Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-08

towhiighi, remains. but ihet ilinminaf,
departed glory. The reunion i oyer
1Oodnlghi goodbyp
MOTIFS.
Tho g. 4. r. department VI Texas do
mated 81 toward The support ot the Ike
Confederate home az Austin, Yesterday.
The officers Of tle g.. A. n. department
Of Texas that attended the reunion were
W, ID. Wylic. commander Dallas: 4. X.
SiurgcS, senior yice-cummandcr. Gnlvcs-
ton; y. W Bradley. Junior yce-rom-
mandcr. Fort Worth; q. w. Henson.
7 adiuiant general, Dallas; ~ | cline, as
sisiant adiuiani general, Fort Worth; II
v. Davis. qunriermastcr general. Dalla.
J. &. Young, chaplain, Dcnis1n; W. e.
Coz. counsel Of administration. Fort
/ Worth; August Bader, counsel 1T admin
islraiiOn, fou wunh The number OF
veterans NJ the Federal army registered
during tie cncampmcnt was s5e
The ex.lnion soldiers. ia body,
marched TO the tent of the Texas Farm
aud Ranch where Mrs. Val e.. Giles has
her headquarters, and contributed ltbcr-
ally 10 the Confederate home.
Tile Decatur Rides viii leave in the
morning for home
Everybody had an immense time.
The Honey Grove hand will leave To-.
morrow. Prui koelcr. the cornetist.
will remain IN The city several days lie
viii make Fort Worth his future home.
and cudcnyor in organize brass band
here. Prof. Koelcr was leader uf thc
Knights Of pythia- band of Hot Springs.
Arb, for several wears. during which
time he proved himself Ia Ice most cnl-
cicnt musician.
This evening about $3.50 o'clock while
a reporter Of TIM G,ZEGrE was on his
usual rounds he discovered au old man
lying In tent evidently suffering thu
most Intense agony An officer was uOfl-
ned. but before be arrived the old nan
hsd regained consciousness and told the
reporter that hc had been suddenly taken
with Npnsm. His name t. T. ~ Sher.
idnn a member Of Forests cavalry.
Trains on the Texas Pacific railway
carried %9,0np people from the Union de-
pot aud vicinity to the cucampmcnt
grounds
Capt . Il. Paddock understands TO ger.
lection how 10 make strangers feel that
They arr Ia ihc hands of friends.
Tie people oi Fort Worth are under q
debt Of lasting gratitude to the managers
of The reunion for the very surccSSml
manner 10 which everything passed of.
Mr. y. 4 McEuni> Of the Missouri Re.
publican left this evening for Dallas. ON "a
visit a. friends aud relatives
The cncamrncni was decided sue.
cess
The Decatur rifles pun up magnificent
drill ui the grounds This afternoon.
The music furnished by the Meme
Bro>' hnnd OF Dalla. and the Honey
Grove baud, gave entire satisfaction.
Mr.. u. W Douglass the popular leader
oi Mclnc Bros band, ha, been the guest
oil TIE Fort Worth Rifles during the r.
union, making his headquarters az their
camp Mr.. Douglas, Is completely en-
thu.rd with he boys, and saws rhcir hos.
piiallW Is only rNcellcd by their the ap-
pcaruCc
The Arkansas ext onicdrrltcs pre-
scented Gen. Cabcll with an elegant cane,
leaving cold Tigv' too full for uttcrnnce
Last night Mr. u. 4. Banks of the Third
Arkansas battalion left &C Tur GAArrB
hcudquartor, a cane for Gen. y. b.
fennc. presented hy himself and his Ar .
kansian comrades
Win proper management, the railroad
might have doubled IT, receipts The In.
regularity and scarcity ot trains was n
great disappointment to all.
The report That a man was killed ON
the groundr this morning turned uui a
cruel csnard without thu slightest foam.
kation.
~ q meeting ~ The Mis~i>sippumS thi, I
evening Henry n. tarAr was Invited to
address them at Waco next year Can't
u. II. Paddock was elected Ia memorial
lie the organization ON matters pertain
ing ia tue army of the West, and Capt
G. &, Cummings n mcmorlali,t Tor the .
army of Northern Virginia Mrs. Hat .
tie \. Farrar was invited 10 prepare aud .
read a poem at tbs next reunion.
The members OF the q. 4. Il. won an
hearts hy t,cir gcntlemanly department
Prot j. c. Patton, representative al .
Wards seminary, Nashville, and one of
the brightest young mcu that Texas ever
gave To a sister state, was ON the grounds
to-day
II Is recalled as a singular Incident that
while Capt W. ", Merritt, OF Mckinney. (
as the representative OF Ross brigade
was urging The various companies here
10 meet at Wnco next year because his
brigade had decided 20 20 there. his com.
radeS We're voting To- meet at TYLER.
which has been selected for the ncNt re-
union OF Ross brigade. This needs eN.
plauatlon
For the great success at the reunion
all credit Is due Col T. \ Huffman, the
efficient superintendent, who has
been untiring In his efforts. Col
Huffman will be long remembered nv his
comrades and the people of Fort Worth
Tor his generous labors In their behalf
MIR, T., Shanklc OF Dido, this county.
exhibited to q GN2rrrE reporter his dis.
chargcltrom the army, or rather his fur.
Tough, dhnmod and yellow nv are. He
belonged 20 the Twelfth Arkansas rcgi
menl, and got q iurlough untn Il was
called together again, Excepting these
peaceful reunions that fnriough bids fair
Ia have long run.
Constable Miller and Mr. Morrison
both OF Dallas, had a little pummeling
match, which sheriff Maddox declared n
draw and placed them both under bond.
SlNty-SiN lamps, used in llghting.m
the grounds, were stolen this morning.
Iherc was no complaint NJ lack OF
provisions to-day. Every table fairh
groaned under It's delicious load.
Col. NJ. W, Mcknight of waNahacl,ic
apttNated everybody by his brilliant
speech to-day, The colonel has A con.
gressionM brow, and they do Say he
would make a splendid representative of