Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-06
THE AMERICAN EAGLE
SCREAMS WITH UNUSUAL yIG0R IN
WHEELING YESTERDAY.
The Day More Generally and Periodically
Celebrated than for Years---A Little
Talk About the Day and the
DOings Of the People.

Sunday-or more correctly speaking, the
Fourth of July-was celebrated yesterday
in a good, old-fashioned manner, andevery
individual seemed to enjoy himself or her
self in a hearty manner. The day wasmore
generally observed than for years past
The morn broke bright and clear, and
Old Sol rose in all his glory, smiling upon
the earth and presaging a lovely day, and
he certainly called the turn, although dur
inc the middle of the day he got in
some hot work on sweltering
humanity. But that only made the cool
shade of the woods all the more enjoyable
for those who were fortunate enough to be
able to leave the sitting atmosphere OF the
city and take advantage of the various re-
sorts, and these were many. To attempt
with any degree of correctness TO obtain
the number o people who left the city would
he almost impossible, but making a rough
80 :, was d~enopulated to the
number of ut least ten or twelve thousand
souls. who betOOk themselves to the Narl-
Gus picnicS, public and private, that the
day was 50 prolific of.
Early morning witnessed people In all
parts of the city making preparations TO
HE themselves away to the rural districts,
whether in cars, carriages, wagons, steam
boats, on foot or otherwise; but the ma
iority of those who went did 50 toward the
noon hour of the day. There were picnic
n~arties~ scattered all around the city, some
being of portentiOus size while Others were
not so large, some falling to the small
number of two. These latter naturally
were very numerous, and in years to come
they give promise Of blooming out into
good-sized family picnics. But OF
course that fact is slightly foreign
TO our story, and as volumes and volumes
have been written by better pen wlelderS,
the dOings of such a picnic party IS left to
the reader to imagine, or guess ut leisure.
A little bit of history concerning plcnlcS,
their origin and growth, might come In ap-
prOpriately ut this point, but we deSiSt.
Those who attended them yesterday have
no desire to know from whence they came,
or where they are going. Generally speak
ing they don't care a picayune. They mad
a picnic-probably Scyeral-and are of the
opinion that sufficient for the day is the
evil thereof"
All day the air was redOlent of the odOr
of burnt powder. The bang of fire arms
was heard almost continually, while the
patriotic yell of the small boy had Il har-
monious sound not always 50 hearable. AS
before remarked, the day has not been
celebrated in such n patriotic u for
"yurZ und yurz," and it Was not young
America alone that took part in the tcStiN-
tiles. Old and middle-aged America joined
i'm the sport with as much vim aS their
juniors, and Rome howled-that is Wheel
ing did.
While a good deal of beer was drunk
and other beverages disposed of, the order
was almost perfect, the day passing of
with only one or two little scrappinS match
Is on the record. And happy to say, not
a boy, girl, or man, beheld the record of
his or her dQ0m-either from the toy pis-
toll or from any other cause, Judging from
the returns ut this hour. This is a subject
for cOngratulatiOn, and it Is evident thai
the youth of the city took the advice
dolad GU to them in the REGISTER of Sat
urday morning.
Last evening the fun was kept up
with increased vigOr and the atmosphere
was thick with cOlOrcd fires, sky rockets,
Roman candles and countless other pyrO-
technical displays, while the bang of the
biz Jackson cracker was heard inthe land.
This was the order of things all over the
city, and the display exceeded anything
seen for Il long time. Hundreds of dollars
went up in vaTi-cOlOred fires and smoke
i'm the city limits, while the suburban vii
lages were not far behind. A prominent
dealer in fireworks was asked by Il reporter
how business in that line was, and he re-
Piled
at has been egOrmOuSall day. Although
not many fancy pieces have been sid, the
sale of ordinary fireworks has been much
larger than any year since 1876. We have
been in a constant rush all day"
This was the experience of all the other
dealers in the city. Early this morning
Market and other prominent streets looked
us if they had been treated to a heavy
shower of burnt paper, empty paper cubes
and long slender sticks. What was the
cause Ol llllS ullUlNN'stl NNlNbldNlbh' " viz
natural question. The best answer is that
Mayor Grubb omitted, whether from for
getfulnesS or OF purpose, to issue a procla-
nation prohibiting the discharge of fire
works in the city on the third, fourth or
fifth. No one can blame him for his
omission, and it is doubtful
il anyone does. At least they shouldn't,
for up to this writing no damage either by
fire OF powder. has been reported. Taking
it all in all yesterday wa d glad and glori-
bus Fourth, if it was the fifth, and will
long be remembered by all rs Il day Of en-
ioyment. So passes away the last of an
other wear, the one hundred and tenth an
niversary of American liberty and indie
pendencc, and the old Eagle is still scream
ing vigorously, and will continue to do so
until the end of time. Let her scream!