Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-21

butte from the people OF Iowa 10 those OF
I,ouislana The excursionists have GER
tainly little reason TO complain OF their
treatment here, being specially honored
as the first large party from the North.
They have been welcomed and
feted everywhere. An excursion on
the river TO the orange groves above New
| Orleans was arranged for their benefit,
another TO Shell Beach through the best
sugar district Of the state, and other ex-
/ curslons and entertainments are on foot
to make their stay here pleasant and
agreeable. This is one of the great aims
OF the present management-thata all who
come here to see the exposition should
not feel at all neglected, as some did last
year, but be 80 amused, entertained and
received as TO make them feel as though
| they were as home.
The arrangements are all perfected for
| the celebration of New England day, De-
cember %, the 2G5th anniversary oil the
4 landing of the pilgrims on the coast Of
| Massachusetts,. There will be prominent
\ New England senator aud big New En-
gland dinner. The prominent citizens in
business and professional life OF New
| Orleans and the neighboring cities and
towns who are of New England birth or
origin will be invited TO participate In the
celebration which will bear testimony to
the virtues, the energy and the success OF
this race.
ON January the negroes will ccle-
brate African American day. They are
taking a great deal Of interest in the cele-
bration and have already made great
preparations for IL. They expect TO
gather here all the most eminent men OF
their race throughout the Union TO cclc-
brate emancipation and TO show the
progress and development the colored
men have made since the war, All the
business houses, factories, etc, here
having negroes in their employ Will
grant them holiday for this occasion.
There viii be a grand parade and Il
demonstration that promises to be quite
imposing.
Finally, on January &, Creole day, the
creOlcs of Louisiana will cOngregate al
the exposition, the first race gathering of
the kind since Louisiana was purchased
by the United States.
During the week there have been many
additions to the exhibits in all the build
ings. Horticultural hall has been added
to and improved by the addition of
large collection, embracing nearly all the
varieties OF California plants, as well as
a handsome lot of azalas and other bright
winter flowers. Valuable additions have
also been made to the machinery hall.
The Pullman exhibit, which includes
every variety OF car manufactured by the
Pullman company, will arrive on Satur-
day.
1t is now probable that Nebraska will
be the only state unrepresented. Mr.. ID.
G.. Bailey OF Minneapolis, Mimi, who
was one of the assistant commissioners
from that state last year, paid visit to
the exposition this week, being commits
stoned by Gov Hubbard to come down
here, see the condition Of the exposition
and report to him as to whether 1t would
be advisable to have Minnesota repre-
scented, and whether it was possible in
that event to secure space for
its exhibit. He win report fayorably to
the governor, and will hasten home to
arrange for the transportation of the
state exhibit here. As it is already col
lected and arranged, it will be only neccs
4ary to transport it to New Orleans and
put it into position, which can be done in
a very short time. There seems to be
every reason for believing that Minnesota,
whose exhibit was one of the wonders OF
the exposition last year, will be repre-
scented here again this season,
SJill more important is the announce
ment telegraphed from Washington by
Coal Hill that he has pursuaded nearly all
the federal departments to take part in
the exposition, and that there will be,
in consequence, nearly as large govern
ment exhibit as last year. The cabinet,
at a meeting held some months ago, re-
fused to send the government display
here, lest it might assume some finance
responsibility by doing so, as it did last
year, but now that the exposition is on
good financial basis, most of the cabinet
officers have concluded that it would be
well for them to have their departments
represented here.