St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26

everybody who is interested in its success.
+ Without exception the weather has been
good. and there has been nothing in the way
of a very successful week. Excursions
and picnic parties have been frequent and
largely participated in. The New York
State association on Tuesday, the Hennepin
Avenue NJ. E. church Wednesday, the pro-
hibitiOnists Thursday, the Dakota editors
Friday, and the moonlight trip of the Hotel
Lafayette guests Friday evening, have been
the largest of the week. For the coming
week the excursion of the Minneapolis
policemen on Tuesday is the first of inn
portance. The ''blue coats" have chartered
the Hattie May for the day, and will picnic
and dance at Chapman'S, Upper
lake. About two hundred people
will make up the pleasant party.
Wednesday will be the great day of the week
Tor the excursions, and if the day is fair it
Is expected that fully 10, 600 people will visit
Mlnnetonka. The retail grocers of Min
neapolis will have their first annual excur-
sion on that day, with picnic at Upper
lake, and expect to have ), 900 people with
them. The CaledOnianS of the Flour CITY,"
VIII have their annual games at Lake Park,
and the Minnesota Editorial association will
dine at the Lafayette. Various Sunday
school excursions and pienics are also an
nouneed for the week, which promises to be
very lively.
On Tuesday evening the first regatta of
the Excelsior Yacht club is to be sailed bv
electric light, and variety of interesting
Aquatic events will take place off Stetson'S
Blue Line dock. The second re-
gatta of the Minnetonka Yacht
club will probably be sailed next
Wednesday, in Big lake, if arrangements
can be completed by that time. Base ball
games will be numerous. The bell bows
and walters of Lafayette will contest for
the supremacy Wednesday, and on the same
day the Lake Park walters will go to Hotel
st. Louis for game. The fourth game of
the Lafayette and Lake Park walters
series Will be played Saturday at Lake
Park.
The ehildren's carnival at Hotel Lafay-
cite yesterday afternoon, under the direc-
ton of Prof. X. ii. Evans. was attended
by over one hundred children from Mime
apolis, st. Paul, Saltwater and other cities,
while the hotels and lake cottages
contributed largely to the success of
the occasion. The program as previously
given in the GLOBE was fully carried out,
and among other interesting features, were
the Sailors Hompipe," danced by Miss
Kittie Black of Minneapolis. the Jockey
Minuet," danced by Prof Evans and Miss
I Black, and the Spanish Balero," by Prof
Evans. All the participants were delighted
with the affair and earnestly look for the
next one of its class.
DR.. j. Murphy, J. 3. Murphy, J. NJ
Niehaus and c. a. HOdus of. Peoria, ILL.,.
with NJ. +. Tyler and J. b. Campbell of
Kansas City, formed the champion fishing
party of the week. They brought home
over $50 pounds of fish. They went with
William DeyO and Levi Bicl1ford.
At the Lake Park last evening there were
$50 guests, at the Lafayette nearly 400 and
at the Excelsior house about $50. The
scenes in the lObbieS and rooms and upon
pOrches OF various hotels last evening were
animated and brilliant, and served as re-
minders OF past busy seasons.
Last evening at the Highlands the
Sides gave an elegant reception and hop to
a number of friends from Minneapolis and
St Paul. Danz' band furnished music,
and the evening was delightfully."- passed.
a lawn tennis tournament is being talked
| of by Spring Park residents. There are
several excellent players residing there,
and some good matches could be arranged.
Harry G. Foster of ST. Paul is taking
solid comfort at Spring Park, and will re-
main at the lake until snow flies, if he does
| uOl lGbuIH HOillc SOOllcI.
| EX-GOv. c. X. Davis and wife will spend
| Sunday at the Lake Park.
About one hundred couples participated
in the Lafayette ball.
Regular hops last night at the Lake Park
and Lafayette.
r Dress sOiree last evening.
TO-NIGHT's CONCERTS.
| Prof. Thiele'S orchestra will play the fol-
lowing programme symphony concert at
Hotel Lafayette this evening:
/ Grand Polonaise. Weber
/ Overture-'Merry Wives of Windsor
.....:...;... ............... .Nicolai
a. Andante.
| b. Minuet.
| Lohengrin'' Wagner
| Overture-'Ruy Bias" ,Mendelssohn
String Orchestra-''Freum ..Schumann
| Symphony-'Oxford" Haydn
b. Presto.
Concert program at Lake Park to-day
during dinner by Prof. Hopes orchestra:
neutrality-suspicious." ....-....... Ste 'nhagen
/ Overture-''Jupiter".. ...........H Hoffman
\ altz-"My Dream .......-...--..W aldtufel
| SelectiOn-''Falka'' Chasaidue
Aylophone Solo-"Silver Stream Polka"
| -..'-...-..--- Robinson
Charles h. Cooper.
| Galop-"Dash" ......................Me eaud
THE EXCELSIOR REGATTA.
The program for the regatta and other
| aquatic events, under the auspices of the
Excelsior Yacht and Amusement club. at
Excelsior next Tuesday evening, has been
! completed. and an evening of pleasure is
sure to be the result. The leading event,
/ if there is any breeze, will be the
| Vacbt race distance Siy miles in tho Ioyvar
| bay, the prize being a handsome silk ban
ner to be presented by Mrs. Alex Trout
man of st. Louis, who is season guest at
Kalorama cottage. For this event the fol-
| lowing entries have been made:
Boat, rig and owner. Length, feet
| Peerless, sloOp, Carl Pickett. 90
/ Wave, sloop, j. A. Camp. 81
| Helen, sloOp, j. E. Starr & Co..1S.4
/ Modesty. slOOp, Fl. II. Van Duescn.. 20
/ Osprey. sloOp, Capt. Dyer. "a
i PinafOre, slOOp, Harry Rundell, .......... %
| Opposition, cat, Col. Van Duesen........ 20
| Sassicus cats c. +. Wheeler. 90
| Idylwild, cat Dole & Morse. %
/ Elvira, cat, Bidwell Il Co......... 81
| virginia, eat, j. Moore. Is
| Skip, cat, H. Gale. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Is
| If there is no breeze at 5 o'clock the re-
/ gatta will be postponed and blindfOld race
with six entries will be rowed.
The second regular event will be double
! scull. tourists race for gentlemen; prizes
elegant scarf pins.
There will also be q four-Oared barge race
for baTgeS twenty-five feet long. Eighteen
foot oars will be used, land a lady cOxswain
will accompany each crew. The distance
i'll this race is half mile and the prize
set of shell jewelry.
All events will be in sight of the Blue
| Line dock, where the Excelsior band will
/ furnish uonSic fnr tho avauinu