The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-11
A GENERAL HoLlDAY.

done all that was possible to contribute 10
this success.
AGENEEAL HOLIDAY.
The Board OF Education at late hour
Tuesday evening rtsolyedto give the public
schools holiday, and this welcome an.
nouncement was made In the schools yestsr.
day. The Wheeling & Belmont Bridge com.
pany has pct the toll for foot passengers
croesing their bridges to-day down to one
cent. The bankers, bakers, barbeis and
several other branches Of business men have
resolved to suBpsnd business, and many fac
/ Jrits will:be SHUT down. TIE Mayer yester.
Gay issued q proclamation recommending
the observance OF the holiday and the gene.
raj suspension OF business, and the OBJ.
sesvance OF the day bids fair to be more
general than any holiday ever seen here.
The work Of decorating houses and stores
was begun yesterday, and LIST evening many
fine displays we're 10 be seen. The rain Of
last evening will do no harm. II not followed
BY other showers. The promise ut sunset was
good for a fair day for the fest.
The day will be opened with national
salute from Chapline and Wheeling Hills a.
six O'Clock The grand industrial parade
will form at o'clock.
THE LINE OF MARCH.
As the route TO be gone over by the parade
to-day Is q long one, and 1t is desired thai
the Fair Grounds shall be rached by l.
O'Clock, the order Forward, March" will
be gwen by Chief Marshal Rolf at promptly
0 o clock. At that hour the head OF the pro
cession will commence moyipg'and the dtvi
sion commanders have positive orders Il
move what men they have in line rs soon Al
word IL received from Captain Rolf Every
society and every wagon should be In lint
before O'Clock. By 80 doing, confusion
will be avoided and no one left out The
Pioneer Society a ID tisst division forms on
Chapline street, The right resting on Eleventh
street. 1t will march as follows: Down
Eleventh to Main, up Main to Seventh, NJ
Seventh to Market, down Market TO Twenty
seventh, up Twenty.seyenth TO Otapline
down Chapiine to Thirty-fitth, up Thirty
| tith 10 E5t, down EoH 10 Thirty .niAt5, up
rhirty.ninth to Jacob. up Jacob 10 Thirty.
third, down Thirty.third to E5f, up EoH
| TO Twenty fourth, down Twenty.fourth to
Main, up Main to the Suspension bridge
thence 10 the Fair Grounds.
The Chief Marshal and aids and the Diyi'
sion Commanders and their aids are expect
ed 10 meet at o'clock PROMPT, ct the Ohiei
Marshal's, Capt. Aug. Ro.fs, place Of business
| where they will receive hnal Instructions
The State, city and county officials are re,
auested 10 be ct the Governors Office ut S:45
o'clock sharp. Carriages will be provided
for them All societies should be in theii
places at $50 o'clock.
There will be SIX bands In the proce. Son.
The Opera House band and the Wheeling
City have been engaged by the general az.
rapgement committee. The butchers will
have the Ballaire and st. Clatrsvll!e bands In
their ranks. The bakers have engaged .
taud. The Triadslphia delegation have en-
gagged the West Alexander band.
'-@ At THE FAIRGROUNDS.
On arriving at the grounds OF the State Fail
Association, OF course the Htst thing that viii
be Il oked alter by those who have taken pari
| In the parade VIII be dinner, to which after
the long march as laid down above, full jus
tice win doubtless be done. Arrangements
have been made to have plenty OF refresh
ments on the grounds, and there will be nc
| limit 10 the beer. After this, the afternoon
will be given up to the full ep1oymeat Of
every. one. a programme has been arranged
that will, however, take up portion Of The
time, The combined singing societies vii
sing the "Star spangled Ra amer" America
and .Der Wacht am Rhelm." They will be
assisted by the bras bants and In fact every
one Is expected to be patriotic and join IN
and sing. Rev. DR.. schatanek will deliver
| in German an address appropriate - the
event, and His Excellency, Governor sekson
will make a few remarks. There will be
|amusements OF all kinds provided, including
dancing, aud one who can not have q gooo
time will indeed be hard to plesse.
E.Lf IN TIE EVENING
The festivities will be be continued at
= ~. =, ~ halle At rlv ayafV hall
| In the CITY, II Is also understood that several
German citizsns will illuminate their resi-.
dences aud give privats receptions. The
gaitits will be kept up until midnight.
Every thing taken together, tc.dsys events
will form celebration the Ike Of which
has never been seen in Wheeling. and 1t Is
probable that 1t will be long time before
nnything approaching 1t will occur.
/ In connection with the celebration II may
not be ont o: place TO refer to what was done
last evening In the way OF decorations.
E.rly in the afternoon business houses COM
menced drapirg their fronts with streamers,
and flags fioated from every window. The
preliminary work in this line Is sure In
dication that to-day will see large msiority
OF buildings In this city both public anu
private gay, with the colors OF American and
Germany. Several houses had their decore-
,ions finished last evening. Among thsse. that
OF Jacob Snyder, the iron merchant on Main
street, deserves mention. fhe ara ,gement
Of colors the entire height Of his big iron
front Is very mat Louie schwalb, OF the
First National, near the Giaat House, has
q Eating from among the numerous days that
adorn his front, a handsome silk, hand
painted Hungarian flag with a history.
i 10 the first place 1t is said by Mr.. Schwalb
to be- the frat flag OF that country ever I'm;
unfurled In West Virginia. 1t was carried
through the Austro- Hungarian war Of 1896,
aud brought out OF that war by q brother oil
Mr.. schwalb's, Major In the Hungarian
army.
Last night also the finishing touches were
being pat on the historical and industrial
wagons that will appear In the procession.
Not lsg OF any kind could be purchased at
the stores last night. The.run on them was 30
large that they were cleaned out by noon.
AN EXPLANATION. .'
The impression among number yesterday
was, that the raion for the withdrawal OF
the knights Of St. George from the BhCen.