Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-27
GREAT ENTHUSIASM OF HER CITIZENS


were there This made population
of $1,000 people for Sharpsburg
and filled the town almost to
overfowing. Many old friend
ships were reopened. Men who, perhaps,
had spent their boyh ood days in Sharps-
burg came back yesterday for the
first time in many years. Good
| feeling and desire to en-
tertain every one was the plan adopted by
the towns kind-hearted citizens, and it was
a mistake if anyone was sighted.
The Great Feature of the Day.
The crowning feature of the event was the
mammoth parade It was over six miles
in length, and 5000 men, besides those in
the trades display, participated. 1t was
o'clock in the afternoon when the
great procession swung into line and
moved off All business had closed down
and no one in the town cared for anything
else but the parade. 1t was formed in the
following order:
/ Second Brigade Band.
xsass q Mss'.'s General Nj 1 cs.eI e. GSyd sSd.n'
Chief Of STAFF. H. j.. Heinz:
AS NJ ssy's sssEs: &:s5:r b! Nbb!'f f.
Lewis. CnafleS hlethm1ler. GeOpHO
'MTiFsH; NJ. Kelley. L. r T. {. f'esSl ss.S.n: @s: g.
FIRST DIVISION
Marshal. Hugh Kennedy.
American Mechanics.
knights Of st. George.
,Amalgama1ed Ass9ci,tion.
sharpsburg Loags l. oo.F.
Bachelors Club Of Etna and 81 arpsburg,
Sharpsourg Athletic Club.
SECOND DIVISION.
i Etns Fire u Department. p p.
Millvae Fire Department.
Pittsburg Fire Department.
sharpsbnrg Fire Department.
School children in wagons.
THIRD DIVISION.
Marshal, James G. Weir.
Vehicles and mounted men from Shaler and O'Hara
Townships.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Marshal W, F. Johnston NJ, D., and 80 aids,
Etna trades display.
Mounted men.
FIFTH DIVISION.
Marshal W. j. f. Saint and 50 aids.
Sharpsburk trades display.
Mounted men.
SIXTH DIVISION.
Prominent citizens and others in carriages and
mounted.
The trades display was the finest ever
seen In Western Pennsylvania Some of
the prominent exhibitions were: Heinz's
Pickle and Preserve Company, six wagons
showing goods in large jars: Egley, Volt &
Co., planning mill display In three wagons;
r. j. Douthitt, marble yard work in two
wagons; John Grew, grocer, in two wagons;
Henry Felia, plasterer, work in two wag-
ons; L. Finegold, clothier, and George
Wahner's 5-cent store, both neat displays;
William Garrett, plumber, work in three
wagons; VIM. Green, a miniature bakery
in full operation. The crowning feature Of
the parade in the trades display line was
the one made BY the Sharpsburg Herald. 1t
had 100 newsboys in line, each carrying pa
pers and an umbrella.
Exclusively for aome Industries.
The merchants of both Pittsburg and
Allegheny wanted to have displays in the
parade, but the committee decided they
would make 1t exclusively Sharpsburg
affair in this particular. The only display
not belonging in the town was that Of
Heinz's
The procession marched over the follow
ing streets: Main street to borough line,
through Matthew Tibby's roadway to Mid
to North Main, to Bridge street, to Etna,
to Butler, to Freeport, to Bridge, to South
Main street, Sharpsburg, to junction of
North Main street and disbanded. During
the review by the chief marshal Battery B
fired salute of so guns from the river
bank.
1t was nearly evening. when the parade
had been concluded, but no one seemed to
be tired. On every hand came the one
opinion that the parade had been a success
and had surpassed anything ever held in
either Pittsburg or Allegheny.
The only thing that happened to mar the
parade were two accidents. A little 10-year-
old son of Mrs. Glass was run over by q car
riage and had his leg broken The other |
was not so serious. One of the members of |
Battery B had his face slightly burned with |
powder.
There was nothing in particular to enter
tain the visitors last night, but everybody !
seemed to be enjoying themselves. The
town looked very pretty with its gaudy |
and its streets never were so
lively. The prettiest things to be seen
were the two big arches. The Central Trac-
tion Company had. placed 60 incandescent
lights on each of them. They were so ar
ranged that the light from them had a very
hoo utifnl effect