Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-02
Other Decorations.
CITY HALL.

City Clerk Prendergast had charge of
decorating the old city hall buildings yes
terday. His allowance of material was
not half enough to cover the homely old
walls-which he would have preferred
but he did his best to give the buildings a
gala day appearance. From all the windows
are projecting the Northern Pacific ban
nerets, which are common feature of all
decorations in the city. Both buildings
are decorated at the front with festoons of
the American national colors. The bell
tower on the city hall is literally decorated
with German, British, French and Ameri-
can banners and long streamers, red, white
and blue, depend from the top of the bell
tower to its base, and thence over the gable
end of the roof down the front to the
second story windows. A new national
flag has been provided, to be hoisted Mon
day morning on the flag staff over the
bell tower, and from the park front the
city buildings will look gay, if not young.
RICE PARK.
The decoration of Rice park and prepar-
ations for accommodation of those of the
city's guests who are to review the process
sion Monday, was entrusted to Messrs. l..
b. Rundlett and W. H. L1ghtner. Some
200 chairs will be placed on the walks at
the Fifth street front with the park seats,
which together will seat the special guests
of the occasion. In all about six hundred
persons will be admitted to the park-these
being besides the guests only the mem
bers of the committees who have repre-
sented the city in receiving its guests and
arranging for the celebration. At the CEN
ter of the Fifth street front national flag
will be planted, just opposite which will
sit Gov. Hubbard and Mr.. Willard, midway
of groupo guests from Europe and the
east. At this point as the procession
marches by it is expected each company
and organization will salute the governor
and the chief of the city's guests. Two
large flags will be droppedifrom trees in
front of the fountain on the Fifth street
side. All the trees in the park are deco
rated with flags of different nations (all of
whose flags could be procured) and the
N. z. banneret. Between the fountain
and the music stand large canopy has
been erected to cover stands and tables at
which the city's guests will be served WITH
refreshments. The grass plats and beds
of foliage plants in the little park are all
in nice condition, and Rice park will be just
the thing for the great holiday. The de-
corators lament only that they couldn't
obtain for the trees as many small flags as
they desired. They desired two thousand,
but could get only one thousand. They
also wished to have the flags of all
nations, but could not find them in the
city.
THE c., NJ, ST. P. & o. (RoYAL RoUTE) LIN
The Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha line is
making special arrangements to accom-
modate the public on Monday. A special
train will leave Saltwater for st. Paul at
7.3o a. m. and returning leave st. Paul at
5 p. m.
A special train will leave Mankato at 8
a. m. and returning will leave St. Paul at
7:10 p. N. and Minneapolis at $50 D. m.
This road will have five wagons and 200
shop men in the procession representing
the passenger and shop departments.
The general Office of the Chicago, st
Paul & Omaha road is being handsomely
decorated and will make display second
to none. The same road is also decora-
ting in Minneapolis.
The special train bearing Mr.. Willard
and his German guests from Chicago to