The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-24

smiled
Tuso Increasing wealth and tame.
Though sought by others, lot ms feel
That You are tru, 20 Texas blood
Preferring NJ through WOO ond veal,
Now, now, o,, make our union good.
At the conclusion Of this stirring
ballad, which was received with great
applause, Hon. \, Il, Norton was called
! for, and made one Of those stirring,
clever and merry efforts for which he
is remarkable. He gave our guests u
hearty welcome, alluded to the in
difference hitherto manifested by Gal
| weston in the matter Of making an
effort to secure the trade Of North
Texas, which was Of Itself enough
| to make Galveston great city,
and spoke eloquenlly Of the achieve
ments Of Dallas aud her business men
! in the last four years. He recognized
in Galveston the Queen City Of Texas
and ~ this wac leap year she had the
prcrogaliye of making overlurcs to the
King city Of Texas which was ready
to throw itself into to the arms Of Col
! Sellers, us the representative Of the
Queen City. Dallas has had
other lovers. 81. Louis had
be u awlully sweet on her but
she rather had II hankering for Gall
weston. He wanted Galveston to know
though, that King Corn and King
Wheel, ms well az King Cotton, had
their seats Of Empire up here in North
| Texas, which was able TO build up Gal
weston, whose prosperity was our pros
perity. The Judge continued for about
ten minutes, TO delight and amuse his
audience. Ills remarks were in admi-
rable taste, and were most yocilcrously
applauded.
There were loud calls for Captain $,
j. Adams, but that gentleman grace
fully declined. The champagne had
continued during the evening to flow
like Niagara and there was general
determination among the Dallas and
Galveston men. They Were brothers,
and Mt the conCusion for exam
pie, Of Judge \. b. NortOn's and
Captain T.. q. Bowers speech,
they embraced Colonel Sellers with
the hug Of grizzly, amidst the most
uproarous applause.
Mr.. Ed Webster, of the house Of G.
w. Hurley II Co, was then called for.
lie gave n statement of the present
condition OF the steam shipping facili
ties ui Galveston, and Of the efforts of
his house 10 supply Texas with
European steam communication,
he stated that Galveston was now
ready and willing to afford North
Texas the most moderate rates on grain
shipped to Great Britain, and that he
was satl fled that Galveston was the
natural outlet for the surplus grain of
this section. Mr.. Webster was particp-
larry clear concise, and to the point,
and made Il most favorable impression
IN man who knew exactly what he
was talking about,
Ceptain T.. q. Bower was then called
for. lie came forward. lie was not "A
business man, not granger not
buyer or raiser OF grain or butter, hut
he was glad to welcome the represent
tAtive men of Galveston IN citizen
deeply interested in the prosperity of
Texas. one and indiviSible, now and
forevrr--ameu He called their atten-
tioh to the beauty, progress, teeming
population and energy of our part
of the state. The prosperity Of
Galveston was the prosperity Of Texas
and Dallas was with her heart and soul. |
He hoped that like the Queen of |
Shcba, they would say of Dallas and
North Texas rs she said of the glories
OF King Solomon's court, that "the
half had not been told unto her. |
Captain Bowers remarks were warm.
ly appIauded.
A small squad of Dallasians
captured Mr.. a. s. Mills,
of Galveston, and invited
II speech from him, and in spite
Of his rempnstrance3, they got him ON
his legs, and he made in II few min
utcs one of the best of the evening
which brought Judge Norton to his
feet, who said that
1.-THE mills of the Gods grind slow,
Bat they grind exceeding small"
The hour for adjournment having
arrived, Colonel Sellers in hearty
speech invited all present to accom-
pany the Galveston excursionists to
Fort Worth, the world wide village OF
Pantherville, TO see "whar the painter
laid down." and to bring their wives,
daughters and sweethearts, a PROPOSE
ton and invitation that was greatly
applauded.
The eXcursionists go to Fort Worth
this morning at ten O'clock, and will
not stop on their return, but go direct.
ly on to Galveston.
The HERALD in behalf of the citi-
Hens of Dallas, extends n hearty, old
fashioned Texas welcome to each and
all Of the Galveston eXcursionists. We
are glad they came to zee us. Hence
forth, Galveston is the bride OF Dallas,
and the Queen consOrt of the King city |
of Texas.
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