St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-05

the Northwest is determined not to be be-
hind the Empire City in this respect One
OF our enterprising citizens. Mr.. William
w. Lormer, of No. 321 jackson street. who
for many years has borne the reputation in
st. Paul of being the cup-bearer to the gods
and with keeping place supplied with the
choicest brands of liquors resorted to by
the
LEADING MEN OF THE CITY
and the Northwest. is about to open a sa-
loon on the corner OF Jackson and Sixth
| Streets which for many years was well
known as Samuel Potter's furniture store.
Mr.. Lormer leased these premises on the
LIST of May, and since then has been busy i'm
fitting them up as a first class saloon. which
will be not only the finest of it's kind in st.
Paul. but throughout the Northwest. Iti
admirably situated for the purpose b,,inp
in the vicinity of the Ryan hotel and in the
heart of the business district FROM which it's
patrons come. The premises are twentv
five feet on Jackson, and run for a depth of
seventy-fve feet on Sixth. anu are therefore
very spacious and well lighted. The floor
ing consists entirely of tiles from the Inter-
national Tile company of Brooklyn, New
York. and with the expensive mahogany
| fittings which came from Chicago, this new
establishment will cost it's proprietor in the
neghborhood of S15,0 On entering a
bar screen confronts the visitor. This
massive piece of mahogany contains bev.
eled mirror encased in pleasing designs of
Moorish fret work surmornted bv minia-
ture portico of Moorish mosque. On the
lett OF the entrance between the door and
the screen is tastefully fitted up
once and cigar stand. On the left the
wamscottlng, in panels and easements of
exquisite skill and design, is surmounted
by dlam0nd-shaped French beveled look
ing glasses wine colored paper of rich
plush velvet, crowned with a heavy gold
eorniee. while the ceiling. in tracings
comingled with silver and gold, blend har-
monlously in beauty and grace with the
Well chosen ornamentation arranged with
artistic taste III union of light and shade.
Inc chandeliers, lucid as crystal, hanging
glowing and clear. from the ceiling, emit
ting halo of light, are four i'll number
and consist of Lundgren's new patent gas
lamps, which are very powerful, filling the
place with flood of light. In addition
there are two ornamented gas lamps in the
window. The visitor, on passing the screen
hnds that all the fixtures are of solid ma
hogany and the whole outline is of Moorish
design in fret work and arches. On the
right hand side, cutting the wainscotting,
nifcent mirror rising from the floor to the
ceiling, the beyeled edges of which have a
very pleasing effect in refractlng the light.
On the left is the bar,
SOLID COUNTER OF MAHOGANY
twenty-six feet in length, the panelings of
which are inlaid with mirrors and orna-
mented with pillars in appropriate designs
and richly carved. The back bar, the main
object of attraction. consists of mammoth
mirror seven feet in height by sixteen in
length. lying between two tiers of shelves
at each end rising to the ceiling, while from
the sides nearest the mirror spring a fret
work partially covering the mirror. When
these shelves are covered with CRYSTALS of
beauty. containing liquids of many colors.
and the chandeliers are aglow, the effect is
magnificent. and reminds one of the vivid
descriptions of the stalactite caves recently
discovered In Kansas. at the end of this
bar, respondent with light. there is small
Enclosure containing the ice-cooler, which.
with the rest of the fittings, is from the
firm of Rothschilds & Sons, Chicago. 1t has
compartments for six barrels of ale and
porter, and innumerable shelves for wines
Mirrors are imbedded in its panels. and the
partition at the end of the premises which
divides the wine room from the BAR is a
mass OF mirrors rejecting the splendor of
the main saloon and giving it all aplpar-
emily interminable length. Three Wine
rooms are in the vicinity of the ice-cooler.
two on the left and. one in it's rear. These
cosy apartments, which for wine and for
welcome will be known to fame. are
elegantly fitted up with Brussels carpets
and tables and chairs. just the place for
symposium such as Bobbie Burns depicts
in the following lines:
SO. Willie brewed q neck n rnotIt
And Bob and Allan came to see:
Three blither hearts that living night,
You could not ind in christendie''
At the extreme rear there is an extension
OF sixteen feet by twenty, which is elegantly
and tastefully fitted up in the highest style
Of the upholsterer's and paperhanger's art.
1t is laid in Brussels carpet and also lit by
Lundgren lamp and contains mahogany ia
bles and richly upholstered chairs. 1t is in
tended as retiring room for party of gen
tlemen who desire to rhingle enjoyment with
comfort and rich adornment. Electric bells
connect each room with the bar, SO that
speedy attendance is secured.
1t would be unnecessary to our old resi-
dents to repeat the fact that Mr.. Lorimer
has gained well-earned reputation for
keeping the choicest variety of first-cIass
wines and liquors in a first-class place, fire.
Quented by first-elass people, but as st.
Paul grows SO rapidly the new corners are
many, and it becomes necessary occasionally
to give sketch such as the present to
bring the attractions of respectable place
Ike Mr.. Lofimer's to the notice Of the gen