Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-27

climbs aud the Fire Dep6rIHneuG l oao DAo-t
trict of Columbia closed the Procession.
all along the route. When the head OF the
line reached Fifteenth street q halt was
made and the carriage containing the
President and ex-President left the
line and proceeded by way Of the
The entire party proceeded to the review
ing stand On Pennsylvania avenue, di-
rectly in front of the mansion. There were
1000 persons on the stand, including many
ladies, whose rich costumes added TO tne
brilliancy of the scene. The review was a1
grand sight, and it was the generally ext
pressed opinion that no more brllllant
pageant has ever been witnessed in this
country. All the organizations gave q
marching salute as they passed the grand
stand. i
ident and party proceeded to the dining
room of the White House where they par
took of a lunch ordered for them by OK.
President Arthur. There were present.;
besides the members of ex-President Ar
thurs Cabinet, Mr.. Villas, Mr., Manning,l
Mr.. Lamont and several others. +.
It is estimated that $4,000 people as!
sembled at seven last evening in the pub
lie reservations and streets surrounding,
the Washington monument to witness the;
display of fireworks given under the
auspices of the Inaugural Committee. The
display COHIlcuC0O plOAApOy CIV u up,
pointed hour and proved the
most brilliant and imposing ever
witnessed in this city,. The. dis-|
plays of rockets and other devices
were unexpectedly magnificent, the illu-,,
mination of the Washington Monument.
lights was novel and beautiful, and the set
pieces representing portraits of Cleveland
and Hendricks, National coats Of arms
and patriotic legends, etc., were the most
elaborate and striking ever attempted
here. The display vas thoroughly antS ef-
ly received by the vast crowd. :
WASHINGTON, March "a brilliant
finale to the Inauguration ceremonies was
the ball last night. It was held in the un-
finished new pension building, an immense
structure inclosing a rectangular court-
by over one hundred feet in widths
As the door opened on the interior the eye
was dazzled by the sudden blaze of light
and color. On the acre of waved floor in
the hall several thousand couples in
brilliant toilets were moving, about in the
more circled around on the OUT
skirts in ceaseless promenade, and
other thousands looked dow upon
them from the surrounding balconies
The decorations covered the whole interior,
with the exception of the roof, and this
was ILLUS uluucA AO" q Wy q
work of steamers, flags and bunting.
Banks of tropical plants surrounded the
bases of the eight large columns which
support the root, and wreaths of ever.
| greens were twined around the columns
from the base to the dome.
1t was 1880 o'clock when President
| Cleveland arrived at the ballroom. He
was Immediately escorted to the Presi-
dents room, where for half an hour he held
an informal reception. He was accom-
panied by Miss Cleveland, Mrs. Hoyt,Rev.
WA. Cleveland and wife, MIR. Hastings, Miss
Hastings, Miss Nellie Yeomans, Miss Anna
Yeomans, Mr.. andi Mrs. Bacon, and Coll
onel and Mrs. Lamont. About the same
time ex-President Arthur arrived, and he,
too, was escorted to the Presidents ROOM
With him were Secretaries Lincoln,
and Mnc,,i Chandler, ttos secretary and pl Mrs.
ster and Mrs. Brewster, POST,
master- General Hatton and Mrs. Hatton,
and Secretary Teller and Mrs. Teller
When Vice-President Hendricks joined
the President there was a large and dis
tinguished gathering. present., including
Of political opinions. Besides he:
persons already named there were;
presents: Senator Bayard, Colonel Villas, of
Wisconsin, General Sheridan and Mrs.
Sheridan, General Rosecrans, Hon. Dan
Manning and wife, Senator Pendleton,
1lOus IllCudIu L. AlclI1Ch, ocuuUOI w duo.
Hampton, Senator Brown, Of Georgia.
Justice Field, of the Supreme Court, and;
Speaker Carlisle and Mrs. Carlisle. +.
There was no formal reception by Presi-,
dent Cleveland, but a large number of per-
sons pressed about him, and some of the
gentlemen standing in his immediate VIZ
entity made presentations. After half an,
hour spent in this manner the room
became over-crowded and the Presi-;
dent and Vice-President, the for
aIston s eSe0r Riabard Dy 7, M ssp n and Ps sRa
Niles, left the room and made the round Of
the ballroom.
AT 1880 the President and party left the
building, and Vice-President Hendricks
and his party also retired. The dancing
continued until a very late hour. Ten
thousand appears to be q low estimate of
the number of persons present in the ball,
room and balconies during the evening.
NOTES.
The first man to congratulate President
Cleveland was Chief-Justice Waite. Ex-'
President Arthur was the second man and
then followed Chief Clerk Mckinney and,
Senator Sherman. President Cleveland was
then introduced to the remaining Judges Of
the Supreme Court, to Northumberland
Sheridan and to General Hancock. The;
other persons on the platform then;
pressed forward, and many of.
them shook his hand. As he
re-entered the Capitol. he was again
greeted with cheers. He walked to the
basement entrance, where he first came
into the building, and entered a carriage
to be driven in procession to the White
House.
Preparatory to leaving the White House
General Arthur babe each of the attaches
goodbye. They all gathered in a little
group about the retiring President. He had
u pleasant word for each. Outside quite
u crowd had gathered. As Mr.. Arthur en-
tered the carriage, in company with
Secretary Frelinghuysen, Howard Carroll,
OF New York, shouted: "Three cheers for
the most patient, conservative and best
President the White House has ever seen.n
They were given with u W II. Before the
last echoes died away the driver had.
whipped W, his horses and Chester A.
Arthur was driven hurriedly away.
Inc newly-elected Senators sworn in
Yesterday were: Joseph C. s.. Blackburn,
OF Kentucky; James b. Eustis, of Louisi-
ana; William NJ. Evarts, of New York;
James K. Jones, of Arkansas; Henry
spooner, of o. wi on,u; John Leland ID
Stanford, of California;; Henry NJ.
Teller. Of Colorado, and Ephraim K. Will
son, OF Maryland. The reelected Senator's
sworn in were: William B. Allison, of
iowa; Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia.;