The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-07-11
CITY AND
NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN AND
ABOUT BUSY CITY.
HOW WE CELEBRATED THE GREAT DAY or
AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS - CRYSTAL
FALLS HORSES ALLOW NO MONEY
TO LEAVE TOwN-THE PARADE
WAS LARGE \ THE Dis
PLAY FINE-A DANCE
CLOSED THE DAY.

The celebration OF independence day
was the lnrgcst and best ever witnessed
IN this city, and will long be remembered
for the enjoyment IL furnished. The "A
opened bright and clear, though quite
cold i'm the morning, the atmosphere
gradually soItened until Just right Tor
pleasure. Early in the morning, so soon
IA the sun lightened the eastern horizon,
the booming Of cannon was heard.
likened only TO a fearful struggle in which
heavy artillery WAS the prominent
feature. The calithumpian parade was
the rext il. order and was quitea suscess
though not AZ large as was respected. At
hall past nine the grand parade formed
on Third street south and took up q line
OF march On the principle streets of the
city, stopping long enough at the home
OF President j. j. Schwartz, Fifth street,
To perm al a little program beng
rendered, including a fitting eulogy TO
that gentleman, by one OF the speakers
OF the ocrpsion. Thccolumn was headed
with a carringe bearing Rev. +. Jones and
the orators, followed by anothercarriage
i'm which were members OF the village
council, with the exception OF the worthy
president who was confined to his home
by illness. Following the carriages came
the Crysta Falls Fire Department. with
all of ita working apparatus. The btave
and vaiinYt firemen, who will risk their
lives anytime Co save the property and
possibly lives az Others, looked strong
and handsome in their pretty blue uni
forms. y sc in the line was the Crystpl
Falls Silver Cornet Band. arrayod in
handsome rev uniforms. The band bows
did themselves proud they worked hard
all day and did service excellcd by no
band 81 its size in the Upper Peninsula.
Indeed u is the first time IN the history
of the city, that any public demonstrg
ton hns been lead by it's own band.
Our thanks arc To Mr.. Carr. the vt aran
lender. for his indcfatigability in collect
ing and holding talent. After the band
came "A long line Of civic societies, q =
mostprOminent hcirg the Uniform. Pnnk.
Knights az pythias. their handsome uni
forms, shining swords and heavily
plumed helmets commanding a%dmirn"ion
from the throng of spectators Lie1tcn-
ant Herman Rau, acting captain, was
in command. The sons 81 Herman. re.
cciycd their uniforms the day before and
made "a fine showing in the parade as
did also the scandinavian society. Then
came the trade display and il was fine.
More no ceable than the others were
tho show - nude by the Crystal Falls
AaAltttAAi 1Afliii'Aif Af ts iAhAfiN ANlil
tnte: w. j. Moore & Company, hard
ware: The Fair and Bloch x Marks,
clothing and dry goods; Max Berlowits
q Company, provisions, etc, from the
Dunn mine store md even Christina
llanson's little candy store was represent
cd 10y the little lady in person. The lorr
line embraced every business housein the
city and would Toe "a c%rcditablc turnout
for II city five times the size OF Crystal
Fails. Arriving at the grand stand In
maple grove near the public school
buildings u halt was called. Here Rev.
lO 4 invoked Divine blessing aud IIor.
NJ. III. Moriarty addressed the gathering
IN n short but effective speech touching
thegrtat American Independence Day, re-
viewing il from 1776 Co 1891. The
language used vas the essence CfelOquence
and the n 4terly effort was interrupted
atintervals by loud cheers. People then
dispursed for noon day eiIe"hmec rs.
The hiat - the afternoon spores a
horse rdciig at the new dri, ~ park OF
the Crystal Falls Driving PARK As oeia-
ton. The attendance was large ard the
races very exciting. In the fee Tor all
trotting race there were but thee entries.
horses owned by @. +. Olcson and G. Il.
Robert I this city and JOS. Pascoe, OF
ot ! u Mountain, aud the prizes we've
taken IN the order named. The gcntlC-
mems driving race wnsa highly entertain
ing affair; the prizes were taken, FIRST by
ID. A. Kitto, second 10y G. Y. Roberts,
third by j. Pascoe. There were live
entries in the running race-tbree from
the city, one from Iron River and one
from Iron Mountain; the prizes remain
ing a home asfollows: NJ. III. S%ullivap's
bronco fin /, O. Il. Oleson's big bay
second and third by n bronco, the prop
erty OF III. j. McLaren, The new race
course was in good condition, much bet
ter than WIS expected aud the races were
the mos entertaining feature 81 the day.
The best record was achieved by Blossoms
trotter, in 2:3S. After the races came
the field sports, ON Superior avenue,
which held attention and furnished fuu FOR
those who were present. The display of
fireworks was exceptionally fine. The
fire department had dance In the opera
house i'm the eve~ning-largely attended
and highly enjoyable. The streets were
gaily bedecked with green balsams
and bunting In national colors, while all
OF the business houses were handsomely
arrayed IN Red, White and Blue. The
most noteworthy display was that OF
jackson & Fitzpatrick, the electricians
suspended from "a rope stretched across
the street WAS "A bunch OF twenty-six six
teen candle power electric lamps and one
100 c. y. lamp, all In national colors.
all we celebrated In a most mp
propriate aud grand manner, no Upper
Peninsula town, outside of Marquette