Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-28
OUR THANKSGIVING.
The City Dressed in the Gayest
Colors aud Holiday Attire.
More People Get On aud or the Pablo
Square Than Ever Before,
Thousands Of American Flags Wav-
ing in All Parts Of tho City.
Twenty Thousand People Turn Out to
Do Honor TO Democracy,
The Greatest Day in the History OF
the Metropolis Of North Texas.

the Metropolis OF North Texas.
Yesterday was one long to be romem-
bertd in the history OF thia city, The
grand celebration Of the joyful Democ-
racy over the election Of Cleveland and
Hendricks far excelled the hopes of its
origlnators and demonstrated the fact
that the Queen city never does things
by halvea, In the early mnrnlngmmny
hundreds OF country visitors began
pouring into the city from all direc-
lions, their vehicles and horses deco
rated with
MINIATURE NATIONAL FLAos,
which iluttered IA the brisk breeze
from the north Not only the yeomen-
~ OF the country were seen coming to
the city In holiday attire, hui their
wives and their children In many in-
stances were with them, aud the roses
nn their che, Ia were heightened and
frightened by the conlness- IL the morn
Ing At lOo'clock a m, Nlain Hous-
ton and the cross nj reeta between them
were packed with people talking OF
the great parade In the evening,
rIIE PuBuC SQUARE
was througed with men. vehicles and
hOnes, aud hundreds of flags iiuttered
from COW hoy hats, horses hridles aud
the infinite variety Of wagons, buggics,
etc Nearly every house facing the
square was decorated with iliks and
tie national cnlnra On one building
on the sonih side NJ the square was
run up an old Texan Nag, which
looked as though II might have been
Ia the battle ol the Alamo or San Ja-
cinto lts faded ard eoiltd folds con-
lrasttd wildly with the neat, new,
Grip appearance OF The American
| flags about it The view from
THE CouHr-nousE rowER
was "A spltnniu one, Main street was
lhfonged with people, aud as Far down
aA the eye could reach he red, white
and blue WAS reen floating on the
breeze, Men, women aud children
mingled together in prOmiseuous CON
! fusion Re the throng moved and aurRed
out from aud into the square. Look
| ing down on the life and animation
below, IL seemed as though the square
was a great beehive with the colony
OF bees actively al work.
THE KEW JAIL
was deoked with ilags aud bunting
two stands were erected on the west
/
| pyTotechnic display hnd the other for
the uBe Of the speakers over the lat
ter Il huge handsome flag apread lts
ample folds tn the wind and merrlly
! Hoped "A song of the renewed libe, ties
ANA recognition Of the Southern pe0r
pie In the government Of the United
| States
! On Houston street the buildings
were profuaely decorated, and Alnnd-
ing on the corner at the square one
could SEQ IA world OF bunting and
thousands OF people. Every wagon or
dTay that pissed was surrounded with
the folds and ihltler OF flags, Some OF
these were even fantastic In their dec
oratiOns and one huge hpny horse with
"a huge bony rider looked for all the
world like the illustrious Don Quixote
and his no lees iluslrious animal,
RD-inaute. IL would have been easy
d TO have designated a follower for the
Don la the many SanehO Panzas who
were In the crowd. White plug hats
seemed characteristic mark among
the horBemen
The decorations were not confined TO
the neigbbUrhoOd Of the public square,
aud Il walk through the city showed
ilBgs, Chinese lanterns and bunting
formed pleasing aud gTae, fol decOra-
tiOn for thousands Of residences In all
quarters OF the city In The windows
along the prOpohed line Of march
thousands OF candies bad been pre-
pared for the Illumination after darS.
Children play cd upon tiesireets, their
piping voices ninRling In harmonious
notee AZ they cheered for Cleveland
aud Hendricks
AsR WAVED TINY FLAds
in their enthusiastic Joy. The houses
Of a number Of Republicans we're deco
rated and prepared for the Illumination,
which showed that their local pride
made them regard the occasion as the
celebration Of Fort Worth. a city Ia
which they felt thesanIe pride Us their
exullRnt friends.
THE DALLAS DELEGATIONS
came over on the Afternoon train. aud
the fine band which had been en-.
gagged by the committee on arrange
ments marched up Main street playing
lively air followed by number "
persons from our sister city, Gen.
tabell. mayor of Dallas, aud about
twenty. i've Democrats from that city
came over on the train and after the
celebration WAS over last night the
general said the affair would have
been ereditAbie even 10 the great city
Oh lJhiihfi tnht ne Hun blNh3h ffHhfH-
I'd Fort Worth a. the FINN ward Of
his own city aud WAS proud OF the
ward.
j THE ENTHneIAsM AND EXCITEMENT
Z which had been kindliup all day
broke out into nameH ~
night approached and the streets
commenced 10 be denhely packed be-
fore o o'clock. In the nfiehburh0od
III the square thousands upon thou
sands 81 people were Iuassed together
on the Sidewalks. shortly before the
clock Ia the court house lnwer sound
the grand marshal. and his deputies
were seen PallnplnR l,lthe squire, their
gay aasbes fiulienng Ia the wind and a.
they passed ~ Main street he gTeht
crowd cheeffd them 70 the eebO. After