The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-05
TIE BALLOON ASCENSION

| Scorers-S. (. Barton and McMichal
Rsteree-Charles BaitzeII OF Parsons.
| Kan.
! THE BALLOON ASCENSION.
| One of the great features of the after
! noon entertainment at the fair grounds
was the balloon ascension and parachute
| jump, A balloon ascension is always popu-
lar with the small boys" in particular
and everybody in general When the
| mammoth bag began to fill out and as
sumo gigantic proportions the excitement
and enthusiasm was at fever beat. Now
she goes" said two hundred little fellows,
! and Immediately the big balloon began to
ascend gradually and gracefully, with a
little woman in green tights on the bar of
the parachute. Ten thousand "hurrahs"
went up with her, and when at an altitude
of 500 feet she pulled the parachute rope
and made the jump successfully. while
5000 feminine hearts stood still. She
would have assembled much higher but the
danger of coming down among the trees
on the banks of the river prevented.
THE FIRE WORKS
To properly describe the fire works
would require whole page. They were
in every part of the city from All Hallows
academy to College Hill and from the
Burton car works to the Fair grounds.
Main street and Douglas avenue were
kept in blaze for two solid
hours and great big pretty balls of fire of
every imaginable hue could be seen in
every direction followed by the eye
Rockets were shot from roofs, from side
walks, from the middle of the street, from
windows and even from the street cars
They lodged about in every direction and
it is a wonder they did not kill
they flew through the air as thick as rain
drops. The largest display of fireworks,
however, took place at Riverside park
when the electric street railway company
expended 500 on it, This display was
witnessed by at least 1900 people and was
truly grand. As the colored balls of fire as.
cended and decended through the leaves
OF the trees the effect produced was
very inspiring. The rockets, however, were
handled carelessly and it was very forum
ate that no one was hurt, as the explosion
often times occurred among the spectators
The street car company. in this matter,
made ten strike and they deserved the
success which resulted from them in the
line OF fares to and from the grounds.
STREET CAR SERVICE.
The street car service was well managed
but the company did not have near enough
cars to accommodate the unprecedently
large crowd. For the limited advantages
they had in this line it would be impossi-
bic for anybody to do better than they did.
They did wonderfully well and not A COM
plant was heard from any reason
able person. Some of the cars
brought from the fair grounds fully
as high as 100 persons. On
top of one car alone the writer counted as
high as twenty persons and they paid their
nickle for the trip as willingly as if they had
cushioned seats and plenty room. The
private conveyances did land office"
business some vehicles taking in as high
as S3S dvring the day.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
No set of policemen in Christendon
could manage the crowd of yesterday
better than the Wichita police did. They
gave everybody as much fourth Of July
license as they could reasonably expect
and only one or two disturbances occurred
4.
The police not only kept the
peace intact but they used wis
dom and consideration in regu-
lating the streets SO that no
that no ones lite or limb was
by the jam of wagons. The
police department may well feel proud OF
the record they made yesterday.
ACCIDENTS.
There were no accidents to amount to
anything. A young lad named York had
his hand burned by tina premature dis
charge of a firecracker in front OF the Key
stone hotel, while the clothing of little
girl was set on fire by rocket in front OF
store. a man was knocked
down by team in front of the Boston
store and had his nose fattened by the /
jasperite, aud an awning on East Douglas |
avepue was set on FIRE. These were about |
the ouly accidents that occurred and none /
o. them were serious.
OTHER ANUsEMEETs
The other amusements yesterday and /
last night were a. follows: dance at Riv- !
erside park in the afternoon, base ball /.
game at the bal! park. picnic at LiDwoJd, I
4 picnic in the Island. dance al Garfield 4
hail last night, another dance ~ y. o. L. /
w hall. aud the lantern parade last night 1
The ball game vas between Wichita and
Wellington and attracted big crowd Il 4
was a bard fought game aud resulted 10 .
-avor Of Wellington b. one score This 4
made the Wellington boys jabilant .
Speaking Of Wellington 10 is estimated +.
hat 40 persons were up from there yes
terday.
The ball at Riverside yesterday
VS. the source OF much enjoTmsut
L was patrOBIzed principally b
-ouDg people from the coualry aud
{ WAS said that no one could dance there
Inless he belonged 70 the Alliance Tue
,all given at the "a o. L. ", ball was
,iven under the auspices Of tie Degree q
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