The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-07-13
INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Independence day was celebrated almost uni
VERBALLY this year. Throughout the country the
people we're unusually profuss in their demon
STATIONS Of patriotic enthusiasm, aud in tho
Old World, wherever colony or knot Of Ameri-
cana Was found, there was como observance Of
the great day. At Chicago tho principal OBJ
jects OF interest were the races, which
drew out $4,000 people. tho championship
ball games. attended by 10000, aid the
parade and picnic OF the workingmen, in which
about Il, ,OtlO participated. At Indianapolis an
infantry drill attracted spectators estimated ut
SO,0uu. The Balm Zonaves, OF st. Louis, were
given tho hon0rs IN the contest with the Lackcy
Zouayes, of Chicago. Veteran soldiers Of YER
mont, to tho number Of 10000, held
: A. reunion at Burlington, and
and and ex-aovs. % Proctor and . B.rstow. '' there
WAS notable celebration at Woodstock, Ct,
under the auspices OF Henry G. Bowen. Sena-
tor Miller, Of New York, Was the chief orator.
The New York Seventh regiment participated
in the celebration At Buffalo. George w.
Childs gave dinner IN Paramount Park to $40
phllAdelphia newsboys. Senator Logan adj
dressed IN nssemblage Of J, 600 people At Lake
Blun, Ill At Williams College, DR.. Mark Hop
kins delivered q memorial address upon presi-
dent GARFIELD. The assemblagc contributed
$4,000 to the Garfield professorship fund, and
tho memorial window was formally presented.
At New York and Washington tho day Wa :
quiet ones both cities Dclng almost deserted. A
grand reception in commemoration Of the day
was given Ut Westminster Palace Hotel, Lon
don, under the auspices OF the Amer
lean Exchange. Over . thousand persons
were present Marie Roxe, Emma Thursby,
aud Minnie Hauk sang national songs, aud
dancing WAS kept up Ill night. The Duke aud
Duchess Of sutherland were among the guosta,
- also Edwin Booth. Consul Packard gave
banquet 70 American ship masters at Liverpool
and toasted President Arthur. There was
celebration 1t Carlsbad, in which thirty Chica-
Goans participated.
Tho day was attended, ~ usual, by num-
ber Of accidents in different parts Of tho coun-
try, the most serious OF which occurred ON tho
ONO river. The steamer Seioto, loaded with
cxcnrsionlets from Wcllssie, w. Va, volldod
with tho toaboAt John Lonas, opposite Mlngo
Junction, ewing to = mlsundel standing As to
signals. Within three minutes the steamer sank
IN fifteen feet OF water, only the pilot house be-
ing visible. At first the loss OF life ~as estimated
high as $50 but the later reports make it prob
Able that not over twenty persons were
drowned. The officers OF ID. Lomas went in
stantiy 70 the rescue, and rescued many Vt the
iMperled. The explosion oi . cannon II
lsipon. Wis, killed George Page and injured
Jack kingsbnry. A temporary stand for ire
works At Pekin, ILL.,, WAS cruAhed by the
and several persons beneath it were badly
injured. At Leadyile, Col, Louis Poznanck.
MAS killed by the bursting Of gun. One child
was burned 70 death IN Chicago by an explo
Sion of fireworks. Madame Adele made /
| . balloon ascension from Oswego, N. u, and
came down in Lake Ontario, seyon miles from
shore, being rescued By . tus.