Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
FREE NIAGARA.

! c~.remontes at the Opening of the 1nterna-
tional Park-A Great Concourse of Citi-
xens-Nusic, Speeches and Parades-A
woman Swept Over the Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, July 16.-The
formal transfer of the lands chosen for
| the State Park took place yesterday after
noon. The morning opened without a
| cloud and continued clear till noon, when
a slight shower laid the dust and cooled
the air. but did not disturb the exercises.
| A salute of one hundred guns was fired,
the military marched, and the towns
people and many thousand visitors paradec
| and then wendell their way to the park.
| There were no Canadian troops present,
owing to the unsettled question of admit
ting foreign armed soldiers across the
border.
Flags, bunting and banners were to be
| seen in all directions as far as the eye could
reach OH both sides of the river, the stars
and stripes mingling with the union jack.
Private residences made an elaborate dis
play. The great crowd fringed the Cana
dian precipice from the bridge to the
| Horseshoe fall. They moved in procession
across the bridge, and in Prospect Park
they formed a living parapet along
| the precipitous river side. All points of
view on Goat Island were taken up early,
and the spectators lounged and stood about
on the Three Sister islands, having come in
by rail and by wagon from the American
and Canadian sides. The suspension bridge
and the railroad suspension bridge were
opened free to the public. When Governor
Hill and staff appeared upon the speakers
platform there were fully twenty-five thou
sand people present.
At the appointed time Bishop Cox COM
| menced the proceedings with prayer i'll the
large pavilion at Prospect Park. EX-Lieu-
tenant Governor Dorsllcimer then read a
| communication from the Governor General
of Canada regretting his inability to be
present, owing to the fact that the session
of the Dominion Parliament is just on the
eve of coming to a close. A letter OF regret
from President Cleveland was also read.
Mr.. Dorsheimer, President of the Park
Commission, then made a presentation adj
dress, Governor Hill accepting the reserva-
ton on behalf of the State of New York.
James G. Carter was the orator OF the
day, and delivered an address in which he
referred to the many impressive features
of the great natural wonder, of which
Father Hennepin, one of the first white
men to view its awful sublimity,
said: "The universe does not afford
its parallels" Addresses were also de-
livered by Hon. Erastus Brooks, Lieu
tenant Governor Robinson, of Canada, and
Acknowledgements Mowatt. After the sing
ing of the hymn america and the dox-
ology, the exercises were closed with the
benediction by Bishop Cox.
In the afternoon there was a parade and
review of troops, and in the evening a
grand display of fireworks, witnessed by a
gathering Of people estimated to number
fifty thousand.
The people of Niagara Falls generally
are highly pleased at the triumph OF the
free Niagara movement. The manufact.
urers and landed proprietors have been paid
a fair price Tor their property and are salts
fed. The h~otel-keepers look forward to
another era Of prosperity. Even the hack
men think lit will help business"
The State Park at Niagara includes;
First, all irregular strip along the Ameri.
can shore from the upper end of the vii.
the Upper Suspension Bridge, embrac.
ing all of Prospect Park and the ap.
proaches to the islands; second, the Goat
Island group, Bath Island NOW to be re-
deemed from the meanness of a paper-mil
site), Goat Island, the Three Sisters Islands
Luna Island, etc. 1t is a beautiful area
Il the removal of tolls will save the tour
list something; but no man can visit Niagara
without finding that there still remain tc
pay all the tolls he cares for.
lei OVER THE FALLs
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, July 16.-A
woman was swept over the falls last even.
ing. She was in company with a gentle
man and lady friend, and the three rashly
walked out upon the bridge crossing the
f1ume which conducts water to the Batl
Island paper-mill. just beyond the
small flume bridge is another foot
bridge extending to rocks in the channel
From this bridge the workmen break ice
that accumulates and threatens the fume.
All three managed to get to the outer
bridge, when one of the women grew dizzy
and tumbled into the rapids. The gen
tleman managed to save the other WON.
an and get ashore. The crowd saw
the drowning woman disappear just as the
current bore her past Luna Island. She
was sucked to the bottom. for her body was
not visible as it was carried over the brink,
All that could be ascertained Of her iden-
tity was that she was a resident of We'll
land. Can, and was visiting friends in
Utica street, Buffalo.
CLUBS WE'RE TRUMPS.