St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-05

Besides the members of the Mer-
| Ram Park church, there were a num-
| Der of the members from the other
| Swedish Lutheran churches in this
| city in attendance
ST. JAMES PARISH.
The annual picnic of the st. James
parish on the grounds at West Seventh
| street and Pleasant avenue was fully
as successful as those held in the past
under the direction of Father Fitz-
patrick, and that is to say that it was
a very successful affair. About 1900
people attended during the day., the
| largest crowd, about 1,500 being out
! between and o'clock in the after
| noon, when the foot races and voting
booths were the attractions. The par
ish cleared about $1,000, which will be
devoted towards paying Oft the debt on
/ the church. The annual picnic of the
parish is always held on Independence
! Day, and. as on previous occasions,
the firecrackers and fireworks consti-
tuted considerable degree of the enjoy
ment of the younger picnickers added
| TO which were the usual accessories of
! picnic, including substantial lunch
| and lemonade stands, cane racks, dunn
| mics to throw balls at, swings, ETC.,
| and band, which furnished a very
| good class of music
In the afternoon there We're a num-
! Der of athletic events for men, youths
and maidens, such a running matches,
| jumping, climbing the creased pole, ETC.
| The principal athletic event was a. 100
| yard dash, which was won by Joseph
| kerwin in eleven seconds, over quite a
| field of aspiring sprinters. A quarter
mile pony race was won by Fred Fox
ley, and Frank Davern captured the
creased pig, after an amusing chase.
| In the evening there was the usual
| voting contest, in which four young
lady members of the parish were the
| competitors for bicycle. The voting
was quite spirited, and after a sharp
contest, Miss Kelly was declared the
/; fortunate contestant, receiving 27?5
votes. Miss Lillis was second with l, $40
| votes an6, the Misses Tobin and Kava-
nagh were third and fourth with 1,S00
and 7I5 votes respectively
ST. VINCENT'S PARISH.
The congregation-or part of it at
least-of ST. Vincent's Parish church
enjoyed an excellent picnic at Union
| grove, just near the end of Como
! park car line. The attendance was
| coed and Father Cosgrove reported
tnat the affair was a success in every
| respect, especially financially In a
big tent on the grounds, what was
advertised as comic opera" by the
man at the entrance was one of the
main attractions. The reporter did
not venture inside, but from the sing
ing, dancing and general evidences of
MARTY that were discernible, it was
apparent that those who invested ten
| to go in might have paid more
Tor seeing less at some other shows.
! A bagpipe aided a brass band to fur
+ nlsh music, so there was no dearth of
| melody.
Several high swings-genuine CID
fashioned swings hung from the limbs
OF trees-constituted one of the novel
ties of the occasion that, next to the
attention of a nice young man, the
| young ladies seemed to enjoy most.
| one of the innocent devices for tenpt-
ing fellow to squander his last nickel
was a row of black babies at which
| you could purchase the privilege of
throwing three balls for five cents, and
| for every baby you knocked down
| you got cigar. Every man that came
! along sized it UP that a ball could not
get through without knocking down
baby, so it was a dead cinch that he
| was going to get three cigars for his
| nickel. But the unfortunate part of it
was that nine balls out of every ten
| found their way through somehow
without touching one of the babies.
| 1t was dead cinch-on the other side
! of the fence. A number of good sport
ing contests took place late in the
| evening. E. HA@'
ST. PETER CLAVER'S. CHURCH.
Not the least enjoyable of the many
picnics held at Lake Como yesterday
was that given by the colored people
| comprising the congregation OF st. Pc
! ter Claver's church. There were no
! sporting events, but there was a good
deal of merrymaking in various other
ways. A splendid luncheon was served,
which was greatly enjoyed by all.
GERMAN LUTHERANs.
On the east side of Lake Como st.
! Stephens German Lutheran Church
society gave a picnic which was fairly
we'll attended. Two nines selected
from among the young fellows pres
ent played game Of ball, chorus of
little children did some singing and Il
| brass band discouISed music every now
and then just to give the occasion the
genuine air of a. Fourth of July cele-
bration. A number Of sporting events
took place late in the evening.
FIRST ri. E CHURCH EXCURSION.
About 800 people, mostly members Of
the Christian Endeavor society, went
on the First M. z. church excursion
on the steamer Flora Clark. The boat
went down the river and up the St
CroiX to Hudson, where landing was
made for a few minutes before start
ing on the return trip. The st. Paul
Mandolin orchestra and the Hamline
quartette enlivened the occasion with
instrumental and vocal music. The
party arrived back here about mid
night, after having enjoyed one of the
most pleasant steamer excursions of
the season
COMO PARK CELEBRATION.
Como park was well patronized in
the afternoon, but this was only a fore
runner to the patronage of the evening
entertainment Hundreds of people re.
manned all day SO as to secure seats
in the evening for the music and the
fireworks Hundreds Of others were
poured in by the cars all evening I'M
til about o'clock, when the lowering
clouds and the thunder and lightning
|
number away.
The cars to the city were packed all
the time beginning at 9, and still when
the fireworks display was given lit
tie after 10 o'clock, there were thou
sands of people on the shores, in the
pavilion and on the embankment, who
mad dared the rain and remained to
see the much-advertised fireworks.
The Gounod quartette had finished
singing when large firecracker eX-
ploded across the lake from the pa
vilion, and announced that the display
Of fire and smoke was about to begin.
A number of large skyrcckets fol-
lowed, and these were interspersed by
two stationary pieces-a cross and an
Choir and a gaily-colored Maltese cross.
The next display was a miniature
engagement between four little men-of-
war. This was the prettiest display of
/ the entire evening Soma ORC .n,>e, oil