The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-17
Dauphln Oounty's Centennial.


Some ten months ago the Historical
Society of Dauphin County informed
the Councils of the city that the pres
ent year would be the Tooth anniver-
sary since its founding, and also of
Dauphin county.
Immediately on receipt of this com
munication Councils took action, and a
committee consisting of nine members
of Select Council and eighteen mem
bers from Common Council was ap.
pointed. This gave each ward one
Select Councilman and two Common
Councilmen.
In response to the Historical So
ciety's request, the committee Of
Councils notified that body that it was
ready to confer with it.
The first thing to be done, as they
considered, was to elaborate a pro-
gramme. This was done after many
meetings, and has been made public
The first committee appointed, of which
James Mccormick is Chairman, has in
charge the inviting of each clergyman
in the county to deliver a commemorat-
i've address or discourse, on Sunday, the
18th day of September and asking
them to invoke Gods blessing on the
observances of the Centennial
A committee, of which David Mum
ma is chairman, will see to the ringing
of the Court House, church, public
schools, tire-engine, factory, and all
other bells throughout the county for
l 5 minutes, on Monday morning, Sep
tember II, at nine o'clock; and also,
that all the schools and public assem-
blages in session at that hour, be re-.
quested to sing the soul-stirring Ma
tional anthem, "America, commencing
with "God Bless Our Native Land" at
the same hour. Thus opening the
first secular day of the week with an
invocation and returning of thanks for
our great prosperity. On the same
day inaugural ceremonies, under direc-
ton of same committee, will be held
in the Court House at IL o'clock.
These will consist of a short address,
after which the Mayor for the city,
Judge Siminton, for the county, and
the Governor for the State, will form.
ally pronounce the Centennial ceremo.
nies open. In the evening of that day
the citizens will assemble in a place
designated by the committee, and be
entertained by poem, an address, and
number Of short addresses, many OF
these, we trust, from our oldest citizens
who are yet among us; also, by q
great choir of voices composed
of sall the able singers in Dauphir
county. These societies and special
singers will be organized by the com
mittee.
On the second day, Tuesday, the pa
rades will begin. The committee in
charge of this day is headed by Frank
II. Leib, as chairman. The Eight
Regiment will parade and all the civic
societies and organizations in theil
county, in York, Lancaster, Perry, Leb
anon, and Old Mother Cumberland
will be asked to join. The committee
will see that each Masonic, Odd Eel
lows, Grand Army, American Mechan
les, United American Workingmen',
and Junior American Lodges, together
with all the Heptasophs, Royal Acar
nun, Jewish, Knights of Pythias 50
cieties, &c, will be especially invited
to come into the city. AS there are
over 23O of these societies and eacl
one numbers at least thirty members
there ought to be 5000 of these alone
in rank, while with their music and the
Eighth Regiment, there will be at leas,
| 10000 people in line on that day.
For Wednesday committee has
been selected, Of which Lane S. Har
is chairman, to manage the parade
This Committee, many of whom arr
among the first business men, and a
the large manufactures, will show &
grand display. The "good old times
and the present days will be brought
by them ingeniously together, so as tc
show by broad comparison the differ
ence between them. New nail ma
chimes and old ones; new steam drills
ard the old-fashioned way of quarry
ing will be shown, new farm methods
and old ones will be shown side b,
side; new wagons and old Conestogas
magnificent imported cattle and tn,
leanest of the old kind. New system
Of delivery wagons and old ones; new
6rc-engines and apparatus and old viii
be exhibited, Look out for the seconC
days parade, 1t will be miles il
length and brilliant in display, both in
terestiug and instructive.
The antiquarian display will be go
ing on all this time. The building il
which it will be held will be stuffed
with wonderful things. Rockingcra
dies l60 years old; books, literal.
worth thousands of dollars on accoun
of their age and variety; Indian relic,
by the thousand; old china vases anC
urns; from that aud Lebanon counties
magnificent aud costly pieces of pot
terry, magnificent services of plates, an
tique clothing, table cloths, mirrors
bed clothing, all over 100 years old
will make such an aggregation of as
tonishing relies, as to surprise all. Tn
committee in charge of this grand an'
instructive part of sour Centennial,
aggregates nearly POO persons, and the,
will rake Dauphin, Lebanon and tn
surrounding counties with fine-tootl
combs but they will have everything
of Importance. Each chairman o
each committee, and the committee
themselves, show great energy il
the matter of getting the antiquitie
together.
The building in which this grand es
hibition will be held will be 250 fee
long, about fifty feet wide, and will b
beautifully illuminated at night.
| The third days parade will be b
1.-The fremen,