by officer Bid
we'll, about 3 O'Clock Monday morning,
fIom Box No. 8, Tenth aud Orange
81 reefs. The fire was In Carry's grocery
IRE, on Delaware Avenue, near
Orange street, but it was extinguished
with very little l,ss, six other alarms
were sounded during the day, but all
we're Of slight consequence.
PIC MO AND EXCURSIONS.
Picnics and excursions were numer-
Gus, and thousands OF people got out Of
town, by boat or rail, as rapidly as pos
sible. Their places however, were
rapidly filed by visitors from the coun-
try, who came In to spend the fourth In
the city. Peunsgrove was quite an OBJ.
,ctive point during the day, and . great
crowd assembled there from Whining
ton and other places. A portion OF the
crowd was very disorderly aud frequent
figh's resulted. Among the excursions
was that OF the City Cornet Band to At
lantic City, which was attended by
about 600 people and proved to be q
very pleasant affair.
A boy named George Griffith, son Of
r. Gritnith, baker, OF Eleventh and
'ratnall streets, was seriously injured
yesterday by the premature discharge
of O revolver he was carelessly hand-
ling. The ball penetrated the right
hand, aud then entered his abdomen,
making two painful wounds. DR.
Draper furnished the necessary medi-
cal assistance, and does not consider
the wound OF dangerous character.
SHOT IN THE FOOT.
Officer Dennis Kane, Of the police
force, was mysteriously shot about
$50 o'clock last evening, and ser
iously wounded. In company with
officer McIlhenny he was proceeding
along Ninth st.eet, and when about
one hundred feet below King he heard
the report of q pistol and felt ball
strike his right foot. The ball struck
on the outside OF the foot, about an
inch below the ankle bone, and pene-
trated TO depth of four inches. He
was taken TO his home on Sixth street,
below Pine, where DR.. Wales, and af-
terward DIR. springer, the family ply
sician, attended him. The ball pene-
trated to q depth of four inches and
was felt with a probe, but not extract
ed last night. The woand is quite
serious, but is not regarded as danger
GUS.
Officer McIlhenny thinks that the
shooting was done by a party of ne
groes they passed at Ninth and King
streets. He ran back to the corner az
soon as the shot was fired, but the
party had disappeared.
CANNON EXPLOSION. - -
| A large cannon, owned by George
Moore, exploded about 5 o'clock yes
terday morning, at Ninth and Locust
streets, and knocked the breath out oi
man named Chas. Macollom. Sew.
eral small pieces also struck him in
the hip, making number of hest
wounds. One OF the pieces flew over
to Spruce street, penetrated board
fence and broke HoWer-DOt. MacOl.