Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-08

mounted by cage holding in his haak g festoon
rl white ana black. decorations irtersparsed
! "-tn Nh,e,ds ho'h IN national and mourning
cG.oTS ami PorlE,-it of Gran, sci in a frame OF
bla 'E ana white. Directly oecr th,. lower f,f-
cony is % broad background O: black Irordered
and CTDWucutad with white and hcsrlng in
large white letters, the name Grant Beneath
THIS Is large design some 20 feet wide bv q in
oCpth, WltA an altar upon which rests Il bier
WITH The game Of the dead hero. ana by
the si"e a. winch is figure Of Columbia
mourning the nations loss. On the rirbt is =
nearly iIie-size figure OF Grant On his war-s;eed
with the lnoltues " fnyiucible." .' Nas,nani.
nous. ON the len large viguc.tc of the dead
. hero, with thc notices " "Criuluphant i'm Degtb =;
ana 90 Great Is Thy Reward" Below are iurIed
banners. The design ami decorations are very
attractive.
scott Bros, 5-2 J-Balcony draped with black
ifinged with white: il the center p0rtrdit Of
GtaII .ai. III lTaioe OF morning and surmounted
with Tags bOgGered with black.
! Welnstoc1 Il lubiu, Fourth ami K-Thc front
tiu part OF the tourtE street side is draped for
l-J ieet along the awning front with depending
curtain OF black, bOrdered with white festoon-
ing and overhung with black and white fps-
toOnS. the sixteen supports wound with b1acl
aud white cloth. IN the center front is a twenty
foot design, representing General Grant as fc
appeared in 1861 and in 1855 Between thrse
portraits, h2nked by drspsd flags of the nation
j. an emblemafic design of the tribute of Amer
lca at lhe oier OF the hero of Appomattox an
elaborate and beautiful sketch which want Of
I space torbids being described in detail The
effect OF the pa.rtlng, and the framing in Of tho
! n
desicy run these lines, adapted from Brvaut;s
IhluGtOpsls!
lie so lived, that when the summons came to
Join
Inc innumerable caravan.
Where each shall take his chamber in the halls
He went; not like the quarry slave at night.
oeooised 10 MS dungeon, but, sustained and
BY an unlaltering trust approached his grave
.-iAs .i oIe tAat wraps me dIapery OF his couch
ABOUT MN, ana lies down To pleasant dreams
st the east end of the building heavy hands or
black and white drapery descend from the cor
nice outward 10 the edge Of The balcony. The
i've great windows OF the stores are wholly
! Gleared OF goods and form five distinct designs
lrst on tne west plat OF low black monuments
from amidst which arises a solitary shan In
! the next, huge hberty-bel formed of heavy
dfapery IS suspended above q tesselated pave.
Inent OF black and white. On either hand rise
| Two monuments in the base OF which are clocks.
one indicating the hour Of General Grants
Drth 5aj2 4. NJ, the other the hour of his death
9'US A. NJ Next IS a great window filed in
breadth and depth by q groined panel in
/ bIack and white, with portraits of Grant on
eltner nand heavily framed in mourning colors
Inc iourth window contains large design re-
sempling an hour-glass, and the fifth O tent in
I plack ana White, standing in a clear field. A
mnsket IS placed outside, and within an undress
Inlnlary coat, a camp stool, a sword draped in
crepe, 3 iatlgue-cap and small desk with writing
| paper, on which appear the words - Let us
nave peace The windows throughout are
/
| drapery. The entire draping is done with ex-
quisite taste, and total absence of reference to
| business.
| Mississippi Kitchen, Third and X. A. j.
| senatz-The pillars of the balcony are heavily
! draped in black and white, and the front hung
| with mourning curtain, upon which is a
| rlchly-framed portrait of the dead hero Be-
| meath are black fringe festoons depending be-
| tween the pillars, above which hang large per
| feet rings III black and white Beneath the
| awning hang cylinders Of black and white with
serrated edges. Over the door portrait of Grant
( IN mourning frame. The front and window are
| dressed in rosettes and pendants of black and
white. The whole an effective and unique
design.
7. Siehenthaler, Twentieth and II Front and
balcony in white and black, festoons streamers,
/ Autographs etc.
| mings.
F. r. Dray's residence, 1923 Front entrance
eiaborately and handsomely draped
II q. Hays. White and black strearners
A. Siotts-White and black streamers. national
| eolors in mourning.