New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-04
READY F0R THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
ADJUSTMENTS IN AND OUT OF THE CITY.

now The HOLIDAY MAY BE oBsEkVED-FlRE-
WORKS TO De EXPECTED AS USUAL"
There ia every indication that the glorious Fourth
will 10 celebrated tOday after the usual powder burn
ing fashion which 40 delights the heart of the small
boy There will be much bordering this morning among
those whose patriotism not of the ELUSIVE fashion as
TO whether they had better remain in the noisy city
or flee to the country at the risk OF being squeezed
breathless in crowd, bitten by mosquitoes and post
bly, drenched by the usual Fourth OF july shower
Those who wish to escape from the city will find
abundant opportunities In addition TO the regular
trips there will be special excursions mp the
Hudson and along the Sound to the hshlng banks ana
other popular resorts ID the vicinity
The manufacturers of fireworks report that then
sales exceed those of former years. For some daYs
they have given to Park Place, where the prlncipa
firms have their headquarters gala day appearance
Nearly every retail business seems capable OF talng
ON a fireworks attachment Many newspaper STANDS
for some days, have been decorated with few OF the
cheapest and most diminutiye copies Of the Natona
flag that patriotic public Will tolerate ana the eher
nrisnp proDllefors of these stands sell for lew
pennies materials that will evolve more noise to the
square inch than anything short oil dynamite OF oiher
articles of scientific warfare. Down town Yesterday,
I'm every block of the crowded thorOugfdres were
penpatetic vendors Of fireworks, whose stock on
hand could all be placed in small basket These
snay dealers kept up an incessant fusilade by dis
Lat night, in many families there were small re-
Lorsels of rho bioppr displays that will he made to
d,v Many EN- husasts ol fender years exploded all
the stock they had laid in aud will be crying today
for pennies to buy some crackers midnight me ears
of those who had not yet succeeded IN gethg !" seep
were assaulted by cyclone of hideous sounds CON
pounded of the notes Of fog horns the reports Of pistols
and the detonations OF all manner OF bombs
and Crackers II announced that the GLORIOUS fOulth
had arrived and that the cclebration had begun ,
The Aldermen passed resolution declaring that tho
various city departments may be closed from to-day
until Monday The Mayor took no action In the mat
ter and IL optional with the heads of departments to
close them on Saturday or re'nain open inth noon
lAat.uf itttfn
Dcpattnr Of Public Works. have already announced
THEN intention of REMAINING closed tiom fliday uh
MONDAY The SHERIFF. and County Clerks olcea aie
holidays Tho office Of tho ieceivcr of fasea will be
open Until noon on saturday aud Tho Pstihaset ana
iishnrang Clark In tho Finance Department will loo ~
theii offices pat ul Saturday.
Nhilr ihuin will boo public celebration ~ lfonk
yn, Tho puhc buildings aud mnhy houses VIZ daplat
haga aud bunting aud fireworks viii 10 nbahdanlly oct
oll IN tbs evening AZ he eity'i eNrrhsa dalhys will
be- mado At the Washington Park Hall Grounds al
Inmpkna Park, NJ Fort Greone fnrh, at North TENN
aud Fourth ats,, aud ~ Wllhora and jackson sta
Music will be furnished nj all lhosa points before the
fireworks sautea al 100 guns VIII usher IA the day
the foot of Courts al the head of sagg st. ana at
Fort Greene Many private grounds VIII be brilliantly
There will be- many meetings, regattas aud festivities
of various sorts to-day statue OF Washington, the
gift of the pupils of the public schools to the oT OF
New York win be unveiled at Riverside Park. The
ceremonies will begin at | u. m. Addresses VIII De
made by General Egbert l.. Vee, president of the De-
partment of Public Parks William Wood, ex president
Of the Board of Education, Mayor Edison. stephen A.
Walker, president of the Board of Education. Pupils
of the schools will sing appropriate songs ana TWO oil
them will deliver " Oration,.'
The principal feature Of the day will he the opening
of the racing season at Monmouth Park The list OF
contests and entries which are printed elsewhere ana
the improved condition of the course give promise OF
much exciting sport and to thousands Monmouth PaIk,
with the added advantage of freedom from the III
popping of hrecrackers, wl1 OHer atfaclOhs
superior to all other resorts.
The Argonaut Rowing Association will hold it, an
nual club regatta on the Harlem. The Adam Goss
Post $50, q. 4. r., will give festival to extend
through the afternoon and evening AT Washington
Park the proceeds tn 90 to the relief fund All mourn
ing Ab0onists and the relatives and trends oil those
not now living nv ed TO attend the semi centennial
commemoraton of the piOslaycry riots OF 1884 at the
Free Baptist Church. ia Twenty fifth St, between
Seventh and Eighth ayes. The Veteran Iotave Asso-
citation will entertain Themselves aud their TRENDS with
a slmmer-night festival in Attorney Park. Staten
Island. The Williamsburg Athletic CLUB Whi hoId Ito
summer games. >.
There will be much lawn tennis playing The ladies
of the Sar~n Island Cricket Cub, the members Of tho
Far and Near Tennis Club, OF hastings, the Newark
Tenni. Club the Orange Tennis Club and the Cayteret
Lawn Tennis Club of East Orange, will all indulge III
the delightful sport at their respective grounds.
The 18th Regiment athletic games Will be held al
the Empire City Coliseum Iikin2ton and Magic have
made arran gementS for athletic games on thcr grounds
at Oak Point. John Kennedy and }. Is. Van kens-
seaor will have boat the East River mile
and half and turn the course extending from the
Allan ,ic st. dock, Brooklyn. to Smiths dock.
The Larchmont Yacht Club will hold its fifth annual
regatta over the cub The prizes offered by the
club aggregate $500 in value. In addition cup
given by Washington h. COnnor, worth sou ana
another given by Jay Gould valued at sou Will DE
contested for by yachts belonging to the club The
other open yachts belonging to several other
clubs
The seventh annual festival of the ST. Anthony Asso
citation will be held mt Union Park
The Newark Conference Camp Meeting Association
will have commemorative exercises at Mount Tabor N
j., beginning at q, m