The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-07-11
A BIG DAY.
FINE WEATHER, A BIG CROWD,
AND A JOYOUS OCCASION
THROUGHOUT.

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w;tnooood nm tb. urorra
w.,,,,, d,wn.a ,;,,,o,. aloud
in ,ha lv:sonetb;no ,emorL.,,,o th;s
sooson w,ich hos been no,oh,a f,r Ito
do,,v d,wr.nour;nos of ro;n A. ,,ay.
l;,b, ,bo n;npte-men-a hand Of arrm.
r,a-s ,ooou,,,,od hv n,n,har of
mo, o,med with gups which tbev fred
a, short ;n,s,vols-marched .rornd tho
tovn and rors.d the s,aan;no nonuloce
Az so,n no II b.came liubt IL was nla;p,v
seem that pozeman had outdone al, Of
its former efforts in the DECORATIVE line
opd nm and down Main streat averv
bp;,d;ng had taten its holiday attire
Everoreens clotbed every most and hing
between every te,eprsnb mole. Trees
occun;ed everv available an.ce and III.
buildings were evervwbere cove red with
rod white and b,pe bunt;nv wb;,e the
f,av of our country HING in pracefnl
folds from numerous f,ap.staffs IT would
be f,t;,e for ps IN descr,be everv deco.
ration or m sneak of those most worthy
ef ,,escr;,,ion but bv all odds the most
striking was that Of the militia company
at their HEADQUARTERS.
The militia company was called to-
getber at q O'clock for the nurnose of
escortinp the Governor from the train
to the hotel when it was discovered that
he had arrived on a previous train.
While this was somewhat of disap-
nointment II was determined tn follow
out the program and. after divers &C.
cidents nv which one private and the
bupler were suddenly precipitated to the
ground and ,non,ed around in the dust
of Main street bv the unlooked. for and
cratic performances of their recalcitrant
steeds the troop was manuuyred for an
bopr after which thew were drawn nm
in front of the J,aclede hotel where the
Mavor introduced the Governor WIN
addressed the company and people from
| the balcony, His Excellency smoke oil
the nleasure he had exner;enced in an,
t;cinat;ny h;s t,;n tn Rozeman and was
more than n,easea with the signs Of
nrosne,;tv that yraeted him upon every
hand GREAT manv neonle had come
from Kantnekv his native state tn Mon.
tona and the most of them had beeu
drawn b;ther hv III. cron renorts from
,ba Go,,atin valley which was known
in tho orcb;ves ot Wosbinoton os tbe
n,st n,oa,c,;vo v,,Iav In tho world
Ha b;eblv comn,;nented tbe militia or
their annearance and nrot,c;ercv opd
sa;d that i, o.,o him rro.t n,.osrro r.
he of .o-v,oa % tho nood noon,a of th,s
ro,;on
A. o,oo .,,o v.o,ass;,,, r,s e,.oa =,
tho hood of Ma;r streat and beoded h,
az hond In tho;r oI;,to,;n, now I'M;
l sorn,s ,n.rot Cd 10 Rroodyov ond thor
ro,r.csd ;,s morc,, ,o t,,e c;tv h.ll br;,a
a.. nhoso .ha oornar stona wos All,
laid In the procession were Governo,
Leslie, Mayor Bogert, the city council
and other distinguished citizens and
guests. Then came the militia dis
mounted, and the three fire companies
the hose company OF the latter beinl
handsomely arrayed in their velvet
trimmed jackets. Following this loDi
line, came large number of horsemen
gayly decorated, while last, but moi
least, came the car containing Messrs
4 Slusser & Henke, who manufactured
cigars and threw them, as fast as made
into the crowd.
4 Arriving at the city hall, the com.
panies were drawn up in line, the band
played, and W. W. Anderson delivered
his speech, which reviewed, to some
length, the notable events in the history
of the town. He was followed by the
Mayor, who gave the history OF the city
hall, and deposited under the corner
stone package Of documents to be
opened when the building decays.
| AFTER DINNER.
Tho crowds cont;nnel IN rome in
ev.rv direction from The country and
bv noon the main streets were filed
with people in holiday attire. About
this time the crowd yas further auy.
manted nv three carloads of peonle from
I;v;nyston who with some difficulty
found a place to eat dinner. II was the
;,,o,t;on IN maet the Jiv;ngstop;,aa at
the depot, but their arrival was SO ill.,
timed that II was found impossible to do
40.
About 2 O'Clock the crowd, or as many
as could be crowded into Tilton's i'm.
mense building, assembled to listen to
the speeches of the day. The exercises
were commenced by PRAYER by Rev.
Claw Fleenor, which was Immediately
followed by an address by the Governor,
Judge Davis then read the Declaration
of Indenendence followeJ by A song.
.Iet the Hills and Wales Resound, !"
Chas. Hartman then delivered an ad.