Batavia Daily News Batavia, Genesee Co., NY Friday Evening, July 1 1887 FROM DAWN TO MIDNIGHT. Programme for Batavia's Unparalleled Celebration. One Event will Closely Follow Another--the Races, Balloon Ascension, Base Ball, Calathumpian parade, Fireworks. It is promised that the celebration of American Independence in Batavia next Monday will be the largest, most attractive and positively the best demonstration ever gotten up in Genesee county, or in fact in Western New York, outside of the two large cities. The programme, which is printed below, tells what may be expected, and The News has the assurance of the Executive Committee that everything will be carried out as advertised: At sunrise 111 guns will be fired, bells will be rung, etc., to awake the people, and at 9 a.m. there will be a National salute of thirteen guns to the thousands who will at that hour be pouring into town. At 10 a.m. there will be a grand parade, headed by the Akron Cornet Band of twenty pieces, and including carriages containing the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, Speaker of the Day, Prof. HYDE's Choir, and prominent citizens. At 11 o'clock the exercises in the park will begin. There will be music by the Akron Band, singing the National airs by Prof. HYDE's choir, reading of the Declaration of Independence by Charles W. STICKLE and an oration by the Hon. A.P. BUTTS of Brockport, reputed to be an able, eloquent and entertaining speaker. At 1 p.m. there will be a bicycle race, open to the county, best 2 in 3, the starting point to be at the corner of Main and State streets and the course to be to Washington avenue, to Bank street, to Main street, to the starting point. The prizes will be two gold badges, valued at $15 and $10, respectively. At 2 p.m. a wheelbarrow race for a purse at $5 will be run from Ellicott to Main streets on Jackson street, followed by a sack race for $5 from the Trumbull block to Main street. The greased pole climbing will come next. It will be planted at the corner of Main and Jackson streets, and there will be a $5 bill on top for the man who gets there first. At 3 p.m. the hose race will take place on Main street from Bank to Court streets, a distance of 300 yards. The prizes are $40 to first, $25 to second; three teams to start; teams limited to twelve men, to draw their own carriages. At 4 p.m. the grand balloon ascension will be made from Court street, by ALLEN Bros., the famous aeronauts, with their immense air-ship, which will be used by them for the first time on this occasion. While making the ascension the aeronauts will perform many daring feats from their trapeze suspended in mid-air. At 5 p.m. the Calathumpians will appear on dress parade, headed by the Akron Band. "This parade," the announcement says, "will be the most unique in conception, extravagant in its completeness, mirth-provoking in its hilariousness and amusing in its grotesqueness ever seen in Western New York,, rivalling in gorgeous splendor the Queen's Jubilee Pageant and the combined efforts of Barnum and Forepaugh." A prize of $5 cash will be given to the resident of Batavia who produces the most attractive team in the Calathumpian parade, and a silver watch will be given the owner of the team from out the county that makes the best impression at the same time. Everybody appearing in the parade will be presented with a cigar. At 8:30 the immense display of fireworks will be commenced from two stands on Main streets, one at the corner of Bank street and one at the corner of the Park. During the day--at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.--there will be two games of base ball at the Association's handsome grounds on Swan street, between the Batavias and Akrons. Good order will be maintained and the events will take place punctually under the direction of the Marshal, ex-Sheriff SOUTHWORTH. Everybody and his family, Le Royans included, are cordially invited to come and join in the celebration. submitted by L.C. Schmidt