St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-05
FOURTH AT SALTWATER.
Bluff City People Enjoy Themselves
Right Well.
AN INDUSTRIAL PARADE
Boat Races, Foot Races and Other
C0ntests---The Day at the
Prison.

The Fourth was perfect day in
Saltwater, so far as the weather was
concerned, the rain of the previous
day having settled the dust and cooled
the air. The streets began to fill up
early with people from the country,
who came in crowds to witness the
days festivities. The grand industrial
parade occurred at a. M, and was a
fine affair, the leading business estab-
lishments of the city making display.
The procession formed OH Greeley
street, under f. E. Joy, as chief mar
shall, and, escorted by the Saltwater
bany, paraded the principal streets.
The city fire department was out
in full force with all its equipments.
Several Of the private displays were
elaborate. j. o. Holm & Co. were rep
resented by a locomotive propelled by
horse power, the animal being con-
cealed inside the boiler. Samuel Mat
thews d Co. had an elegant float drawn
by six gray horses. Aifie IL Piper. of
the Northwestern, and Joseph Wolf, of
the Empire brewerieS, each had fine
float Lemon Il Muller, furniture deal
ers, had large float filled with ele-
CANT goods. +. H. Lehman IL Co.,
painters and decorators, also were out in
tasty outfit. The Ladies' Bazaar had a
float drawn by three Shetland ponies
driven tandem. f. Gerwin, carriage
maker, had forge and men upon his
float. Currie u CARL had a stone float
with men at work cutting stone. Nor
man Bros. and j. p. Fitzgerald, black
smiths. both had FORCES in operation
and men shooting horses upon their
r.ni Il veto En,.
din Bros. bOttling works (the latter
having a fountain in full play, the
Still water Democrat (the only city paper
represented in the parade), and other
establishments had floats of more or
less note. The Mueller Post, q. A. II.
NOcOphone band made nice appear
ance, and the usual number of
grOteSque characters and turnoutS made
up the ludicrouS features. The parade
was one of the best ever seen i'll
this city. AT 10 a. m. the batteauX races
took place upon the lake, in which
three crews took part, carrying blue,
white and red, coming home in the
order named, about two boat lengths
apart. The afternoon was devoted to
races and other amuSementS, in which
there were three foot races, one in
which the contestants were men and
two boys races, sack race, potato race
and an egg and spoon race. One of the
most exciting contests of the after
noon was pulling match between
five Republicans and five Democrats,
all picked men, weighing nearly 200
pounds to the man, in which the Demo-
Gratis won, amid enthusiastic cheering.
The fire department. also contributed
its share to the occasion, turning out its
entire outfit at the alarm, with men in
bed ready to leave the house in twenty
seconds, and a contest between two hose
teams with straight-away run, catch
ing hydrant on the run, laying 200 feet
of hose and getting stream of
water in thirty-Seven seconds and
a half. At the prison at 10 a.
IN. interesting exercises were held,
consisting of music and addresses by
Father Murphy and other clergymen,
Warden StOrdock and Inspector Dunn,
and vocal music by visitors. The pris-
OnerS were given a special bill of fare
and allowed couple of hours freedom
of the corridor, all of which was highly
enjoyed by them, and all the several
exercises warmly applauded. The day
passed without a single accident or dis
turbance of any kind. Above $1,000
was given away in premiums for the
different contests. In the evening
very fine display of fireworks was
made from the lake bridge, and all
things considered the day was one of
unallOyed pleasure.