Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-05-19

VIEW or THE pARAnR.
Cincinnati, on the Fourth Of next July,
will be full Of animation. Visitors will
be there from all parts OF the country TO
witness daylight street pageant that
promises to eclipse any demonstration of
the Kind ever witnessed in this country.
The occasion for this affair is the begin
ming of the grand jubilee to be held in
Cincinnati for period of one hundred
DAYS in honor of the one hundredth ami.
versary of the first white settlement of
the great Northwest, of which Ohio and
its chief city, Cincinnati, formed so@eon-
spicuous a portion
The opening day of the Centennial Ex-
position has been very appropriately set
for the Fourth of July, and, it being a
general holiday the city will be filed
with visitors, drawn thithcr by the
promise of O spectacle as novel as it win
be colossal
The immediate preparations for this
parade have been placed by the mayor,
who is the nominal head and grand mar
shall of the turnout, in the hands of u
body of men intimately associated
with an organization of public
spirited citizens, who for the past
several years have placed upon the
streets pageants of different kinds, the
bases of which have been scenes drawn
from ancient history, ''Thc Fall OF
Babylon" and ''Rome Under Nero" being
the most conspicuous, and which drew to
Cincinnati, while being performed there,
tens of thousands Of the best people from
the surrounding states.
The last named piece, after highly
successful run, was transferred to New
York. where il created boundless enthu-
siasm, and was pronounced by the press,
without exception, the most complete
and magnificent spectacular play ever
presented to an American public.
The chief creations for the show will
be barges or floats ON wheels, the pictures
consisting of historical representations Of
events associated with the first settle
ment of the Northwest Territory, the
subjects for the first being chiefly aborigi-
nal, the latter coming as far down into
modern history as subjects can be found
that may be readily and truthfully por-
trayed Besides these, however, other
floats will be allowed in line indicative of
the different lines of industry carried on
in the Queen City, bat all of which must
first be submitted to the managers of the
parade and successfully ''pass muster"
Beginning with the historical sketches
Con which, by the way, eminent scenic
artists have been engaged for weeks past)
there viii be the Symmes' party crossing
the mountains from the east to the head
waters of the Monongahela The por-.
trait of the chief figure Judge Symmes)
is pronounced an excellent one, taken
from picture Of the original. Next
comes representation of the council at
Marietta, o., body of men TO whom the
Northwest Territory were indebted for
the first laws ever enacted for the govern
ment Of that large section of country.
Then follows allegorical representations
of some historic scene from several states
adjacent TO Ohio For instance, one from
Kentucky represents the meeting OF
Squire Boone with his brother, the IA
nous hunter Daniel Boone, after the
formers return from ''the states" From
Indiana there is the portage Of Marquette,
the French explorer, crossing the Illinois
river TO the head waters of the Wabash,
this journey really and literally being the
first exploration by white men Of the
territory of Indiana. Another will be
General Roger Clarke's attack upon Vim
cennes, closely followed by a hfe-like
picture of old Fort Washington, Cincin-
natl, which stood just east of Broadway
ON Third street, and which, In 1895, was
the principal structure in what Is now
justly termed the Queen City Of the
West. :"
Perry's victory on Lake Erie will also
be seen, the artist selecting the moment
when the naval hero is leaving his sink
ing flag ship, the st. Lawrence. The fur
trader, that enterprising pioneer business
man, win also be portrayed, the scene in
this instance being laid near 'Laramie's
Store, - now with another name, settle
ment in the State Of Indiana.
Still another will be the famous inter
view between General w. II. Harrison
and ''The Prophet, " the brother of the
celebrated Indian Chief Tecumseh, at
Wea Prairie near Vincennes, and also
the treaty Of Greenville, the scene OF
Log rreat speech, familiar to every
schf N fas sentence,
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