The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-24
THE FIREWORKS.
Brilliant Programme of Pyrotechnics
at the Park Tonight.

at the Park Tonight.
The closing event of the Festival will be
the grand fireworks display at the Park
extension tonight TIL committee having
the matter in charge h IS completed the ar
rangements. The d spll will begin at s
O'Clock and viii be md II the direction of
Messrs. Newkirk and B uce experts from
the Detwiller and Stree Fireworks Manu-
featuring Company, OF New York. 1t will
be beyond doubt the grandest pyrotechnic
display ever given in the South.
The pieces will be set off on the north
side of the Park extension with the trees in
Forsyth Park as a background. A rope
will be stretched across the extension at the
Confederate monument, and the crowds
will be kept back of it. The display can be
seen better at distance than close by, and
in order to successfully carry out the pro-
gramme the crowd will be kept back of the
rope.
The following is a descriptive programme
of the display:
Brilliant illumination of the park and
surrounding landscape with carnation fire
and salute of aerial artillery.
Ascent of asteroid rockets changing their
colors many times during their gyrations in
the air.
Grand device and motto-Jasper Festi-
val beautifully decorated with Chinese and
rayonet fire, and discharge of colored me-
teors.
Battery of bombshells with magnesium
and electric decorations, forming huge
boquets of blended colors.
Flight of sky rockets displaying willow,
laburnum and yew tree designs.
Mosaic rosette-Commences with an illu-
minated revolving rosette of red, green and
purple prisms and changing to border of
rich checkered glory.
Aerial display of large shells with glow
worms, twinkling stars, lneteors and comets
Grand Eclochia Wheel-Opens with a
large revolving sun with golden streams of
fire and tinted borders of rich design, inter
laced with chains of brilliant fire, red,
green and crimson, representing snakes in
pursuit of butterflies.
Discharge of improved exhibition rockets
with electric meteors and shooting stars.
Comic Device-Our Country Cousins
Celebrating the Jasper Festival, having a
splendid time.
Bombardment of eighteen-iuch shells
showing stars of various hues and recent in
ventions, purple and gold carmine and
emerald, pearl and green and blue and
gold.
Palmetto Grove-Blossoms Of golden and
variegated flowers and crystal leaflets
Aerial display of rockets, which at their
highest altitude display chameleon stars
with magic changes
Fire portrait of Gov. Gordon with bat
terry of colored bullets.
Grand display of rockets, which at an
altitude of 300 feet will pour from the
clouds torrents Of liquid golden fire, a most
gorgeous and novel piece of pyrotechny.
Diamond cross opens with q studded re-
volving shield of jewels, INITIATING to u dia-
mond cross design, brilliantly decorated
with borders Of rubies and pearls, and en-
riched with golden tassel fire, marooned.
Bomb shells, displaying in mid air wheat
sheaf, stars and golden grain descending
slowly to the ground.
Mammoth prize wheel commences with a
gorgeous center wheel, decorated with
every color of the rainbow, surrounded by
four revolving saxon wheels, forming pas-
sion flowers and the whole surrounded with
an immense circle Of gold and silver check
erod fires.
Flight Of sky rockets with hre-nys, magic
starleS, salamanders and electric adders.
The magic tree, dispensing blossoms Of
rubie-, omeralds aud pearls II gorgeous de-
sign, representing the magic jewelled tree
IN the fairy Legend Of Aladdin.
Aerial display OF colossal bomb-shels ~
golden cloud, peacock plumes, humming
birds and suales 100 feet long.
hfhnd device representing Sergt Jasper
replacing the crescent flag upon the ram
parts ~ the fort amidst his fellow rctiio4s
biachnrRe of rockets ~ roYulY,ahC dragons,
wrial epniorti0uifis, haflcqulphdes and sea-