The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-04
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TDcir GiIrlous Time la Shreveport
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The Dallas l'irenon lour boys) are
Inblant over their trip TO Shreveport, |
and sing their praises Of her cItlzena
her ladies, and her Blremen.
Leaving Dallas Monday morning ut
eight o'clock, by special train, Al.
Beagles conductor In charge, with
clever Jim Currle for engineer they
were drawn swiftly though pleasantly
to Marshall, where they were received
by the Marshall Fremen aud escorted
TO dinner A delay Of two hours here
occurred and II pleasant two hours
they were, too-when the whistle
sounded aud Nil aboard for Shreveport
was the cry, Soon they were under
full way, speeding to their destination,
arriving there at 7;45 p. m. They were
met at the depot by the Shreveport
committee and escorted to Tally's Hall,
where they were received by the Chief
Engineer, Colonel Cumming, and ten
dered the inequalities Of the city In
neat speech from member Of the re-
ceptlon committee. "You nre our
guests, and we your servants" greeted
their ears and were the words that fell
from the gifted speakers lips. General
Good replied in behalf Of the Dallas
boys. After which badges were fur
nished, quarters assigned, and meal
tickets furnished, when the boys
strolled forth to view the city by
moonlight.
Next morning at nine o'clock sharp,
Chief Conner called the boys together,
and soon after uniting with the Shrevc-
port and Marshall departments, the
grand parade took place. The process
sion was pronounced by the Oldest cit
liens TO have been the finest ever
known to Shreveport.
After marching through the prlnci-
pal streets, they embarked on the
steamboats, Dawn and Sandy, and u
pleasant run was made to the picnic
grounds some six miles distant Here
a splendid spread Of edlbles was al.
ready awaiting them, and private par =
ties and families were there with bas-
kets overladen with the good things Of
life, all to be dispensed to the gallant
boys Of Shreveport, Marshall and Dali
las. Soon they were at work on them,
and when finished, speaking was the
order of the day-Colonels Manicure
and Cumming speaking on the part of
Shreveport, and General Goode, Cap
tain Bower and Barnett Gibbs, Esq,
on the part of Dallas. All were pro-
nounced eloquent.
After picnicing and speaking, they
returned to town, and few hours
were spent in resting.
The festivities of the night COM
menced by two grand balls, one at
Tully's Hall and the other at the City
Hall, the elite of the city gracing both
places.
During the night our band (Parker's)
serenuded many places and received
in return hundreds Of beautiful bou-
quets. At seven o'clock Wednesday
morning the boys were again in line,
and marching to the offices of the
Times and Telegram, saluted each
with tune, then countermarched and
were soon at the depot ready for the
return trip. Beagles soon had them
on board, and at his command, Currie
pulled the throttle, Shreveport was
''soon lost to sight, but to memory
dear" Marshall soon reached and
soon left, likewise all the other towns
on the line, and Dallas again reached
at $50 p. NJ.
The boys are full of praise of Colonel
George Noble, general superintendent
of the Texas and Pacific Railway; also
of j. S. Noble and III. II. New
man, both high officials of the
road; of the firemen and citi-
zens of Shreveport they cannot
seem to say enough in the way of
praise; and of the ladies-why they
fairly rave over their beauty, their
grace, their elegant toilettes and
charming manners. Many of the boys
came back full of Cupid's arrows, and
won't be fit for business for a week in
consequence.