, 1883-07-07

appeared 10 De on tle up lOc Vi tN-
pectancy for the coming up Of the
next days sun.
ENTREE.
Shortly after light, Wednesday
morning, the conclusion of eXplOd-
ing powder awoke those in range of
the sound to the important fact that
the ith of July Of 1888 was upon
them. The sun himself laid of duty
for the day, and no doubt had cele-
bration on his own hook. a murky
atmosphere and a thin covering Of
clouds hid the orb Of light from
view, much to the satisfaction Of the
people, while a gentle zephyr hut-
tered the bunting that hung to poles
in different parts of the city and
tempered the surrounding atmOs-
phere. At an early hour every road
leading into the city was crowded
with vehicles coming this way;
trains emptied loads Of sight-seers at
the depot, while the residents them
selves turned out en- masse. All day
the streets were thrOnged, and at
every corner crowds had collected.
The. busy youth burnt his fingers,
frightened horses, startled nervous
females and awakened apprehensiOns
in the sterlAs,E -saNs with Lis indispen-
sable crackers the older boys ca
vOOrted about on foot, on horseback
and in wagons, rushing here, there
and everywhere, seeking pleasure in
all its ramificatiOns; the ladies gath
cred themselves together in little
knots and smiled joyously; and the
dusky son Of the forest put on his
best red paint, his warmest blanket,
straddled his most valuable mustang
and showed as much astonishment
as his taciturn nature permits of.
Everything was life and animation.
IN FOR 1T.
About 10 o'clock the air was filled
with the stirring notes Of the Spok-
ane Falls cornet band, composed of
fourteen pieces, with the following
members: T. w. Pynn, leader, A. b.
Wood, A. +. Keats, +. Zeigler, G.
IL. McGlauflin, j. Oliver, A. p.
WOlvertOn, T. II. Penn, o. II. Lis
tell, w. Sayres, c. PEBBLES, A. Will
Hanson, A. II. Thompson, and w.
Nelson. The band escorted the plug
uglies, cavalcade Of most frightful
impersonations, about the principal
streets. One Of the hits was really
too good. The water wagon was
manned with fantastically-clothed
men armed with enormous syringes,
and labeled the "Spokane Fire De-
partment," very just caricature up
on that branch of the service. One
Of the best characters we have ever
seen was that Of old Satan, armed
with a pitchfork. lie kept himself
well concealed behind a mask, and
few, If any, were able to identify the
old boy, and the mystery is yet un-
solved. Who the devil he was we
cannot find out, and it may have
been the imp himself, for all we
know. He looked enough like him
to be a relative, anyhow. This fea-
ture Of the day was Of brief duration,
and the cheering, screaming, laugh
ing crowd had hardly become settled
before the line Of march was taken
up to the picnic grounds. The pro-
cession was an irregular mob of peo-
pie on foot and in wagons, and what
it lacked in appearance was made up
in numbers. Great care was taken
by Marshal of the Day +. B. Hyde
and his energetic corps Of assistants,
cOnsisting.of w. L. Turnerand. Ralph
Clarke, who guided the line and ex.
ercised good judgment and care in
preventing a rush on the road and
thus guarding against accidents. A
good road had been cut from the
plateau above to the beautiful shaded
strip Of land on the river edge below
the falls, and everything would have
been perfect had it not been for the
cloud Of dust that hung over the
trees and sifted down among the as
sembly. 1t would have been great
Improvement had the road been
thoroughly sprinkled the night be
fore. In front of the grand stand
had been put up large number of
seats, supposed to be ample to seat
any crowd that would collect, but the