St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-27
The Rorfc nnd t,i.nlnus.

The procession proceeded down Third
street, which was lined from Wabashaw TO
jackson by an immense concOurse Of people
completely blocking up the sidewalk. Most
OF the stores had their gas or electric light
turned on full and not few we're .draped
with flags and banners and some were bril-
liantly illuminated from roof TO basement.
the more conspicuous being Glennv & Gil
man, Duncan IL Barry, Barnes, Prendergast
Bros, B. Presley, Briggs, Whitman d FRY.
all Of whose stores were ablaze with light
The pOLsSzaDHg and Di4atch offices were
profusely Illuminated, inspected oil in the
latter giving place for the time to honest
talow.
Fetsch the tobacconist did honor to the
occasion and his store was one of the most
attractive on the street.
The Royal Route ticket office at the corner
of Third and jackson streets was brilliantly
Illuminated by Mr.. Charles II. Petsch, there
being 500 candles arranged in novel designs
in the windows and mammoth picture of
the president elect in halo of light. 1t was
one of the finest iluminations on the route
The Merchants with its tier upon tier of
windows gave Col. Allen an excellent op-
portunity TO enthuse and the streaming light
from every window lighted up the whole
street. Passing into jackson street. the
crowd was not one whit smaller; every avail
able spot on the sidewalks was occupied by
a spectator-lady or gentleman, the ladies
outnumbering the sterner sex. Illumina-
tions were not quite so numerous as on Third
street, but there were not a few who made
handsome showing. Lormers, Cummings
the Gilfllan block, Bigford's all looked hand
some. The Day was in total darkness with
the happy staff and employees in the back
kitchen eating crow. Charley Miles store
was Illuminated and gave some excellent
music with electric bells.
Verplank Brothers, Delmonica's. Thiel's
were not behind the best From jackson
the procession turned into Ninth: here the
crowd was not so large but the stoop Of every
residence was crowded and many of them
the residences-were decorated and illumi-
mated. That Of Edmond Rice, Esq, was
very handsome, the great feature being two
huge vases Of fire one on each side Of the
path through the lawn to the main entrance
The residences of S. Eaton. ESQ.,, and J. J.
Hill, Esq, were also beautifully illuminated.
The procession turned into Broadway from
Ninth street with Sergeant Morgan in COM
mand of a detail of sixteen men with four
other officers employed in clearing {. e road
in advance. At this point there was a large
crowd Of spectators on the corner while the
snow was falling in a fine sleet.
On Broadway the Portland block was
Illuminated by collection of colored Ian
terms on one of its third story balconies, as
was also Miss Cowing's millinery store and
the store of Mrs. A. Z. Dewitt d Co., on the
corner of Seventh.
The procession turned into Seventh street
in splendid order, passing under 8 line Of
Chinese lanterns suspended on a wire, In
the center of which was hammer on which
were the portraits of Cleveland and Hen
bricks and the inscription "Hail TO the Chief
no solid south-no solid north-but a
solid Union" At this point Simons' saloon
was elegantly decorated with flags and
streamers, there being no further display
until on the arrival at the corner of Seventh
and Wacouta streets, where from the fat roof
of building a battery of fireworks shot of
rockets, candles and burned red lights in a
perfect blaze Of light for full half hour.
The next illuminations on this street was the
Office Of DR.. Dwyer, just beyond which on
the corner of Jackson street, full 1000
people were assembled, wac hailed
the immense turnout with round after
round OF cheers for the president elect. Be-
tween this street and market hall the only
iliuminations Of note were at Temples sa-