Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-01
THE ANNIVERSARY.
HOW IT WAS CELEBRATED IN WHEELING
YESTERDAY.
Business Almost Totally SusPsndsd-Ihs farao'
Not a Large Ous-The observation-disclosures /"
the Chur,hss-Ths Pcnic-At the ATon'

The one hundredth anniversary oil th'
insnyuration of the first President was Cd
carved in Wheeling by an almost total sus'
,,s;o, of business, but when that 10 SAID
there Is little to be added in the way Of
a nnblie recognition of the day, outside Oh
.ha services in the various churches IN the
morning There was only moderate
d;snlav of bunting, the parade was not
ore.fftb what it might have been with a
c,ncerted effort on the part of the various
societies. lodges and organizations OF the
city and there was a general air of disin-
clination to take part in anything like a
demonstration. This is in part accounted
for satisfactorily by the chilliness OF the
air but still it is apparent that the day
was to 90 by default, and go thus it did.
Al nine o'clock in the morning there
were services in the Cathedral, the United
Presbyterian church, the Fourth street NJ
+ church. St. Luke's P. E. church, the
English Lutheran church snd perhaps one
o. two others. These services were well
attended. and the sermons and lectures de-
iiyered. appropriate to the day, were In
tsreatinO and valuable. In another pOr-
ton of this paper two Of these discourses,
taken as types of the whole, are repro
duced verbatim.
At half.past two O'Clock in the afternoon
the parade started from the intersection OF
Main and Twenty-third streets and went
over the route of march heretofore an
nounced. At the head of the column was
Chief of Police Delbrugge and detail OF
eleven officers, tO-wit: Officers Lukens,
Bell. Desmond, West, Carney, Driller,
Hell. Prettyman, DsvliD, FrOhme and
Donley. Next came Chief Dunning, Of
the FIRE department, and Councilman c. K
Tracy, chairman of the committee on 1re
department. Then followed the depart
ment in the following order;
Hook and ladder, Vigilsnt reel
and engine. Hope reel, Atlantic, Eighth
ward reel, Seventh ward reel, Niagara en-
gine and reel. Next in line was the
Knights of st. George, and then followed
Washington and Wheeling Councils ]. O.
u. A. NJ, and the Patriotic Sons of Amer
lea. There was a very large crowd upon
the streets, all along the route, and there
were many expressions of disappointment
that there was not larger turnout. The
military company was conspicuous by its
absence, although Captain Boyd and Lieu
tenant Martin were in the line. At the
hour set for the company to appear at the
aruaory, but eight men had responded, and
these we're dismissed by Captain Boyd.
The military boys don't seem to be COM
posed of the stuff that soldiers are made Of.
The picnic by the Mark Twain Rod and
Gun Club, on the State Fair grounds, was
quite largely attended, and there were the
usual scenes connected with such affairs
/ Everybody had good time, except 6
small minority of the young men, who got
to scrapping, and who made work for The
police.
The pedestrian contest came out as fol
lows. Half.mile race, by VIM. Getziem
Of this city; time not given. One hundred
ward race BY Mr. Hildebrand; time twelve
and one.half seconds. Mile race, by Mr
Roderick, of this city. The bicycle rac'
was won by Mr.. Cray, of Bellaire. Th'
base ball was won by the Martins Ferry
club by score of : to 4. The high juml
was wuu 10y Mr.. Henry DelDrugge, o
Bridgeport, he scoring five feet four inches
Henry Ashley, Of Elm Grove, won the pc
tsto race. Gene Cresap was referee and X
/ J.. Mansfield master of ceremonies.
The base ball game was fairly well at
tended in the morning, and there was {
regular crush in the afternoon. A full &C
count OF the game appears elsewhere.
There was a good attendance at tn
bicycle race, at the Capitol rink during
the afternoon and evening. The score will
be found in another column.
At Arion Hall, last night, the ami
yerssry was brought to clOse in fitting
and Jolly manner7by the members of tina
enterprising organization. The fine pro
gramme was gone through with in
splendid manner, and everybody wa
happy. Following was the programme:
chorus merit
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