The record-union., 1891-07-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Grand Marshal'S and Pioneers Bar
quets-Other Items.


Immediately after the morning parade
Grand Marshal Sherburn invited his aids.
the officers of the military and other
prominent persons who assisted him, to
the Capital Hotel, where an elegant ban
quet had been prepared for them. The
tables in the large dining hall were liter
ally loaded down with good things to
eat and cool things to drink.
And 1t was spread that captured
the hearts of the tired paraders, After
all hands had ate and drank their fill,
Grand Marshal Sherburn, in few
chosen remarks, thanked them heartily
for the parts they had taken in making
the parade the success it was. 1t was
hard work, and work that was not ap-
preciated by the general public, but at
the same time it was good thing, and
had wholesome effect upon the rising
generation. Speeches were made by
some of the guests. after which the party
broke up.
During the parade of the Horribles one
OF the floats caught fire on X street near
Fourth. Several persons went to the
rescue and succeeded in cxtinguishing
the names; Among them was a man
named Cochrane. who resides at the City
Hotel. In his efforts he was very
severely burned about the hands and the
services OF physician had to be sum-
mOned.
Ben Bogner, the inimitable clown from
san francisco, who came up to assist the
athletic club boys, created a sensation at
the Plaza with one of his practical Jokes
just before the Horrible" parade came
along. de and another young man acted
out duel with pistols on the street with
such realistic effect that people began to
run in all directions for safety, police
whistles We're blown and there was gen
eral pandemonium.
At the conclusion of the literary exer-
cises at the Capitol the Society of Sacra-
| mento Pioneers held their annual ban
| quet in their hall. With considerate
thoughtfulness they sent to the Capitol
| and escorted the orator and President of
the Day TO the banqueting hall where
! generous board was spread, over which
ii. NJ. LaRue, President of the society,
presided. Several of the Pioneers re-
| fused to be seated, insisting upon acting
as walters to serve their brethren, but
they were heard from all the same, as
they uncorked the wine and sent about
the toothsome dishes. They kept up their
end of the old-time talk also.
The occasion was one of those whole
| souled, hearty, patriotic and generous
feasts for which the society is proverbial.
1t was the forty-first Fourth of July din
ner of the association. President LaRue
acted as toastinaster, and he proved
sponded to as follows: "Our Chief
Guest Hon, f. l.. Coombs of Napa;
| ''The City," Mayor Comstock; "Our Old
| Friend" George w. Chesley; "The
Law" Hon. j. w. Armstrong; "The
Caledonians," Chief Wardlaw; "The
Press" J. A. Woodson; "a Native Son."
Rev. Carroll M. Davis of st. Louis; "Ex-
Presidents" Past President P. S. Law
| son; Federal Officers" H. w. Bying-
| ton; "Sons and Daughters of Pioneers,'
w. A. Gett; Pioneer Lawyers" w. A.
Anderson; Agriculture" Hon. William
Johnston; THE Ladies'" w. c. Hend-
ricks; THE Grand Army" George W.
Ficzs; "The OCCASION Hon. J. Ii. Nc
Kune; "The Grand Marshal" w. H.
Sherburn.
There were the usual number of fire
alarms during the day. The first was at
the residence of William Jackman, at
Highland Park. The residence was
ture was destroyed. Shortly after 2 p. NJ.
there was an alarm from box 16, it having
been discovered that the residence OF
Mrs. II. Vaudeville, at Eighth and o
streets, was on fire. The department re-
! sponded promptly and soon subdued the
| flames, but not until damage to the ex-
tent of $500 had been done. The fire
originated from a skyrocket. About
P. VI. another alarm came in from box 15.
| This time two houses owned by Mr.
| Egelberg, and located on P street be-
tween Ninth and Tenth, were ON fire.
The roofs were burned off both, and the
adjoining house, owned by James Pat
| terson, was considerable damaged This
! fire was ,also caused by fireworks.
| Shortly before 9o'clock an alarm sounded
from box d. The department was on
deck and hovered about Third street be-
tween j and X for some time, but no fire
materialized and the engines had their
run for nothing.
| In the evening when the Horribles
were parading on K street an old horse
which had probably been turned out to
| die, but which some young men made
use of in the procession, fell dead at Tenth
and K streets.
| Two drunken men riding in cart ran
| their gig into wagon in which were
| seated lady and three children about
o'clock in the evening at Tenth and J
streets. The cart was badly damaged
and wheel on the wagon was wrecked.
Everybody was thrown out, but luckily
| nobody was hurt.
| 1t is reported that two young ladies
| were thrown from buggy in the evening
| on K street and both were severely in
| jured.