Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-03
EYgNRYT PARK PACKED.
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4 3Ex1SROs0A PIOSiC.



a. largest by far ever held at Penryn park.
"a siss Of the crowd varied according to
6lShruut sutimsSsa, but II IL safe TO say there
Woro cousIdeeabiy over 1900 people on the
arounds ne greater part Of the day. The
- ~ 10 form q correct idea Of the crowd
= . taks the figures Of the railroad company.
Qnoy hauled 104 Car loads of excursionists
! ~ Lancaster, Lebanon and other places to
~ park, and the number Of tickets sold was
ovor 9, 100. About 1000 of these people came
ffom Lebanon, but the great bulk OF the
pscnic wa from Lancaster. 1t seemed to he
holiday between this city and Lebanon,
and In many places workshops were closed
and people donned their holiday attire to
attend the picnic They continued to leave
this city a. late as o'clock, and the tram
which started from King street at that time
consisted OF four cars which were hlled.
These late arrivals were people VINO were
unable to get away earlier In the day, but
were determined to enjoy themselves m e IN 'he
big crowd, II only for couple OF hours.
BENT UPON GOING.
II seemed that the pcnic-goers of this city
were bent upon going to Penryn yesterday,
md Il mattered little to them how they got
there or when they returned. Considering
the tremendous crowd, the railroad company
deserves great credit for the manner in which
they managed affairs. Superintendent Won.
Schmalensee, of the Mt Hope & Cornwall
attention to every detail in the running of
trains while Superintendent Wilson did the
work for the Reading railroad.
The picnic grounds presented very live
ly appearance as early as o'clock In the
morning. and soon after that the tremendous
trains from Lancaster emptied their contents
into the beautiful woods From that time
until late at night all was hustle. The
Liberty band Of this city, and Perseverance
OF Lebanon, arrived early, and during the
dov
dering excellent music. Dancing to
the music OF Taylor's orchestra began
early and continued late. great many of
the excursionists took their luncheon with
them and spread their cloths on the large
tables Of the grounds, while others depended
upon Copeland & Eckert, OF the large res
taurant, who were kept busy with their big
force Of employees all day ana by night were
pretty well eaten out In addition to dane
Ing the picnickers enjoyed themselves
In many ways The lake was
very attractive place and the boats
were in such demand that the man
who secured one for a short row was very
fortunate. Rut one accident occurred on the
water, and that was in the afternoon. Six
men secured boat, and shortly after going
out upon the lake the skih upset They
were all thrown into the water and for time
there was a big lot Of kicking. splashing,
blowing &c. One of the men made q mar
row escape from drowning, and 1t was only
after he had gone down a couple of times
that he was rescued. The base ball grounds
was also a favorite resort, while hundreds
climbed the big hill to the tower. upon reach
ing which they were rewarded by having
splendid view of the surrounding country.
Many persons explored the large forests, but
none succeeded in losing themselves. Plenty
Of ferns we're procured and large quantities
were brought to this city.
A PLACE THAT WAS CROWDED.
One of the most popular places during the
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barrels OF the foaming beverage was dealt out
to the thirsty. The management restricted
the beer to the members of the society and
families as nearly as they were able, but
were not entirely successful. All went
quietly during the day, but in the, evening &
several slight quarrels took place. which
were principally caused by party from
Lebanon. great many of the people from
that town were roughs who could not be kept
away. They seemed determined to stir up a
highland indeed some them stated that they
had come there for that purpose. Part of the
delegation from Mauheim was OF the tough
order, and they joined with the Lebanon
brethren in taking sides against Lancaster
for some fauCieu grievance In the evening
some OF the Lebanon men imagined that the y
were not being treated right and they in
sisted upon hiding and breaking beer glasse:
and otherwise acting in a rude manner.
SOME DISORDER.
Finally q scrap was started and several
Lebanon men made an attack upon JacOt
Foutz, driver Of engine No 8 OF the Lancaster
fire department Foutz was injured by hav.
ing his thumb bitten and an eye blackened,
but he afterwards found his principal assail-
ant and did him up in good shape. A man
named Longnecker, ,fromManheim,w was badl y
beaten and had his nose broken, and other
wise slightly injured. Several parties were
arrested and placed in the lookup on the
grounds, but were afterwards released. The
fighting took place far back in the woods, and
as soon as it began beer was refused to every
one and there was no further trouble during
the evening.
The first train to leave the grounds for
Lancaster WAS about o'clock. 1t was very
long and was packed with people, many or
whom were women and children, very tired
after the day i'm the woods They arrived
here safely about 0 o'clock. The next train
was the regular, which left Penryn al o'clock
and reached Lancaster about half past nine.
Although this train was composed of but four
cars II is said that over 500 people were packed
upon It The majority of the people were
compelled to remain at the park until after IL
O'Clock, and the last train with twenty-five
cars did not arrive here until o'clock thi
morning. Notwithstanding the great crow
there was but one slight accident during the
day. James Burns was a passenger on an
afternoon train to the ground. Just before
reaching the station he fell from car plat
form, and striking his face upon the rough
sand stones, had 1t badly cut and scratched.
both to the Mmnnerchor and the railroad
company.
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