The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-10-27
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(Fld.) Times
WILLIAM PENN.
Celebration Of tNs BIZ Centennial
Of His Lanfing IL, PENN
sylrdnid.
The Festivities Witnessed by I'm
flerfse Thfong Of People.

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The bicentennial Of the landing 81 william
Penn in Pennsylvania was celebrated by the
people Of Philadelphia in an imposing man
| hst. kke festivities running through nearly
an entire week, and b6iils Aifkessed BY
hundreds of thousands of strangers from
abroad. The ceremon es opened at Ches-
! ter a suburb of the Quaker City, on Sun
day, Oct y, when the Society of Quakers
/ assemhedin large numbers. A letter from
| TcaRH Whittier was read inolosing a pc N
| which he wrote sixty yeatb ego Addresses
were delivered by fred H. lane, presiz
dent Of, the Pennsylvania Peace, Society, and
John n BroOmall,, Of. Medina, Ohio On
Manday, q $3.50 there was, representa- on,
at Chester. OF the landing Of William Penn
/ and his party, which, was witnessed by
10000 people The, landing was made at
1 the exact spot where, 210 years before, the
great Quaker first put his foot upon Ameri-
6ar so Thousands Of human throats, nu-
merous church bel S, and an aggregation Of
steam Whistles, greeted his advent, and the
enthusiasm was uneounded. Later mon
ster meeting was held, at which 2, 90 chill
dren sang Ny Country, IT'S of Thee and
speeches were delivered by Gov Hoyt
and J. hnM Broomall, who sketched Ptnns
Gareef Ii 3 mastery hsndl 4 eteat parade
in the afternoon and br liant display of
fireworks in the evening brought the days
celebration to q close. On tuesday, the oath,
| the festNit es, opened in, Phitadelphia, and
listed fhtil Friday .eIenitfg. First came The
land ngb Penn which was witnessed " d
vast thr ng es innate at over 3 900 people.
A dispat il fiom hat city says: Gas ea'lv as
midnight last night people began to take
avallabl, space in tie neig1borhood, and
HUNDREDS remained out all night so as to lie
| on hand This NOR ipo when he sun broF e
through the ran tn catching clouds the
sire cts were blocked for several squa es.
/ So dells5 tsas the t1iforF that men and
women wbre trampled on and nearly
crushed TO death and a dozen or
more people were pu he'd of the dock,
in the Beliw re and got thorough ducking.
All Of them were re cled, howeve'. While
the dense mass awaited tae landing thertyer
4 presented beautiful appearance. Every
ship for miles along the river front was
decked ont i'll holiday attire. Tugs and
! steamers DATED ahout loaded down 30 the
waters edge, They met the Welcome sew
etal Miles blow the city, apd the profession
Of tugs ana steamers UP td tie " AFT mad9
q strikngapd pretty picture. AS the pro-
cession cine IN ,sightthe United States men
of-war teiched forth q welcome, and scores
OF whistles added to the camor. The We'll
come drew up to the Wharf, and
Penn and his party of Dut3h and Quakers
y
shook hands with more Dutch and Quakers
and tsen the little pToce sion fought !! S way
through Ihe crowd to the historical Blue
Anchor I'm, and was subsequently escorted
to Broadstreet and given apgaeeip the great
processibn which started at $50 and he'd
TIE streets for tlgarlN, five, hQuls The pro-
cessien r9oved from Broad to Chestnut, to
Third, 10 Third to Market out Market to
Broa1 aud out Broad to Columbia avenue,
where it wa dismis ed. Never was such a
scene Witnessed. For five hours horse cars
were blocked, and all streets ex ept those
along the line OF march were deserted The
column moved along Chestnut between two
high walls of bunting and gay flags, while
windows and roof-tops and staPings were
fill d Thousands OF Poop poured INTO the
city ff{tn all over the State, and al along
the route they Wefe packed * kald'nes in
= bUx. 1t il estimated at 50Q,090 people
from Outside the city limits witnessed tle
ljarade in which 5000 men took. part To-
day Wss the civic parade and, with the x
ception of the marines no troops took part:
The bolice and tiremen and letter carriers
wei efollowed by officials in carriages, 80
members of the Improved Order OF Red
Men, hosts of ffenen from other ties, with
theil machines 800 butchers, mounted and
in wagons and the Total Abstinence and
other societies. The head OF the process on
was dismissed long before the tail end had
begunto move 1t was a sight worth wit
/ nessing" In the evening there were fire.
worksand pyrotechnic displays of brilliant
character.
On Wednesday, the 25th, there was a dis
pay If the trades OF, Philadelphia and sur
rounding cities-nll the largest. machine
shops fact cries, etc, accompan ed by wag-
0ns On which was exesnp flied the workings
OF TIE various trade. Thursday, the 26th
witnss ed musical representa- on OF the
Welsh singers in West Philadelphia. The
German singers and fraternitiss of vari-
pus nation lities appeared with appror rii.te
etnbiens. The Knights Tefdplar turned out
l0,000k trong. In the AFTERNOON the school
children to the number OF 5000 to 4, 90 ap-
peare1 Friday, the 27th was marked by q
grand army and navy parade with the
National Guard OF PennsylYan and NewJe
sey, and visiting troops from The neig hboring
States to the number Of 1900 men.