Jamestown alert., 1881-07-08

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The exercises Of the day opened with
tie ringing of bells and firing rf cannon
ut sunrise. accompanied by music fr m an
orchestra consisting OF triangle, dinner
bell and tin horns. At Sl5 n. m. the
procession commenced to form in frnrt Of
the Dakota House, and shortly after 0
o'clock was ready to move in the follow
ing order;
I. Jamestown Band.
9, Knights Of the Red Cross.
3. TurnvcreIn.
4. County Commissioners aud Village
Council
5 Firemen.
6. Car of Liberty
7. Display Of machinery and merchan-
disc.
s. CitlEcns in carriages and on foot.
Messrs. Churchill! & Webster, Nickcus
& Mills and Curtin displayed of mrrcl an
disc, McsSrs. Porter & Roper and Jones &
exhibited machinery. The short horr
bull, Duke OF Dakota, also Daradcd in the
procession.
A fttr short parade through the "r;n-
cipnl streets the march was taken toward
Reservation Park and upon arrival there
the different societies were dismissed As
soon rs the crowd nrriv, d. the b,nt; Wv
ed the opening overture, Rev. Mr.. Fan
ming made prayer, after v hich the orator
Of the dav, Hon. W z. Dodge. cred
an Grafton. which was sc'GlarIy aud
brilliant t: *. full Of patriotism md
sound logic. The GRAFTON WIS listened to
with marked attention. At its close J.
G. NickenS, Esq, made Il short speech.
The band furnished more music, after
which the creased Lnle comni tee huisted
the prizes to the top of the pole and in
vi'ed parties to get them down. Mr..
Shippv with the aid of the rope succeed
ed in reaching the top and was awarded
the prize. Other parties after this sue
ceedcd in climbing the pole, noticeai''y.
John the Baptist The tub race then
came off, two competitors entering. VIZ,
Master Eyntt and a young man named
Ferguson. They were t" cross the river
and return t" the point of starting with
the tub, the first man getting back to the
point of starting TO b" declared the wins
ner The first attempt was declared Il
foul and the second resulted in Ferguson
returning first and securing the prize,
while Eyott was awarded an equal sum
raised nv the committee. The Ladies'
Societies had stands in the grove where
the hungry and thirsty were able to ST.
cure needed refreshments. At noon an
interim ssion was taken in the progru,an! y
for dinner. Many remained at the Park
and cat in true picnic st,lc. while others
either went t" their homes ifshcv lived ia
fD hnt al oil lf III Il
large business.
Af:er dinner the people went to hsso-
ciat'0n Park, where the races were to take
place. The fnnt race came first, there
were eight entries and after two trial:
Mr. Gnode was awarded the first prize a
silver cup. the Gift Of T. W. Fields, and
Mr.. Lohnis took the second prize The
horse racing commenced Immediately ar
ter and began with a pony race, in which
there were eight entries
PONY II CE.
Judges. Fuller, Waller and Carr
Wad:wurth's Billy took first money, Kel>
'"her's bay seco.-d and Russclis Paulcy
ird.
HORSE RACE RUNNING.
Judges. Carr, Flint and Vennum.
Wadswerths Billy coming in FIRST. Keile.
hers bay pony second and Bassett's Kitty
third S, cUnd heat resulted in Wads.
w"rth's Billy coming in titst, Bassett's
Kitty second and Kelleher's bay third
Bass and kelleher's horses then raj,
FOR second money and the former won.
TKOTTING RACE.
Judges. es.-Dodg", Elmer and McKrch.
ME. Walters Patchen and Moole's Maul!
S. competed, the former proving the
speedier.
Prof Loomis then showed his deyterity Y
with the buck saw and succeeded in get
| ting away with his cord Of " oed inside of
the required time.
A base ball match was begun at about
5 o'clock between mines from the south
sides The tull number Of innings W, re
not played and when the game was called
the score stood II to in favor of the
south sidcrs
After supper and as soon as it became
dark the fire works we're displayed from
the top of Capital Hill and this part of the
programm, was quite elaborate and was
witnessed by Il large cr',wd, the majority
of the people from the country waiting to
see the display before going home.
The dance came off after the fire works
and was an Immense affair the receipts
reaching over $50 The music ana
prompting were good and the fun did not
close until daylight. The people showed
their appreciation OF the band and gave
them g ,od benefit.
Looking back at tie ce ebra:lon to-dav
il cannot be spoken Of in any other way
than as snccrss, and much of this same
SUCCESS is due tn the efforts Of Judge Al
len and Tony Klans, who have been un-
celsing in their labors both in arrar ging
the programme and seeing that it was car
ried ont
Many Of the buildings were gaily deco.
rated with flags and bunting, Hiatt &
Mssor's building taking the lend.
There was almost an entire absence OF
shooting of FIRE crackers, pistols or guns
and no one regretted it.
Marshal Keliehcf cnt verv dashing
figure on his notified gray mare and vas
ably assisted in bis duties By Assistant
Marslials Bovnton Lees, Leisch, Russell
and Goodrich.
No man worked harder yesterday tLan
o. A Bornton.
Tl. hand bows were the recipients of
,nanv mpi;ments f,r the m,nner in
which they rendered their music and the
abundance of the same.
The greased pole e"rnmittee wish it un-
,lerstood they they did not want to march
in the porcrssion any way.
Some ef the Marshals wort sashes of
blue an white, which together with the