The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-05
TIE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
HOW TT Ufs cELERRirED IN SEW
 HIyES AND VICINITY.

The Fourth of July was an unusually quiet one yesterday, md 1t has been many years since VIC have had so quiet n Fourth as that of yesterday. The day was ushered In by the national salute of forty-four guns and the ringing of the church bells at sunrise. The many ex- cursions which were offered this year and the excessive heat of the past two weeks was the cause of fully G,O00 people spending the dny on the water, by means of the six steamboat excur- slons. Tho chief feature of the day in the city was the parade of the Boys brigade, the C.. A. R., the o. U. A. M., the F. O. s. of A. and the Naval Vet erans. With the usual promptncss for which General A. II. Embler Is noted, the parade started on time. The escort, Admiral Foote post, G. A. R., in col umns of fours, formed, right in front, on Temple street, left at Chapel street entrance. The Boys brigade, In five columns of fours, right in front, the head of each column resting on Temple street, to wit, the first, fifth, ninth, thirteenth and seventecth companies Each column contained four companies the first column on Chapel street com prising the first, second, third and fourth companies, the second column, on their right, was made up of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth com panies, and so on for the five columns.
 In the rear of the Boys brigade came one company of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. The headquarters of General Embler were in front of Center church. Each of the companies had an aid on the staff of the marshal. The route of march was us follows: Through Temple to Grove, to Hillhouse, to Sachem, countermarch to Trumbull, to State, to Olive, to Greene, to Wooster square, to Chapel, to Church, to Elm, where the parade was disbanded and the several companies then proceeded to their respective headquarters.
 Major Albee, Captain Beach, First Lieutenant Smith, Second Lieutenant Young of the Blues acted as aides to the marshal.
 The post turned out with 45 men, Gideon Welles naval watch had 15 men and there were n total of 452 in line.
 General Embler was much pleased with the marching, which he said re- tlected great credit upon the boys.
 AT sCHEUTzEN PARK.
 The only local picnic was that given by the Hessen Verein at Scheutzen park. There were fully 800 present dur ing the afternoon and evening. Music was furnished for dancing by the Swed- ish New Haven band. In tho evening there was display of fireworks.
 UPSTAIRS vs. DOWN STAIRS.
 The employees of the Hoggson & Pet tis Manufacturing company of Court street played game of ball at the Cot tage ground at Savin Rock yesterday morning. The upstairs were defeated by the. down stairs nby a score of 23 to 20. After the game all the employees of the company were given Q dinner at the expense of the company.
 'T' ', 75 THE WEST SIDE CLUB.
 This fiourshing and popular club celebrated the day;in grand style. Their beautiful new flag was thrown to the breeze for the first time at sunrise. The house was tastefully trimmed with bunting and Japanese lanterns. In the evening a most elaborate display of fire works was made, consisting of hundreds of rockets and roman candles, fire bal- looms, etc., the display lasting several hours and being greatly enjoyed by the people in the vicinity, as well as the large number of members present.
 THE EXCURSIONS YESTERDAY.
 There was perfect string of excur- sions on the water yesterday, and every one was well patronized. The excursion of the St. Patrick's T. A. B. society was the. first to leave, and it was grand beginner. Over two thousand people were on board the City of Boston which the society had hired for the occasioD.' The boat at leaving parted one of her bowlines. aud one end snapped back Oh the dock. Officer Lonergan, who; was on duty at the dock, noticed the strain on the hawser and had warned the people on the dock to move back out of danger. The steamer went OH without other mishap, however.
 Among those on board were Joseph Patten,. MT. and Mrs. Frank Cafferty, MI. and Mrs. Walter Walsh, MT. and Mrs. John K. Burke, Lawrence F. Flan- nagan, John J. Corbett, T. F. Corbett, Frank Heery, Henry E. Norris, John J. Kelly, Park Inspector T. r. Kelly, John B. Began, James Ryan, Edward P. Miss Josephine Eagan, Miss Mary McManus, Miss Margaret Hogal, Frank Daley, Mir, .,and Mrs. M. Beegan, William Healy, Henry F. Healy, Miss Lizzie McGrath, MT. Thomas Kelly, Ed ward F., Lawlor, Michael Hayes, John Flynn and Dennis Ahearn.
 Next the Continental left the dock at 0:3O with 1000 people aboard. She took o. U. A. M. and their friends to New London.
 The Margaret took Q large crowd on each of its three trips to Pico Park at Beach where Dale Armstrong, the well known variety manager, gave his first free public entertainment. A band of twenty-five pieces gave a con- cert during the afternoon and in the evening furnished music for dancing. < About 800. people.w on the regular trip of, the C. H. Northam to New York. a.s
 The clouds began to collect about noon, Iand looked ominous, and at ?