The state journal., 1884-09-13
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION,
FRANKLIN COUNTYS Tooth
ANNIVERSARY.
Crowds Of People-Feast in the
MISUNDERSTANDING
and Other News.
CHAMBERsBuRG, September 10.

AAO Win VIC uaJoLltg.
Court is in session, Sept. /
In the case of David Williams, th,
colored man of Baltimore, who hal
for the past two months been con
fined in our Jail for the killing O
Hazeltine, of the above city, at a pic
mic at Blue Ridge Park, on the w
M. r. r. The jury found him moi
guilty.
A feast in the wilderness was held
in st. James A M. E. Church last
week, and continued three nights.
The entertainment was we'll attended.
Your correspondent wended his way
in that direction on Thursday even
ing. The church presented quite a
handsome appearance, having been
trimmed handsomely, the walls or
namented with pictures A portion
of the evenings exerciees consisted
of a lecture entitled 'Is there HelI?"
by Miss j. e. Boardman of Philadel-
phia. The young lady handled her
subject in a mastery manner, and if
your correspondent had not before
believed in place of future punish
ment, he would have been thoroughly
convinced of the existence of such a
place. Miss Annie Collins sang a
solo in manner satisfactory to the
audience and creditable to herself.
Miss Emma Braxton, by request,
sang "Steal Away to Jesus" A trio
entitled "Under the Willows She is
Sleeping was well rendered by r.
Brown, |. Scott and I'll. White. At
the close Of the literary and musical
exercises all were invited to come
forward and take drink from Re-
becca's Well, for the small sum of 5
cents. Among the participants in the
exercises from a distance were Rev.
Santee Burch, of Mechanicsburg, and
Rev. J. D. Jones, of Greencastle.
Calvin Lyon, a very promising
young man of Mercersburg, died on
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He was very intelligent young gen
tleman, and firm friend of the jour
NAL The relatives have our sincere
sympathy in their bereavement.
The Centennial services of our
county was held Sunday, Sept. 7th,
with appropriate ceremonies in all
the churches.
Centennial Celebration.
The greater part of the town is
already decorated with bunting and
Pine, and gaily colored Chinese lam
terms. Many of the houses of our
colored citizens being among the
number. To morrow will complete
the decorations, and they will be very
fine. As predicted the town
is in a perfect blaze of
glory, radiant with increased flags
and various other emblems of people
whose hearts are bent on making the
affair complete success. The parade
Qhe 8th) consisted of FIVE com
panies Grand Army Posts and citi-
zens. 1t was most imposing spec
tacle. There were % bands of music
in the line, every one of them belong
ing to this county. So you perceive
that it is quite an easy matter for us
to get up a blow or raise the wind on
short notice The carnival the
(Sth) was certainly grand success.
There were knights in armor, tableau
representing Columbus at the Court
of Spain, Washington on his way to
auell the whisky inSurrectioD, draft
ing the Declaration, a tableau repre-
senting Benjamin Chambers, the
founder, visiting the Indians. There
were s floats and numerous other at
fractions, Indians, soldiers, knights
La Fayette and French grenadiers,
and Uncle Sam mounted on a mule.
| 1t was, taken as a whole, the finest
display we have ever had in our little
city. Tuesday morning opened bright
but very warm. The streets were a
perfect mass of people, many arriving
by private conveyanees long b. fore
the aralval of the trains. The line
was formed at about IL o'clock, and
such procession as it was. Your
correspondent never again expects 10
witness such display in this town
unless he should be able to weather
the storm until the Bi-Centennial,
which is too much to expect. 1t il
useless for me to attempt to describe
the numerous attractions, new and
old, which made up the display. My
powers of description are not equal t.
the occasion. 1t is enough for me tt
say that in every particular, from th'
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