Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-07-05
a GLORIOUS EOUKrH.

Fourth OF July wa Welcomed In on
Tuesday night with an ind dencrlbAble
din, fully equal to that OF the Oenten
NAL year. Fire crackers were exploded
on almost every street, lane and alley,
while above their rattle could be heard
the sound Of the larger crackers,
mingled with the sharp crack Of pistols
and the boom OF gums. Red fres
showed that the hEes Of patriotism were
still burning brightly, whils every few
minutes the hky WAS illumined by the
glsro OF burbtiBg rockets, or the many
oolored balls Of Roman candles. As
the clocks tollsd oat the midnight hour,
bells were rung, and Ateam whistles
blown, giving their welcome 10 the one
hundred and twelfth oelSbEAlion Of
American Independence.
By the time day commenced to dawn
younE America WAS on the street and
contributed his share toward the csle.
brAtion Of the day By the airing OF
orRokeTs and the discharge Of toy can.
mons, causing an almost continuous
racket Shortly after O'Clock hlAaFeds
Of poreonB were on the streets Wend.
ing their way to some one Of the rail.
road stations. or the wharf, to take the
cars or boat for days OxourBion. The
police attempted In the morning TO stop
the din and racket, bet finding IL q
hopeless task turned their attention 10
other matters. DuItnR the heat Of the
day lhOre was some little cessation in
the nrninK, and It seemed aa though the
small boy had exhausted his stock, but
- the shades Of evening Oommenced to
descend this illuEion was dispelled, and
1t WAS resumed In . manner which
showed that the boys intended to make
up for lost time.
The Clan. nA- Gael picnic at Sohuetzen
Park was attended by . large number
Of persons, GRd hAoks were running
loaded with passengers all day. The
sports were very fine, and . number Of
prizes were awarded.
The athletic sports In the afternoon ct
Ninth and Lombard streets, under the
auspices OF the Hast Side Association,
attracted large number Of persons,
and By 80 O'Clock the large lot was we'll
nllOd. HyAtt's BRAd occupied q place
on tho stand and di0ooursed excellent
musif. The exsrcisSs were commenced
BY sending up six large balloons, which
At hrHt seemed for time % Almost re-
main stationary In the air, but ~ they
slowly rose were caught by the current,
and soon carried out Of sight over the
Brandy wine.
Thsre were . number Of police officers
on tho ground, but 1t was only with the
greatest difficulty thAt they were en-
ablOd to keep the vast crowd back from
the course which had been laid out for
the contestants.
The hrst event was the 10 yards run.
ming EAce for the silver cup offered BY
8. Il. BAyDard. The entries were Isaac
ID. Neckervis, John Sparks and o, II.
Bott. Tie race was won by Neoksrvis.
No time Was taken.
The entries for the half mile Enoe for
the Buoher prlEs Of . photograph of ehe
winner. were y. r. Jones, 1. D Neoker-
Wis. j. Campbell, J. K. DillmAn, ]. T.
Hudson, W. sposrl, George Kolck, q.
II. Bott, o. 7. V. BAtag. Bates took
the lead and came In an easy winner.
In this race one of HudAon 3 shoes came
of as also one In the 400 yard race.
The sack race for the Mlllard DAVIS
prize Of 9 silver cup had bat two en- trles, ,
8 Il, Venn and James halrns, VsnA ,
came n an easy winner,
The thF0e legged race for the LaRton I
prize, . pair OF Ice pitchers, was entered |
~ 8. a. Venn and 1. d. Neokervis, !
Bueder and Kairns. GradWOhl and
Jones, Mask Rad Hauley. The race Was
easily won by Mask and HAnley.
The boys 200 yards race was ooD
tasted by o. Gaudrsau, Christopher
Cole, George Kolok, George MY nioh and
Harry Lodge. Tho prize, one month |
NatAtorium ticket, became the property
Of harry Lodge.
The entries Tor the 400 yards rAos for
the Webster prize, q season ticket to I
the NAtAtorlum, wers 8. 4. JSnes, I. ID. /
NeokerTis, @. Il. Bott. @. T. V. Bates,
j. Campbell, j. T. Hudson and J. r
DillmAn. The race was easily won by
Bates.
The 100 yards race for the gold medal
offered by SherWin & Son was the most
exciting contest of all. There we're four
entries IS follows: ]. d. NsokervIs, s. |
r Jones, John Sparks and o. II. Bott.
Edwin ID. Frook was deslrous of enter
ing, but objection was made on the |
ground Of his being professional.
This was denied by FrOck, who made
several ofiers, all of which were refused,
and he was not permitted to enter.
Three heats were run, the frat and last |
OF which were won BY g. r. Jones, and |
he wSs awarded the medal.
The boys sack race WAS declared |
event, and o. GAudreAu was the next
the winner.
Theirs WAS but one entry In the far.
mere race, the fat mans race and the
fiTemen's race, consequently they were
dispensed with. The j udges were Frank
Kane, q. b. Young and @. A. Cline. |
Tie sports were ended about O'Clock,
and gave the greatest salts iAotion to ali |
who witnessed then, the only drawback |
being that those who were not provided
with umbrellas were obliged TO stand
exposed to the soOrchinR rays Of the sun.
While the balloons were being sent up, q
man on q roof In the vicinity amused
himself and disgusted the spectators by
shooting at them with q revolver. He
succeeding In orlpplinR one, which after
sailing u short distance fell to the
ground, but owing to his bad marks
mSuship did not succeed In hitting any
OF the others.
BY O'Clock the sky was sblszs with
rockets and Roman candles, while the
display of red Are was almost sufficient
to convey the impression that part ut
least Of the city was the scene Of an i'm
mense oonflAarAtion. At this hour pso.
pie commenced again to flock to the
vicinity Of Ninth and Lombard streets,
to witness the display Of hre works,
which the EAst Side Association an.
pounoed would close the celebration.
The lots and streets in the vicinity
were crowded, aud It Ia probable that
not less than 6 900 persons we're pres.
ent. Many residing in the Vicinity as
csuded to the roofs Of their houses, from
which they could enjoy an unobstruct.
ed view over the heads of the specta-
tors. Sergeant TuCker, with n squad OF
eight officers, eucceeded in keeping the
crowd back from the lot en- which the
dtsnlaV WAS piyen, ami thus avoided