The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-07-08

At 1870 O'Clock the procession having
formed on Chapman street, began the
march down Main street led by Marshall
M. l.. Parker. In their order there fol-
lowed:
Owosso City Band.
Judge Van Zile and Common Council.
The City Fire Department.
Advertising Float, Hall Bros.
ST. Johns Cornet Band.
Mueller Bros. Float.
Owosso Carriage Works Float.
Owosso City Mills Band.
Hartshorn & Son Bicycle Display.
Cook, Blacksmith, Horseshoe Display.
Independent Band, Owosso.
F. g. Oatman, Z. S. Military Scenes.
NJ l.. Parker, Fancy Brick Display.
Junior Band, Owosso.
l.. ID. Wilson, Flour Float.
Bicycle girls, costume national colors.
At ii o'clock preparations were made
for balloon ascension. The balloon
had just been inflated when an accident
occurred which put off the attempt for
several hours. Three honrs later an
other attempt was made which again
proved a failure. However, at $50
fine ascension was made by the aeronaut,
who made a successful parachute drop.
At 11:30 the judges on parade award
| ed prizes. Clayton Chatterson received
| the prize for having the most comical
single rig containing two persons in the
parade. He received an elegant water
bottle and tumbler. Misses Mary Love,
| Nettie Dimond and Nellie Grove, receiv-
ed respectively a fine bottle OF perfumery,
pair OF gloves and a pair of kid slip
pers, for having the incest bicycle CO.'S
tune OF national colors.
A prize OF 500 bricks was awarded the
New Haven sheepskin band for being the
best of it's kind. The youngest grand
mother in the parade was Mrs. Emma
| Shook, who received a rocking chair.
The best advertising float belonged to l..
d. Wilson whose wagon carried dis
play of Pittsburg -four The newspapers
of the city give him $40 worth of adver-
| Using.
Charles Richardson drove the finest
team OF horses and took the prize, fine
whip and curry comb.
George Haskell was the most disorder
| ly person in the parade, and as prize
Justice McCaughna is willing to give him
six months in the reformatory for boys
at Lansing.
| The games held on Exchange street
were watched by large crowd and We're
very interesting The 2O0-yard dash,
bicycle, was won by Samuel Amspoker;
prize, box of cigars. The fat mems foot
race, 1O0, yards, was won by W. l.. Ash,
Durand; prize, box Of cigars. Slow
bicycle race. 100 yards. was won by
Burger; second, Amspoker. Amspoker
was five yards behind Burger, but was
crowded off his wheel. Prizes, box CT
gars, bicycle bell.
| The 100 dash was won by Wells, of
Ithaca, an old M. A. c. athlete. How
ard Shanafelt, of this city, was close
second. There were five starters.
The shot-put was won by ErnestS Sack
rider; distance, thirty feet five inches
Wells, twenty. nine feet two inches. Prize,
pair of gloves.
Hurdle race, 100 yards, was won by
Wells, with Avery second. 1t was really
an uncontested race with Wells.
Boys bicycle race as won by Fred
Snow, with Bert Amspoker, second.
The running and standing jumping
prizes were also won by Wells, of Ithaca.
At 6 o'clock a game of basket ball
was played between the high school and
Y. M. c. A. teams. 1t was very exciting
and interested the crowd gathered to see
it. The game resulted in score OF Z to
0 in favor of the Y. M. G. A. team.
Perhaps the most exciting feature of
the day was the water battle which took
place on, the river fats near the west end
of Williams street. Five men on each
side waged very wet battle for twenty
minutes, much to the discomfort of the
participants and very often to the
crowd. The battle was declared a
draw.
At 8 o'clock on West Exchange fine
lot of fireworks was set off. Among the
beautiful pieces were photographs of Adj
miral Dewey and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, a
feature new in the city and much appre-
ciated. Until very late at night the cele-
bration was kept up, and firecrackers
exploded and small cannon doomed long
after the 4th OF July had passed into an
other day.
At 10 o'clock the battleship Maine was
blown up at Caledonia Park. 1t was
most successfully done, and pleased the
/ large crowd present. A fine hand COMFORT