Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-23
The Turner's Festival.
Close of the Three Days Festival
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Close of the Three Days Festival at
 Bridgeport.
 The Turner's State festival in Bridgeport | closed last evening. Sunday mornings drill | by all the classes at St. Johns Hall was ex- | cellent, ,and there were exercises at Staedtler's Park. The two best scores in jumping were by Louis Brock of Bridgeport and Mir. Def finger of this city. Sunday evening there were speaking and social exercises at St.John's Hall There were fifty from this city pres ent.
 Monday the exercises were continued at the park. The attendance good There were prize turning, waiting and wrestling
 In the evening at St. Johns Hall interest ing exercises were held in connection With the festival. The hall was neatly decorated with flags, greens and pictures of celebrities among the Turner's. The Wheeler X Wilson orchestra was in attendance and opened the programme with several of their selections. Declarations were given in German by Her man Friedel of Hartford, Schusalfuss of New Britain, Kroeber and Kalmmerer of Merl- \ den and Mrs. Her man Weber of Waterbury. Interspersed among the declamations were \ club swinging by Mir. Charles Killingbeck ! and wrestling by Messrs. Louis Brock and William Lindley, of Bridgeport some very fine pyramid building by the Hartford class I es, and plastic pictures. MT. Killingbeck' s 1 club swinging was heartily applauded Yesterday being the concluding day of the \ festival a grand parade was made by the so ciety in the morning. previous to the depart ure for the park. They met at headquarters
 about o'clock and passed over the advertis-
 ed line of march. At the Court House they
 were reviewed by the Mayor and members of the Common Council. the introduction being ! made by Alderman Lieberum Three rous- ing cheers were given by the assembled so- cieties and the march was resumed There l were probably nearly 400 men in line, and they comprised not only Turner's, but also ! several local German societies. The Wheele, 1 < Wilson band headed the procession. The train left for the park about II o'clock ! where the exercises consisted of turning by \ the pupils, and various other athletic sports ! In the afternoon picnic was gwen, and the ! Wheeler & Wilson band played fine concert ! Last night in St. Johns Hall was a prize
 Reclamation by the pupils, and the prizes ! were awarded, after which grand ball closed ! the festivities.
 , Summer Notes.
 c. M. Loomis, whose health is slightly af fected and who is at Saratoga, will visit oth
 CT health resorts
 
 church, is spending her vacation at Atlanti
 City, N. J.
 w. S. Horton, the dentist, will be at Mer
 wins Point until Sept. 4th, but is in the cit
 every other day during business hours.
 Mir. c. E. Graves, ex president of tn
 ! Young Mems Institute leaves to- morrow wit
 family for Brattleboro, Vt., afterward t l. visit Rutland, Saratoga and other resorts. a Miss C. Lizzie Todd librarian of the Youn l. Mems Institute, leaves to morrow for Go F chester and afterward for Saratoga. J. MT. R. E. Baldwin, who has been away fo 77'' short time, returns to the country to-day l. He is recovering from tho injuries occaslone t, by runaway accident.
 ' D. W. Thomson, of the firm of Thon \: son X Co.,, the safe manufacturers of tn
 city. left on 8 wedding tour via Newport e, @ ! press yesterday afternoon. MT. and Mrs. r. will visit Newport Poland Springs aud th t. White Mountains, returning in about tw e weeks.
 'f Rabbi Kleeberg is expected to sail fe D. home next Saturday.
 e Judge Hollister returns from Woodstoc 'f about Sept. l.
 ,r Rev. Mir. Lines pastor of St. Paul's, hs 'f returned
 n l.. Kohn, of Kohn tS Brother, leaves ft d Saratoga this week.
 The American Register reports in Pari Tt August 18th, Governor Bigelow and wife; a. London, 18th, ". E. Baker and Martin Be y nett, jr., of Hartford, H. Deming Mrs al r. Miss Deming, of Stamford; in Geneva, 8t Id Miss Hamersley Hartford, and in Pragu re 9th, B. Wooster and wife, of Connecticut. ae Miss Norie A. Fitzpatrick, of Marlbor ls Mass, who has been making a tV a. weeks visit to friends in this city, returns re ! her home to morrow. She has made mal at friends during her stay here, whose go' e- wishes will go with her on her return. ,s Mrs. Deibel, wife of the caterer, and M, @ Lenhart have returned from sojourn at t h. Oriental Hotel, Coney Island, and vi ng with friends to various of tho great summ .x- resorts near New York. Miss Deibel, daue IT, ter of the caterer, remains for the seas an visiting Rockaway, Coney Island, Lo a. Beach, Long Branch and many other sumn of resorts.
 ny Good Templars' Convention. 'as The New Haven district of Good Temple rly held their quarterly convention in room "a Insurance building yesterday, beginning he 10 o'clock. District Deputy Sylvanus Butl rs, of this city, was in the chair. About ,n- ! lodges were represented and fifty delega