Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-23
SEPTEMBER SURPRISES.
and Events In Store which will
Greatly Exceed Expeditions.

The busy note of preparation in
Baltimore for the coming Summer
Nights Carnival is heard on all sides,
and the city appears to be waking up
as never before to the determination
TO make this years celebration certain
ly the biggest event of the character
ever conceived of in this or any other
country. The novel features being
steadily added to tbs already most
brilliant programme speaks strongly OF
the striking talent possessed among
the good citizens who spend day aud
night in planning and executing.
The city illuminations promise to be
upon a most extensive scale, and al.
most altogether in the electric line.
Many buildings will oe literally
abiaze with bright lights In all colors,
and it is proposed to demonstrate in
hitherto untried fields what can be
done with electricity.
The harbor display on the opening
night will be as unique as possible to
imagine, and a veritable fairy scene.
Every description of light will be in
troduced, and the pyrotechnical feat
ures novel and of great scope OF design.
Baltimore, as the nearest Atlantic sea.
port to an enormous section of coun-
try, will show her unsurpassed harbor
to the multitude after a fashion never
before dreamed of. The reception OF
Lord Baltimore on the night in ques.
tion, with all its attendant effects, will
be something to remember for years,
and amply repay a journey even across
the continent. Pageant night will
also prove another memorable occasion,
for never in European or American
cities has pa,ade OF such magnitude
or of such remarkable richness and
novelty been attempted. Last Years
pageant was conceded by New Or.
leans mystic experts themselves, as
we'll as those from Mobile, Memphis
Galveston and St. Louis, to have been
beyond all comparison the grandest pa
geant ever witnessed in this country
If such was the unanimous verdict last
year it would be difficult to measure
the limit of praise this year, as the
pageant, now in its finishing stage, is
inestimably superior, larger, grander,
and in every way finer than that Of
1882. 1t will require regiment Of
men and horses to put it upon the
street-upward of thirteen hundred
men and two hundred and sixty odd
horses. Thirty thousand dollars
would not begin to cover the expense
Of this one display. From this pros
pective visitors may CLEAN some idea Of
what is in store for them. Not only
will expectation during sojourn in the
city the second week in September be
more than realized, but travel to anc
from will be looked after with mos
painstaking care.
The Baltimore and Ohio, not con
tent with making the exceptionally
low rate of half fare, or one regular
fare for the round trip from all sta
tions on its great system, but has ar
ranged series of excursions which
will afford the greatest possible facili
ties for enjoyment. The visitor can
not indeed find single point to criti
else, for should ne so choose he neec
not have an hour unoccupied during
his entire weeks pleasure hunting
What with trips to Harper's Ferry, t.
Old Point Comfort, to Fortress Mon
roe to Mount Vernon, to Luray Cav
erns, to Washington, and the Oriol'
in Baltimore, the man who could com
plain would certainly growl if he hae
the earth. The B. & D. has, will
characteristic enterprise, issued an Ell
egantly engraved programme, anc
which can be had for the mere troubl
of an application to any of its repre-
sentatives or at any of its Office
throughout the country.
The B. & O. excursions announced
for September afford opportunities foI
pleasure seeking unprecedented o
late years. With the solidity of or.
ganlzation maintained by the pool o
the eastern lines and the rules of main
tanning rates so rigidly observed, hal
fare for any event is big thing
and no telling when it will be Offered