Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-24

They were 81 dressed ID she costume 81
The olden time. and notwithstanding gbe
jnltlng IL the WAGON managed II keep
their walters busy and to set away With :.
hearty dinner
u. 3. CooIahan. the Annapolis soda.
water man, had six wagons III line. unon
which was represented every department
Of the soda-Watex and boatiing business.
JAS Munroe. dr. goods aud notfeps.
represented his clothing and drY goods
department. with = handsome float.
Ridout Bros. dry goods and notions. had
q magnificent display Of their stock. on
large float
Wm. McNasby. the forfeiture and car
pet man. lad six floats ID line, all loaded
with furniture, maltIngs. &c, making q
magnificent display.
L. B. Clayton a To-, had 3 large ship
on wheels loaded With groceries G. a.
Freimal, mammoth and beautiful dis
play Of leather Goods, Franklin q Co,
an assortment Of general merchandise: @
III Jones, pyramid OF household grocer
les; Himelheber Bros, q solid array Of
grocery goods: r. c. Boone, put 10 three
wagons; w. Nj. Morris had q miniature
blacksmith shop In operation; Chesa
peake Steam Bakery, Of Baltimore,
wagon with signs; Job Smith, i hugh
clock: j. w. Hodges. &C0., druggists had
the most attractive float In the pro
cesaiom. II was q perfect miniature rep
resentation Of their drug store. showing
both views, and was most artistically got
len up; Geo w. Jones. panlin, with py
randall shelves, covered with beautifully
bound volumes; w. b. Fenton. marble
yard. men at work; by. b. Meyers, two
wagons. wheelwTight goods. hay. straw
and cart filed with coal: w. Ii. Field
meyer. three vehicles, representing wheel
wright business; Robert IL. Martim, boat
builder, handsome batteau; II. A. Beide
wiiz, an Oriental garden, orange aud
lemon trees, adened with golden fruit;
Southern Feather RsnOvati0g Company,
press at work; r. Kaiser, beautiful
ing Industry, seine, tank, fish, men fishing
up fish from tank; VIM Brown, batieau
builder, the frill baiteau Fly, sails set
and gaily decorated; II. G. Ridout, OF ST.
Margarets. bone fertilizers; Hangartner
& Dove, large wagon, with turf and
ditching operators 10 progress; Feldmeyer
q Son, stone wagon, carrying hugh
granite rock and derrick @. III. Jones,
two wagons, vapOr steves. sewing ma
chimes and oils: j B. Flood, two wag.
ons, representing Ice business aud wood
and coal tn one of the wagons were
huge rocks of Ice, black and 3 grizzly
bear.
The procession was long one, taking
nearly three quarters OF an hour 10 ass
given point There was considerable
trouble with the telegraph wires, which
enterfered greatly with the progress Of
the parade.
CARNIVAL PROCESSION.
The carnival began shortly before three
o'clock by Chief Marshal Flood handing
Grafton Ridout, the king of the carnival
an immense gilded key Al scattering
procession of the most grotesquely dreas-
ed men marched, gallopsd. lrotted and
cantered over the route of the morning
parade. There we're cowboys and dudes,
Indians. aud farmars, Yankee and planta-
tion darkeys aud III. c., and X. b. Ii was
great show. and Solomon in all his
glory was not alfred as one of these :
The only float 10 the carnival was that OF
the Darktown Fire Brigade. 1t was very
funny and good take off on the fire de-
partment. This wound up the fun for
the day.
BALLS AND FIREWORKS.
AT night two balls were given, one by
the Governors Guards to their guests
from Frederick and Easton, and geuer.
al one gotten up by The committee OF ar
engagements. The programme also COM
prised display Of fire works. All the
town and many persons from the sur
rounding county turned ont 10 witness
the display, which was made on Sc.
Johns College green. A number OF Wis
itors also remained over to see the FIRE
works. Mr.. Bond, of Baltimore, had the
contract and did bis work well. The
Naval Academy Band, under Prof. Zim-
norman, discoursed some.excellent music
10 the rear Of McDowells Hall while the
fireworks were being sent off. IA number
of residences were brilliantly Illuminated.
The general opinion was that the dis
play was most creditable to the city, and
Ia all respects q complete success