McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-12

forty representatives OF the Iroquis club,
of Chicago, and the Columbus, ONO,
plee club, dressed In gray and carrying
miniature brooms on the lapels OF tnen
coats, One of the neatest uniforms In the
line was that of the Duckworth ciuD, OF
Cincinnati, consisting Of light overcoat,
dark trousers, high white hats and goio
and purple badges. There was not
finer looking body of men in the process
sion, and as they turned into Fnteentn
street, marching twelve afront, the great
crowd
CHEERED Justify
and the ladies clapped their hands and
waved handkerchiefs. The Jefferson
club, of Cincinnati, followed aud made
most creditable display. They were
also greeted with applause and other
demonstrations of approval. A colored
man, clad in sky blue swallow-tailed
coat and bright red pantaloons, and wear
ing ON his breast an enormous silver plate
bearing the name of the organization,
preceded the Jackson democratic club,
of Columbus, D. Its eighty members
were dressed in gray and carried canes at
salute. Maroon Overcoats and yellow
kid gloves distinguished 100 mem
bers of the Americas club,
of Philadelphia. The Samuel
J. Randall association, of Philadelphia,
had about an equal number of men in
line. The Moyamensing legion, of Phil
adelphia, had seventy-tive men in line,
dressed in brown and red. The Eleventh
Ward Randall club, of Philadelphia,
bore a magnificent banner of blue plush
and gold with an excellent portrait OF the
patron of the club. One hundred men
represented the Central club, of Harris
burg. They wore gray oyercoats, black
hats and red silk badges. The Calumet
club, of Baltimore, presented an excel
lent appearance with three hundred neatly
attired men in line. The Topeka Flam-
beau club also made fine appearance.
The Cook county club, of Chicago,
turned out forty men in gray Overcoats,
silk hats and badges. This club and the
Iroquois club, of the same city, were re-
ceived with marked favor. Some COM
ment was excited by the appearance in
the procession of Blaine Inauguration
club, of Maine. A splendid banner Of
black and gold f1oated over five hundred
men representing the Crescent club, Of
Baltimore. A notable feature of the
procession was troop of cavalry, of the
District of Columbia, in which the electoral
votes of the states that furnished Cleve-
lands majorities were represented by
horses, one for each vote, arranged in
states by colors. They were followed by
the Cleveland and Hendricks club, Of
Lenisville, Virginia, and by n number of
mounted clubs wearing colored sashes.
TAMMANY's BOOSTERS.
The live roosters which were carried by
the Tammany club and County DemOcra-
cy, of New York, were made cOnspicu-
GUS as they passed the stand and caused
much amusement. Taken all in all, as
combined military and civil display, the
procession was undoubtedly the largest
and finest ever seen in Washington. AT
the conclusion of the review the president
and party proceeded to the dining room
of the white house, where they partook
of lunch ordered for them by eX-Presi-
dent Arthur
GRAND DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
The public celebration of the day ended
with display of fireworks. In charac-
ter it was like all displays of fireworks,
but in volume and variety it is said to
have eXcelled any former pryotechnical
exhibition upon this continent. Withal
it was successful to the minutest detail.
The scene of the exhibition was the white
lot, an area of two hundred or three hum
dred acres, sloping gently away from the
south fronts of the treasury and the ex-
ecutive mansion and state department.
Uncounted crowds began early to find
their way towards the spot from every
quarter of the city,. For an hour
or more they waited, commenting
meanwhile upon the singular ap-
pearance of the monument, a hun
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enclosure. The lower third of the shaft
outlined, like a ghost of itself, against
the black sky and rejecting to its peak
the rays of the electric lights in the city
half a mile away. 1t seemed enormously
higher than by daylight. When the
were completed and the
display had once begun, the people in
charge had the good taste to have no in
Permission. Jack O'Lanterns danced
rom place to place about the enclosure,
and whenever one paused an explosion
followed. Rockets. balloons, miniature
fountains, bombs, batteries and shells
were sent heavenward in volleys for half
an hour, filling the air with showers Of
ire. Explosions sometimes half mile
obo9e the earth took place and, waited by
4 gentle breeze, consultations numbering
thousands of beautifully tinted stars
1oated away over the Potomac. Three
'set pieces of mammoth proportions
we're among the last and grandest
features of the entertainment. The first
vas Jefferson. There was ''fzz''
audible mile away as Jack o Lantern
ouched his torch to piece and then
face in points of white fire, en-
'ircled by an oval frame in red, with "
banner in colors festooned gracefully
IbOut it, burst out of the darkness.
t glowed for minute In
ull brilliancy, then an eye
vent out with an explosion,
ollowed by portion of the nose and
asst of all, the blue stars of the banners.
The face of the titular patron Of sim
)licity and unOstentation was probably
lot recognizable to the masses of the
pectators, but when the letters of his
lame beneath were made out
HIS MEMORY WAS HONoRED
n prolonged cheers. The next large
'iece represented the national capitol
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