Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-27
A DAYS DOINGS.
A Short Drill by the ChiekasaWs and
the Porter Guards on the Bluff
Yesterday Afternoon.
Burning of the Shanty Fails Through
Crowds Of People in the City-The
Walking Match.


Crowds of People in the City-The
Walking Match.
The extensive announcements made that
yesterday would be a sort OF gala day at
tracted a great many people TO the city, and
during the afternoon the streets were crowded
with men, women and children. The park
seemed TO be the general rendezvous of the
women and children, and it was actually
alive with them. They were grouped around
the fountain and were sirolling along the
paths for probably two hours before the drill
began. Toward 5 O'Clock they began to
swarm in the direction of the Chickasaw
bluff. Long before the time appointed for
the drill, thousands of people had assembled
on the bluffs TO witness it. A great
many ladies were seated on the awnings in
front of the stores on Front street, patiently
awaiting the approach OF the soldiers. The
skies overhead threatened rain, and everyone
was anxious for the coming of the famous
"Chicks" and the Porters. There was con-
siderable delay, for some reason or other.
Captain Hackett, shortly before the boys
came on, cleared a circle, in which the two
companies were TO drill. At the approach
of the military the man-with- a-tendency-to-
| tramp -on-his- neig h bors-corns made himself
| very numerous, and the woman-who-has-no-
business-in- a-crowd- and always-wants-to-ge
| to-the-froDt was quite conspicuous. The col
ored element out in full force, and con-
| tributed the usual share of noise and scut-
fling.
| About halfpast o'clock music was he ard
| in the distance, and shortly afterward Ar
nol.'s band appeared, followed by the
] Chickasaw Guards and Porter Guards. The
| former were unable to muster the "immort4l
thirty-two," and were made up mostly of the
| younger members.
The Porter Guards presented very striking
| appearance. Many criticised their new uni
| forms of scarlet ard buff, but no one could
deny that they were SNOWY and were differ |
ent from the usual run of uniforms The |
boys were received with cheers The Chicks |
| drilled first, but they were evidently not |
| themselves. Their drill was by no means |
noteworthy. Tney did not give any of the |
manual but executed certain movements |
with considerable grace, but by no means |
faultless mechanism. The boys felt no spe-
cial encouragement TO drill, as the crowd was |
continually surging forward and narrowing
the Enclosure.
The Porter Guards took the field after the
Chicks, and went through limited manual
and number of movements in very credit
able way. The time allotted was, however,
too short to admit OF anything like finished
drill. The Porters proved themselves a
we'll drilled company. The drilling over,
both companies made dress parade, and the
crowd dispersed.
FIRE PARADE AND MUSIC.
The parade of tie fire department yester-
day was Que of the events of the day, and a
great many persons turned out to witness it.
Arnold's band helped to swell the crowd in
Court Square by giving number of we'll
rendered selections. During the afternoon
the following musical selections were per-
formed:
German Emperor March ............. Zikoff
Selections from Opera of Beatrice Bellini
Introduction Waldo. NV Rietzel
Robin POLKA. Komsak
Good Evening ....'... .F. Godfrey
LAST NIGHT
the Charleston train came literally damned
with people to see the fire on the bluffs, and
to witness the walking match. The an
nouncement of the burning of a shanty on
the bluff caused thousands of people to wend
their way thither last night beneath the
clouded light of the moon. But not sign
OF IRE was to be seen, nor was there even
a house on the bluff. There is no doubt that
most of the people who came here wanted TO
see the fire and wanted to see the work of our
efficient fire department. For some reason
or other the business fell through
and no fire came off. The thousands
of people who were disappointed pro-
nounced 1t an, outrage, and evidently
regarded that as the chief inducement to get
people here. The citizens who were
interested in the matter should have been ,
sure OF getting a shanty TO burn before they
advertised it. A large amount of money ,
was raised by the efficient labors of Mr.. Nc !
earthly and others, aAd if there had been the
same energy by others in the direction of !
making the proper arrangement the whole
thing would have passed off very nicely last :
night. 1t certainly is not right to hold out
inducements to people from distance to !.
visit Memphis unless those inducements can =
be fulfilled.
The burning of the. shanty was, however, !,
not the chief inducement held out to people
to come here, and was regarded as an ex- :
citing wind-up of the days pleasures. The :
trouble about the thing was that the wrong
house was pulled down, and secondly, that
as there was considerable wind it might have
been imprudent to have the fire where there
are so many business houses.
AT THE WALKING MATCH.
Nearly all of those who came in on the
Charleston road, not being able to see I
burning house on the bluff, betook them
selves to the walking match. The conse- o
quence was that the Exposition building was
crowded. During the day there was very b
good attendance. At o'clock yesterday o
morning Hart had 140 miles to his credit
Mccormick 136, Causton 124, O'Leary 116, v
Downey 112 and Dale Ia. (
During the day all of the men seemed to i
suffer somewhat. O'Leary began to pick up
and do iEelier work tian he had done. The
best walkIug or DC il, TIT y
Of Mccormick, who ran his score steadily z
up, and seemed to have received an addition
Of strength. Dale, though very much IA
tigued, apparently did some superb work. /
OLearY and Hart, being old hands at the n
walking business, have of course not N
allowed themselves to be caught with A
anything like sore feet. Downey is said
% have a sore toe. Dale has very
'ore leg and when walking has to
90 very slow. Causton, il may not be known :.
o some, had just engaged in six days y
Walking match in Minnesota, making $50
niles, and coming in second, Just before he
anne to Memphis. He did not have the
necessary rest before entering upon another
TX days walking match. He made a mis-
axe by beginning the contest with very thin q
hoes and the result is hat he has several p
,listers on his feet He has been indus s.
riously bathing them in cold water and st
ays be proposes TO show them what good
Walking is before he gets through. Dale has
hown a pluck and endurance which few
redited him with. At 6 o'clock yesterday
fternoon he had made 152 miles, good
eeord when one considers his sore leg
Weary held himself off considerably yes
erday afternoon. At shutdown Mccormick |
Tas only miles behind Hart. Causton was
n the track great deal, and led the heel
nd-toe branch.
THE FUN BEGAN, | OF
f course, last night, and it began in earnest NJ
every man determined TO do his duty oil
o the utmost. Memphis has never seen al
'etter walking than was done last night be- 10
ween the hours of and 10. Not a man OF
allied to contribute his share to The enter Ii
ainment. Dale showed that he had won tn
erful amount OF speed left in his thin body, W
nd did some superb running. He is a new W
and at the business, and when he learns I
thoroughly the tricks of the trade, which go of
great way toward success in it, he ought to So
,ske tiptop pedestrian. The necessity for b;
harding against sore limbs has to be learned =,
y every walker. Dale's walking ia really u
lost creditable to him. Last night the main ..
interest centered in
HE WALKING OF o'LEARY AND DowNEY,
ho at 1880 o'clock had considerably out
ripped Causton. The latter was reserving
is forces for q brave squirt later on. His Al
aSit is to come Oh the track about o'clock N,
nd walk until daylight. He and the ether E
eel and-to walkers created the widest en- Sc
lusiasm by their competitive walking.
'Leary came>out ahead as he nearly always