St. Paul daily globe., 1891-07-05
GREAT TIME AT MENDOZA.
An OId-Fashioned Celebration in
an Historic Town.

an Historic Town.
The historic town of Mendoza cele-
brated Independence day in an old
fashioned way that was delightful alike
to the town aud country folk, and a
goodly number of people from the Twin
Cities. The people, to the number OF
about two thousand, assembled in the
most picturesque of groves on the eleva-
tion back of the town, from which may
be viewed one OF the grandeSt of nat
ural prospects. The view included
Fort Smelling, the suburbs OF the two
cities and the circling bluffs for many
miles on the banks of the Mississippi,
together with a succession OF knobs
extending as far as the eye
could reach in the background.
The pleasure in viewing this grand
prospect was not less greater, however,
than that in witnessing the ceremonies
as carried out under the auspices OF st.
Peters church of Mendoza. The people
came in farm wagons, buggies and on
horseback from the surrounding coun-
try, The trains from st. Paul and Min
neapolis brought large throngs, and the
residents of Mendoza and soldiers from
Fort Smelling turned out in large num-
berS.
he eAeIClScS NClO plOoiuNO OfOl ny
Rev. Thomas Duane, assisted by Mayor
c. A. Forbes. Gen. James King, of
South St. Paul. mounted in plainsman
stvle. was marshal of the day. The
committee of arrangements was made
up as follows:
Joseph Labbie, Hon. NJ. Haggerty, David
Oualev. Charles Small. Docete Auge, Michael
Shields James Auge. Hngh Burns, James
Slater, Peter Chaplain, John Shields, Eugene
LIE NAV, John Cunningham and Michael
Burns.
Hon. NJ. Haggerty was accorded the
privilege Of reading the Declaration of
independence, and prominent gentle
men were down for addresses, but the
people were too much taken up with
other enioyments to give much heed to
the speaking. The old and young alike
gaZed OH the prospects with beaming
ewes. The country lads and lasSeS, who
were more bent on flirting than any
thing else, sought secluded retreats and
made love.
The programme of the day began
with a salute of forty-two guns at sun
rise, when the people arose to see their
town decked out in flags and bunting.
Alto o'clock the townsfOlk and visitors
formed a procession, headed by the
Fort Smelling band, and proceeded to
gan. A large delegation of Sioux In
dians from Red Cloud, Shakopee and
Mendoza. headed by Standing Cloud
and Paul Lawrence, gave ghost dances
for the amusement of the people. Lasso
Mack. assisted by Pedro SalaniOs, the
famous boy scout of New Mexico, gave
exhibitions in riding bronchOs, lasso
throwing, tying wild steers and other
difficult feats of horsemanship, such as
picking up a hat from the ground
while riding a horse at full
speed. In the foot race between
Joseph Lannen, the Spokane Falls
sprinter, and James Gehan, of Chicago,
the prize was awarded to Lannen. In
the broncho pony race there were three
entries Brownie, owned byLasso Mack;
David B, owned by Jack Taylor, and
Jess, owned by Ira Donnelly. The
prize, a s35 sulky,was awarded to David
b, in very close contest. There were
a number of athletic sports, such as
jumping, fencing, boxing and bicycle
racing.
Much interest was manifested In the
,beef-killng and dressing contest be-
tween ]. E. Ryan, Of Chicago, and