Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-04
A FETE ON A COLOSSAL SCALE.
One Million People in Attendance and !
Wagon Loads of Beer Consumed.


The fete at Petroffsky park, Moscow,
was ON colossal scale. The land upon
which the entertainments were gwen
embraced about 100 hectares. There were
four immense theatres in which perform.
ance were given, circus performance,
ballets, pant0mimes and professions of
horsemen. It is estimated that fully one
million persons were ut the fete. One
hundred and forty wagons loaded with
barrels of beer arrived on the grounds dur.
ing the morning, and by noon all of this
supply of beer had been exhausted.
The czar and czarina, on their arrival
in the park during the afternoon, were 10.
ceived with deafening cheers by the mul.
titude. Large numbers of peasants had
walked from the distant provinces to at
tend the fete. One of the features of this
immense gathering was the lack of dis
turbances, the people throughout the day
behaving in the most orderly manner.
1t is stated that the mayor of Moscow
intends to resign, in consequence of the
disapproval that has been expressed of q
speech which he delivered at the banquet
given to the mayors of cities.
Obituary.
Christian Henry Lillenthal, the we'll.
known manufacturer of smoking and
chewing tobacco, died at his residence, at
Yonkers, last Friday evening, after long
illness, in the 63 year of his age.-Jephtha
R. Simms, historian of the Mohawk Val.
ley, died on Thursday night, at Fort PLAN
New York, aged 76 years-Henry B.
Phelps, at one time a member of the firm
of H. B. Chafin & Co., of New York,
died at his residence, in Brooklyn, on Fri
day night, aged 62.-John Paterson, sup.
erintendent of weights and measures OF
the state of New York, died in Albany or
Saturday, aged S2.-The death is announ
oed of Rev. DR.. McLeise, of the Calvin
church in St John, New Brunswick. He
was lately pastor of church in New
York.-James Fl. Ray, wealthy real es
tate broker, of Newark, Del, died at his
home there of apoplexy. He was leading
Democratic politician of the estate. HI
was state senator in 1878, candidate
for governor few years before, and wa:
| . trustee ofthe poor of New Castle county
He had for many years been director o
the Newark national bank.
Hlgh Times In New Haven.
A telegram from New Haven report.
great excitement there "on account
of the boisterous conduct of the crowi
which attends the meetings of the Saliva
tion Army" On Saturday night when thu
army went from the state house to Unior
hall, the members sang as they marchee
along the street. A crowd Of about !, ,O0(
roughs ran along the sidewalks. "shout
ing, hooting and singing, Here's to gooG
old whisky, dring her down. and othe,
bacchanalian SONGS" Last night, wher
the services at the state house ended, anG
tho army started to march to their hall
they were "jostled, 'hooted and gibed.' >
In the hall the conduct of the mob was
disgraceful in the extreme" No ar
rests have yet been made, but tho chief Of
police "has indicated his intention to
abats the nuisance"
Blalne-Sherman Alliance.
Rumor has it that General Sherman s
youngest daughter, Miss Rachel, is bo.
trothed to ex-Secretary Blaine's second
son, Mr.. Emmons Blaine. The families
have always been intimate and especially
during the time they lived almost next
door to each other on Fifteenth street, as
they did for about four years, before Mr..
Blaine moved into his new house. When
some one lately said to the latter 81 hear
there is to be an alliance between General
Sherman's family and your own," he
answered merrily: "There has been an
alliance between our families for three
generations" Miss Rachel Sherman, like
her brothers and sisters, is a Catholic, so
should she marry Mr.. Emmons Blaine, he
will follow the example Of his sister who
married Colonel Coppinger last winter, in
wedding Catholic.