The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-10

G,o The small boys fire crackers, the little
girls lorpedoes, and the larger boys and girls
soda water with strawberry or lemon syruI
and you extend to them enough pleasure to
make even the dreariest independence Day
D prolonged delight.
In every respect the celebration in Ottawa
vas a success. The accidents that occurred
we're slight ones, the worst being the break
ing down in the evening of the Clifton porch
at the rear of the Clifton Hotel, from over
crowling, and it gave way in such manner
as to throw the people forward causing no
injury except the spraining Of an ankle and
the s'lnting of a woman. There was little
dram eness and no boistrous demonstration
At twelve o'clock at night the streets were
as quiet as though nothing had occurred
throughout the preceding hours.
BY early morning the people came pour
ing into the town from every direction.
They rode in wagons, in carriages, in Lug
gies md in road carts. They came by rail-
and they trudgcd in on foot. AT the hour
Of ten at least eight thousand men, women
and children were on the streets, and by
high DON fifteen thousand jostled and push
ed ate ice cream, drank lemonade, beer and
soda, and craned their necks to see just
what was going on.
Promptly at ten o'clock the procession ap-
pearal on La Sale street and moved south.
TIC ci.y's police force in advance, followed
y, MENDOZA bani. Then came Marshal
Widrer and his aids. Following the Mar
shall were Co. d, 4th Regt, Co. b, 9th Reg't,
IN G., and after them in carriages Mayor
Allen, of this city, Mayor Beach, of Morris,
"cT.an A. Douglass Jr, the orator Of the
day, and Rev. W, F. Day, who oihciated as
chaplain. In the carriages Immediately fol
lowing were number Of prominent citizens
and the members off the city council The
second division was under charge Of Asst.
Marshal Nattinger, and was led by Fizger-
AIDS brass band. II consisted of the Otta.
wa Peru, Morris and Mendoza FIRE depart
meme. The third and most attractive por.
lion the procession was under charge of
ASS. MARSHAL Gibson, and was headed by
She '"airie Center band. The feature dis
tinglishlng it was the trades exhibition,
yhitn excelled anything ever before wit
nee ia Ottawa. The Pioneer Fire Proof
Construction Co. had gone to very great ex-
pence ana trouble in making their show a
creditable one, ald they succeeded admira-
bly,. They had in line l6 wagons, all deo-
GRATED in red, white and blue, containing
clay tn the rough and clay made into the
various kinds of tile manufactured by them
l02 Of their working men accompanied their
wagons. The cigar makers Of this city not
only lad men in line to the number Of GA,
In t wagon were number Of men at work
making cigars, which were thrown to the
peop.s on the streets, CAUSING good deal Of
i've acrambling. Carried by the men were
number of banners bearing such notices
As 'lc Union there is Strength celebrate
by Smoking the Union Label Cigar" SC.
Cc'.eH Dawell & Hamilton, of the Victor
Roller Mills, had the neatest display Of the
day Upon large platform wagon they had
bull a pyramid Of -four, embracing all the
brands made by them. The employees o.,
the mil, dressed in working garb, stood half
resi- upon the sides Of the pyramid, and
upon iis apex was the younger son of Mr.
Cotton, who seemed more unconcerned
than he crowds on the sidewalk. Messrs.
Riale < Co., II. A. Butler, Burke Bros. and
j. /. Flick all had fine grocery displays,
and VIA. Degeu exhibited tie beet meats in
bis establishment. J. L. Porters agricul
'fnrai wares were pr ceded by Yentzer and
Ia! ey, i is-se.i.g missionaries. y Iri.