St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05
1T is OVER,
And NO One Seriously Hurt--HoW
the Day Was Celebrated.

was the Declaration of Independence
brought from its dusty shelf, nor did the
hand and orator vie with each other in the
expenditure of patriotic wind while the au-
dience famed itself: but nevertheless nearly
every one celebrated. The day which had
been ushered i'm the night before with
furious cracking of explosives was typi-
cal Fourth of July day, hot, clear and
bright. and no storm came TO break up
the various open-air celebrations
which were numerous and OF many
descriptions In all the streets and all sec
tions of the city at early morning the noise
of minor firearms told of the presence OF
The small boy and his chosen method of eel
ebrating. In the residence portions of the
CITY houses were decorated in some in
stances with flags and bunting of red, white
and blue. Before nearly all the saloons
few evergreen trees gave hint OF the cool
ness dispensed within.
EARLY IN THE MORNING
the streets were alive with people OF all
classes. clad in holiday attire and a lunch
basket. making their way toward the union
depot and the various picnic grounds. The
federal, state, city and county offices were
all closed, as were most of the business
offices and stores. the saloons, fruit, cigar and
drug stores being about the only varieties
that did not close for the holiday. No
general demonstration had been prepared
and the patriotism was displayed by differ
ent organizations in methods and places
adapted to the tastes of the owners.
The great heat and the attractions else
where had a tendency to general cleaning
out of the city, and there was a perfect
hegira to the lakes starting in the morning
and lasting until past noon. Within the
city the greatest attraction was the regatta
of the Minnesota boat club, which thousands
witnessed from the island the bridge and
the river banks. 1t would be idle to
enumerate the picnics and minor excursion
parties. Nearly everybody celebrated,
those who did not leave the
city putting in the day in
the quiet of their homes and on numer-
GUS shady lawns, in hammocks or stretched
upon the grass, business men took sensible
way of celebrating, and by cultivating the
society of their families Quiet reigned
about the hotels, save as the small boy with
his tire-cracker appeared. though the regis
ters showed good lists of names, from the
fact of unusual numbers at dinner.
BUT THE CROWD WENT AWAY
at once or. at any rate, kept out of sight,
and the clerks had little to do COMPARE
lively. On the veranda of the Merchants,
in the cool rotunda of the Ryan, and on the
shaded sidewalk of the Windsor, however,
were to be seen groups of dozen or so,
their vests mbuttoned, idly passing away
the time
The streets in the business part were
less frequented than on Sundays, and it
was possible to look the entire length of
Third street from Wabasha to Jackson and
not see a vehicle, large portion of the
afternoon. The best of order prevailed
throughout the city and at the various places
where the crowds were drawn, and the pO-
lice. WHO had no holiday, had little to do
save to seek the shady side of the street and
occasionally checli the demonstrations OF
some Over-enthusiastic crowd of boys.
Few arrests were made for any cause,
and there were none of the disOrderly out
breaks that are to be expected where all
work ceases and everybody is out for plea s.
IRE. About the only class of men who
were rushed with business were the railway
employees and these, from the ticket seller
to the conductor, had the liveliest day of the
season. Extra trains were run to White
Bear, and so great was the crowd that
bought tickets thither that
EXTRA GATE KEEPERS
were necessary, while at the ticket Office
one had to cline up and wait his turn.
The gate keeper at the exit to the White
Bear train said to q GLOBE reporter that he
had punched between $500 and 1000 tick
cts for the road, and that was about the
middle of the afternoon. 1t was possible
to get an idea of the numbers that had been
out on the trains by watching the multitude
that alighted from the in-trains late
in the afternoon and in the early evening.
The sidewalk on Third street from the
Merchants down was often almost as
densely crowded as when some great parade
make a passage down the street.
The street railway employees did not en-
Joy the day, evidently, nor did the mule.
they drove. The general license allowed
everybody else added TO the burdens OF
their work, and what was fun for the boys
was death to the mules. They got no holi.
day, and the sound of the bell far down the
street was the signal for some one to strew
the track with torpedoeS that cracked anC
sputtered beneath the hoofs and car wheel.
antil both man and beast were eXasperated
while the crowd laughed and forgot that The
driver was a human being as much entitled
10 holiday as anybody else.
There were few OrnO casualties Of import
ance from the liberal and reckless use OF
powder, a special providence seeming
TO protect the community as i
would ON no other day. Nor did
fire occur of sufficient importanc,
10 cause an alarm, the shower of the pre-
vious night having put everything in proper
condition to receive the sparks from crack
ers and fire works that were touched of
with so lavish a hand. But if the street,
mad been dead by day, they were alive a
night.
TIE GREAT POPULACE
was not satisfied with its pcnicking. and tn,
night was aglOw with patriotic fires tina
must burn to their full height before bein.
Huenched for a twelve month. The gen
eral clatter and racket and boom of noise
making materials that had not died dow
from its morning send-oif. even under tn
midday heat, was enlarged and intenSifie,
noises like the bombaTdment of liliputial
eannon-and of cannon that wer
not so lliputian either-frOm on
end of the city to another. Crowds were CT
the sidewalks and everybody was good
natured. When the sun set the sky clouded
and as the evening Wore on the darkness
that would otherwise have been heavy wa
scattered in sections by the patriots fire
works that pierced the sky with streaks o
rainbow-colOred light and filled the street
with rocket sticks and burning Chimes
paper.
On nearly every other telegraph pole ant
in back yards on old dry goods boxes tn
fiery pinwheelS darted little meteorS il
rings and whirlpools that looked like hunk
of sunshine spattered against an ebon back
ground.
SKY ROCKETS SHOT UPWARD
from n hundred places like big elliptical
Drbited comets. that butted the clouds an,
smashed themselves into bright will-o'the
wisps that streaked the sky with ret
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