Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-27

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which in some respects rivals the
Bay Of Naples, we're particularly en-
joyable.
On Sunday, Aug. 10, the Knights
Templar held their religions services,
which were solemn, grand and in
spring in the extreme, in the Me
chanic's Pavilion, which was mag
nifcently decorated'for the occasion.
Fully ten thousand people attended
the services, and had the building
been large enough TO hold twice that
number il would not have accomme-
dated all who desired to be present.
As it was, the crowd was so great
that many supplied with tickets en-
titling them to admission were de-
MED entrance 70 the pavilion. he
porter's badges were not honored,
and, with one exception, no reporter
gained admission. A clerical look
T ing attache of one of tie morning
papers attempted 30 enter, bat was
stopped by the doorkeeper, with %
polite: 81 am sorry sir but / have
positive orders 20 admit no one to
the,payiliou except Sir Knights i'm
uniform aud their ladies" "Don't
You admit clergymen:n "i es."
'Well ] am an ordained minister,
and Sir. Reporter was admitted much
to The envy and chagiiu Of his un
successful compeers
The principal streets Of the city
were gorgeous.y decorated with
Knights Templar banners, and two
magnificent arches were erected, one
across Market ST., aud the other
across Montgomery ST. The pro-
cessian ON Monday was one of the
finest that ever paraded San Francis
go streets. The days of chivalry
seemed 70 have returned and one
could have easily imagine the
p.umed Knights were crusaders pre-
pairing 90 do battle with the inhdel
+ Saraeens for the possession Of the
Holy >epulchce.
The laying of the cornerstone Of
The Garfield monument, iu Golden
Gate Park, on Friday, Aug 2lth,
was q magnificent and impressive
ceremony Besides the Knights
Tempar, the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons, the Grand Army Of the Re
public, and the regular L $ Army
from tire forts around the city, took
part in the ceremonies The Gov
eruor issued q proclamation declar-
ing the day q legal holiday, and the
people turned out en- nsa8se to do
honor to the memory Of our MUIR
dered President
a feature of curious significance
10 connection with the laying of the
cornerstone was, that the Grand
Master Ok the Nasons, Hon. Clay
I w. Taylor, who presided ON chat oc.
casjon, is q prominent Democrat.
The Grand Chaplain who delivered
the dedieatory prayer, Rev w. f..
Compton, is a preacher of the NJ. d
church south The Grand Orator Of
the occasion, Hon. III. E. EIighton, is
Democrat, and was during the war
a southern sympathizer; and Gov
ernor Stoneman, who proclaimed the
day a legal holiday, is Democrat;
but he was a Union General during
the war
Saturday the competitive drill
took place at the race-tracl. The
three competing communicates did
some very fine work and executed
the difficult manUuvres with the pre-
cjsion Of clock-work, but the St. Ber-
nards Of Chicago did not sustain
their reputation. We, from the
northwest hoped to see them cap
ture the first prize, but the DeMolays
from Louisville, Kentucky, took the
first prize, the Rapiers from Indian
apolis, took the second, and if there
had been four Communicates drilling
/ it is doubtful if the st. Bernards
would have taken the third.
Most Of our eastern visitors have
returned home, but some stil linger
here, 10th To bid good-by to the
grandest state in the Union.
Only fifty or sixty Sir Knight.
from Wisconsin attended the con.
clave, but what they lacked npmeri
cally they more than made mp in
quality Mentally and physically
they compared fayorably with the
same number from any section Of
the country.
The Wisconsin communicates Sc
cured an elegant suite OF parlors in
the Lick House for their headquar
ters, where they cordially received
all visitors and extended an cxcep
tionally warm welcome to old timC
Badgers
Mineral Point was well represent
"a bv Mr.. ". IL Curry, Mr.. r. d
Pulford, and Mr. +. w. Sylvester
and his accomplished daughter, Miss
Nettie After attending the con
olave they visited many points OF
interest III the state. They met sey.
eral old friends, and formed many