Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-05

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Suburban Resorts - The Usual
Amount Of Powder Burned-But
Few Accidents, and Only Three
small Fires.
The anniversary Of American indie
/ perdence was observed yesterday in a
very general and characteristic manner.
That means that business was sus-
/ pended. and that everybody who could
/ possibly do so left town; that the small
. boy shot frecrackers all day, and the
adults sent up fireworks half the night;
that a few strangers came to town and
wondered around the deserted streets
. in a desultory sort of way; that these
was a crush at the Parks and a jam
at the ball games; that the street cars
and fireworks dealers did a big bus
mess. and that there were a thousand
and one private picnics and excursions.
Everything went" in the matter Of
fre-crackers and fireworks, and
wheeling luck" still holds sway for
there were but three inc0nsequential
fires. A few boys were more
or less severely burned, by
powder or crackers, but Ia
uo case was any very serious injury
sustained. and the day as a whole was
q very guiet and enjoyable one.
OIL have
been wished for. The mercury kept
we'll down in the tube, a cool breeze
was a feature of the day, and both in
town and country there was nothing
lacking on The part of very competent
weather management The exodus
from the city was, If anything, more
general than usual, and at the Parks
the attendance broke the record, while
over 1000 people witnessed the ball
games. and there was a fine attendance
at the cigarmakers' picnic az the Fair
Grounds. When there is added to this
drain on the population Of the city the
large aggregation II the scores Of prl-
va-e Dicnic5 and excursions. it is small
wonder that the streets appeared 70 be
deserted. and that the business part oil
town presented q decidedly Sunday-like
aspect
The display of bunting was very light
except at the City Han and Court
House which the janitors had decorated
i0 q very attractive manner The City
Hall looked particularly gay, and jan
i.or Sloan received many compliments
for his work. In the business part OF
town bunting was scarce, and a good
many blocks could he seen without
fag.
The rush 20 the country began early,
and before nine o'clock every picnic
wagon ia the city and scores Of car
riages and other vehicles were enroute
for the country. bearing family parties
90 pleasant outings. Long before noon
tha Elm Grove trains for Wheeling
Park began to- be crowded, and in the
early afternoon the rush was immense.
thousands visiting the resort The one.
Two and three o'clock trains, which were
run in two or three sections, were crowd
e1 90 their capacity. and even later in
the afternoon every seat i'm the cars
was filed. while the evening trains
were corresD0ndingly crowded. Enquiry
a- The Office Of the Elm Grove road re-
suited in the information that the BUS
.fress of last year had been exceeded,
and that fl was thought the attendance
er the Park was the largest In its hrs
TORY. st the Park the crowd appeared
TO number thousands, and the cay was
so-r1di3ly enjoyed by ALL The capacity
of the grounds for recreation as new
erbe-ar illustrated, and everybody con-
fe-=ed 10 a day Of pleasure. The fun
Ouara House band was i'm attendance.and
dancing was a feature of the day and
evening the Park being open until mid
night.
At Mozart Park the crowd was very
large and the day on the hilltop was
magnificent one Music and varied
amusoments contributed to the pleas
ures of those in attendance, and the
crowd fingered until well on towards
midnight.
The picnic Of the cig2rmakers, at the
state Fair Grounds, was attended by
very large number of people, and all
present had a fine time.
Last evening the streets were hle1
with 1r0menaders.andt the many private
dfsD'avs of fireworks We're watched
win interest. One of the finest dis
PLAYS was on Revmann's hill. east of the
civ. another was on Chapline hill;
-hird big display took place on the river
front I'm North Wheeling. while there
were smaller exhibitions at many points
-rrruqb9u+ the city. Along Market and
Main streets The explosions OF cannon
crackers and the burning Of some form