Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-28
OUR THANKSGIVING.
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nTDWUlDK IOMuIhN hiAN NNhAN
Men, women aud children, society
bellies, dudes, mechanics, merchants,
bankers and ALI species Of the popula.
tIon of the Fort jo5tled and
nushed each other In the
excitement Of the hour. When dark
ness stole on the the court-house
was illuminated by hundreds OF can
dies and looked for all the world like AL
ARABIAN NIGHTS PALACE
standing in the center Of the square,
even the the tower WAS deoked with
lights, and when reporter climbed
tile steep stiirways TO look
down on the crowded streets,
Fort Worth presented scene
never before recorded in her history
AIIoyer the plateau on which the city
lies were seen skyrockets and Roman
cAndl cleaving the sky, while the
loud hum OF human voices sang IA dull,
monotonous song which re-echoed IN
the tower in many different notes.
The Third and Fourth wards
cent up "A large number VI wagons and
men to join the procession. As they
came up Main street, with the torches
Illuminating the broad thorOughfnre,
they looked like one army advancing
on the one collected on and about the
square. by $3.50 O'Clock some 10000
persons were In the neighbOrhOod
of the court-house and the multitude
was constantly biing increased. The
grand marshal aud his deputies rushed
hither aud thither on horseback, form
ing the wagons, hOrsemen and militia
ry into fine
a CIRCLE wA8 FORMED
by sending the divisions ~ they were
made down Houston 10 Second, where
a turn was made TO Rusk
and along that street 10 the
square. AT last everything was In
read ineas, and the procession moved
of down Houston In the following or
der:
Grand marshal and several aids.
Band
Col. j. q. Chenoweth in carriage.
Tho 6re department, interspersed
with divisions Of infantry.
Fort Worth Rifles
Mounted division of over 200 horses
Infinite variety OF wagons and floats
with notices, etc, broken by lines OF
cavalry aud Infantry.
Not less than a thousand torches,
transparencies and cOlOred lights illu-
minated the line. A turn was made
ut Fourth street, and at the turn thOus-
ands of people were standing. Another
turn was made at Lamar street
and the line proceeded down
this street with brilliantly Illuminated
dwellings, on each side OF the way.
All along theiine Of march the side.
walks aud fences were thronged with
spectators.
LOVELY Girls
4. 4. A.. L..
ment on the railways OF porches aud
stared nt the long line as IL slowly
passed along.
Al Thirteenth street turn wa
made and the line moved east b tia,
foot OF Main street aud IL was thirty
live minutes In
PASSING A GIVEN POINT.
When the turn was made at the foD
of Main street and the line starteC
on its return To the square
the band was playing tn
Bonnie Blue Flagi and tn
thousands on the sidewalk oheere,
themselves hoarse. Up the street
came and the
SEA OF LIGHTS
iloated upon the vision OF those VIII
STOOD at the upper end OF the stree
like n myriad of moving stars. Tn
view from the courthouse was an i'm
pressive one and will long b
remembered by those who wituesse
IT, As the parade passed Fonrt
street cheer broke out from thi
point of the square which neverende
until over half an hour later, who
the last man Ia the parade had passed
AN ARCH or EXPLODING FIRE.wORH
was formed on upper Main street d
the procession passed into III
square and proceeded away I
make room for those f0llowinC
When the first torch turned TO III
left at the head of Main street, as Il
IA the eye could reach was seen Il
brilliant array OF lights to the soutl
ward.
Long before the procession had q
reached the square multitu,
OF people had crowded about q
speakers stand and were crying (
Gov. Hubbard.
CAPT n. II PADDOCK
made the address ofwelcome In sho
and splendid speech. The stand hi
become 80 crowded with people th
the reporter heard only "A few remar
of the speaker, hut they we
delivered In his happiest style. /
welcomed the 10000 persons who we
assembled about him in the name
the city OF Fort Worth andin CLOWN
burning words told why this great {
casion was. The great roar OF hum
voices yelling up from the throats
the vast assemblage aim,
drowned the tones OF I
speaker. The speech was olear-C
and analytical and briefly touched
the leading points in the late GA
paign. He was voclferously applaud
at the close of his remarks,
LETTERS PROM DISTINGUISH
STATESMEN
were then read by Capt Paddock ca
lreland, Attorney-General TempletC
Senator Maxey and John q. Bro,
OF St. Louis had sent letters BREATH
the spirit of Democracy and EXPIRE
ing regrets that they could not
present Ex-Gov IL. b. Hubbard "
not present because OF sudden sp
OF sickness.
COL. j. Q CHENowETH
was then introduced and ma
one OF the most eloqut
gneRnbaa AVER haara Ia .