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Show l-il'ieenlh Ward i-iwtii'sloii. The Fifteenth Ward Sunday school ; excursion to Lake Side, yesterday, ' was a most enjoyable affair. About , seven hundred persons, principally children and young people, comprised the party which went up from this chy in the morning. The steamer Cit'j "J' (', inn-, which had been chartered char-tered for the occasion, took four hundred hun-dred of the excursionists several miles out on the lake, while I he balance of the parly enjoyed themselves in swinging, dancing, etc.. at 1 blight's firove. The only ueeunvnee which in the least marred the day's pleasure, was the sinking of one of the small boats, which carried the people Irom the steamer to land. In the rush to get n-shore, n-shore, several parties despite the en-deavqrs en-deavqrs of j-hc boatmen io prevent it got into the boat after it was load ed, sinking the era II, and giving the party a salt water bath. They were picked up, and the whole allair pass-in pass-in I oil' pleasantly, The excursionists returned to the city last evening, feeling much better for the pleasant day's recreation. |