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448 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
Delegations from Kelley's Island, Margaretta, Oxford, Groton,
Perkins, Huron, Milan, Vermilion, Florence and all points outside of
Erie County.
THIRD DIVISION
Marshal—I. F. Mack.
Aids—F. W. Alvord, E. W. Fitzhugh, C. M. Keyes, Jacob Rush.
Great Western Band.
Sandusky Fire Department.
Trades and Industries.
The program at the fair grounds Avas as follows:
1. Music.
Ye Olden Times. Grand Centennial Fantasia—Great Western
Band.
2. Hail Columbia—Full Chorus.
3. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Stroup, chaplain of the day.
4. Star-Spangled Banner—Full Chorus.
5. , Address of Welcome by A. II. Moss, Esq., president of the day.
6. America—Full Chorus.
7. Reading of Declaration of Independence by F. W. Alvord, Esq.
8. What Is It ?—Great Western Light Guard Band.
9. Oration by Hon. Samuel F. Hunt, of Cincinnati.
10. Red, White and Blue—Full Chorus.
11. Marseilles Hymn—=Full Chorus.
12. Old Hundred—Full Chorus.
In 1878 suit Avas begun in the English courts for Hector Jennings
against the estate of Lord HoAve for $40,000,000, and the old man lived
and died'in the belief that he would Avin that case, which he died Avithout
achieving.
The Register of June 23, 1879, contains a statement from F. D.
Parish that Washington Street Avas never intended to ran through
the square. He says that Avhen the square Avas fenced he and D. K.
Campbell Avere the only residents of the square east of Columbus Avenue
and he Avas asked to consent to the fencing and did not object.
On July 13, 1879, occurred the heaviest tornado ever knoAvn here
when the Avind reached a velocity of seventy-five miles an hour and blew
for five minutes at that rate. It tore aAvay part of the roof of the Tool
Company and 2.30 inches of rain fell in half an hour. The storm blew
in the AvindoAvs of the West House and damaged ceilings and carpets.
It unroofed many buildings, blew doAvn fences and gave the vessels on
the bay and lake a lively shaking up.
On December 3, 1866, the Post LeAvis & Radcliff Block at the foot of
Columbus Avenue Avas finished.
The first mention of baseball is in 1868, AA'hen the Bay City team beat
the Milan team 39 to 5.
The telephone project is first mentioned on the 28th of April, 1880,
by the Register.
The present jail Avas completed on August 1, 1883.