The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-04

Go ring the bells, and fire the guns,
And fling the starry banner out
Shout Freedom till your llsping ones
Give back the cradle shout.
To give anything at present approach
ing correctness rs to what will be the
appearance of the city to-day Is impossl-
BILE. Everyone Is imbued with the spirit
of rs, and the buildings throughout the
city are being decorated in all shapes and
manners. Flags of all the nations OF
the world are displayed, the oak and the
pine have been stripped of their foliage
and the city presents an appearance such
as has never been and probably never
will be, witnessed in the future.
At an early hour yesterday the work
of decoration commenced, and not until
late in the night did it approach any
thing near completion. During yester-
day and last night visitors were pouring
INTO the city from all quarters, the trains
being filled to their utmost capacity, and
the steamboats, alive with surging mass
Of humanity.
Among the most profusely decorated
of the business houses, yesterday, were
the following:
ON MAIN STREET,
Husensn u Mendel, b. +. Caldwell, Jos.
Bell, VIM. Ceilings, Simpson " Hoge'
Jacob Snyder, John 5. Smith, Albert L.
Frsnzell, Z. Hess & Son, List, Davenport
n Parks, j. A. Miller l.. S. Delplaine y
son. J. T. Holman, VIM. H. Robinson,
&. F.. Irwin Il Co., Greer y Lang,
Block Brothers, Paxton Il Bloomfield,
T.. F. Hay u Co., Laughlin Brothers,
Hennegen, Bates " Co., }. S. Rhodes
George r. Taylor, }. Israel, j. Ii. Hall,
Henry Jacobs, VIM. Graham, A. ID.
Seamon, G. T. Brues, j. Il Il. Mendel Il
Co, A. Rheinstrom, Adams Express
Company, John Howell, Gold Bros, Ok
toby u Duttield, Harper " Bro, ). En-
sheimer, Emshemer Brothers, l. Blum
" Bro, Jerry Clemens, Somehow y
Son. Rosehain 4 Emsheimer, o. &. Gem
Their, L.. SwabacKer, Steiniicld, Stone x
Thomas, Thos. j. Sesbright, +. linn,
Grant House, etc.
MARKET STREET.
Silvcy's drug store, T. Halter, the Post
office. over which waved United States
revenue flag, the first ever in the city,
Wheeling Carriage Works, August Rolte,
Theo. Schultz, Julius Lohse, William
Schocke, Erb Il Mccormick, K. j.
Smyth, Chris, Seibke, Institute Saloon,
Howell. PAUL Il Sinclair, Howe Sewing
Machine Company, Z. II. Helmbrlght,
Meder Brosr, w. T. Derry, Fl. Singer, }.
s. Reed Lewis Llngen, Hsines, Wilson y
Co, John =. Truschel, }. \. Hagsn,
Peabody Insurance Company, A. Neu-
hansen, &. w. Franzheim, 4. o. Mar
tins Restaurant, ID. Cochran, Sheeky 4
Kuhn.
TWELFTH STREET.
OFT Il Co., Carl Meyers, King ~ Pier
son, Wheeler X Wilson sewing Machine
Company, Wm. Hare, j. +. Budke, John
l.. Rice, McLaln Bros Ii. Frank & Bro,
stanton " Davenport, Higgins Art Gal
lery, Kline x Clarity, Henry Flood h
Co, j. Fox X Co, Forster X Amick,
Leader Office, Western Union Telegraph
Company, Jos. Graves, John W. Heis-
kell, N. Gutman, Henry Schnulbsch,
Bookings Pharmacy, Mrs. Zeigenfelder
WATER STREET.
st. James Hotel, Magnolia Saloon, h.
Seamon, Thomas Hughes, Z. ii. Booth
NJ. Marsh, Lingsmsn House, A. Pollock,
S,amm House, j. W. Berry, etc.
FOURTEENTH STREET.
Keim House, Benwood Iron and Nail
Works office, Thomas Walton, j. q.
Morris, intelliseteer Office, Hamilton
Opera House, Severing's Billiard Rooms,
Opera House Saloon, Sun office.
SOUTH STREET.
BE-. Caldwell, Eagle Brewery, AtlsD-
tic Garden, Arcade Saloon.
THE CAPITOL BUILDING
was, perhaps, the most gorgeously decor.
ated. of any in the city. On the top of
the un iuished tower, WAS placed a large
arch. underneath which were the words
July 4, 1876" and directly over the
arch were two large circles, one inciosed
within the other, all of which lighted
with gas, and surmounted with large
glass globe, on which were the words
Centennial" painted in the National
colors, the whole revolving. AT the
North and South fronts OF the building
National flags were placed, underneath =
streamer 10 feet long. From thee 10