The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-04
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE


The Emersids will celebrate by going to Tip
ton on picnic.
Tho candidates for city offices will take in all
the ptcmics to-day.
The reporters of the daily papers will all have
a picnio-in your mind.
MIR. O'Leary's young men will have O picnic
at the ball grounds to-day.
Miss Calls. the State Librarian, will spend the
day at Martinsville, her home.
Gen. Carnahan is at Terre Haute today, at
tending the X. of P. competitive drill.
1t is suggested that this would be good time
for George Spahr 70 repeat that speech.
The reading room OF the Pubic Library will be
kept open for visitors to-day from $50 A. NJ. to
pm.
Section G, of the Light Artillery, under the
command of Sergeant b. f. Sohirmer, goes to
Charlottesville this morning.
The State offices will all be closed to-day The
pOstofiiee will not be open after 10 O'Clock this
murnIng. The mail carriers, however, will make
one delivery In the forenoon and q collection in
the afternoon.
The Light Infantry gave dress drill last
night, which was well attended aud highly COM
rit,,fented The boys will go to Charlottesville
to-day, to participate in prize drill, and expect
TO bring back the 5000 prize.
Sections A aud ID, of the Light Artillery, and
the Richardson Zouaves, will participate in the
celebration of the day at Colninbus. The artil-
lery. under the command OF Lieutenant w. A.
Lyons. Will take parG in the sham battle.
There are over two hundred employees at the
United States Encaustic Fireworks. They will
all celebrate the glorious Fourth to-day, and
their wages Will not stop, either This is a gem
erOus move ON the part of the management
The AIRLINE will run several trains to and
from Broad Ripple, and Dasher's White-line
steamer, the MURRAY Kellar," will plow the
raging waters there, meeting each train. The
trains leave the city at 8 A. M, $40 A. NJ, 9 r.
M, 430 z. NJ. and $50 p. NJ.
The feature of the celebration at Shelby VILE
will be the attendance OF section Il of the Light
Artillery of this city, 1t will be under the com.
mand OF Sergeant J. B. Curtis, and. in edition
to firing the salutes for the day, gun and saDer
exhibition drill will be given.
A number of North enders" will have a picnic
across the river frOm Crown Hill. IL will he
composed OF the families of Charles E Dark, W.
c. Phipp. NJ. V. McGiliard, Viuson Carter.
Frank McCrea Joseph I, Magner, s. II. Magner,
g. b. Walton and G. W. Crane.
DIR. John Coett, the State Geologist W. r,
MY ers, Secretary of State, s p Sherrin Clerk Of
the Supreme Court, James II. Rice, State Au-
di!Or, ana John j. Cooper, State Treasurer, have
gone To Wheatland to attend the ceremonies at
the unwilling of the late Governor Williams's
monument
Journal reporter, who fitted through the
cOurt.house yesterday, asked all the officers and
employee how they going TO celebrate,
the interrogatOry being put thus: "Are you
going 10 get drunk, 20 to picnic or 10 the hall
gamesi" For the sake CT contemporaneous his
tory, the answers classified thus: Going to
picnics, 2S: going to hall park, SO; going TO get
drunk, o: going to do all three. 2; declinRd to
answer, 4; lied about IL. 5; damned II | know,
IL: miscellaneous, Lee MoJhershead.