Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-23
FOREFATHERS' DAY.
Celebration of the Landing of the Pilgrims
on Plymouth Rock.

Celebration of the Landing of the Pilgrims
on Plymouth Rock.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, Dec. 22.-F0refathers'
day is general holiday here, and was
ushered in by display of flags, salutes
and ringing of bells. Plymouth band, the
Standish guards and Collingwood post.
G. A. R., marched to Pilgrim hall, where,
the invited guests were received. The,
march was then resumed to the dock on
which the pilgrims landed, where volley
was fred by the military escort, and those
present sang america" Thence the.
procession marched to the Church of
the First Parish, which was filed
to OVERLOOKING. The exercises commenced
by "deaconing" line by line the hymn.
''Let children hear the mighty deeds
Their sires achieved of old''
Which was sung to the tune of est Mar
tins" by the congregation. Other hymns.
appropriate to the day were sung, selec-
tons from the scripture read, and Rev.
Geo. A. Tewksbury gave historical ad--
dress upon the subject of the day, the ex-
ercises concluding with singing hymn
written by Gov. Long for the occasion.
Upon the conclusion of the services in the
church the procession formed and marched
to Davis hall, where plates were laid for
large number of guests, and where other
exercises of the day take place.
Plymouth, Mass, Dec. 22.-At the FORE
fathers celebration here the following dis
patch was received from the governor
elect:
LOWELL, Dec. 22.-To the Hon Thomas
Russell, Plym outh, Mass: Ply han says
I ought not to 60 to Plymouth. II regret
cannot by so doing testify my reverence.
for the men who made the day famous.
tSigned B. F. BUTLER.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-One hundred
and seventy-ive gentlemen, Bishop Howe.
of the number, sat down tonight at the
dinner of the New England society. Gov
ernor Hoyt and General Sherman made
speeches.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The New England
society enjoyed its annual banquet to-
night. There was the usual company and
speeches, only the company was more,
numerous than heretofore, an annex hav-
ing to be utilized to furnish room for the
accommodation in Delmonico's hall.
Never in the History
OF human events has there been such a grand
display of Toys, Dolls and Christmas Presents.
You can hnd almost anything you want ON the
&c, 10c, Csc, SOC and 81 90 counters at the
Novelty Store, 20 West Third.
Threatening the SMltaM.
The Toggblatt has received the following in
telligence from Constantinope: ''On Friday,
Nov. 8, the sultan was about to leave the palace
to pay his weekly visit to the mosque. Followed
by his m itary SUITE he had left the inner apart.
ments of the Yi'diz Kiosk, and was passing
through the smoking-ro with the ruby-col-
ored glass cup1la, when one of the Helberdier
guards on duty at the outer door made rush
tJwand him. All de-de-Camp Major Schubert Bey
seized the man by the arm and handed HIM over
to the custody of the soldiers. His name is
Muzri Haiuss, and he is an Arab by birth. He
denies having intended taking the su tan's life,
and says he was only little awkward in pre-.
sentiny arms. 1t was discovered, however, that
he had previously adjusted the steel point on his
halberd, which is usual only for outdoor duty.
The point is hidden by tuft of peacock's feath--
ers, aud thus escaped notice He had also made
several suspicious remarks to his ,mrades in the
guard-r ON, and given one of them black
amber cigar-holdes, saying he would not require
it any longer. The whole affair has been kept
as secret as possible. The chief eunach and
Ferik Vitaia Pasha have been Entrusted with the
preliminary investigation