Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-05
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
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Tho "Glotious Fourth" was usheted ia .
yesterday morning with u olouded sky, |
aud the faces ut pleasure seekers fell as
they saw with rucful face that tho weather !
Indications pointed To local show |
ers. Notwithstanding the uncertain |
condition overhead, many pleasure
parties juurLcyed fiOm town from an
early hour to escape the diu aud confusion
| that usually attend tho local celebration Of
! 30 day. At Slackwator, Rock uill,
! MIlcrsvillc, aud other points on tho Con
,S~u.A many family and fishing parties
WOW seen rovoliug in day of quiet oujoy
mont. MoGrann's park was tho Iuccoa
| Tor many Of the stay.at homes in tho city,
tho races aud base ball games attracting
hundreds. In addition to these means of
diversion there were private diunor parties
| aud dancing picnics, all OF which were
attended in goOdly numbers. Below are
given tho details of the days celebration.
The bay We Celebrate.
Early Thursday evening 81 inst, tho
| rattle, aud rumble aud roar Of tho lircwOrks
COmmcuccd, aud WAS continued with in
crcasing noise until midnight. The
Chinese cracker, the cannon cracker
Roman candles, rockets, tiro wheels, and va
riUus other pyrotechuics blaHcd aud smoked
and ratified III oil parts OF tho city, and
even guns and pistols, though forbidden
to bc used, thundcrcd in the hands of the
small boy and the moro mature dude.
BOntires were built ia various parts of tho
town aud added their red glare to tho
| Illumination.
Gu the morning of the Fourth, tho rattle
OF tho tire crackers was resumed, aud
skirmish-lke tusiade was kept up all
day aud at twilight grew deeper aud
louder and brighton, until about o'clock,
when heavy storm set IN, accompanied
by binding lightning and doatonIug
thunder that put 10 shame Imperial
Juvc.s dread counterfeit, "aud drove under
cover evCn the mos; enthusiastic Of the
pyrOtCChuists.
As is usual on the glorious Fourth, 4"
q number of accidents happened by the
careless use of fire crackers aud pistols. A
son of George +. Coll living on North
Duke street, was badly burned III tho
face by the premature explosion OF pistol
hC was handling.
a young son OF Alderman Barr WAS shot
in the leg by pistol in the hands Uf an
other boy. the wad of the pistol entering
Barr's leg, but not seriously wOunding
| him.
Alex. Patterson, a retired farmer Of Mt.
: Joy, fell oil grain stack on the farm of
\ Adam Rutt, near Mt. Joy, yesterday, and
\ | SusNaluCu btllpNl dpbhb LAu hCsAh
4 number of men aud boys were seen
} on the streets with their hands tiod up
b and their eyebrows scorched, but no worry
seriOus accidents are reported. Several
4 parties had their clothes SGT on fire, and
Z during the early part of the evening 1t wa'
) rather unsafe for ladies to DO on the
/ streets.
Rscing AT tho r.rk.
r \ large crowd gathered at McGraun's
7 park yesterday afternoon, to witness tive
Q trots, which were advertised to take place
y The one was To have been a match be
tween ). Baily's May" aud William
h Fiss' Lou" but the former horse wa
t withdrawn for sOmo reason before th,
o start. Mr.. Fiss' horse then trottaC
/. against time, making a mile in 2:ijt.
Is The other match was between Edwar,
&c Walkers colt aud Michael Gouigle
" bay mare. The latter won easily in 81
IS and $40. The admission to the park wa
d | free.
The Day cut OF Town,
party of thirty five gentleman, mad
!: up OF prominent business and professiona
u men, of this city, enjoyed Mr.. K. A. Ma
+ lOne's hospitality 1T his handsome Avon
dale farm. The morning was spent i
various sports and games. At 3 p. m. tn,
party dined on the choicest morsel Is Of TIL
| stnoOb, plSP5ich Dy SaNcIci lClul
Il ing to the city at nightiall.
At New Holland the most INTEREST," II!
event of the day was the presentation t,
Capt. Setley, of copy of the resolutions
d ! passed at the second annual banquet of til,
, Veteran association of the Goth regimen
X Pennsylvania volunteers on the 10Th o
:, May last. A. w Suader made the presen
}. taton speech, and G.. II. Rluck the re-
u sponse.
D At Duffy's park, Marietta, the anuua
o dancing picnic IN the evening was largel,
# attended by visitors from Lancaster
o Columbia, Harrisburg. Lebanon and othe
II places. Taylor's orchestra furnished de
r lightful music aud tho tripping of tn
, eight fantastic too" was kept up until :
{ late hour.
r Christ Evangelical Lutheran Sunday
! school spent the day at Millersylle.
u TboIi,iz celebration.
At Lititz the usual Fourth of Jul,
L celebration was given. On the evening o
i tho third bonlires blazod in every stree,
O., aud the small boy exploded thousands
! Of crackers. The tire apparatus Of thC
I town was run out to let tho villageri
know that it was in good condition anC
ready for any emergency that might arise
Tho Fourth was usherod in by the ringing
of bells and the firing of oannOns At
. | o CLOCK thore was game OF base bal
between tho Springs club Of Lititz and tn,
Jumbo club of Terre Hill, the former win
. ming easily by SCORE of 2i to 0.
Four bands OF music were in the village
tho Liberty of Mannheim, the Irouvilo
the Reamstown and the Shafferstown-
aud serenaded many Of the residents be-
fore the afternoon ceremonies AZ the
. springs took place.
At 3 O'Clock the vast assemblage gathGre'
at the springs, and was called to order b.
0 DR.. Brobst, the presiding officer. A praye
: was offered by Rev. }. A. Peters, OF thit
city, after which Mr.. Seltzer, of Pottsvlle
was introduced aud made a stirring anC
! patriotic address. Marriott Brosius, esq.
, of this CITY, followed with finished ora
tion, which was listened to with marked
| attention.
= In tho evening the crowd was great!
augmented by the arrival of special trainl
J both up and down the road. The springs
! ground were illuminated with 6, 900 candles
and a fine display of fire works was given
the effeot being somewhat marred by
! rain storm which set in before the display
Q ended. The crowd was driven from til,
springs by the storm and sought shelter
: in the hotels aud private houses.
The railroad accommodations were al
together insufficient, and many Lancastri
ans who attended the celebration failed Il
get to their homes before or o'clock il