Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-21
MINNEAPOLIS IN DEEP MOURNING
Nearly all the Leading Business Houses
Draped In Honor to the Dead Presi-

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dent.
Early yesterday morning the citizens Q
Minneapolis began the melancholy task
draping their residences and places OF bust
ness in honor to the demise of President Gar
field. The flags of the city fly at half mast
The feeling is unanimous and profound. BE
low is appended an abridged list of the oh
servances:
The first display made this morning was
made by the American and United Stales Elk
press companies, which was very fine.
A. R Miller, No. Ill Washington avenue
south, very finely decorated IN black ant
white.
Elchelzer g. Co, Nicollet avenue south, in
black and white.
Goodfellow & Eastman deliberately decora
ted in black
G. L. Levi & Co., finely decorated in black
and white, No. 204, Nicollet avenue.
The postofice was heavily hung with black
decorations, both inside and out, done by {
private collection taken from the employees.
Rothschild's clothing house, corner Henne
pin and Second street, was finely draped with
black and white, fine engraving of the dead
president, finely draped, hanging over each
entrance of their store.
j. W. Pence also ordered the Opera house
which bears his name to be finely decorated
without regard to cost, which was done il
black and while.
Harrison, Knight & Co. First avenue south,
wholesale carriage and saddlers' hardware
was one of the finest in the city.
| Geo. w. Hale u Co., corner Of NicOllet and
Third street south, finely decorated in black
Louie Laramee, harness dealer, 304 Nicollet
avenue, three stories heavily hung in black.
j. G. Chuck, No. 500 Nicollet avenue, was
similarly draped.
Meehan 81 Weston, restaurant, No. 3l1 Mic
ollet avenue, tastefally decorated in black.
The Domestic" building, through the
orders of Geo. Blake, was deliberately deco
rated in black and white.
Fl. E. Siddall & Co., 329 NcOllet avenue, in
black.
sherwood's, 1927 Nicollet avenue, similarly
decorated.
Phelps & Bradstreet, in black and white, S2e
Nicollet avenue.
| Lyman Bros, No. 425 Nicollet avenue, taste
| fully decor ated in black.
8. j. Sherman, No. 424 Nicollet avenue, was
very finely draped in black and white.
Keynon & McVeigh, 1872 Nicollet avenue
| draped similar to Mr.. Sherman's.
The Boston One Price store was deliberately
decorated and draped in black and white.
Tates' restaurant, No. 2l4 Nicollet avenue
wa finely decorated in black and white.
| No. 121 Nicollet avenue was draped In black
and white.
| A. While, No. 127 Nicollet avenue, draped
in bla ckand white.
The Tourist and Sportsman Office, on Second
street was astefully hung with black and
white.
johnson, Smith & Harrisons printing office
was also decorated in black and white.
The only city building, up to this writing,
that Is decorated or draped, is the city lookup,
where about fifty cents worth of black cam
brio was hung about the door.
Wyman, Mullen and Van Dyke, 2l4 and PIG
Hennepin avenue, three stories In black and
white, with flag at half mast.
| H. G. Harrison u Co., corner First avenue
south and Second street. the entire block in
| black.
| The Standard Manufacturing company also
| hung their front on FIRST avenue south IN
| black.
The Theater Comique was heavily draped in
| black and white and the entertainment post
poned this evening.
The Ncollet house will be finely draped in
honor of the great dead as soon as the mate
| rial can be obtained.
A. C. Hen irich, los Washington avenue
south, heavily hung in black and white.
w. P. Cady, No. 1909 Washington avenue
south, (3) three stories hung in black and
white.
". +. warner uuHcTldhluR IOOuIS, lOo
Washington avenue south, black and white.
DR.. E. B. Tier rooms over No. 109 Washing
ton avenue, hung in black and white.
Northwestern National Bank, finely hung
in black and white.
Cascade laundry, corner First avenue south
and Third street, three stories heavily hung in
black and white.
The Minneapolis Book & Stationery con-
Germ devoted one window to the display OF
49, hos audi arr Nhnf
graph of Grafield heavily hung with Grape.
On either side was group of Rogers statua-
nv, on the left the "Wounde1 Union
Scout" on the right "Wounded to
the rear" above this was tablet with the
numbers 81 S65 }" "SSSl," and surmounting all
was fine bust of the murdered Lincoln,
making by far the most tasteful group of the
day. At the base this quotation, "He was a
man take him for all in all"
G. A. Salmon & Co., 253 Nicollet avenue,
front hung in black and white.
B. B. Marshall, 242, Nicollet avenue, front
hung in black.
Jacoby, 252 Nicollet avenue, front hung in
black.
J.R Elliot, 251 Nicolet avenue, front heav-
lily hung in black and white.
The shoe store of Hause & Chestnut, No.
245 Nicollet avenue, besides being the first
shoe store draped was as finely hung as any
front in town.
Melendy s. Lyman, 24l Nicolet avenue,
draIed their front in black and white.
G. F. harrington, 237 Nicollet avenue,
made as fine display as any on Nlcollet
avenue.
Crevler & Bennett, 236 Nicollet avenue,
though just moving in, had the front of their
store heavily hung in black and white.
Combination Hat store, 81 Washington
avenue, hung in black and white.
Northwestern Fuel company's Office, corner
Nicolet and Washington avenues, hung in
black Grape.
A. F. Kenyon, 227 Nicollet avenue, hung in
black and white.
The Harwood bbilding displayed a flag at
half mast and the front draped in black and
white.
J. We'll, 30 Hennepin avenue, front hung
in black and white.
R.P. Huntington & Co., No. 242 Henne-
pin avenue, draped in black and white.
North Star Boot and Shoe company, corn
er Washington and Second avenue north,
heavily hung in black.
Coykendall Bros. & Co., Nos. 118 and 100
Washington avenue north, three stories hung
| iu black and white.
H. F. Legg, 234 Nicollet avenue, draped in
| black and white.
VIM. Linehan, % Washington avenue south,
| black and white.
Winecke & Doerr had their two stores on
Washington avenue south heavily draped IN
| black.
C. A. Hefelfnger, 81 Washington avenue
south, three stores draped in black and
white.
A. II. Knowels, Nos. 81 and 80 Washington
avenue, heavily hung in black.
R. G. Winter, Al Washington avenue, hung
| in black and white.
THE COURTS.