The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-30
DECORATION DAY.
GRAND OBSERVANCE AERE TO-DAY.
y,or,r to b, s,r.va on the Dead seldl,T Graves,
A. Imposing Parade, and Formal D'di'
eatIOa ofths Soidl.rs' Aosuntnt-PrS
sr,mas Of tAs Days Exercise.

A. Imposing Parade, and Formal D'di'
ea.IOu Orths SelaI,r,' Aonnnsnt-Pfs
sr.nas Of .As Day, ExtrsissL
To-day the city will be gay with aags and
bauting, and the streets thronged with peo.
pie. Wheeling has not for years seen such o
general Observance Of any national holiday,
or such creditable celebration OF any ami.
vcrsary, as promised by all the indications for
to-day. The success Of the arrangements has
surpassed the most sanguine hopes Of those
interested. In all the towns OF the vicinity
arrangements have been made to send large
delegations. in many cases accompanied by
bands and Posts OF the G. A. &. The ditplay
of ases to-day Is feature on which not q
great deal OF stress has been laid, but II prom.
Uses to he very general. Several large Gags
were flung across the street In promi.
nent places last evening and nuuler.
Gus arrays OF small hags quickly
sprang into sight afterwards. The
evening was spent in arranging Asg', and
early this morning the houses without them
will be the exception and not the rule. The
CITY Building. Public Library, Postoffice and
other public buildings will be decorated.
Business will be very generally susper ded.
AT the Postoftice aud Library Sunday hours
will be observed.
ORDER OF TUE DAY. IL
This morning The details OF members Of
Col. ]. W. Holiday Post No. IL, @. A. r.
will proceed 10 the respective cemeteries and
decorate the graves OF the soldiers there
buried.
The procession this afternoon will move
about half,past one O'Clock. Col. William
Travis 10 the chief marshal and all sooietie
will report to him at G. A. R. Hall, No. 1915
Market street, at l O'Clock sharp.
The line will be formed a. follow: Grand
Army Posts on Market street, right resting at
Beck's Block, with position according TO date
OF organization; all other societies on Four.
tenth street, east OF Market, right resting on
Market: Fire Department ard all other
vehicles on Fourteenth, west OF Markell
The officers Of the org niZaton will report
10 Chief Marshal William Il. Travis OF
G. A. R. hall as soon as they arrive. The
Assistant Marshas are Joseph Barker. W. ].
Robb, Lewis WoodmanSee and.Israel Waiter.
man.
Following is the route OF procession: Line
will form on Market street at o'clock +. N.
and will move ut leo sharp up Market street
TO Ni.th street, on Ninth to Main, down
Main to Twenty fourth. up Twenty-fourth to
Chapline, up Chspline to Twentieth, down
Twentieth 10 Market, up Market to
Eighteenth, out Eighteenth TO Jacob, up
Jacob TO Fifteenth, down Fifteenth to Eoh,
up EDG to Fourteenth, down Fourteenth TO
Cbapline, down Chapline to the monument
The column will be headed by detail oil
police under command OF Lieut.. svlvis. The
officers detailed are Dunlap, Junkins, Bird,
FIsate, Barum and WilliamB.
TIE OBLIGATORY EXERCISES.
Atths monument the following programme
will be rendered.: M
Amerca-soug, Public School Children
Or. Z. smta
r. u. wiz
Band. E
on Monun ent
AcceptAtion aud
Col John ". Holiday Post No. u, q. a, R.
Axiom, Beethoven and GermGnia societies with
Bind
Coumbla...... Public School Children
Marching Through GeotgiR.......:.. udienee
Original Poe NJ Leiknoh Jt
Grafton W.;
Closing CeIemonieS.. h0lnahy int
Benedet Ion rev. IL II SWoIe
Yankee Doodle.
Mr.. Fred G. Arbsnx, on behalf Of the Men
nerchor Singing Society, called on DR.. John
E Smith, chsirman Of the committee, last
evening and notified him that the society
would parade In o body with the 9. A. r +,
but owing 10 the delay In receiving the inyl.
tation thew would NOT DO able to sing as here.
toiore announced on the programme.
The music will be o decided feature oil to-
days Dedication Services. Yesterday after.
noon Germania Hall was packed with school
children who have volunteered to sing. 1t
can be truthfully said that they sing with a
vim aud understanding. Last night the Ger.
m, n singing societies met at Beethoven Hall
and rshearsed with the Opera House brass
band, which 10 to furnish the accompapi-
ments. The combined choruses from the
Societies will make q chorus of about Is.
There will be about 400 school children.
america" and "Columbis, the Gem OF the
Ocean" will be sung under the baton OF Gen'l
A. II. Beach. Kreu,zer's "ChapeP will be
directed by Prof. Lewis Vass, aud the Star
spangled Banner by Prof. schocksy.
"Marching Thro' Georgia." 1t is expected.
will be sting byeverybody. and Prof seibest,
the leader OF the band, will direct
NEW MEMBrRs or TIE @. n.
A special meetingof the Obi. ]. W. Holli.
day post was held last evening for the pur.
pose OF mastering 10 ne = recruits. The fol-
lowing members were added: Caleb Sylvis.J
r, Cowden, Leo Noble, d. +. Mckinley,
Chas. a BILE, Lewis Wharton, Edward, Pear
son, Renj. Connolly. Alex. McConneha,
Frank d tIbey, Lewis Koch and 7. P. WEIGH.
The psst also returned its thanks TO the fol-
lowing ladies' who have donated flower:
Mrs. William Clohan, Miss Tillie Rsnnard,
Miss Mansbach, Mrs. LYDIA Holiday, Mrs
William McAdams and Mrs Joseph Webb.
The following ladies have also lent valuable
aid in preparing for today: Mrs Thomas
Brown, Miss Mamie Brown. Misses Josie Pc
terman, Miss Kennedy, Mis- Nellie Ovens,
Miss MeVey, Miss ClOhan ard Others.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS REMEMBERED.
For several days a quiet movement has
been on foot among the ex-Conftderate sol.
diers OF the city, TO organize temporary as.
ISOLATION 10 pay the same honors 10 their late
comrades, about score In number, who lie
in the cemeteries here, A large omnibus has
been eugaged, and was last evening decorated
and festooned. The survivors Of that army
residing here will 20 TO each Of the cemeteries
and decorate the graves oil their dead COM
rades this morning.
ADDITIONAL NAMES CT SOLDIERS.
MARrN's Ferry, May 20.
TO he Editor Of he iHteRiyaIeer. j.
slR:-In your list Of soldiers buried In
Wheeling cemeteries Notice the omission Of
the following names:
Jno. Mcdaniel, 20. II, 1st VIVA. Ii. Art
Peninsula. b..
Jno. Nj. Wallace. Co. X, 1st.w..va. Inf
Mt Wood.