The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-09
The Fourth.

The Fourth of July, 1892, has come
and gone. The day in Superior was
one to make the deniZens Of Sunny
Italy green with envy. While every
body was arrayed in his or her Sunday
best, there was no special celebration
i'll the city unless it was at the South
side where something of the old style
methods were observed. \ very fine
parade was here INDUCED in in the
morning, after which the vast crowd
was called to order at the Park, where
the regular exercises were opened with
prayer, followed by the reading of the
Declaration of Independence, and this
by the orator of the day, Mr.. W. ID.
Dwyer, of the West end, and the adj
dress was an excellent one, full of pa
triotism and timely Suggestions. LII
the afternoon there was game of
base ball between the La Belle and
the Moulders mines, the game being
Won by the latter, TIE, score being to
7. They had, also, horsezracing, blcy-
Gle and foot racing.
At the West those~who diI>sfot care
to visit other localities INDUCED in
athletic sports of various kinds, such
as bicycling, running, putting the
shot, jumping, etc. 1t the driving
park in the afternoon, Richard Cullen,
Cullen's candidate for congress, was
introduced as the orator of the day.
After speaking few MINUTES the
''encores" come in SO thick and fast
that he was obliged to come down off
his perch. Being asked what he
thought of his chances, he said they
were good, why" said he, 1.-The boys
were SO enthusiastic for me that l
could not get them to listen to my
address"
At the East end the business houses
were generally nicely decorated, the
Office building Of Hughes l. Hughes on
Fifth street leading both for taste
and profusion Of decoration, some half
dozen different nations being repre-
scented by their flags. Second street
also locked very nice, bunting being
stretched across the street from the
Walker house to buildings opposite.
The program of the day consisted of
bicycle and foot races before dinner
and boat and tub racing after dinner.
In the mile foot race Joseph McGurn
took first money, and Alex. Jones sec
ond. In the second race, Alex.
Newaugo was first, Bert Newton
second.
Boys Bicycle Race-II. f. Laflitte,
first; Clarence Banks, second; Eddy
Keaough, third; Eddy Edmunson,
fourth. Four entries.
One Hundred Yard Dash-Joseph
Dee.ing, first; Joseph McGurn, sec
ond. SIX entries.
Half Mile Race-George Weston,
first; Joseph Deering, second; Joseph
McGurn, third. Seven entries.
The interest was then transferred to
to the bay and docks and banks were
crowded with people, many of them
from the West emo. These were the
attractions:
Steam launch lace-cours four and
onequarter miles with one turn.
Collie May, first prize, time thirty
minutes thirty eight seconds; Rowenl,
second. thirty-fnur minutes; Play
mate, third, time not taken. The
Goldie May has Il G-horse power en-
Watch race-Canuck, first; Sweet
heart, of Duluth, second; Cyclone,
third; Chlska, fourth.
The tab race WAS won by Phillip
MaTtineau. There We're two entries.
Dave MORRISON won the scull race.
There were four entries
Besides these spor. there were sew
eral picnlc parties on Minnesota and
Wisconsin points.
In the evening there were fire works
and fire works which ever way you
turned The finest displays so far as
our observations went, were at the
homes of W. ii. Pattison, +. Il. Man
warlng. T. Il. Banks, The Euclid,
James Bardon, Mayor Pattison and
Neil Smith, but of course we did not
see near all Of the fire displays.
One pleasant feature of the day was
that of the 30oO) people celebrating i'll
some form in Superior not even d
small accident was recorded 1t was 4
grand day aud everybody was happy.