The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-23
BEHRENS & MOSER.
Wholesale Druggists,
Waco, Texas.
Two Car Loads Show Cases, of Latest Desiuns.
Two Car Loads of White Lead.
0ne Car Load of Mixed Paint

10 o'clock more than half tho fro.
rinnd- were filled, while thc yrnnJ
ahd other reserved stand. wcr, ncr,,.
pl'd by some hundreds of ladies,
wa" seemed To iprm at least half ni
'h' audience. rho iair grounds, which
are among the finest In the world.
resented a beautiful appearance and
the rain of Yesterday had cleaned
every thing, while the rain aud briyht
sunshine of the morning had dried
the grass aud rendered promcnadinp
decided pleasure, although the turf
was n liillr soft for the purpose of
Irlllny. \ huge platform hal been
erected within the track for a concert
Whi'h IN To form perhaps the chief at.
Traction Of the day. II was gaily
decorated with banners aud enbIems
~ were the grand stands, booths. cx-
hlbitIou hall mud snowy tents. pitch-
'd on the lawn tor the iisr of tho COM
mhnd'rln entered for tho drill. The
b' eds "i connm dcrics entered for
the local commandcrio.. By eleven
O'Clock fully ten thousand spectators
ere on the Rruund-, aud the stream
Of new cumcrs was unchecked aud
iiN'N' 'i'.lA"' AlAAN ANflH Nv fuIllftnlls
dcricS ~ they passed to the unrada
grounds, were received with loud ap-
pause, which grew into tunult as
those OF national rcuutc appeared.
AtrERNOuN rRocEEDiNaA.
Aitcr ] O'Clock the lots were drawn
for the order of the drill. aud by that
time an lnuuu-c crowd had rnCruAch-
cd upon the border of tho parade
grounds. II was decided that but
thirty minutes should br allowed to
each cummHndcry to drill. II lacked
but iiitccu minutes OF noon when tho
signal Tor the drill to begin was
sounded The company drll lasted
until { u'clOck. II was estimated that
there were fully 1900 people on tho
ground during the drill, and the in-
slrumrutN concert led by Gil
1 more, bu' whatever number proa-
out was ~ many people were gathered
| that those on the out
shirts of tho crowd could
not hear the music. At the conclGs-
ion oi the lengthy program there was
n great crush ut the exits. II was
some huuis before the ground was
! cleared. During the morning the
weather wAs so extremely close that
-iN person. were overcome by the
heat, but In no case are serious
consequences anticipated,
NunLts ol InE MYSTIC aiiRINE,
Two thou aud mcmbors OF tho Au-
ciout Arabic order Of mobiles Of the
mystic shrine, Oh" OF the highest or
drr4 Ot masonry, are IN Attendance
upon the knight lomplar cOnclaVe.
! hc order h uf Arabic origin aud NJ
tho Arabic year ended last uight at IL
O'Clock tho lnjNd0ry services al that
hour pnrtook ut An unusual lntert n.
Two hundred candilates,m s,moslly from
this city, were iniHtud. lhO ceromO-
nirH were conducted under the aus
'pirrn OF Medium Icmplo, oi Chicago,
H-u-lCd hy the imporla! pOtentato,
san url Briggs. OF Cleveland, OHIO
Al the costumes aud Jewels belong
ing ~ lhu 4 thWgu Icmplc. ~ we'll nj
those oi tho iocnl templO were
utilized Ia comforting tho order
upon the caudidatcs The olab'
orato costumes, the rich jewels
the mystic cmhloms nnd rights ron
drrrd the -crN ices most Impressive
Previous To tho ceremonies the shrln
rrs, M they called themselves, formed
In procession at the southern hoto
and pHrHlrd the principal down towI
streets, ench temple being acCompa
med by "a huud. The costumes aut
uniforms were OF many varieties th'
only article worn IN common beiul
=, the red tea, The Two temples which
attracted the most attention aud re
: coiyed the most general Applaus,
=, were those OF Baltimore aud Chicago
: Tho former appearing In iull evening
drcss. aud the latter in the regula
Turklsh costume with fe1 OF crimson
bag trousers jackets, etc,