The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-05
SUPPLEMENTARY WASHINGTON.


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WAsHNGToN March 1.-The pub.
he celebration ended with a dis
play Of fireworks. In volume and
variety it is said TO have excelled
any former pyrOtgchnical exhibition
upon THIS continent. Witbal it was
successful 10 the mWulost detail. The
scene OF exhibition was the White
House lot, an area of two or
three acres slipping gently away from
the south front of the treasury, eyecu-
tive mansion aud the Itata department..
crowds began early to find their wev
towards tho spot from evory quarter
OF inc city. For an hour or
while on tho singular appearance Of
iuo monument 100 rods be-
hild the fro works onelouure Tha
lower third OF the shalt was not yigibls
but all above was dimly outlined like a
ghost of itself against tina
black sky and rejecting to it's
peaks the rays of tho electric light i'm
the city from half a milo away. IL
seemed higher than by daylight
ana not 20 have the slightest relation to
terrestrial Thugs. When the prepara-
tious were complete and the ditplav
had once began, the people in
charge had the good taste
10 leave no iutermlssioE
iack-o' LANTERNS daHcnd from place 10
10 place about the enclosure.
ana wherever ono paused
an explosion followed. Rocket,
balloons, mines, fountains, bombs, IVA,
te.ioS aud shells were sant
heavenward in vOlleys for half
an hour, tllinE the alr with showers of
hre' Explosions sometimes half mile
above the earth took place and
consultations numbering thousnndg
OF beautifully tiutod stars aoated
away over the Potomac, borne bv The
gentle northern hroez". A third set of
pieces OF mammoth proportions, wore
among the last aud urandost
features of the entertainments. The
FIRST was JelfersDu." There was
a hzZlo aud a snutter audible
a mile away as the jack-o'lautern
touched his torch 90 the piece aud Tie
mammoth face in points OF whlle fro.
eucirclod by an oval frame IN rod, with
banners la International co'or., ie-t,oucd
gracefully about s. burst Out of dark.
ness. IL glowed for minute GA full
huliiancY, then an eye wont out with an
explosion followed hy portion of the
nose ana last Oi am The blue
stars of the banners. The face of
the titulpr patron Of simplicity
and uuostontation was probably not
recognizable 20 the ma ,es OF spenfs.
tons, bus when the letters of his name
beneath were made ont his memory was
houorod la prolonged cheers
The large piece representing the ma
tional tctpiiol, with excellent portraits
u thopras. l1ut and vlce-presidaut, WIS
duGked by m0t,oos and emblem''
THIS piece was 100 feet lopg
Ivy as high, the large sat pleco ever
fired IN Americs The alght uf 5000 rock.
OTIS At once, forming "A vast floral hon.
quet Ina the heavens terminated the dis
play,
NJ estimate Of the number who
witnessed the fireworks would =. truSt-
worthy. One felt but could not SEQ the
throug. No one WAS hurt so
Tar as known, but many
ludiCrous Incidents occurred,
Immcdia,oy after tho regular display
OF fireworks occurred Tonight, the
parade of the FlambeauN club, og 10.
pckH, Kansas, which was n duplication
OF last nights appearance.
A NtUuLAR phRorECHNIC PROCESS. ON.
Tonight, lust ~ tac immense crowd
was returning r0m tho exhibition OF
fireworks NJ the White House
lot the FlambouN club came
marching In regular op1u order
WOW II II llittuth NAitNAs NNlNNNu tln Cor
cornn building aud the treasury depart
mCnt In perfect tornado
OF fire, accompanied by am incos.
snut volloy of explosions aud "a
continuous hisslug ana rnnr of ascend
ing rockets. Every member of Inc club
hal sluug over hi. shoulder q caplciou.
white bag oiled with rockets, Roman
candles, red sud greou lire, Catherine
WhOols, tOrppdues, bombs and fireworks
OF every conceivable description, whicn
were lightod On portable Gtmes or ais
charged nom short tubes with such
raptdity as To tNl che NJ cot with A hur-
ric'ne of fiery proi.o;ilos and "A
dense cloud OF smOke, tarounh which
could he dimly soon the white spoct,.l
uniforms OF tho clOh The mnrch.ny
WIS perfect IN umO and rsnr.
.arity, The inctssar. tlscharro or
fireworks not being allowed la
interfere tn the least degroa with tho
precision ot tno movcmont. pOeoplo
ga vehicles Aed Ia terror heb,ro IA
I'D Cauviug column ot smaka sud
ilsme which wHs beaded by thrpe hirh
llHElug wheels, and from evsrv
part Of which bnrst fire. and
explosions. The cluh was c1nstantlv
supplied with fresh arsmunition mon, n
large wagon which followed il, and as il