The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-05
l176 1876.
Dallas celebrates the one uundredllt
Anniversary Of American Indie.
pendence.
The People En- Masse The Procession,
Speeches, Incidents, Etc Etc. The
Biggest Day Yet.

Speeches, Incidents, Etc, Etc. The
Biggest Day Yet.
Yesterday will alng he remembered
as the biggest day Dallas ever saw.
The weather was bright and ausplcIous
for the occasion, The stores aud pla.
ces OF business were closed at IN early
hour, and the streets aud roads leadmp
to the city We're througed with people
In holiday attire, bent upon celebrating,
with all the honors, the Centennial.
The best OF feeling and spirits seemed
to prevail, and nothing Of Importance
occurred during the day to mar the 90
Cas.on.
The boys began the night before and
continued next morning to keep up a
rafting fire of llre.crackcrs.
Nothing could have presented live
Tier or gayer appearance than Main
street did at ten o'clock, with its
crowd of men, women and children,
carriages, pony phTtOus, horscmeu
and marshals, in all of the ephcmera
glory OF temporary pomp and circum.
stance. At nine O'clock
THE PROCESSION
formed on Commerce street, and
moved out Main street towards the
Fair Grounds, where the committee ut
arrangements had prepared the beau-
titul grove OF oaks for the reception 81
the patriots of the day 10y II liberal
provision of seats, n handsomely deco
rated stand, strangers table, and
other thoughtful institutions.
First in the procession came Il
mounted detachment of police, ~
their neat grey uniforms "a double.
breasted lrock coat, pants and rcguli-
ton cap and belt.) Then came Lang =
band of ten pieces, playing lively air,
and following marched those glorious
boys in grey the Lamar Rifle, and the
Stonewall Greys, among whose officers
~ n Lieutenant, marched the gallant
Colonel ThruSton, who followed Lee
four years in Virginia, and viii he re.
membered rs one of the best Co!Oucls
war ColoneIs) in that army. The
Greys and Rifles bore themselves right
gallantly and looked every inch wor-
thy to have followed old Stouewali
himself.
Next came that fine body of Irish
fellow-titizens, the Order of Ancient
in full regaIia, present
ing an imposing front and bearing alofl
the green flag OF Ireland.
The fine appearance was noticed OF
n large body Of our French icllow-cit
liens carrying the French tri-coior
upon whose beautiful folds were in
scribed l776-lS7G, an eloquent re
minder of the friendship of France to
the struggling colonies and the disin
terested and gallant services of the
noble Lafayette, the friend Of Wash
ington. They looked the worthy discen'
dants of their sires of l776 who fought
with Lafayette for American liberty
Then came that trained body of citi'
zen athletes, the German TCrnvereinr
marching like veterans with the stClid
calmness and even cadence OF Prussiau
Irenadiers being reviewed by MollHe
Then the Base Ball Clubs and swiss
Glee Club and SOciety-iit representa-
tons of that land of liberty -Swilzer'
land.
A band of forty Choctows who came
down from the Nation to play bail
were the most novel and picturesque
feature of the occasion, and were Oh
served of all observers. Their dresses
were part Indian and part American
but the Indian predominated, tuei
marched along with that unpeituips
BILE GOODNESS peculiar to the noble saw
.oa. and declined to manifest th'
slightest surprise at anything
The.speakers of the day ON
Welborn, ESD, Hon. a. b. Nor oo
stotistitian Judge Barhsdtle, The isa,r
Of the Declaration,of Independence,an'
acting Mayor Ervay, and the CounclI
w. C. Conner, Chief Of the FIR" de
partment, rode at the head of that gal
liant band of 'boys in red' each hos
within himself. The towering Torn
of Billy Myers, the leviathan oil III
department, the fragile figure OF BAL
nett Gibbs and II regiment OF o'he
choice spirits We're in harness for III
nonce.
Parker's Germania, the crack ban
of Dallas, followed in red and blu
uniforms, playing martial music an
adding greatly to the spectacle
The prettiest thing in the line wa
the East Dallas Hook and l'Aud'
Company wagon, decorated WI
everpreens aud flowers in whlc
nestled thirty.eight yourg girls appf'
priately dressed to represent t ,a',
state in the Union. The Dallas FIJI
recruitment with its steam e'
zine and other paraphernalia IL
lowed in fine style, engine al
,rnck deliberately decorated with eve
= green's ,.,,,,,,,ns
d, ArTHE FAIR GROUNDS