The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-28

The Progress Of suf City TsSsrls
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Nothing Shove the glowing wealth. Of Oh,
city. and the increase 81 business mos. th.n,
erection of fine business houses. - ma onenS
ing Of elegantly furnished ana spacious ssc,..
Every season WITNESSES progress in thb direc.
ion. the stores built becoming bigger aaa more
Mack & wilcoxs Block, Nos. $50, 1872 md
1874 Third street. is trio of fine business bor...
finished this season. All three are occnniad
the lessees being D. D. Merrill, Munger Rros
and g. g. Griswold The former store No
100 Is In the portion of the block owned hv
block. '0' ~ "neoAs
G. q. GRIswoLDs CLOTHING STORE.
= In No. 194, is . large wholesale and retail,
clothing, gents furnishing goods; trunk hat
and fur house. . As in all the three stores /, Tho
entire four stories. counting the tasemsnt
(Which is dry and well iit as one, are oecupiea
a. sales and other rooms. On the street aool.
the gents goods are kept immense plies of
ready made clothing, hats, &c. and q hueeI al
sortment of cassimeres for custom work. N
the second story, trunks and stored goods
fqrs. &c. win be kept In the third story 1000
Red River buffalo robes worth 49 each which
Mr.. Griswold purchased yesterday, are stored.
The basement-as yet unfinished, he designs
using to store wool. o erai,of,aas -,
i The dimensions of this store are-length 100
feet-width, rs feet-heighte Of first floor il
feet. The shelves and counters are finished off
in china white, and the walls in plain lime
plaster. A wide gradual stairway leads TO the
second story. - i52 stls a7@a g ass I
MUNGER BROTHERS MUSIC STORE,
is in No. 1872, Wilcoxs Block. Its Dimensions
are the same as in the store above described,
and the interior finish similar, except that on
each side of the store there are deliberately or
namented shelves, those on the upper side
having glass doors. Music and musical instru-
ments are found here Of every kind. The
rear half of the store is used as o show room
for Pianos and Melodeons, and dozen or 80
of various styles are on exhibition. The
second story is for storage room for instru-
ments, etc. The stranger would almost be
incredulous at the existence of such fine mu-
sic store in city where the stumps are yet to
be seen in the principal streets, were he not to
reflect on the great increase of the taste for
music and its study and practice among all
classes. Munger Broe. g sales of small intru-
ments, music books and sheets. and even of
costly cabinet organs and pianos, are surpris,
ing. We are fast becoming musical people.
p, p: d. D. MERRfL's BOOK STORE, +.
No. 1870 Third street. is In Mack's Block. The
height depth. Sc, of the store 10 similar to
the Others, but It is only twenty-five feet vide,
Inside, however. the dimensions appearro
enough; and thefnish of .theshelyes and cases,1
oak grained, look very neat Merrill has an
elegant stock Of fine books pictures and fancy
stationery, while ranged on shelves and coun-
tiers down almost the whole lengthof his store
are school books blank books, paper, lenvel.
opes, &c, in immense qnantities., "A neat
counting room, separated by railing from the
store, is in therear. Up stairs Merrill hassev.
eral thousand bibles, the agency Of the Amer
lean Bible Society, and some more piles Of pa.
per, books,r &c. A people who support such
metropolitan bookstores, and do It 90 literally,
must needs be an intelligent people. ~ 8 ~
The cellars Of these three stores are drained
into an underground sewer communicating
with the main sewer under Wabashaw street.
The roof is of heavy tin, and the whole build.
ing is substantial and very tasty one. Each
of the stores have fine showwindows, and are
in every way " Metropolitan Stores. I" AS each
of the three proprietors and firms advertise in
the PIONEER, we may safely set them down as
sensible men-hence, the very kind to do bu-
siness with, and we invite the public to can up
on them in their new stores. 99r at ts. s-o.
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