Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

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hind the officers came the
SHERMAN BRASS BAND,
composed OF seventeen handsomely
uniformed men under the very able lead
ership Of Prof. Kohler. IL Is but justice
TO say that never in Fort Worth was
sweeter music produced, and the ability
of sherman 10 foster and maintain bend
OF such ability reflects great credit upon
the enterprlsing county seat OF Grayson.
The band was at the head Of division
No. /.
The people were not prepared TO see so
grand a display as was made by the rail-
road orders csntering In this city. All
along had hearty assurances been given
that the railroad men would do credit to
themselves, and what they produced far
more than fulfilled their promises.
With smoking stack and steam-blown
whistle
LOCOMOTIVE 20"
came smoothly down the street, linked
to two fine coaches filled with lady pas
sengers. The crowds upon the streets
were more than surprised. They could
not realize how so perfect an imita-
tlon OF train, and on so large q
scale could have been built and be capa-
BILE Of passing through the streets; but so
It was, and the realism Of the thing was
never surpassed in Texas. At the throttle
was "Pap" Kelly The engine bore the
wel.knownsinitials, ct. & p" The first
coach was Of the 'Fort Worth s. RIO
Grande railway the second coach was
from the Fort Worth & Dem
yer City reilway. The front
end OF the first coach was
given up to Uncle Sans mail and the
express comp ny. The banner crew OF
this novel train consisted Of 3. +. Cap
erson, conductor; Pap Kelly, engineer;
O. G., Miller, baggage master; J H. Stan
1eld, mail agent; j. X. Lyall, express
agent. The handling OF the train was
and It's successful run is largely
due TO those careful officers, Q. j Lari
mor, chief train dispatcherj
John Smith, superintendent ma
chinery; Jno. NASH Master
a. NJ. Haskell, master of
and George Brown, yard
master. Great credit Is also due Cap
talus All Bailey and Al Fowler, who
worked so hard for the trains success.
Following the grand Fort Worth train
was the representation of the railroad
mems conception Of the Dallas & North
western foad--a big, uncouth cart, drawn
by donkey
Division No. p X, Matkin and
Geo Mukey, marshals. The orders of
Is. l.. III, Is. l.. f., b II. c., and
Is X. Ii. we're represented by seventy
five men in regalia, and presented line
appearance. The M. Il. johnson hook and
ladder truck followed, bearing on hand
some thIone little Miss Callie Rea, daugh-
ter of Marshal Rea, The little lady's
beauty was only equalled by
the splendid decorations on the
truck and the elegantly caparisoned
horses, "Don' aud "JIm." Never was
fire apparatus more handsome aud the
johnson ire-boys are worthy Of much
praise.
The old steamer, Panther followed
close upon the truck, rnd with steam up
and whistle blowing attracted much nj
tenton Az she shone out In polished
metal. Fifty mounted torch-bearers
came between this and
Division No. 81 Capt. j. G. Richard
son, marshal, The
PANTHER CITY FENcmLEs,
Capt. w. b. Ford, forty men in line.
The marching of this newly formed
company reflected much credit upon the
young gentlemen composing IL and their
comm anding officers. Fort Worth will
have no cause to blush for her militia,
and they won golden opinions upon
this, their flrst public appearance.
Then came the
PRAIRIE QUEEN CADETS,
the youngest military company in the
state. There were twenty boys in line,
commanded by Capt Leslie Rankin
Until an hour before the parade they had
not had their guns In hand, and consider
ing their lack Of drilling with arms, did
very well They were followed by the
CAUSE DIVISION U. II. X. or r.,
twenty men In line, under Commander
Louis Mas Too high q compliment
cannot be paid these gentlemen, both
upon their soldlerly bearing and perfec-
ton OF drill. They executed the most
difficult OF maneuvers during the
march, aud their precision and
grace reflected great credit upon
them. This division of the Uniform
rank Is an ornament to the city and an
honor, and the admiration bestowed on
them last night indicated the public's APP
probation. They propose taking part In
the prize-drill at the Dallas fair.
THE 1. o. o. n.
followed In the march with fifty members
with regalia They appeared to advan-
tage and their presence in the procession
was appreciated by the fremen. After
these came the
VISITING FIREMEN
comprising memb RS from Gainesville,
Waxahachie, Denton, E Paso, Waco,
Cleburne, Sherman and Palestine, es-
corted by a delegation from the Fort
Worth department Close upon the sew
eral delegations came the
IrAsKA BRASS BAND,
Prof. Lucas leader, and fifteen pieces
This fine band came up with and
headed the large Hillsboro delegation.
and as they marched over the route
created applause by the fine music fur
nished,
Division No. 4 (; Marshals Pad Walt
man, Richard Wilkes and r. j. Bowdry.
Under this division came the
CoMIcALITIEs,
consisting OF fifty characters in gro
tesque costume, some mounted and
all masked, The Comicalitles pro-
duced much merriment, especially
for the children, Then followed the vans
and wagons Of the business houses in the
city. The Anheuser- Busch Beer company
had very neatly decorated wagon. Oar
rah 4 Clarkson's moving vans were
neatly dressed, Malone, Waller & Co
had an illuminated van which appeared
we'll. The
FORT WORTH GROCER co.
made an unusually handsome display,
which could not but attract more than
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