St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-04
STREET DECORATIONS.
How the ThorOughfares of the cry
Are Beautified.

zoo busy to dress, that was all. just De-
fore evening she dropped everything else
and hastily donned the ribbons, rosettes and
other decorations she had SO well learned TO
wear during the many summer holidays she
had taken. In other words the streets Oh
st. Paul put ON their present gay appear
ance during the first of the present week.
On The principal streets, nearly every build
ing is gOrgeously decorated with the stream
ers OF many colors, the flags, ban
ners. eyergreens, etc, usual On
such occasions, with here and there
an original esthetic idea worked out, ali
suggesting and stimulating the spirit OF
pleasure and abandon that reigns. Some
efforts are particularly pleasing and striking
and nearly all have made some demonstra'
ton in that line, consisting OF few small
flags at least. The most elaborate display
is on Third street from Bridge square to
Siblev street Along this street there Is
hardly section of twenty feet that is bare
of decoration of some sort The principal
decorations on the main business streets are
given below. This does not include the
many arches and statues in ice which con-
stitute the great novelty Of the present
street decorations and which have already
been described.
THIRD, SEVEN CORNERS TO SHELLEY STREET.
E. Hammer, flags and bunting; George
Markert g. Son, flags; Henry BURGER nags;
NJ J. Loskiel, flags: John Zoos, flags ana
bunting; +. McCaffrey, flags; Charles Ma
theis, flags; p Fabel, flags; NJ. j. Cummings
flags and chinese lanterns; 50 West Third
street, flags; j. A. Gamer, bunting and ever
green; c. B. Thurston a. Son, fine display or
flags and bunting; Auerbach, Finch Van
Slyke, elaborate decorations of flags and
bunting; Minnesota News company, flags;
10 West Third, flags and bunting;
s. T. Baldwin and Zimmerman's gallery, vari-
colored flags; Myers a. FiEch. evergreen and
flags; Drs. Routh, American Sewing Machine
company aud l.. Leigh d Co., ever
greens along the front; w. D..
Freaney, bunting; Keystone Wringer COM
pany, bunting; X. o. Sweeney, bunting; In
gerson block. tastefully draped with bunting
and hung with flags and Chinese lanterns;
Pinska g. Metz. flags and folds of bunting
neatly gathered in rosette over the en-
trance; j. b. Pewter. evergreens. flags and
banners; ]. Renhard. flags ami bunting; c.
4. Danreberg, flags; the Westlake,
flags; Second National bank, flags in
windows and large flags draped about
the entrance; Monfort a. Co., front draped
with flags and bunting; Il. c. Jones, bunting;
Nathan Lyons, bunting and flags; Lndeke
Laid e. Co., flags; Johan Matheis, bunting
and flags; Sherwood Hough, flags; Nicoll,
flags, evergreen and Chinese lanterns; Mahan
a. Cumbey, flags; 81 e Third, flags: LOOMS
flags; p. L. Kavanagh, flags; Hughson q
Hemenway, flags and bunting; Duncan q
Barry, flags; A. X. Barnum, flags and bunt
ing; E. A. Dibble, flags; ST. James hotel
flags; +. a. Albrecht, flags and bunting;
Pollock, Donaldson a. Ogden, flags and bunt
ing; p. BOernger Sons, flags and bunting
Northwestern Chronicle, flags; A. Booth q
Sons, flags and evergreen; Prendergast Bro
flags; Kennedy Bros, black and yellow bunting
Pioneer Press, flags and bunting; 20 East
decorations of flags, banners, bunting anC
eVergreens, over the main entrance, was
shield inscribed "Hail TO the King" set will
bunting and four large banners: Nathan
Ford, flags and bunting: p. V. Dwyer, flag
and bunting; Pruden Stove company, hags
Presley block, flags, large arch Office in front
Crippen g. Epson, flags; L. H. Biggs, flags
Il. Geist flags; Schliek 81 Co., flags and bunt
ing; Sattler Bros, flags and evergreens: e
NJ. Jevne flags; Whitneys flags; Ransom
