The daily gazette., 1882-07-05
4 ABEiDRAGGLED FOURTH
.AcELEHRATIoN MAC CHILLING
RAIN.
UNHAPPY RIVER EXCURs1oN1sTs
A Quiet and Unpleasant Day In the City
Base bali, Target Practice and Pigeon
NIatches--Fire Worire.

People who celebrated the Fourth of July |
in wilmington yesterday were wet inside |
and out as general thing. A chilly rain |
started In the forenoon and drove people TO |
their homes or into the sheltering saloons.
In CONSEQUENCE Of this as much beer was
drank aa though the mercury had been |
among the pineties. Agreat many people
got lively, many got drunk and not small
number got "paralyzed." The police
patriots, and arrests for disorderly conduct
Aside from the 'ssmall boys" inevitable
fire icraekers, the rain greatly interfered
| with the regular programme OF the day.
With the patriotic explosives 1t could have
no effect and the racket and din was kept
up all day long.
| EVENTS IN THE CITY.
| The eame of base ball on the Rodney
street grounds yesterday forenoon between
the Our Boys and the Actives attracted a
crowd of nearly thousand people The
game could scarcely be called contest and
when the rain broke it up at the beginning
| of the fourth inning the score stood Our
Boys l3, Actives /. Il 10 the intention OF
the Actiyes, who have some excellent
players, to reform the,pine by securing four
pigeon match between Wilmington
birds took place Yesterday, the course being
from Market street bridge to Chester. The
match was for SIS, and the rules required
each bird to make the flight inside OF 30
minutes or 1t would be disqualified. A
match will be flown between the winning
bird and that Of Joseph Cooper, July 1S.
The summary is as follows:
NAMES. HOUR. SPECIES. TIME
John SpraRue.s 6aO Blue hen 1906
sRaT George Bowefs, 100 Blue chequered cock 22.oO
Joseph Cooper, 9.dS "A - & Dun &coek, o0.r T.2S ~
: John Lee, 1O.45 Blue chequered' 70 20.S o
. John Lee MS lHASe ehe.q, disqualified 4.
;rhn1eas I9nM aegs Pagan iaSo 100 1.lh 1a f"
| Company A, American Rifles, had targei
practice ut Richardson's mill yesterday
d morning for two prizes, the first being thu
( usuall medal and the second a copy o
4 Upton's Tactics. The following points wer'
: | scored: Captain Mitchell, 33; Lieutenan
4 Edwards, 8; Lieutenant Smith "a Sergean
j FLOYD, "a Sergeant Murdock, 8; Sergean
Hanna, g.; Corporal Arthur, 80; Corpora
McKelvey, S5; Corporal Edwards, % Coz
moral Herricks, 80 Private j. II. j. Bush
81 Private W. Brown,12 Private Calhoun
12 Private Downs, II Private Davidson
o 30 Private Farra, Is Private Fox, "a
% Private jackson, 80 Private McAdams, 1S
Private Stewart, 80 Private Start, IL Pr
It yate Jones, 10 Private McKelvey, 10. Coz
Il poraI Arthur was awarded the medal an
Ie Corporal McKelyey was awarded the upto
D Tactics prize. There were other contests.
4 Mt. Salem M 4. congregation had
u picnic and general celebration In Riddle
le woods yesterday, which lasted until Il
rain broke the affair up. The attendan
A. was not large. Posts | and 2, q. A. II
10 were present, but the target practice did n
o take place.
EXCURSIONS.
u Numerous excursion trips held out Il
~ ~ ducements for people 20 get out OF the ei
y and avoid the unpleasant noise. The mo
W popular was Russell's excursion to Atlant
Nv City, which took an enormous crowd to :
IL New Jersey resort. Sixteen cars were file
40 40 and many people were unable to get sea
III on the down trip. Excursion tickets on Z
y Delaware Western Philadelphia, Wilmingt
!. " Il Baltimore, and Wilmington q Northe
y. railroads attracted many people. The Sal
IN IN uel M FELTON,, Wilmington, and ).
= ~ Mccall were crowded. st, Paups Benehc
N; Society went to Mt. Cuba, and numero
gu picnics on the eity's outskirts got fail
az started when the rain came down.
oI A large crowd Of excursionists came
o1S oSy this city from Kent county on the steam
r ra Maid of Kent. .l.,,, .t....-....
re In the evening number of fine displs
g Of fireworks took place. The Jeffers
IA Democratic Clubs display was ole oil
~ finest in the city. .. 20 t.--