The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-08
SATURDAY AT BERWICK.

independence Day was celebrated
in great style at Berwick on Saturday.
The town was thronged with people.
who crowded the sidewalk and watched
with interest one of the greatest dem
onstrations in the history of that thuv-
ing town. Nearly every train in
brought hundreds of visitors. The
parade started from River View at
about o:3o in the morning, headed by
the Shickshinny Cornet Band, followed
by wheelmen numbering away up in
the hundreds, the Berwick Cornet
Band a la Fantastic, Co. I, 9th reg.
N. G.. p, several hundred footmen,
with Col. A. d. Seely as George
Washington, and many others. The
Blackfoots of Foundryville were the
next in line, and made quite hit as
they passed along; the Dark Town
Fire Brigade, G.. A. r. Drum Corps,
P. o. S. Of A., l. o. o. F., Jr. O. U.
A. NJ, Knights of Malta, and business
floats by the score.
| Some OF the costumes were very
elaborate and created rounds of mer-
riment as the procession passed through
the principal streets of the town. The
parade moved down Front street to
Oak and passed the reviewing stand
which was located at the corner of
Front and Pine streets, out Oak to
Second, up Second to Chestnut, out
Chestnut to Sixth, down Sixth to
Market, back to Front and counter
marched to the car shop Of Jackson
& Woodin, where good dinner was
served to the many visitors.
The afternoon was taken up with
the 4th annual race meet of the Ber-
wick wheelmen, which took place at
the Fair grounds, a short distance
below town, and was very largely at
tended, some of the crack riders of the
State taking part. The result OF the
races was as follows:
Fifteen mile road race from Blooms
burg 10 Berwick Fair grounds and fin
ishing on the track. George Harry,
Berwick, Ist; Charles J. Britain, Ber-
wick, 2nd; J. c. Hawkins, Scranton,
3rd; Geo. Sarley, Berwick 4th. Time,
, AZ 3-5 minutes.
, One-half Mile Open-C. w. Krick,
Sinking Springs, Ist; R. d. White,
Scranton, 2nd; G. w. Keller, Wilkes
Barre, 3rd. Time, 1:I3s.
Two Mile Handicap-Charles Cole
man. Scranton, 50 yards, Ist; Viii
McMichael, Berwick, 90 yards, and
w. G. Keller, Wilkes Barre, 90 yards
3rd. Time, 4:46.
One Mile Open-R. ID. White
Scranton, Ist; c. w. Krick, end; Viii
McMichael, 3rd. Time a:2o.
Five Mile Handicap-B. F. Keller
r Scranton, 70 yards, Ist; Will McMich
ael, Berwick, 100 yards, and Gu!
Dewitt, Wllkes-Barre, 22s yards, 3rd
Time 1917.
Exhibition mile to lower the tract
record OF a:I6, by c. w. Krick, o
= Sinklngs Springs, Time a:oI.
There was considerable kicking
among the Berwick people over tn
decision of the judges in the mile open
McMichaels friends claimed that h
was entitled to second place, but tn
Judges not seeing it in that wa.
& awarded second place to Krick.
e Careless and foolish riding by som
of the contestants was noticeabl
feature of the races, and as a conse
quence Jack N. Harry of Berwick ha
his collar bone broken, and severs
Others took headers but none wer
seriously hurt.
About S:3o in the evening fin
display of fire works took place o
Market street, and for an hour c
more the sky was full of whizzin
IL rockets, blazing stars, colored hgh'
III and so on. The display was a fin
one, and at the conclusion of tn
affair everybody left feeling amply n
paid for the discomfort of the crow
and the hot weather.
Bloomsbury was we'll represented,
large crowd of people going up on I'll
-, trains while many rode their bicycle
~ " The whole program was a gran
~ success, and the citizens of Berwlc
~ deserve much credit for their effor
~ - to celebrate in fitting way the df
81 81 which marked the independence
~ ~ this great nation.