National Republican., 1883-10-09
INCIDENTS.


Union Veteran corps, was COMPOSED of eight
one armed veterans.
AS the procession was passiiIg down Penn
sylyania avenue, near Seventeenth street, q
man who had been seated on dJne of the brew
cry wagons, made himself obnoxious to the
brewers and was thrown oG die attempted
to mount the wagon again g,nd had his lett
foot run over, and because Officer Hilbus re-
fused TO arrest the whole procession he be-
came very bOisterous.
A small cOlored boy, NAMED Frank Whit
ing was knocked down at BGhe corner of Four
teenth and streets by enc of the mounted
marshals. and had his head painfully injured.
The guns used by Capt. Tappan's company
of veterans yesterday wore borrowed from the
Georgetown High school cadets.
Mr.. Adam Roth, who represented his father
the brewer, distributed beer to thousands
from an immense hogsllead on wheels in n
genuine King Gambriilus wooden mug of
large size, imported frOIn Bavaria.
While Heurich's display was passing down
M street the tall chimney of his steam beer
vat struck against somp telegraph wires and
was broken of
The Germania Menherchor, after the pro-
cession last evening, repaired to its hall, on
the corner of Eighth and Il streets northwest,
where q handsome banner was presented to
the society, on behalf of its lady friends, by
Mrs. Charles Devanhcr, with a neat little ad-
dress. Mr.. Joseph ColiGnon, the president of
tho society, received the gift, and expressed
the thanks of the MWnnerchor to the fair
donors An excellent collation. was then par.
taken of, and dancing was made the order of
the evening until midnight.
A detachment of the district artillery, in
command of Lieut.. Byrne, fired signal guns
and salute yesterday.
Among the civic organizations brave little
band which took part in the procession de-
served more than passing notice. Heading
tl,n (nln in I'm frntn nf NyN oh rna
formed the parent stem, marched what was
left of the gallant companies A and b of the
Sth battalion District of Columbia volunteers.
On April IL, 1861, four days before President
Lincoln issued his proclamation for $4,000
men, tho Turner society Of this city
to man enlisted in the service of
the union, forming these companies. Some
of the veterans took their place in the ranks
of the Columbia Turnverein, to which they
still belong, notably the faithful flag bearer
of the turner's, Mr.. George Wagner, who
carried the same old flag for the society yester-
day under which its veterans had once kept
stpe to the music of the union. Beside their old
commander, Capt. Ernest Loctller, the vet
Grams yesterday had also with them two of
their old trumpeters, Messrs. FIR. Schmidt and
John Herbel, the ffers, John X. and Daniel
Pieil, the drummers, William Hagemann and
a. Dittrich,, and tho color bearers, Anton
Keuchel and ACkermann. OF the veterans
there were L. l. S. Reese, adjutant Chr
Dittrich, Henry Walter, Henry Heinrichs,
Henry Meyer, Werner Koch, - Nosky
John Hackenos. e. Schweizcr, J. II. A. Ncu.
haus, +. A. Beckert, John FarnkOpf, George
Ock, Conrad Jordan, Jacob Immich. Charles
Krause, Anton Krull, Jacob Loeiller, Capt
Wirth, Conrad Allcs Capt. john Fellmann
of Baltimore, Ernst Sonnenberg, Jonas Ouch.
ring, j. w. Burkhart. and few others
little boy named frankie Sacchi. who
had followed the procession yesterday, wa
found wandering on Eighth street southeast
last evening by Officer Smoot and returned
to his parents who reside at 905 L stree
southwest.
Kings Palace was represented by hand
somely arranged, richly decorated car in the
midst Of which king and queen were seatct
by each other, with four attendants in show.
costumes in the four corners around them.
Mr.. Herman Thurm, residing on Eight
street, between Il and G southeast, had hi
house beautifully decorated with flags, ever
green's, and lanterns last evening