Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-05
UNCLE SANS BIRTHDAY.
HOW ITS 18TH ANNIVERSARY WAS
CELEBRATED HERE.
The Forenoon Procession and the After
noon Exercises-The Grafton, Poem
and War-Dance.

The national holiday has come and gone
1t came in very much the same manner
that one hundred and twelve others came
and it went out in the usual sputter OF
fre-crackers and with bombs bursting in
air" Yesterday was typical Fourth OF
July-no,hing more, and nothing less than
its predecessors. The celebration begun q
couple of days ago, in reality, by the ex.
plosion of bombs and firearms, and il
would have been difficult to tell which was
the national holiday except for the parades
and the booming of the cannon. Thir.
teen guns were fred at sunrise, and these
were repeated at noon and sunset. The
city was neatly and plenteously decorated
with flags and emblems, and green Young
willows fastened TO the awning-posts along
the business streets gave a semi-fresh ap-
pearance TO the old and dipgy balconies.
There were great many visitors in the
cityfrom surrounding counties and coun-
try localities, everybody was dressed in
holiday attire, and the scene was, to say
the least, enlivening.
At an early hour the various civic and
military organizations began to rally their
forces tor the parade, and the caravan was
started from Ninth and streets on time
First came the mounted and blue-coated
police force, headed by Chief Lee, max
ing a very formidable appearance and
clearing the way quite effectively Ior the
marching hosts behind them. Behind the
police rode Grand Marshal Russ ell D.
Stephens, in crimson and gold embellish-
ments, attended by his chief of staff (in
yellow and gold) George W. Riilton, and
Assistant Marshals Joseph w. Hughes,
Alex. Gardiner, Homer Buckman, J. B.
Gilbert, ]. j. Spieker, and H T. Higgins.
The procession was divided into four
divisions, and, while making a creditable
and even attractive appearance, it was not
equal in length, or in the number of
features, TO some others that have been
witnessed here. The absence of floats was
quite noticeable, but for once the Goddess
OF Llberty's representative escaped terri
Bile jolting over the cobbles on q springless
farm wagon, in hot July sun The little
girls and boys who had heretofore cut such
important figures in Fourth of July par
AIDES, and the old miners with their picks,
rockers and long toms, and mechanics
sweating and toiling at their trades-all
these were absent and taking in the sights
themselves from the sidewalks and bal
COMES. There was stereotypedness and
lack of originality about the parade, but
on the whole it gave quite general satisfac-
ton.
The military and tiremen, led respect
lively by General 7. W. Sheehan and Chief
Engineer NJ. O'Meara, formed the more
noticeable features OF the line, together
with the uniformed societies, Grand Army
and Mexican Veterans and Pioneers.
Captain Dave" of the Piutes, with his
Lieutenant, Sam" and a half-dozen
gaudily- y-attired members of their tribe, also
formed a noticeable feature
The trades display was not on an elabo-
rate scale, but what there was of it was
very creditable. Mohr & Yoerk had sew
eral wagons in line and their large force
OF employees showed up in neat uniforms.
The Bakers Union was also well repre-
sented. Weinstock, Lubin d Co. had five
or six vehicles in line, representing their
country order and retail departments The
other firms represented were Capital Box
Factory, r. L. d H. G. Hays, Capital and
City Breweries, A. A. Van Voorhies & Co.,
Maxon d Ackley, and few others.
The march was enlivened by the music
of the First Artillery Band, the Hussar
Band, the Dixon Band, and the Boys
Drum Corps of this city, The streets aud
balconies along the line of parade were
thronged with people, and the air was con.
stantly rent by the.noise Of exploding fire.
crackers and bombs of all grades and de.
scriptions. By half-past IL o'clock the
parade had ended and the various organi.
zaIons engaged in 1t were dismissed.