The Portland daily press., 1899-07-05
CascO Bay Boats We're Crowded All
Day.
The Winners in Different
Contests.
Precautions Taken to Prevent
Damage by Fire.

General Manager Cooling Of the Casco
Bay line and Capt. Georges K. Brown, his
right hand man, have every reason to be
highly gratitied at the result Of their
efforts 10 have Fourth of July celebra-
tion at Peaks island yesterday They had
the celebration and 1t was an unqualified
success in every particular. Crowds
went to the island, the entertainment
was all that was promised and IL was
Kept right up to time and there were no
distressing accidents to mar the festlyi-
ty Of the occasion.
| In the early morning hours the young
people on ths island had their time hon.
ored festivities 1hess were much the
same as those In various parts Of tho city
and need no lengthy description.
| The crowds began coming to the island
shortly after 10 o'clock and from then I'M
til last evening there was stsa5y
stream Of people arriving on boats whioa
ran all of the regular trips and rs M oy
extra ones as might he squeezed In. tbs
estimated that rising ttire n tusu d
peopls visited the island during the day
and evening. The N ajority of them went
along in the early afternoon and remained
over until evening.
The entertainment provided consisted
of the regular performance at the Gem
and the out door vaudeville show which
was given OF the platform on the rising
ground Just in front of the Gem.
| There was a trapeze frame set up back
Of the platform and on this the Orvilles,
Charles and Minnie, gave one Of their fins
double trapeze performances, winning
the admiration OF all who saw them.
Another feature of the performance
which was most pleasing was the wire
walking and juggling of the Grunads
Bros. Prof. LeMarr, the contortionist
Is an old-time fsvorite. He was there
also and the orvilles gave some wonder.
full feats Of balancing articles on their
feet, pits of their stomaohs, etc.
Butterdeld and Walker, the lightning
drum majors, gave an exhibition that
delighted their friends and compelled the
admiration of those who had never seen
them before.
There were various athletic sports also
during the day, including base ball
game between the Peaks leland team anu
the Courier team. The Couriers won
| by a score of 10 to II.
The winners in the various sports were
as follows;
Wood saving oontest-Mr. Cole, first;
Thomas Jon S, second.
| Sack race--James Sullivan, first; Harry
VeFrill, second.
Water pail race-J. A. Hesly, first; Pet.
er Verrill, second.
| Watermelon race-Harry verrill, first;
Peter Verriil, second.
Fifty yards and return-Dayis, first;
Potato raoe--Petsr verrill, first; James
| sullivan, second.
Running race-Graffam, FIST; Mcneil,
second.
Throwing the hammer-Rsynolds first;
Wall second.
| There were various other inters sting
contests which were not recorded or for
which there were no prizes arranged,
go their results are not given.
Chambers land was ON deck all day.
While the platform was occupied by the
various performers In the vaudeville,
the band was located on the grass near
by. Later on In the evening the band
took the platform Thew rendered. = t,na
programme all day winning great ap-
plause. Among the finest selections was
the Bohemian Girl overture. In the
evening there was a fine disn,av Of ,trs
works given from the hillside Tba rao..
nile were seataa nm tba Grass hahi,d ,na
fire works and Thus had raserv,.d soats
and were safe from harm sr for tha sar,s
nrscs Tbara was NOT tho I,,h.os, h,,as
in the nrogramma as the t,rc ,vorLs ,ror,
in the hands az exnar,ancad man Who