St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-23
INA BLAZE OF LIGHT.
Brilliant Display on Fireworks at
the Palace.

The attendance at the carnival grounds
last evening was very large and the pleas
ant weather allowed all to enjoy
themselves without crOwding into the
booths to keep warm. The tObOggan slides
were in good condition and were thronged
with gayly-costumed tObOgganers during the
entire evening. They were watched by
crowds of spectators stationed along the
entire length of the slides, as enthusiastic
over the sport as the tobogganers them
selves. Particularly was this the case at
the foot of the slides, where large crowd
was stationed watching with keen interest
the rivalry among tObogganers, each en-
deavoring to go farther than the others.
often to the detriment either of the fence or
the tobOggan. The children's slide just
west of the palace was also in good con-
ditiOn and well DatrOniZed. The
ice on the Kinks was not in con-
ditiOn to afford sport to the skaters
except a portion of one end which was duly
utilized. Accordingly the exhibition game
of polo between the Carnival Skating club
and Ryan Rink club was postponed. The
curling rink was flooded to be in readiness
for the match to occur to-day between the
three Kinks from St. Paul and Minneapolis
for the Grand National Curling club dis
trict medal. Beside the large attendance
inside the grounds an immense cOncourse
of people assembled on the streets and
buildings adjoining. as Oh previous occasions
to witness the display of fireworks. The
pyrotechnics of the evening. as had been
announced, were of an entirely different
character from previous displays, the prn-
cipal features consisting Of set figures
and designs shown Oh framewOrks in
Of hn al
the figures had previously been raised
on iOsts twelve feet in length ready to be
touched off when the time arrived. AT
$50 o'clock the designs were set off and for
about twenty minutes formed very beau
tiful sight, rockets, bombs fire balloons,
etc, being sent up at the same time from
within the palace as an addition TO the dis
play. Many of the designs represented
emblems and features of the carnival, such
as St Georges cross. carnival frOlic, car
nival clubs dance, carnival times. the Fire
Kings mystical wings, King Borealis en-
blems, etc., and these were enthusiastically
received by the spectators. Designs appro-
pirate to the day were the tree of liberty
and Washington's birthday beautifully IL
Eliminated. These were interspersed with
the rising and setting sun, Illuminated
bicycle wheels, brilliant fountains, batteries
III SbdIS, 1ONOlNlhS MheclS, elc. lnefe were
also Illuminated cascades and Minnehaha
Falls. All these, accompanied bv the
bombs, rockets and balloons, with the lee
palace brilliantly lighted with many-colored
fires, formed beautiful and picturesque
scene. and one to be seen hereafter only in
connection with the twenty-nne ice palaces
yet to come. During the display, all sports
were suspended and the full beauty of the
fireworks eniOVed but no sooner had the
fires died out than the slides again became
alive with enthusiastic tObOgganeIs. the re-
treshment booths were again filled, the
Greedy relics were surrounded by a curious
crowd and the Metropolitan band enlivened