Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31
BALLOON ASCENSION.
CARL0TTA MAKES A OUrcK TRIP vRnw
THE EXPOSITION TO BERMuDA
HUNDRED.
''S'eroays Bicycle Races - The Colored
People TO hsvo a Great Demon.
siraiion To-day.

yesterday WAS big day 1T the Exposition
N poin' OF attractions Beside. the rryul,r
efh'0it' ana SHOVE, tho poultry and pigeons.
inc bicycle races. u,e balloon ascension. and
Con'erno's Band concerts each contributed
h' snare to amusc and instruct.
Hereafter the machinery IN Machinery
na'I VIII be run tm 20 ]. NJ. on Tue,lqys.
thursdays, and Fridays. aud on MONDAYS.
wednesdays, and Saturdays ull SPIN.
THg BALLOON ASCENSION.
~ 2:5O O'Clock Yesterday afternoon Car.
IoNa, The young wiie Of Professor Carl Nv.
er~' OF Mohawk. ". y, and an aero1quf o.
mnch experience, m1dc ao ascension IN fne
balloon the Fying Cloud irom tHc rr,cc in
rear OF where thc J0mpcii strucurc Is le.
lng erected. A. The Yew from thc Grand
Staud was obScurcd unir The balloon Waq
well IN the air the beginning @! the accent
vas witnessed only by fcw privileged
Characters who stood around where tie
hydrogen Rss was generated.
Naf'ot1 was dressed IN ciOee-fttng blue
tuit, he skirt Of which ended at her SHOE
tops. and ebc wore q white lak tophat
When the bai5on was ready she entered
Tic car without hc.itau0p, nud IN response 10
The cheers 81 the crowd she waved her hgnd-
keTcniet. The balloon, Tho color of unblcaob.
"a cotton, rose m3icgtic1Hy over the crater
OF Ncrnyius, The volcano ~ which figures
prominently In the PompcH structure. and
the scronau' might have sid, quoting f..
Buchanan Read
"Far, vague anl dim,
NY senses swim
Aruuud Nesuvi4s' misty rim.
WIN lrcaWful eyes
Nyspltit lies
Under the walls Oi pargflsco
Suspended from beneath the car was a
new parachute the Qullilics Of which Car.
lotta wished 10 test: so after she had gone
about 1000 feet hiPh she cui 10 loose n 40
once spread on, and descended gracefully i'm
nine minutes. falling on Cary str. % on an air
line with the eastern end OF The Exposition.
Grounds 10 was with difficulty That Pro-
lessor Nyers's messenger could recover it
from the men and boys WHO captured 10.
The ascension was all that could be Do
sired. For at icl-t huty-Gve minutes TIE
balloon was In sight 10 q good eye For
about twelve minutes ite course was directly
overhead, and It is said 20 have reached On
altitude Of two miles and q ogaTtcr. " hen
a haro spcck 10 began 70 20 toward the CITY,
and i0r mics followed the general course Of
the river, which was eros cd several times.
About a quarter 10 3 O'Clock tari0ita
cspicd a railroad track and trsiu. and
thought 10 advisable T. dc. ccud. which bic
made preparations 20 DO. The landing was
easily made about O'Clock iu Gcid near
where some r,ilroag-bands were a. work on
Bermuda-Huudrcdi farm, occupied by Dr. f..
Eppe, about twelve miles from Chester, 81
Chesterfield county, end about seventeen
miles from here ln an airline. Procuring o
tcim shc WAS driven 20 Chester, where che
took the night train and returned d Rich
mand. Sine W2s scrE by a Dleultch reporter
at tho -. James Hotel no 10 o'c,ock.
Sic said tle trip was pleasant and the me-
mo-photc W,s warm when two mites hig1.
Snc brought The balloon home witl her.
Tne Exposition n1n0gemcut are not % all
pleased with the sim attendance 80 the a.
csn.i0u, and therefore VIII not have another
to-day. AZ q matter Of flct, though. that
IOrtlOn Of the public who cared nothing for
Che birycle races could hardly hc
blamed for not paying quarter to
come into the raCC-Coursc or Grlud,Stlu1 Z
when the view, ~ FAR rs the balloon wos con-
ccrned. was as good ON the other SIDE Of The
fence. TIE balloon was seen o. soon a- "a
rose hv every body on the Exposition.
Gouuds and by thousands in the city, aud
the MANAGEMENT could uUt expect thc public
10 paw - cent 60 see the s'Art or hc d,'aiis'
fci ~ the attendance inside The 1cc-cOursc
vas small.
The frs, intelligence that reached Rich-
mOnd ~ Carl0jta's descent came " tfie-
gram TO the Dispatch sent by Mr.. irving
Proctor, manager of tE- western Union
Telegraph Company a. City Point