Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-07-09
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
As Observed by Tucson. A Credit
 to the City,

tho eve or the 4th during the night
 hou It Was almost impossible for the
 previous snall boy to restrain himself
 Tn display of inherent patriotism and
 between winks of sleep he would arouse
 himself to explode fire cracker ID order
 to out do the other previous small boy
 who was engaged in 6 similar campa gn Ot fun Esrly on the. m Jrnipg cf the
 4th, dynamite salute of 45 guns were fired one being for the new state of Ari-
 zona and another added for New Mex
 leo. Owing to the remoteness of the
 point as which these saiutes were fired
 they were not dlstinguishable all over
 the city. Tie day opened somewhat
 warm. The public buildings of the city
 carried the stars aud stripes as usual SD
 al men coud look up see and study the
 emblem of nations glory. The prom
 inent merchants of the town bed- cked | their stores iu full reSalia of red wnit. ! and blue and most beHttingly did honor
 to the occasion. During the afternoon
 an hour or two before the hour ao-
 pointed for the parade to take up its
 march towards Military Plaza dark. clouds began to gather .around
 the R'ncons, Catalinas and Santa Ritas
 and way of to the south funnel of
 water seemed to join the clouds and ;he earth and had the very pleasing ef- feet of cooling the atmosphere to such aa extent that the CD ire evening pro- gramme was faithfully carried out and completed without any dlscomfOrts. Be- tween the hours of t and , p. m. the column with the Police force as an ad- vance guard Grand Marshal c. w.. Brown of the Enterprise and his aides dressed in full unifo ID, all mounted uD- on handsome horse followed by the Philharmonic band in full uniform, then came the military companies D. ma E., Captains Black and Thayer. A large float drawn by four horses containing Miss Jessie Hughes as Goddess of Lib srty, clasping beautiful flag of the United States and around her were clustered thirty or more little girls rang iDg l2 and 10 years down to the sweet little child who could just Ii good patriotic sentence for the erpetuation of great nation. Likewise m the parade was a feat cOntsiGing a large number of young toys, both of these floats were gaIly decked with flags and bunting and presented a scene very picturesque. The entire fire depart ment was Tn the parade and with hel- met and full dress and dragging behind them the fro destrOyers of & city, they performed conspicuous feature of the parade. Members of the Bicycle Club yItn the inner circumference of the wheels encased in red, white and blue presented the appearence of stars fash ing iD the Armament.
 The march taken up on Pennington street and proceeded to Stone avenue up Stone avenue to Mccormick street and on to Military Plaza.
 The procession presented a very striking appearance as it filed into the plaza with the band playing and as they urned to the left and marched down the entire length of the plaza, they were met by a large crowd at the grand stand which had been erected for the occasion. The musicians soon took their place upon the platform and the great float that contained the litte girls, was soon emptied of it's occupants | who were transferred to the pyramid l erected on the platform. On the apex | of the pyramid was seated the Goddess | of Liberty and above head gently folded | around the flag staff was the beautiful | emblem of America and around her | clustered in beautiful groupage were the little school children so neatly and prettiiy dressed, and from out of their l ltJle mouths came sinely and severally | the announcement of the time each | 5 ate WAS admitted into the Union and | whose administration it was admitted, ! These httle ones were under the in | structive care of Mrs. Warren and their performances very creditable. Young Charles Rouse read the Declaration of | of independence Mrs B. NJ. Jacobs, sang the Red White and Blue" and | Mrs. Fred Smith, Mrs. Warren, Mrs. A, V. Grossetta, Mrs. Carlise and MT. B. Brooks. Mr. A, V. Grosetta and other gentlemen joined in the chorus.
 Professor Collingwood was then in reduced and delivered an orstion, The speaker was a gentleman of neat 1hyslque clean shaved and seemed to possess a degree of delivery and gestuer hat was commeudable ID the arena of After a brief history of the )ast With a comparison of the pas with the present and a reference o the present and the possibilities of he future, the orator of the day closed with the remarks "when our proUdest privilege shall be to be called an Amer can citizen" receiving at the end of bis beech round of applause. Mrs. Jac- ,0s and 8 number of ladies then sang ha Star Spangled Banner accompan- ed by s portion of toe Philhar- nonic band. The assem blaze then gave themselves over to the enjoyment of the and the scene did great credit 9 the generosity of those who made by heir donations this occasion success ul Billy Reed and Bob Ransom and nem bers of the fire department cOnspic- IOuely aided to make the fire works ate racttve and the large crowd highly en Dyed the fun and dispersed with the atisfaciion that 1t was one of the best xhlpIts of the 4th that Tucson had wit 6 sad for several years. The line of narch from beginning to end was well arried uOt and the grand marshall, ldes, mi ltary companies, Fire de- ai tment. and all who took a hand in laklOg the day success deserve a card f eul0gy. Geo. W. Brown. firm calm nd of gentle deportm aDt and physique, OOkad as hs strode his fine charger a
 leader amorg-t men; a law abiding itZen at all times and a willing so'dIer f destiny in the hour of nations eeds To the good ladies and gentle len who by their fine voices and sweet inging so materially aided 10 make the vening pleas aut; to the Philharmoncs; o the little children and to those who rared them; to the military ard fire de- artment. To the liberal merchants 'ho practically aided the success IS due
 card of appreciation and thanks from Il who live here.
 BOYS RACE. Moses Kelley 1st prize. Eugene Tice, 2nd prize
 SACK RAUE. Francisco Morales, lst prize. Moses Kelley, 2nd prize
 THREE LEGGED RACE. Francisco Morales, 1st prize. ir- Fl,.Eo | lE O,,.l