Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-25

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 : coming along one after tue other
 Shortly after the arrival O
 the Grand Commander Dean
 with the Grand Encampmeus, services
 were ordered to commence; all the mem bers of the Encampmeut being present with about two thousand knights in ful
 dress uniform with swords occupying the body of the pavilion. Viewed from
 one of the raised seats at the end of the
 hall the sight was magnificent one
 The raised dais of the Grand Command
 CT at the extreme end, occupied to its
 fullest extent by the handsomely clad
 escort of the Grand Commander, the
 two thousand knights with their velvet
 embroidered cloaks and plumed hats,
 swords reversed, cross hilt. level with
 the eyes, saluting the Grand Encamp- ment, and either side on raised seats ex- tending almost to the top ot the build ing were thousands and thousands of
 handsomely dressed ladies and gentle
 men. It Is 10 exaggeration to say that
 it was an impressive scene and when the opening hymn Onward, Christian Sol di,rs," was given, started by the two
 thousand Templar Knights taken up by 6,OOO other voices, the sight and impress sions conveyed may be imagined, but are difficult to describe. The hymn fn- Ished, the order was given, 'carry swords" returned swords" uncover" and the general confession wa~ read by the Grand Prelate repeated by all the knights, after which the declaration of dissolution was read, and other religious services followed. The sermon was delivered by the Very Rev. Sir Clinton Lock, of Chicago, Grand Prelate, and was listened to with marked attention. The benediction followed, the recession al hymn closing the religious ceremo- niss.
 One o'clock has come, and still they don't come The delay is being severely commented on, but it is difficult to de- termine the cause of it, and 1t would be unfair to attach any blame to the com mittee of manRgements, every membe- of which IS, and has been, working since morning like Trojan.
 At twelve o'clock a rumor was started that the procession has begun to move, but it was soon found out to be false alarm. As 1t will take two hours for the procession to pass given point, and a5 one o'clock it has not started, the end of the procession will not have reached | the pavilion much before five o'clock, so that any attempt to convene for business today by Grand Encampment will prob- ably be abandoned.
 At half past nine the streets, particu- larily Market, have become almost im- passible. The crowd is simply immense, representing not only all that San Fran cisco can produce Of sight-seers but some twenty thousand others who have come in from the other cities aud towns of the coast, to witness the procession.
 The assemblage of Knights is each minute increasing, and though fully four thousand seem so t1 have taken up a position and other communicates are still coming and the scenes presented is mOmentarily increasing in interest. It is getting evident that the start will be delayed owing to the difficulty of the later communicates getting thrnughh he of starting, sees them still awaiting the the head of the column to come down Market street.
 Half past ten and the start still delay ed, and it is now stated that It will prob ably be II o'clock before they get under way In the meantime the crowd along | the streets in ths windows and doors | of buildings Is growing greater and those who have reserved window | space in the expectation of e great de- | mand at the last moment have not been | disappointed. Five, ten and even twenty | dollars are being offered by single lndi- l viduals for the privilege Of looking | through a window and a wEole window | that two days would have been let for fifty dollars, could not be purchased this morning for two hundred Half past | eleven has arrived and still no signs of a start IS beIng made. No clear reasons are assigned for the delay, beyond the fact that it is difficult matter to arrange | the Communicates, and others taking l part in the procession, in the exact order | laid down in the official program.
 From early this morning the city has been commotion making ready for the | grand procession of Knights Templar. | At eight o'clock crowds of people might | be seen hurrying from all quarters tow ards those streets along which it was to | pass and at the present hour, Montgom- cry and Market streets, and Van Ness | Avenue are hned from one end to the l other with a solid line of men, women | and children determined not to be be- hind
 CLIFTON, August 2O.-This morning i about 9 o'clock while four men were re- moving an old stable preparatory to 1 commencing the grade at this end of the 1 Arizona and New Mexico railroad, the 1 building fell killing Dennis Brogan, a | workman, and iniuring three others, but not dangerously.
 Ground was broken this morning in c ifton ou this end of the Arizona and | New Mexico railroad. The road is com pleted within five miles of town.
 Heavy rains Saturday caused Fresco river to rise three feet, and washed away three bridges and caused the water to rise into the Arizona Copper company's water ditch.
 CAsA GRASDE, A. T., August 2l-It seems that the fierce attacks of Green packers upon the silver currency of the country was supplemented yesterday evening by terrific onset on the great est silver producing mining camp in the Territory, on the part of the elements in the shape of an aqueous cloud-burst, which seems not to have been recorded in previous predictions, nor annulled by promissory rainbows. Late yesterday evening an ominous looking cloud burst with great fury on the ridge ot the mountain northeast of the King mine. The water divided on the ridge, part of it going on the north side and part on the south side: If this had not been the case the town of Silver King would bava haar a fbinc, of tb. ,..,gt s,,1 4ta