The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-22
THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
Friday Nights Brilliant Display at the
Park Extension.


| The ''piece de resistance" so to speak, of
the festival after to-days events and the
trades professions, will be the fireworks dis
play, which will take place at the Park ex-
| tension Friday night.
The fireworks are from the mandatory
of Detwiller & Street, of New York, and
will be set off under the personal supervis-
| ion OF three experts from The factory MeSSrs.
T. H. Newkirk and Robert Bruce, who
arrived from New York yesterday. 1t will be
beyond any doubt TIE grandest display of
pyrotechnics ever seen in Savannah. The
display will begin at o'clock, and will oc-
| cupy about two hours.
Before the fireworks the Second United
States Artillery Band will give a prone
made concert in the park.
The Amusement Committee in charge of
the display has completed all the arrange
ments. The pieces will be fired on the
north side of the park extension, with the
trees in the park Enclosure as a
back ground. A rope will be stretched
across the parade ground at the Confederate
monument and the crowd will be kept back
of that so that every opportunity will be
afforded to witness the display at its best.
| The display will begin with a brilliant
| magical illumination of Bengal lights, with
salutes The rest of the programme is as
| follows:
No. /. Brilliant magical illumination Of Ben
| gal lights with saluteS
No. 2. Grand device, Jasper Festival, deco
rated with arch of rayonet fire and m1tra1lleuse
| of colored meteorS.
No 3. Aerial display of bombshells, explod-
| ing at a height of 800 feet, and showing stars
| of various hues and figures, golden cloud, sill
| yer shower, and willow trees, fired from copper
| mortars.
No T. Palmetto grove, exhibiting blossoms of
golden flowers.
sky rockets, exploding at an altitude of 600 feet
| and displaying new and novel features, fanfar-
onades and fiery dragons
| No 6. Mosaic roSette opens with a large cum
| ter of embazoned shield. changing TO figure of
| Chinese flyers and Saxons. Illuminated with
| red, green and purple prisms, and changing TO
checkered glory, marooned.
| an altitude of 800 feet and changing their
colors many times during their gyrations In the
| air.
! with a scintillatinE center and changing to two
| large wheels revolving in opposite directions
| displaying golden streams of fire and tinted
| borders, representing huge passion flower.
| No. 8. Aerial display of bomb-shels at an
altitude of 700 feet, showing twinkling stars,
| COMETS serpents and aerial harlequins.
No 10. The magic tree dispensing blossoms
| of rubies, emeralds and pearls, with all the
| latest decorations and colors in pyrotechny, and
gorgeous designs, and is justly called THE
| Magic Tree" as is represented in the fairy
|
| No H. Aerial display of fancy rockets, upon
reaching their highest altitude discharging rich
| carmine and purple stars and snakes with their
| fiery gambols in the air.
No. 10. Our country counsins. comical
piece out for days fun, enjoying the festival.
No 10. Fire picture of Gov. Gordon, beauti-
fully decorated.
| No ID. Aerial display of bombshells at a
| height of 700 feet, exploding into wheat chat,
| stars and Japanese fire f1ys to humming birds.
No. IS, Diamond cross. This popular and
| beautiful piece commences with rainbow wheel
| of Chinese fire, changing to cross of diamond
crystals intersected with jets Of silver fire ma
| rooned.
No Is. Aerial display of thunderbolt rockets
at an altitude of 500 feet discharging prismatic
| torrents of golden showers and magic starlets
| No II. Aerial display of bombshells at a
| height of 600 feet, displaying hornets nests,
crowns of pearls, golden streamers and mag
| nesium jets.
No IS. Mammoth prize wheel. This NAM
| moth wheel represents a large and brilliant re-
volving sun, with electric colored figures in the
| centre, making three changes
No 10. Flight of fancy rockets, exploding at
an altitude of 500 feet and displaying meteoric
| showers of electric stars.
No 90. Grand display of liquid fire rockets.
| These rockets are all entirely new features in
| pyrotechny, only recently introduced in this
| country, and challenge the pyrotechnic art Of
| the world for beauty.
| the flag on Fort Moultrie, terminating with
grand explosions and earthquakes.
| The finale will be gigantic cascade of fire.
representing the falls of Niagara, of 5000 square
| feet of golden fire. with grand boquet of
| rockets and flight Of monster shells, producing
| myriads of stars of various hues and colors. In
| connection with the representation of the falls,
| by a device recently introduced, the roaring of
| the cataract can be perceptibly heard, and will
be a most magnificent finale to the display.