New-York tribune., 1886-07-05
TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
oBsERvANcEs OF INDEPENDENCE DAY.
PARADE. SPEECHES AND FIREWORKS IN HARLEM

OBsERvANCES OF INDEPENDENCE DAY.
PARADE. SPEECHES AND FIREWORKS IN HARLEM
ATHLETIC CONTESTS ON LAND AND WATER
Independence Day ia not likely to be cele-
brsted with any great enthusiasm or by specially sis-
ncant ceremonies anywhere In the city except IN HAT
lem. That good old proposes to do big things and
to make Of the occasion grand, oldfashoaed Fourth
OF July The idea originated With Alexander Hamilton
Post G. A. r.. and preparations have beeu made on Al
elaborate scale. At daybreak minute guns
will boom greeting to the SUM- ois
parade will take place at $50 a m george
J. Norman will be grand marshal The First Division
will consist OF tho list Regiment OF tho National
Guard, Colonel f. A. McAlpn commanding the Vet
eran Zouave Battalion, with Colonel Thomas Sheehan
= its head the 1st Battery, National Guard, Captain
Louis Wendell; and the Columbia Guards, Captain
Kelly. @. g. Bevans will be marshal Of the Second
Division. which will be composed Of the Alexander Ham
iton Post No. 1872. G.. A. r.. Commander Cndernill
sumner Post, No. a. Commander Peserkin George g.
Meade Post, No. SO. Commander Mcconnell
Farragut Post. No. 25, Commander Heilferty;
and Oliver Tlden Post. No. 95. Commander
]. Wesley Smith. This division will have charge OF
Washng gons COACH lent the occasion by its owner
Captain Richardson. 8. H. Bailey will lead the Third
Division. which will consist OF Judson Fitzpatrick Post
No. I43, vlce-Commander McGrann Van Housn Post
No. g. Of Jersey City; vanderblls Post No. 135. Com
mander Terry; Bendix Post, No. 402. Commander
Humphreys Fred. Hscker Post. No. 40S. Commander
Fest, and the Provisional Battalion OF the Grand
Army The Fourth Division will be marshAllsd
BY william u. May, and will be civil in ia
nature The Harlem rurnveretn, the Harlem schuetzen
Corus and the Harlem Masnnsrchor together with the
boys and girls Of Harlem public schools will compose
it. The Fifth Division will consist OF antiques ana horri-
bles OF all grotesQue designs and shapes, and l. M
seaver will marshal them. When the procession starts
| it will move up rington-ava TO One-nundred-
| IN q
thireth st. to sevsnthave, to Onehundred and'twen-
ty thlrist 70 Newave, to One-hundred- and-twenty-
fourtnst, TO the Mount Morris Park and Fifth-aye
whore 1t will disbsnd Then everybody Is expected 10
20 into the Park and Join In singing The spangeo
Banner" after which Jerome Buck will deliver an ora
ton At 3 D. m. q big lunch will be served in the PARK
After the firing Of salute at the departing SUM- Dig
band will discourse patriotic music until 1t becomes
DARK and then the fireworks will be set on Ihe fsus
of Niagara will be hquid fire, 100 feet long oy
so feet high Ffty-nch bombs the largest ever maue,
will be fred off, Portraits OF Washington Lincoln and
Grant, eighty feet high, will be shown. Ihen snou
sand coored rockets will bs sent skyward In bouquet
The los, OF the Plelad will Do explained Tho aurora
borealis a silver cloud. three revolving suns. the
star gled banner. shell Of asteroids. an eepnan1
walking In the air. the Saxon cross, forest OF hEe'
horribles aud wonders and finally grand paIrlotic
piece, will be successiyely displayed
Exercises will be hed at tue Battery at sunrise when
L
David Van Arsdae. j. L Riker Post, No 81. Grand
Army OF the Republic. together with Posts NOS w. 3d.
A. lI3 2O6 $50 and 5l6 the Cd New-forx volunteers
and the veterans OF the llh Regiment will be present
The Society Of the Cincinnati will meet and celebrate
the day at Demonico's at noon
This will be the ninety ghth time that Tammany mas
celebrated the Fourth OF July and the organization Will
dolt IN style Grand Sschem P. Henry Dugro will do
liver an address Of The Declaration OF lnde-
pendence will be read by Ambrose Mone and Senators
Vance OF North Carolina and Gibson OK Lo aIssns' WI"
make speeches
The other incidents of daY will not be 80 much in
the nature Of celebrations The holiday WILL be taken
advantaee OF for many important sporting contests
There will be steepechasing and polo match at Cedar
Tas annual regatta of the Larchmon. Yacht
Club will Os sailed on the sonnL Members
ortne National Guard will have opportunity Of qla-
! wing Tor msrksmeu's badges at Creedmoor IAe
shooting will begin at $50 a u; Inc Cnanppn ,p
ouaincation Match 100 and 200 yards VIII De snot
The 69th Regiments annual picnic VII take place wi5n
etio CluTs midsummer games Will b- held at 80 p IN
a. P.r BT90sgn aag R5sTds Clubs and
the Manhattan and Brockton CLUBS VIII 20 10
played at II IN. Prospect ParE BrooGy9, AM the
yvsntieth annual games OF the Brooklyn CaIeuohlai
Club viii he held at the Myrtle Avenue Park
The Post once VIII be ci0ssa s a. a. - m % below cana
s and At a. M for stations above Cana+: The Gus
.om h0use aus" c.arancs g.a, OF vessels only
The Fourth will DO cs ebrated in Brooklyn oy the
usual illumination OF tue pun.
iutes and DIRE worxs at nlgh The ssltes VIII be nted
| az tha FOOT of COurt-sL. on FOrt Orcene'
and at stsgg-st and Unon-ave The nre.
wnrk. will be exhibited FOre Greene
W gac,ot ot, between North Tenth and Twelfth sts, at
Berry-s Bedtordave, at Tompkns PARK anu a. eas
| Washinrtou Park Baseball Grounds Among Ihe osner
,ttractions of the day Will the baseball contest PC
tween the reporters Police Hssdquarters ana
iyn representatives OF me World the games o. .ne
i.tc Cnb and those OF the CaedOnisn Cluo Inc 'as
donian games will pa held IN Myrtle Avenue rsrx A. a..
the ships In commission at tho Navy Yard VIII a'n sne
reruleton dress occasion, ana ssu.e UI .we
ty.one guns will be nred by the Vermont ahu "nnes""
| at noon.