The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-02
The FOURTH OF JULY.
THE CTIY'S BIG CELEBRATION
Boydsn's Crescent Park show Will At
tract Crowds-The Fourth at socka-
nossct school-A Dance In . Big Tent
Al other Resorts-Excursions, Etc.

The 116th anniversary OF American In
dependence will be celebrated.in this city
next Monday in grand style. At sunrise
there will be a floating of flags and salutes
of guns. At 5 the RHODE ISLAND Drum
Corps will parade and awaken those who
s!umber also Ives Post Drum Corps and
the Olneyville Cadet Band, and IL any
one Is unpatriotic enough to try to sleep
after s, woe to him. Then at $3.50 the city
bells will awaken anyone who is too OBJ
stinate to have been already aroused.
At $50 the Grace church chimes will
ring half an hour: that's better. The
military procession comes at o, the fire.
mems parade at q the balloon ascension
at 4:30; band concerts and fireworks In the
evening.
A great many citizens will make their
houses gay for the occasion, with haRs
aud bunting. Eph. Green is disconsolate
because there will be no bonfire.
:. Dancing I'm q Tent.
The Second Regiment Infantry, r. /.
NJ, will have grand picnic on the Ade-
laide Park ball grounds the afternoons
aud evenings Of the Fourth OF July and
the following day. The grounds will be
illuminated In the evening and there will
be dancing in q big tent. On Tuesday
afternoon there will be baseball game
between the banner Boys and the Stars of
Pawtucket. There will be sham battle
Tuesday and an oyster-opening contest.
Boats to Run All Night.
The Continental Steamboat Company
Is now running boats about AZ often as
anyone could ask to have 1t, including all
the shore resorts near the city and New
port, Prudence and Conanicut.
During the nights OF July 3 and 4 the
company will run boats to the nearer
shore resorts at IL p. NJ, /, 3 and A. M.
Returning the boats will leave Bullock's
Point at lao, $40 aud $40 A. NJ.
The Fourth at Crescent Park.
The great and historical Wild West
Exhibition is to be seen at Boyden's Cres-
cent Park beginning Independence Day
and until further notice. The exhibition
will be given every afternoon and even
ing. Mr.. Boyden,. at considerable ex-
pense, has obtained three separate shows
massed into one combination, which will
greatly add to the attractions Of Crescent
Park AS place Of resort for amusement
seekers.
The famous scout, "Buckskin Joe, )" and
his cowboy combination. headed by the
Cloud, the Indian chief. and his tribe Of
braves, Indian princesses, squaws and
papooses and Indianswarriors, in q realistic
Illustration of life on the plains, will fur
nish an entertainment well worth going
far to see.
Comedy will be combined with the en-
tertainment as Harding and Little All
Sid have been engaged to take an i'm
portant part.
Reeves American Band. Brigham's
Orchestra, Miss Boardman's Lady Or
chestra and the PROVIDENCE Band have
been engaged for the season.
Besides these there will be numerous
th.r ft ocfin nff snov nr>u Ia, 20
famous shore dinners which are served
every day.
The French carousal, the aerial flight,
the Russian toboggan, rifle ranges, bowl
ing alleys, dance halls and many other
features add to the attractions of the
place. The Continental Steamboat Com
pany will have plenty of boats to carry
the people.
The Fourth at Drownville.
st. Matthews Church at Drownville ex-
poets large numbers of its friends to be
present at the excellent entertainment
and dinner. which it will provide for
them on the Fourth. Trains will stop
there frequently during the day.
At Rocky Point
At Rocky Poiut Manager Harrington
has big list of attractions and will have
his usual big dinners. The theatres
carousal, toboggans, music and many
other features will draw biz crowds. The
air is elegant" AS a man said on the
boat recently.
Notes OF the Fourth.
Tomorrow the Continental Steambo at
Company will send the Day Star on an
excursion to Block Island. leaving at II
and stopping two hours on the Island.
Both WAYS by the west passage.
The Fall River and Providence Steam
boat Company will have excursions tc
Newport aud Block Island the Fourth, as
advertised.
Mr.. Goffe at Silver Spring ana Col. At
we'll at Fields Point will nave plenty OF
nice food for everyone who wants quie,
Fourth of July dinner.