St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-21
MINNIE sofa.
Decoration Day at Red wing.

ue cOllillltt6o u arrangements dIliouliCO
the following as partial program, with
committees, etc: President, Gov. Lucius
F. Hubbard; orator, Hon. @. II. Benton of
Minneapolis; marshalS, Peter Nelson, III. A.
Park and NJ. S. Chandler. The graves in
the several cemeteries will be decorated at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, under the di-
rection of the post, assisted by the schools
and churches In the afternoon the memo
rial services will be held in the city yard.
At 80 o'clock proc essiOn, consisting OF
the military, fire department, civic So
cieties, schools. etc., will form on Broad
way and march through the principal
streets to the park. There the exercises
will commence at $50 o'clock, and will con-
sist of addresses, music etc. The following
committees will please aid in carrying out
this plan and take their cues from the titles
of the committees: Committee on schools,
F. w. FarnSworth, E. W. Brook, o. Whit
man: committee of observance of the day
by the business houses, etc., in closing up,
H. A. Park, J. II. Rich, c. E. Friedrich,
F. B. Howe, A. II. Boxrud, F. Burch, FL.
Lime; music, J. G. Halves, W. A. Orser,
E. F. Grow, A, j. Meachum, A. P. Swan
strom; invitation, L. A. Hancock;
entertainment, George Shakespeare,
S. j. Husler, P. F. Hardin:
cemeteries, etc., J. W. McChesney, W.
Llewellyn, W. W. De Kay; finance, A. F.
Graves, II. P. McIntire, F. A. Carlson; So
cieties, manufacturing and other organiza-
tons, B. B. Herbert, W. II. Putnam, E. T.
Walling; flowers, Mesdames G. c. Davis,
A. F. Graves, B. Jahlnig, G. W. Erickson,
F. T. Kingman, ii. P. McIntire, G. III.
Crazy, Misses NJ. l.. Finney, Martha Har-
ger. Maria diversion, Hattie Wolfe, Alice
Brown, Lucy Forton, Hettie Pratt, Bertha
Heising, Ida S. Joblom. Emily M. Brun-
ner, Jennie GallaSch, Emma simmons,
Rena Knapp, Rosa Carlson, Maggie Betcher.
Nina Cox, Annie Lewis, Charlotte Hewitt,
Betty Hawkanson.
The citizens generally of this city and of
the adjoining towns are earnestly invited to
participate in the exercises of Memorial
d ay. Societies and manufacturing organi-
cations will be assigned positions in the pro-
ceSsion, and are especially requested to turn
out All Union soldiers will be welcomed
and given places in the ranks of the G. A.
r. The people are requested to lay aside
their usual avocations and to close their
places of business during the exercises,
from to o'clock p. m.
NOTES.
The city council will hold an extra meet
ing tomorrow night to give parties who
wish to take out liquor license an oppor-
tunity to make application before the be-
ginning of the next term, June 1. :. Prof,
II. B. Nelson of this city, president of the
state normal school board, will deliver the
annual address at the commencement exer-
ciseS of the Mankato normal school, during
the latter part of this month. :. The Red
Wing Gas Light company has declared
dividend of s per cent. The new uni
forms for the Red Wing Cornet band have
arrived.
THE BLUE AND GRAY.
The following is the cast of characters of
the military drama, blue and Gray" to be
presented at the Casino by the A. Edwards
Welch post rs, G. A. R., on the evening of
Decoration day:
UNIONISTS.
Squire Raymond. ................E. d. Morris
Charles Raymond. "A. II. Allen
lothian Hopkins. ..............C De Courcey
Mike Casey. ............. George Ashelman
Jones (the CROWLEY ..........J. S. Carpenter
Thompson. H. Parsons
w. Wilson. ......................Al Albert Jones
George Evans drummer boy james Drew
REBELS.
Randolph Peyton. George Brown
Gen. Hill. .....................G George Benton
Sergeant McGraw. George r. Slosson
Sentinel. ............ George W. Humphrey
LADIES.
Edith Raymond ... Miss Emma Graham
Mrs. Raymond. Mrs. J. @. Mcclure
Silence Short. ...........M Miss Lavinia Darrell
Soldiers and Citizens.