Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-03-12

aoofO Iic HUT, III p5FIScC Or6aSG or
streamers and flags, and on whose acre
OF waxed floor several thousand couples
in brilliant toilets are moving about in
the mazes of the da.ce, while thousand
more circle around on the outskirts lin
a ceaseless promenade, and other thous-
ands look down upon them from the
surrounding balconies, is the Frame
work of an ensemble which, bursting
suddenly upon ones view, is magDifi-
Gently bewilderihg. One must be in
the ball room some time before tbe de-
tails or the scene begin to present
themselves TO notice.
Dancing began at IL O'Clock, the mu-
sic furnished by the Germania Orches.
ira of Philadelphis. Chas. NJ. Smith,
conductor and Henry Felting, Jr.. as
sistant conductor.
1t was half past 10 O'Clock when
President Cleveland arrived at the
ball room. He was Immediately es-
corted to the Presidents room, where for
half an hour he held formal reception
committee and small number of dis.
tinguished persons being presented to
him {: The president was accompanied
by Miss Cleveland and Mrs. Hoyt, his
sisters, aud by his brother, the Rev. w.
N. Cleveland and wife and their two
sons Mr.. Hastings. his nephew I; Miss
Hasting, Miss Nellie Yeomans and
Miss Annie Yeomans, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bacon, the Presidents brother-in -in-law
and wife, of Toledo, and Colonel and
Mrs. Lamont.
About the same time ex- President
Arthur arrived at the ball room, and
he too was escorted to the presidents
room. With him were Secretaries
Lincoln and Chandler. Secretary and
Mrs. McCnlloch, Attorney General
Brewster and Mrs. Brewster. Postmas-
ter General Hatton and Mrs. Hatton,
Secretary Teller and Mrs. Teller, Judge
Davis, Of the court of claims, and Mrs.
Davis, Miss Lucy Frelinghuysen. Al
Ian Arthur and Marshal McMichael.
Vice President Hendricks arrived a.
boat the same time and joined the
president.
In the room at this time there was a
large and distinguished gathering, in
Guiding persons of the most diverse
shades of political opinion. Besides
persons already named there were pres
ent Seuator Bayard, Colonel Nilas, Gen.
eral Sheridan and Mrs Sheridan, Gen.
eral ROsecrans, Daniel Manning and
wife, Senator Pendleton, Richard Mer-
rick, Representative Barbour, Senator
Wade Hampton, Senator Brown, OF
Georgia, Justice. Field of the supreme
court and Speaker Carlisle and Mrs.
Carlisle.
There was no informal reception Ly
President Cleveland, but large num-
Der OF persons pressed about him, and
some of the gentlemen standing in the
immediate vicinity made the presenta-
tion. After half an hour spent in this
manner the room became overcr0wded,
and the president and vice president,
the former escorted by Senator Pendles
ton and Richard 7. Merrick, and the
latter by Representative Elton and 5.
". Niles, left the room and made the
rounti of the ball room. the baud play
ing Hail to the Chief'' during the
time occupied in walking around the
room. After the presidential party
had left the room the crowd continued
to pour into it through doors, unaware
that Cleveland had left.
The scene in the ballroom at this
time was exceedingly brilliant. The
large hall WAS completely filled with a
constantly moving crowd, numbering
several thousands, while from the bal
comics thousands more looked down up
on the scene. The bright toilets OF the
ladies, the flowers and glittering jewels,
the decorations and lights, were the
prominent features Of a scene long to
be remembered.
Extraordinary Fireworks.
Tonight, about half past eight, just
as the immense crowd was returning
from the exhibition of fireworks on the
White Lot, the Flambeau club, of To-
peka, Kansas, came marching In regu-
Ian open order down Fifteenth street,
between the Corcoran building and the
treasury department. In a perfect lorna.
do of fire, accompanied by an incessant
volley of explosions and the continuous
Kissing and roar of ascending rockets.
Every member of the club carrying o.
YER his shoulders capacious white bag
fille6 with rockets, roman candles, red
and green fire, catherine, wheels, torpe-
dues, bombs, and fireworks of every
conceivable description, which were
lighted on portable frames, or discharg-
ed from sheet iron tubes, with such
never slackening rapidity as to literally
fill the streets with hurricane of firerY
projectiles and deuse cloud Of smoke,
through which could be only dimly
seen the white spectral uniforms OF the
club.
The marching was perfect in time
and regularity, the incessant discharge
of fireworks not being allowed to inter-
fere in the least degree with the preci-
sion of movement. People in vehicles
fled in terror before the advancing col
umn of smoke and fame, which was
headed by two or three huge blazing
wheels, and from every part of which
burst fire and explosions.
The club was constantly and skilfully