The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-11
SOMMERNAGHTSFEST
Given by tho AriOn Singing soOi-
ETY. on the Fair Grounds.
MUSIC. FIREWORKS AND DANCING
And a Good Time Generally--A splen-
did Gathering Of Fifteen Hundred
People.uow the Evening Was
speut, and What Was Done.

The managers OF the Arion sommer-
uachtstest, given last night at the Fair
grounds, we're themselves surprised at
the enormous attendance. Fifteen hum
dred people, by actual count, went
through the two gates.
The view on entering the grounds
was almost like a fairy scene. The path
to the dancing pavilion and around to
the refreshment counters was hung
with countless Chinese lanterns. The
whole space south of the pavilion and
the main building was Illuminated with
the soft light from the Chinese Ian
terms. There would have been more
light, but by a chain OF unfortunate cir
cumstances the natural gas company
was unable TO furnish gas. In making
repairs the C~ompany's men had cut OH
the connection, and the toremen did
not find it out until too late. as it was,
however, there was plenty OF light
where it was needed, as the people
seemed TO stay right in o bunch.
the chief amusement, Of course, was
dancing, and to the encouraging strains
o lthe Opera House orchestra hundreds
footed the dance. The weather was
warm, but still the young tolks,or most
OF them at least, put in their time In
the dancing pavilion.
A feature OF the evening were the
fireworks, under the management OF
Mr.. Booking. A great many rockets,
roman candles, mortars and other pieces
were set of. The stand from which
they were fred was unfortunately very
low, and a good view could not be OBJ
tanned unless one were close to the fence.
The display was not set of in quick
succession, the method which is con-
sidered the most successful, but at dit.
ferent times. The spectators would
think the freworkR we're all over when
suddenly the whiz OF a rocket would
draw the crowd back to the points Of
vantage already abandoned two or three
times. Several large paper balloons
were sent up, their flight eagerly fol-
lowed by hundreds ofpairs Of eyes.
About ten o'clock the long expected
torChiight procession took place. Head
ed by the Opera House band about a
hundred men and boys marched in q
body half around the race track and
back, bearing in their hands sticks OF
red fire. II was a pretty sight, follow
ing them with the eye away around the
track, to see them countermarch and
return.
While the dancing and the fire works
and the operations of the retreshment
counters were going on, the Opera
House band entertained the spectators
auditory nerves. the following ex-
cellent programme was rendered:
march, Crusader; overture, Amazon;
romance, Spring Opening; song, Die
KapeIIe und In Einem Kuehien
Grunde; polka, Be Careful; Fantasia
from Ernani; song, Ossian and Aut
der Wacht; potpourri, Deutsches Land
in Sang und Klang; waltz tho First
Kiss; gallop, Tiyoli.
The evening was certainly most en-
joyable: That it was possible to have
alarge gathering, at night, of the best
kind OF people, on the fair grounds.
was proven again last night by the
Arion, as we'll as on other occasions.
The following are the committees to
which most Of the credit for the great
success of the Undertaking is due:
Committee Of Inyitation-Leuis G.
stfel, A. Rolf, John Friedel, George
Eekhart, DR.. Aschmann, F. Il. LANCE,
L ]. Bayha, DR.. Stifel, Judge LETTERS,
Charles Schmidt, 81. Bieberson, George
Hook, Ed w. Schaefer, Frank Woeber,
A. A. Franzheim, j. A. Hess, A. =.
M~arschner, Professor Killmeyer, +.
Driehorst, GA. Beuter, E. E. schambra,
George Bremen and O. Vieweg.
Committee on Promenading and
Dancing-F. Diegmueller, L A. Rolf.
Milton Mabis, Oswald Schneider, Frank
Klieves, Louis Lane, William Kirbach,
Joe Holman, II. F. Behrens and
Charles Ebeling.
Committee on Amusement-F. Rie-
ster, Edmund Booking. O. A. Schaefer.