Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-10
DALLAS.
Eva Hundred Nsn e. Work Night sn6
Day Getting Thlrga Ia Readiness
fer Tho Grand OpsnlEg.
sion-yhe Exh bits Larger and Hand
somsr Than Last Year.
AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tex, Oct. "a miserable,
dz.zziDg, dirty, Dallas rain set in last
night, but wind or weather cftars no i'm
psdiment to the work OF preparation 60
ing en- in this town. List night at the
grounds, from sunset to sunrise this
morning, without : moment's Interrupt
tioc, 500 men toiled, snt throughout. this
miserable day end throughout to night,
which promises to be miserable, 1.-The
hammer and saw, bone and muscle, man
ar d beast, have toiled and will continue
to toll until the finishing touches CT the
fair nave been made.
The progrsmne for Thursday, the
opening day, is magnificent one.
The procession will form at .
q. m. on Min street, with its
head resting CT Sycsm re street fac.
ing west. L. will march down Main to
Jtfferson in column ulder command Of
the grand marshal, Captsin W. Shirley,
thence north OF JEFFERSON to Elm, theLcs
east On Elm to the Union depot, where
mounted eff 3inls End thoee in carritges
will continue to the fxir grounds, while
foot passengers will De provided with
transportation By the Texas and Paefhc
Railway Company on specisl train. sOa
arrival st the fir grounds the procession
will reorganiz9 and proceed under orders:
OF the grand msrshal. The following,
will be the order Of the procession: =.
Grand marshal and staff.
Band. -
Bicycle club. ~
Slerff3 and mounted police.
Governor and staff, the president of the
fair association and military escort.
Mayor, aldermen, city and county eff
Gals and directors OF the fsir sssocia-
lion; escort, tie uniformed rank, Knights
Of Pythias.
Fire department.
Band.
CIVIC organic atoms.
Band OF Pueblo Indians.
Trades display.
The following have been appointed as
sistant msrshsls: J. G.. Arnold, Hugh
Blakeney, Jr., L. M. Kneyfy, N. Quill
mar, Frank Hamm, John J. Miller, John
L. Boyd, P. o. CLANCY, J ohm F. Hardie,
Fred Foster, 81 W. Heelan, G. V. Peak,
John 81. Person.
The fair association Will furnish several
hundred head OF stock for the procession
The Pueblo Indian girls, dressed accord
ing to tie customs of several centuries
ago, will ride in carrisges. The young
men will be mounted and the old men and
women will ride in wagons CT q pattern
Ia use among the PuebIos 400 years ago.
After the parade has moved around the
fair grounds, Governor Ross will deliver
the opening address at 1880. A. IL
thop 10, so1
concert. At 2 p m. there will be race
on the track between TWO ladies' on horse
back, one with S saddle ard the other
bareback. At 8 p. m. there will be the
grandest displsy Of fireworks ever seen In
the south.
FAIR NOTES.
On the opening day Of the fair, Texas
Farm and RsIch will give quick exhioi.
ton of handling cotton. Five hundred
pounds will be ginned, packed snd cow
cred with the new cotton .bagging inE
few minutes. This will be worth seeing
The picture OF Governor ROSE, wht0A
has become famous for having occssiolV2l
the breach between Colorels E :nenfs
and Patton, has been nicely fms d
handsomely framed, and will be ohexh!-
billion.
The exhibits are much larger and
hsndsomer this year than ever before.
County exhibit hail will be revelation
to the people Of Texas. II demonstrates
that this is a land fi)wing with milk and
hon9F.
There are several Fort Worth exhibits.
The R.pid Transit depot building Will
be finished Tomorrow.
A prominent resi- estste ii m has erect
ed 6 booth where free ice water will be
dispensed. =