Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-05
THE FORTS FOURTH.
The Grandest Display Ever Wit.
messed in Il mas.
--L-
RICH AND POOR, OLD AgD YOUNG,
JOIN IN THE JUBILATIoN.
The Grsndcst Display Ever Seen in a
Southern City.
Ekauen. Addresses By Senator Marcy
and Ex-Ca-gressnan Giddings.
>cene. and Tsrsdsnts ofthe bay The bar
bccue--rae Base Ban Gsme-The
~hcsteng Nstch-The Pyro-
fe~1rnie Dispiay--Mlscel-
ianeous Joftings 81
the Celebrate 90.
The Grsndest Display Ever Seen in a
southern City.
Eksuent Addresses By Senator Marcy
and Ex-Ca-gressnan Giddings.

the Celebrate on.
I Few will question the a ssertioa tha
the grandesi display ever seen II
Texas. was witnessed in this city YES
tsrd a.. IL was grand even bcyonC
the widest anticipation ~ its promo
tiers. Nothing tina. taste or talent
could suggest 20 make the event ons
long Ia be remembered WAS neglected
TIE street parade Was the finest evpi
wRut%sed IN the South, outside of New
Orleans. More than seven hundred
vehicles Of every class aud description
were IN line. Never was an event -
enthusiastically celebrated and never
was anything half 80 magnificent
performed on such short notice. The
idea Of celebrating the Fourth 81 july
originated in fun. Three young men
met together and a. the conversation
was beginning to Lar one VI them said.
1 why IN the thunder cant we get M
some fun for the Fourth OF july p
] The suggestion was yell received br
the other two. They called meet
ing there and iheu. There was unly
three present, remember. one being
/ made chairman and another secretary.
I city directory WAS secured aud
a list OF committees appointed.
The committees embraced the fuost
energetic men in the city. Next
| morning the GAZETTE published an
account OF the meeting aud the mem
/ berstip of the different committees.
The GAZETTE said the meeting was
enthusiastic, bat forgot TO say il was
slender. The gentlemen appointed on
the committees took hold oI The matter
in dead earnest. subcommittee and
an executive committee were az.
pointed and the proposed celebration
was launched. Fort Worth believes
in doing everything well. Mer-
chants. bankers, business men. clerks
mechanics and laborers put their
hands In their pockets and subscribed
according u their means To defray
the expenses. a sufiiciencv Of fund.
Was raised III forty-eight hours. Pos
ters and Invitations were printed and
distributed. Every one IN the city
took bold 81 the matter with euthu.i.
asm. Patriotism became rampant and
fashionable aud every one contributed
70 MAKE the celebration success.
HOW IT OPENED.
The boys beg ~ To celebrate early on
Tuesday night. Fire crackers be-
gan TO pop rJmisccously. Rockets
were spTinkling through The sir, and
ali manner Of Chinese d ,viltry, ex-
plosives and noise contributed toward
slaughtering quieiude. The streets.
We're gaily decorated. The glorious
old stars and stripe. tloated from the
tops OF business houses and public
buildings. Bunting spnnned the streets
intriumphal arches: evergreens shaded
the sidewalks and made canopies for
do"rwnys. Miniature flags were
everywhere visible, They were fastened
on the brides Of horses, were stuck IN
lanes dresses were carried i'm chill.
drens hands, We're worn In gentle
mems button-lsolos, in fact were every
where, Never, perhaps, was city s.
completely in gala attire. Everyone
took holiday, aud Uncle Sam was
Sod OF the day. Federals and Cunfpd.
crates joined hands. Early
Yesterday morning George Bar
cheii and j. G. Scott, the for
mer an ex-Union soldier, and
tue latter veteran os the Lost
Cause, assembled the highest pinical
81 the court house and Haunted he
stars and stripes from the forehead OF
the wealberccck Scott observed that
ne helped TO haul down many flags OF
the nitei states, tut this was the
INST he hoisted. Bnt FOrl Worth 4 n
g smopolilan city. Only the old set
tiers can tell who were FederaIs and
who were Confederates in the hate fra
tflcidal struggle. We are literal
people, and except for entertainments
y luti' never discuss the unpleasant
question nowadays. some of our
i"se respected and best beloved citi- I
,san were federals and they live in
l l's.' anu harmony with their ConleI- /
n, ~, 80, NY. ,'p'ls: with naught of a 10
~ feeling. 'Ne 'tieio-
TIE STATES sALUTED.
,,.. ~ = ciocM yesterday morning the
ps"'os ~ artillery awo&e the reoplc (
,tniii their siumhers. The boon- /,
hro eahnons reverberated {
, ,,a, ue city: giving notice
NV NV 'lie Nuspiclous day had dawned
~ ~ oai ~, artillery fired the
'a'ute' inirty-eight shots were iirrd
,lv ioi earii State IN the union. The 4
, ~, celebration b gan with this
, ne guns were iired on the square. 1
VS. vi the courthouse. Soon the pee.
nc were up and around. Every OH.
vas III gaia attire. The stores were
~, open nnd were gaily decorated
isiue ~ Wen as out About Q O'Clock
nc streets werethronged The assistant
lnrsnnis were galloping hithcr aud
.tther, making preparations for the I
asaue' Mounted policemen, too.
~ conspicuous everywhere, uirect
rs leopie TO the rendezvous. Fire. {
i,,ad gay and tasteful uniforms
,,,iI scout, and the members of the
,ti,e company strOiled around
i,,i,,s ~ .he sights. Merchants were
;S,I,g me finishing touches 10 their
ods Wagons, trying 10 fluid some ,
"s,ste nag would III, oiA bunch q
w s'eisl"ells suck, About ten there +
an - fSh aet h movement in the ,iirec-
, ~, SaIS i,vau OF btiknap street, and d
"a iK NO. SrSnd Marshal Paddock I
,,.as .aus pesan 10 form the line. o
% aaeslsS TASK. Everyone wanted d
,sTS. ",s'' ana with four hundred /,
49, 10 Place the situation of the 4,
rfiE PARADE. 3
Nv ~ gisrk the grand marshal 4
"a "e pi''ef to march aud the mn %
IN, -, ~ puucl conneAced To M
wv "a continuous stream. The d,
, 'n9vs e's aAd deputies OF the 4,
"Niee' mounted uauer N
iead q the kuightlv a.
lion .'o; took tbe lead. Next cau.e Ia ~ ~
pohce ioree under the cplntasnd nj
~ ,' kea: No aner body OF men II,
-, IA pe lound Ia Ilae .iate; ali were tr'
~ ia tasteful uaiforms. After a,
l i"l,ef marched a band thaS di.. 81,
~ ihusic az intervals along the sal
- march. Next came delegation sIo
the CITY goverDnanf a. n la't So