The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-21
THE CITY IN MOURNING,
Almost Every House Hearing the In
SIgnIR Of bereavement,

AImOAI ivory ltOuHs hehFtuE the lH'
SIgnIR Of bereavement,
The city was almost literally covered with
tho signs Of monrDmgrfow houses being dis,
COvpmble which did not bear some mark Of
the grief OF the inmates at Y
THR cOuNTRY's LOsS.
Every cottago and hoyol In the alleys and BY
ways was made in some way to testIiytO tho
general grief Some most touching sights
were seem One modest frame house in the
outskirts Of the city was closed as though
,leath'had crossed its own threshold and left
no inmate. On the door was wreath Of old
and faded black lace, surrounding cabinet
Photograph OF the martyred President, md
beneath, written by the hand Of d lady aud
evidently by the hind Of mn aged lady,
''aARHELp u BEAD
The effect was more impressive and touCll:
ing than thnt Of many Of the most elaborate
and profuso arrays OH elegant residences OF
costly business fronts, ... ..-.
Many houses elsewhere YGro closed. and
the inmates had the air Of mQunlers whose
own home Inns been invaded by tho grim
monster.
As an example Of tho general prevalence
Of the weeds Of sorrow, might be selected one
square H
f. on MARKET sTREEr.
N. salingCr's Atlantic Clothing House, the
board Of Education rooms, the city Bank
Thompson 4 Etibberl's plumbing establish
mcnt, Nrsbltt 4 Bros. house furnishing
stbPe. N. s0llulgls confectionery, Wilson 4
.ndufIICrs Music stOFa ghees' u0ws depot,
WcIlcr'S money loan 'OtlCG, the West Vir.
ginia Land Agency and the Mechanics In.
snrancG office, I,o6I and NaCder's cigar store,
Nichols Hrt store. RrnbeTs shoe
shop .And peTSS drug store, Ninth
lions Tint store, Browns. photograph
gallery, otllnI's clothing store, the Singer
Machine Office, Stanton, h DavenpOrt's book
store, EthA Insurance office, c. AUS He.
Drank & Bros. jGwclry store, Shager's real
estate rooms and FarH 4 CorbettS printing
Office, Rin6hart's Quecnswarc store, ThOs.
lInglcs& CAS-, Miller 4 Franzheim'S jewel.
" establishment and gOhneborn Bros, In
short every establishment between Twelfth
and Fourteenth STREETS displayed Q pEoflSI0n
OF blnck goods, interwQv6D with the red,
white and blue and with here and there q
portrait Of CARTEL or an appropriate motto,
Among the neat but not elaborate, denora'
tlons, WINS that oil the front Of LItGs Sal00n,
1881 Market street Here two por'
traits, appropriately draped, were. dis
played, one bearing the inscription
u THE NATION MouRSs."
The Mctain Block, at the corner Of Twelfth
mud Market Streets was deliberately bedeCked
with marks Of mourning by the different
occupants, Or. Harvey and Parsons, the pho.
tograThcr, taking the largest share Of Tho
credit for the upper stories, while the drug
store Of AfClain Bros was also neatly drapcd
Above Twelfth street, oil the buildings
wore the garb Of woe not even excepting The
Chinese laundry adjoining the city bnl lling
which had folds Of black muslin draped
actoss tho front, with a Chinese national llag
IN Tho cenlte, It's hue Of yellow contrasting
with the Jet Of the surroundings
The iewelry store Of W. GrubbwaS closed
a Grape bow on the door with the Ptesldent,s
p0Tlait and the words "0ur President Is
dead telling tbs tAlP, ...-.,-..
On Market above Ninth street ReYeFal resi.
dehEes were deliberately robed IN Tie trap.
pihRs Of woe. Among these may be men.
Eloned That ~ r. Ball Sir. HotkheItner, II. II.
silyeE, Gus Wfn0hpr, aud possibly others as
deserving n dlstlhrIioa Shlsh escaped ths
eye Of tie reporter.
..s .-r -f THE GttY RulhhTSq
was one Of the most Artistirally arranged
houses In the city The iron railing III front
of the yard was fCStOoned In lie entire length
with black bunting willie over the gateway
Al the centre were two large flags with crossed
slaves, lOopcd MP into graceful how with
knots Of GRAPE. Oyer The main entrance a
larRst Rag dropped its careless folds, held
aside ~ Email hands Of black and at either
side three small flags, With frihgRS n crane
extended from the second story windows
Five similar flags, tlrapel RS the larger ones,
Ornnncnted each ri the first story windows,
The offices At this building were open most
OF the day, but everything wore the perVading
air NJ Sabbath solCmnity and no business was
transacted except ps positively necessary
The credit for the artistic grt.up d the
display there belongs to Lieut.. 9ylyIa who
designed the decorations and did the main
work In hanging them,
The Court House had its massive pillars
wrapped In breadths Of black, which als6