Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-20
COLUMBUS DAY.
Plan of the Observance in Rock
Island Tomorrow.
WILL BE A GENERAL HOLIDAY.


The Street Parade and General Demon
stration on the Part of the Catholicism
AtheIschools-No, tito BE Dedicated-Pub-
lie Offices to Suspend--Let All Turn Out
And Honor the Day,
Aside from the exercises in the public
schools tomorrow tn only demonstra
ton in Rock Island5Eill be undertaken
ent societies and schools will indulge in
q parade in which a numberof floats
will appear and after marching
through the principal streets. they will
assemble at the Court house square.
where DR.. Calvin Truesdale and other
speakers will deliver addresses. All or
CARNATIONS of the city are respectfully
invited to participate in the demonstra-
zion, and by reporting in the morning
will be assigned position in the parade.
The line of march will be formed on Sec
ond avenue at the court house square
and march west on Secon1 to Twelfth
street. south on Twelfth to Third avenue,
east on Third to Twenty-third street.
south on Twenty third to Fourth avenue,
west on Fourth to Twentieth street.
north on Twentieth to Second avenue,
and west on Second TO the court house.
The parade will start promptly at 10
o'clock and the public generally is in
vi,ed to take part in making d proper OBJ
servance Of the four hundreth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America.
The schools.
In all the public schools the exercises
will be appropriate to the day and will
occur in the morning, after which the
schools will dismiss for the day. At No.
z the exercises will be particularly i'm
portsnt and entertaining and will take
the form of dedication. President
Sinnet and others will deliver short ad-
dresses.
The Columbian exercises al Building
No. 6 tomorrow will be held in the school
yard, since the new school building is
not completed. A new flag will be pre-
sun,ed to the school by friends of the
school and accepted with appropriate ex :
erciscs. In the centre of the yard is to
b, large ship-Sants Marian full sail,
trimmed with Spanish and American
flags, around which the children will
gather. All friends are cordially invited
Augustana College.
A Columbian cele brsiion will be held
at Augustana college tomorrow beginn :
ng at 10 o'clock The exercises will be
held in the college chapel, and will con-
sist Of music, vocal and instrumental. and
two addresses-one by the Rev. T. b.
Wilson, of the Congregational church OF
Moline. and the other by the Rev. John
81. Kerr, of the Central Presbyterian
church of Rock Island. A Columbian
march, composed for the occasion, will
be rendered on the organ by the COM
poser, DR.. G Stolpe. Eve effort has
been made to make the occasion both en-
PERTAINING and instructive. and the public
are cordially invited.
In the evening at o'clock :he lazy
students of the institution will give an
entertainment in the college chapel. Be.
sides the decorations alll the ladies vii
be dressed in our national colors, the red,
white and blue. Miss Eva Entrikin will
play violin solo, and the programme
will consist of short orstions. vocal and
Instrumental music. scene from the
courtship of Miles Standish, ETC. All the
ladies will sing two of our national songs.
VIII be a Holiday.
Business will be generally suspended in
Rock Island All the county and city
offices Will be closed and the postoff1ce
will close after 8 a. M, the carriers max
ing but one delivery of mail during the
day.