Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-14
Excursionists Pour Into the State
from Two Directions Denison and
Dallas 0psn Their Gales.
Thfy Reach DenEson IN Three Sections,
Are BanqGs tied, Driven over Town
and GlYen q Ball 81 Night.
Six Hundred ard Eor'y-six BsrTuettsd.
Eleven Coaches OF HoTtieulturIsss
Entertained at Dallas.

now IN the city. AS Will be seen below,
Dallas entertained the Texas and Pacific
excursi0nists, and DenisoR treated the
6i6 Missouri PAc fic excursionists in S
royal manner. The people are now here.
and Superintendent Judy has kindly
agreed, st the r. quest of Dr.. Emil, to
let the trains stop here several hours
The frs trsln will leave at 10 O'Clock
this morning, the second st II O'Clock,
snd the third at II O'Clock. This Is Of
fetal, ard is authorized by Superintendent
Judy. All he excursionists are not
bound for C6liforns, but q number have
oought tickets to Texas points.
Special to the Gazette.
DBNIsoN, TEX Jan. 13-Tbe reporter
OF ThE GAZETTE went 70 the Gardner &
Haines building this morning, where the
reception was rendered to the visiting
Horticultural Society OF America, while
on their way to California, they having
stopped over several hours in this city TO
visit their Vice President, Mr.. W. B
Munson. The citizens Of Denison, and
the ladies' especially, rendered them re
Ception that they will long remember.
On entering the building the eye was
tirst attracted with "Welcome to Our
Guests" in large letters extending across
the back end Vi the building. On the
right, In large evergreen letters were:
"Texas, the Lone Star State" on the
Ietr. also in evergreen letters: "Welcome
to Denison." The hall was beautifully
decorated with evergreens, and being
just flushed, and one Of the
neatesE buildings in the city was very ct
tractive. Among the decorations were
stationed at Different places by the deco
rating committee q large number Ct hot
house plants. As large variety as any
cry In the south can get together was to
ssSbt seen there to day.
The plant that sttracted the most Gtten-
ton was "crabclaW cactus" from the
hotl ouse of Mrs. B q. MurIy. A castor
beau stalk twenty-five feet high aud nine
iDchs thick was especially noticed. The
table CT tfYuit was the cc<si0u OF
much surprise to our northern Wis
iLors, who thought TtXas could not raiss
any fruit. The apples could not be besttn
by any stste. They were ell raised With
Ia two miles OF Denison. This table was
presided over bY Mr.. Dan Gormsn
Another novelty was table made CT
horns from nine different kinds Of ami
mails killed in the state. Il was made
bv MIR. McMinyel. Il is imp0s
sible to describe the good things
THAI were placed before our
distinguished guests, and it Is folly to
say, they did ample justica 10 themselves,
and Lift the tables feeling that the wives
s0d daughters Cf Denison know now to
make stranger feel at home, and alwsys
to remember the hearty welcome ex-
tended TO them,
A large number Of visitors were inter
viewed They all expressed themselves
as highly pleased with the city, and espe-
cially the climate OF the sunny south.
They said no city in the United States
knew better how to entertain visitors
than Denison, the gate to the sunny
south.
After the banquet the visitors were
shown the city In carriages and on horse
back, and surprise was marked on every
face as they noticed the city-like appear
ance OF as young q town az Denison.
O being told she was only fifteen years
old they could see in 8 minute that her
citizens were wide-sWske and energetic
people, and many expressed themselves
that Denison was bound to be the metr. p
Oils Of Texas.
There were 646 persons bsnquetted
this afternoon, and the good ladies had
sufficient left TO feed another train Of
visitors. There was large number Ct
very distinguished persons among the
guests OF the city to-day, judges, et5or-
neys, bankers, railroad men, merchants,
governors sud newspaper men. All were
high in their praise Of DeDfson. The ex-
cursion was divided in three sections
TIE first arrived at 2:3o p. m. IN charge
of L S Jewest of Kansas City, and was
welcomed TO our city by Mayor 5 IN
Hanna, who was responded to in behalf
of the visitors by Z E. Reed Of Rpon,
Wis. TIE second section WAS in charge Of
Chas C. Barnett Of Kansas City, end was
received N behalf Of he city py Judge
Judge Brown OF Peorl,, III. j. f EqDis
of Chicago brought in the third section,
and Colonel +. G Foster welcomed them
to the gate of Texas. He was replied TO
by Mr.. Redpsth of Greencastle, Ind. The
visitors Iem.tned in our city for nine
hours, and left feeling confident they
would not visit another city whose whole
souled and EearJy welcome would be tx
tended to them as in Denisoo. Among
the visitors were: MIR. Saunders of ST.
Louis, Mo; Mr.. 10 lsinger, Kansas City;
Pr fessor W. E Rog.n, secretary Of the
society, Greencastle, Ind; Professor
Vann, United States paleologist, Wash
iDgton, D. G {; Mr.. M0hmer, president
Ct the society OF his state, Dayton,
OHIO; Professor Johnson, Indianapolis,
president OF the state he represents; 7.
S Hubbard Of Freedoms, n. Y, and
NJ Smith end wife Of Greenbsy, Wis
Mr. Smith Is president Of the society If
Wisconsin. A great many Of the leading
eastern p,pers had correspondents am ong
the eXcursionists.
Tonight ball WAS rendered the Wis
itors st the opera house by the Chouteeu
Club and was well attended by them and
quite number OF visitors from Sherman.
Entertained at Dallas.
Special to the Gazette.