Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
PUNK AND POWDER
THH CHIEF ELEMENTS IN TIE CELEBRATION OF
fHH FOURTH.
Business Suspended and the Day Generally Oh
ssrvsd-henics at the PARK, Ssibsrss and
the Fair Grounds-leci.
dents.
Sizz ! Boom Bangi

The celebration of the "Glorious
Fourth" which started on the eve OF
the anniversary Of the nations independ-
ence was kept Up necessarily yesterday,
and all sides were heard the hiss Of the
rocket and the bang Of the giant
cracker, while there were pinwheels and
spit-devils and roman candles galore.
The ubiquitous small boy, who had
been boarding his change for the occa-
sion, gave vent TO his patriotism in q
pyrotechnic display commensurate with
MS pocketbook, and stood by In an
ecstacy Of delight when his elders sent
off more elaborate collection OF fire.
works. Considering the reckless man
ner In which the crackers and rockets
and candles were discharged, the num-
Der OF accidents yesterday was remark
ably small.
The demand for fireworks was prob
ably larger than for number Of years
past. During the day the sales were
confined principally TO fre-crackers and
toy pistols and canons, but in the even
Ing there was an unprecedented demand
for rockets, wheels, candles. etc. Tbs
display was not confined to any portion
OF the city, but was general in its ma
ture. The suspension bridge afforded
one OF the best points OF view in the city
to witness the display to the best advan-
tage, and last night between s and 10
o'clock, five or six hundred people stood
upon that structure and admired the
pretty scene presented by the ascen-
sion OF thousands of rockets all over the
city and Island, and on the neighboring
hills. The picture was an animated
and pleasing one, resembling the bonn
bardment of a city. At Anton Rey-
mann's summer residence on the hill
back OF town, very elabo-
rate display was made, and
also from the summit OF Chapline Hill,
and that in the rear of Kirkwood. II
seemed that all the families on the
Island were vieing with each other In
their pyrotechnlc displays, while In
other places IN the city, particularly
Chapline street and North Main street,
the exhibition was very fine. Mr..
Joseph Spiedel sent up quite a largo
amount of fireworks at his residence on
ChapIine street last evening, which were
Witnessed by crowd OF several hundred
people. The scenes of the evening be-
fore were repeated along Market and
Main streets. On Market, in front OF
the REGIsTI Y Office, large crowd kept
up an incessant ,cannonading OF crack
ers, occasionally interspersed with the
sibllant sound of rocket, or the re-
port of Roman candle, which was very
annoying to the people in the vicinity,
and q positive danger to pedestrians,
Similar scenes were enscted below Four.
teenth street and below Tenth on Main.
Mrs. Ziegenfelder and MIR. Geo. burst
gave brilliant displays for several hours
The day was generally abseryed. All
the city and county offices were closed
all day, and the officials joined In The
celebration. Most of the business
houses shut up at noon, and remained
closed for the rest of the day, while the
propretors and their clerks were giver
an opportunity to celebrate the occa
sion, and the city assumed happy at
tire. Nearly all the manufacturing
plants were closed, among them the
Riverside, LaBelle, and Whitaker
Mills, Bloch Bros, and Red Letter To
bacco Works, all the planning mills
and the Wheeling Hinge factory. Fol
those who did not favor home cele
bration, there were a number OF picnics,
and attractive programmes were pro-
pared at each resort.
Early In the morning wagons, 'busses
and vehicles OF every description could
be seen conveying merry and congenlal
crowds to the country for day OF rural
pleasure. They took with them bas-
kets laden with food, and each crowd
aimed to get started earliest, In order 10
secure the most advantageous grounds.
Several loads went up Woods run and
Stackyard Hollow. The kindergarten
Club went up Sleepy Hollow, and spent
most enjoyable day. The McCabe
Mission Band, Of the Wesley n. r.
church went out In a big wagon, and
also the Blue Eye Social Club, OF
the South Side. The Mezereons pic
nlcked out the Bethany Pike. A feat
ure of the day during the past two
years, which was much missed yester-
day, was the base ball contest on
the Island Park. While most OF the
people I'm the city attended the various
resorts, great many remained at home
aed celebrated the day In various ways.