Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14

10 to be given every mornng, snd recep-
tiene, tees and balls innumsrable in the
evenings. Ga Friday evening the grand
J dedication ball will tske pisce
In the new capitol building.
tle Senate chamber, hall of the
house and Supreme court room being
used for dancing. The dressing prom
Uses to be msgn fcent, as every city q
5 section will vie With every other in trying
, to furnish
| THE MOST EXQUISITE TOILETS.
Gilmore's famous band, assisted BY q
large chorus, will give codc IT every
evening, and many other varieties
81 entertainments Will be furnished
! for the amusement of the people
rse question OF where to sleep will be
found hardest to solve. Beds ard cots
(! are being paced In every available spot
( throughout the city, and hotels, restau-
rants, boarding houses and lunch couniers
will be crowded to their capacity to fur
nish something to feed the mighty throng
that has come and ia coning.
AT CAMP ROSS.
special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 13-This has been
L
| Ross. Owing to wsshout somewhere
the tents had to come around by Ell Pass
sud did not arrive until this morning and
sll day long the soldier boys have been
| driving pegs aud stretching cords and
| hanging wal s. Every train into the city
to-day has brought its quota OF blue
coats aud brass buttons and gold
| lace besides hundreds Of far ladies and
a. Ia nf VII m tr no
| victory Of their isvorite or synpathize
| with them in their defess. The en3amp-
ment grounds ere beautiful aud teem to
have been
DESIGNED BY NATURE
| for the use To watch they are now being
| put. A commodious and comfort
valley in which is to be
| the drill ground proper and the tents are
| pitched on ground which slopes in two
directions, rendering dlairage easy
There are now in camp:
Four cavslry companies, two infantry
companies, and battalion OF artillery
| from the regular army.
The Fepcioles, Fort Worth.
Dallas Light Guards.
Dallas fias.
| 4
Dsllas.
Msxey Rites and Paris Light Guards,
Paris
Fannin Guards, Bonhsm.
Waco Light Infantry, Waco.
Victoria r 6es, Victoria.
Washing ton Guards sni Sealy RIFFS,
Galveston.
Houston Light Guards, Houston.
Washington Artillery, New Orlesns.
San Antonio RIFFS and Belknap Rifles,
San Antonio.
Capitsl City Cavalry, Texas RIFFS and
Austin Greys, Austin.
Johnson G ards, Cleburne.
Nsvsso.s Gu.rds, Nsvasots.
Brenhsm Field Artillery and Brennan
Light Guards, BreDhsm.
| Busch Il jusves, St Louis.
Colorado Guards, Columbus.
Stanford r fas, N Icogdoches.
Lee Guards, Giddings.
The regular csvaliy is magnificent
looking body. Their horses are all In
ine trim, one entire compsny beirg
mounted on black chargers. The horses
OF one COMPANY are trsined SO that at the
bugle call they lie down aud allow their
riders to fire from behind their Iecumbenl
bodies, thus msking living breastwork.
The battery from the regular army is the
famous Battery F, said to be the best
drilled battery in the world.
EVERYTHING RUN UP.
The gates have been open oil day and
thousands Of people have visited the
GROUNDS. There is much complaint here
shout the cost Of getting to the grounds
The street Car company have lately built
line to the gates, but they charge 20
cents fare each way. The Central roao
will run trains at short intervals, charg-
ing 25 cents the FOUND trip, but they can
not carry all the people, and many will
have to pay the street car and hack extor-
ton, and the barber shops have run their
prices for shaving up to rs cent?, and .
regular skin game Is anticipated ali
around. Some of the hotels and board
ing houses have not raised their prices,
but others have shot their figures away
up, and woe betide
THE UNwARY STRANGER
who falls in their clutches. A gentleman
went to leading hotel here the other day
to engage room for four friends. Tie
landlord told him he would have
to take 1t for week and
pay $3.50. There will be everything
In the way of amusement that any one
could reasonably demand for his enter
tainment. Chicken fights will be going
on ali the time. Base ball will be played
twice daily. An opera troupe will hold
the boards st the opera house every even
ing and st three mstinees, and q large
variety Of shows of greater or less mag
nltude are scattered over the town to add
to the pleasure of the visitor and the
profit Of the owner, and these in addition
10 the Legislature, which mas two days
yet to sit xnd which is always funny. =
FILLING UP.
AUSTIN, TRx., NAV Is 1t is estimated
there are already 10, 600 visitors In the
city, with chances of doubling that mum
Der tomorrow. Hotels and boarding
houses are already full, and private
houses are beginning to rect i've By to-
morrow night Aus.in will be chuck full.
Among the dense crowds that appeared
along Congress avenue the brilliant uni.
forms of officers and soldiers lent mil
s'y air to the scenes, every hour ass UNI
Ing deeper interest. A great crowd hung
around the Uoion depot Tor two hours