Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
sEpTEMBER's SURPRISES.
A Lively Fall In Passenger Rates,
and Events in Store which will
Greatly Exceed Expectations

The busy note of preparation in Bal
timore for the coming Summer Nights
Carnival is heard on all sides, and the
city appears to be waking up as never be-
fore to the determination to make this
years celebration certainly the biggest
event of the character ever conceived
of in this or any other country. The
novel features being steadily added to
the already most brilliant programme
speaks strongly of the striking talent
possessed among the good citizens who
spend day and night in planning and
executing.
The city illumiEatIons promise 10
be upon most eStensive scale, and
almost altogether in the electric line.
Many buildings will he literally ahlaze
with bright lights in all cOlors, aud il
is proposed TO demonstrate in hitherto
untried fields what can be done with
electricity.
The harbor display on the opening
night will be as unique as possible to
imagine, and veritable fairy scene
Every description OF light will be in
troduced, and the pyrotechnical feat
ures novel and of great scope uf de-
sign. Baltimore, as the nearest At
lantic seaport to an enormous section
of country, will show her unsurpassed
harbor TO the multitude after fashion
never before dreamed of. The recep-
tion of Lord Baltimore on the night
in question, with all its attendant et-
fects, will be something To remember
for years, aud amply repay a journey
even across the continent. Pageant
night will also pr"ye another memo
rable occasion, for never in European
or American cities has parade of
such magnitude or of such remarkable
richness and novelty been attempted.
Last years pageant was conceded by
New Orleans mystic experts them
selves, as well as those from Mobile,
Memphis, Galveston and St Leuis, to
have neen beyond all comparIsOR the
graLdest pageant every witnessed Ia
this country. Ii such was the uuani-
nous verdict last year it would be diff
ficult to measure the limit of praise
this year, as the pageant, now in its
finishing state is iuestimably superior,
larger. erander, and in every way finer
than that of 1882. 1t will require q
regiment of mvn and horses To put 1t
upon the street-upward of thirteen
hundred men and two hundred and
sixty odd horses. Thirty thousand
dollars would not begin To cover the
expense of this one display. From
this prospective visitors may CLEAN
some idea of what Is in store for them.
Not only will expectation during so
iourn in the city the second week in
September be more than realized, but
travel To and from will be looked after
with most painstaking csre.
The Baltimore and Ohio, not con-
tentent with making the exceptionally
low rate of half fare, or one regular
fare for the round trip from all stations
on It's great system, but has arranged
a series of excursions which will af-
ford the greatest possible facilities for
The visitor cannot indeed
find single point to criticise, for
should he so choose he need not have
IN hour unoccupied during his entire
weeks pleasure hunting. What with
trips 20 Harper's Ferry, to Old Point
to Fortress Monroe, to Mount
Vernon, To Ldray Caverns, to Wash
ingtun and the Oriole in Baltimore, the
man who could complain would Ger
tainly growl if he had the earth. The
B IL D has, with characteristic enter
prise, issued an elegantly engraved
and which can he had for
mere trouble of an application to any
Of its representatives. or at any of its
offices throughout the country.
The B l& D excursions announced
for September afford opportunities for
pleasure-seeking unprecedented of late
years. With the solidity of organiza-
tion maintained by the pool of the
eastern lin, and the rules of maintain
ing rates so risidly observed, half fare
for any event isa big thing, and no
telling when it will be offered again.