St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-04
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.
How Minneapolis Will Put in the Great
Fourth.
SPORT AND PAsTlME GALORE
Opportunities for Every Age, Class and
Sex to Be Patriotic and Find
Recreation.

Inc great ana glorious FOufGn OF July
is here, and any person who cannot en-
joy himself to-day, with all the induce
ments held out to him, must indeed be
very unpatriotic. The small boy has
been saving his pennies for weeks past
in order to spend them for ''nigger
chasers" and frecrackers for to-day,
and those who remain in the city will
find that there will be just as much
noise, racket and enthusiasm as there
was years ago, despite the assertions of
the old crOakerS who insist that the
Fourth of July has lost its meaning.
There has been heavy demand at the
stores for the big crackers which
explode with sound like the explosion
of a cannon, and blow things in their
immediate neighborhood skyward-and
this evening will probably see few
desperate encounters between several
parties, the same as was had last year
and the year previous. There will be
no public exhibition of fireworks in the
city this evening, but several private
citizens will do something in that line
on their own grounds. OF cOnrSe, there
will be fireworks out at the lakes. In
the matter of games, picnicS and eXcur-
siOns there is widely diversified list,
and it would seem as though no person
should have cause of complaint. You
pay your money and you take your
choice.
"The Mascot" will be presented at
the Peoples theater in the afternoon
and evening by the Deshon lOpera COM
pany.
The Twin City Driving association
will have races all day at the tracks at
Hamline and number of interesting
events are promised.
There will be two league games at
South Minneapolis.
AT MinnetOnka Beach there will be
boat races. in which the members of the
Minnesota and Manitoba Rowing asso-
Citations will take an active part.
All the railroads are making special
rates for to-day and many picnic party
will take advantage of the event and go
out in the country.
The Transfers Protective association
will have picnic on the grounds at the
corner of Thirteenth street and Eight
zenith avenue north.
Members of Jacob Schafer post, G. A.
r., and invited guests, will spend the
day at Gales grove, corner of Ply
mouth and Girard avenues.
The young people of the Franklin
an ice cream social this evening at the
residence of Mrs. A. HotchkiSs, corner
Franklin and Twenty-fifth avenues
south.
A number of East Side young ladies
and gentlemen will celebrate the day at
Lake Calhoun.
A large number of people will remain
at home.
A special matinee will be given at the
Pence opera house.
Company A, now in camp, will give
a skirmish drill on the Yale property.
beginning at 5 a. m. Five thousand
rounds of ammunition will be used.
The postoffice will be open from to
9:15 a. m. Carriers will deliver no mail.
ALI the freight Offices will be closed
all day.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, of Minneapolis and ST. Paul, will
celebrate at their headquarters at Nah
tOmedi, on the shores of White Bear
lake.
The old settlers will hold their fourth
annual meeting at the residence of ii.
l.. Steinhauser, at 1887 Second avenue
south. The exercises will begin at D.
M, and will consist of music and ad-
dresses by Mrs. E. M. S. Marble, Rev.
Falk GjertSOn and others.
Ile ClHZenS Ol EXcelSlOr Will nOlQ q
grand jubilee in that town. There will
be free-for-all yacht race OH the lake,
for which numerous prizes are offered,
and several running and other races on
the shore.
r. w. Brosnan goes to Saltwater to
assist in the blowout there.
The afternoon papers close up shop
to-day and assist in celebrating the
Fourth.
Work on the new postoffice building
will be entirely suspended, the entire
force of wOrkmen 0hree men and boy
having made vigorous protest against
working on the Fourth.
The morning newspaper reporters will
make grand hustle for copy as usual.
Mayor Ames has signifed his inten-
ton of remaining in his office all day
and caring for the poor unfortuneS who
get their eyes blown out OF their heads
knocked Off by sky rockets.
The dime museum will be open all
day, and performances will be given
every hour.
Minneapolis and St. Paul cricket
clubs play game at the grounds in
South Minneapolis.