Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-08
THEY CAPTURE A PRIzE.

The ArIon Singing Society of This
 City Wins the Third Prize in the
 Second Class at the Newark saenger- fest = The S0cietyss Return Last
 Eyening.
 The Arion Singing society of this city to the number of about 150 returned late last evening from the Grand National Saenger- fest, which has been in session during the past few days in Newark, New Jersey. The members all returned we'll pleased with their trip and their reception and especially pleased with the fact that they had been awarded the third prize in the second class in competitor with eighteen other societies.
 The members of the society report 8 most pleasant time and state that..the saen- gerfest was the most largely attended and successful one ever held in the country. Fully 6,0O0 persons were present in the park and the best of order was preserved.
 Monday evening the visitors from this city were entertained by the New York Lieder Kranz, and on yesterday the saengerfest of 1891 came to a close with 8 monster parade of all the societies. Upon their arrival in the city last even- ing the Arions were met. at the Union depot by the Second Regiment band and some of the members of the society who were unable to go to Newark. A line was at once formed and to the brilliant rays of torches, colored lights, sky rockets and other pyrotechnics, marched up State street to Chapel, to Church, to the hall
 where an informal reception was held. The prize is bronze medallion bust of Josef Rheinberger, the composer of the | prize song, and is encased in 8 handsome frame, on silver plate, is engraved the words Presented to the Arion Singing so- ciety of New Haven, Conn.,"
 The sixteenth sangerfest of the North Eastern bundles closed last evening at New ark, N. J., after great success. In the afternoon the prizes were awarded for singing. The special prize for the singing societies of the different cities was award ed to Philadelphia. Three judges decided that the singing of the combined societies of that city was the best. Brooklyn and Baltimore were favorably mentioned. The special prize is a life sized bust of Franz Schubert. The other awards were as fol lows: First prize in the first class, the the Brooklyn Arion. First prize in the second class, the Philadelphia quartette club; second prize, the Baltimore Harmonic Singing society. Tbere were two third prizes, the Washington Ssngerbund and the Arion of New Haven, the judges
 said he had the same points. The
 fourth prize was taken by the Arion of Jersey Heights, and the fifth by the Deutsche Leiderkranz. The first prize of the third class went to the Philadelphia | Concordia society; the second to the New | York Schubert Maennerchor; third prize, | the Arbeiter Mannerchor of Elizabeth, N. J.; fourth prize, the New York Knights of
 Honor Singing society; fifth prize, the
 Brooklyn Friderich Gluck Saengerbund
 Another immense crowd filled the parks
 and the. hall in the evening. A slight
 shower failed to dampen the ardor of the
 singers and their friends The expenses
 of the feast were over $60, 900. The receipts
 for four days fully cover the expenses, an6
 it is expected that there will be $1 ,0OO Jeff l over.