Horton, flags and bunting; st. Paul Rubber
company, flags and evergreens; Schultz
q Co.. flags, bunting and ever
greens; New York Clothing house, flags
i. A. Brown, flags and evergreens; Fl. E
Wedestaedt, flags; p. f. Egan, flags; Mile
Bros, flags and evergreens; Clark IL Frost
flags; Macarthur q Co., flags and ever
greens; st. Paul Savings bank, flags ant
bunting; Third National bank. flags and bunt
ing; H. Swift, flags and bunting; w. r
Burkhard, fine display OF flags and evergreen
II. +. LeaSk & Co., flags and bunting; Pea
body Bros, flags and evergreen; The Boston
fine decoration of bunting and banners; 81
Paul Book and Stationery company, elaborat
decorations of flags in colors and evergreens
Northern Pacific Express company, tasty an
extensive decorations of tags an
evergreens; Goodyear Rubber company
fine display of flags and evefgreens
Smiths Tropical, flags and Chinese lanterns
Goyer Bros, flags: A. Mcleod, flags; Bullar
Bros, flags; A. Sternberg, flags; Twombley
flags; Mansfield, flags and bunting; A. i
Lanpher & Co, flags and bunting; Monitor
81 Co., flags and bunting; Adams Fetsch, flag
and evergreens: Union ticket Office, flags an
bunting; Volks Zeitung, flags and evergreens
Brown g. Tracey, flags; McGrath 81 Co., flag
and evergreens; w. j. Dyer Bro, flags an
bunting; Northwestern Fuel company, flag
and bunting; Merchants National bank, bril-
liant display of flags and tricoloI
Chicago, Milwaukee d st. Paul ticket Office
elaborate decorations of flags bunting an
eYergreens; John @. Graus. flags; Drak
block. beautiful and effective decorations c
evergreens massed around main entrance al
up the entire front of the building; P. r.
Hardenbergh & Co., flags; Arthur, Warren
Abbott, flags; B. kuhl a. Co., flags, buntin
and evergreens; Merchants hotel, gay dec
rationS of flags and bunting from every wi
dow and balcony; Forepaugh g. TarboX. flal
dnd bunting; G. Gotzian & Co., flags and bun
ing; Maxfeld Seabury, elaborate decor
Vashen Il Wagner, flags.
SHELLEY STREET.
Allen, Moon s. Co., flags and bunting; P
Bowhn, flags and eVergreens; W. A. Va
Slyke a. Co., flags and evergreens; III. z. Rug
flags, bunting and evergreens; Fink & Nj
Cauley, flags; CARING & Co., evergreen
Sherman house, flags and evergreens: Ii
dekes, Warner & Schumacher, brillia
display of colored flags covering Il
entire building; Auerbach Finch & V,
Syke, building draped with bunting on
plan corresponding to the size of the buildin
long folds of gay bunting were graceful
draped from the corDice in the center to Il
lower corners, block apart, and flags add
to the effect; Smith Bros, flags; NJ. Serenl
flags; G. II. Croft, flags and eYergreens; Graf
Larkin e. Smith, flags; Schmidt & Mile
flags and bunting; Noyes Bros. & Cutie
flags bunting and evergreen; Nichols
Dean, flags and Chinese lanterns; Fairbau
Co., flags; Guiterman Bros, flags.
JACKSON STREET.
Like Third, Jackson street has put or
gay barbaric splendor and between Third a
Seventh streets the ever-present evergreen
folds of tri-eolored bunting, Chinese lanter
and luttering flags of all sizes give the sire
holiday appearance ofteuer seen in Ju
than February. The following are the pr
cipal decorations: @. c. Miles, front abo
first story entirely sheeted with colored bul
ing arranged in perpendicular striu
aud quaint distribution of SIN
rosettes; Adam Decker flags, buutir
and evergreen; Chas. Friend, flags a
bunting; Magee's, flags and buntin
United States Express office, has
Northern Pacific Express Office. fla
bunting and evergreen; the Davidson co
pany, flags, bunting and evergreen; Chill
block, varicolored flags and Chinese lanter
fiuttering from every available anchora
from sidewalk TO cornice: e. Lytle, flags q
bunting; Simon, flags and bunting: Smith
Taylor. bunting and evergreen; w. W. lie
mer flags.
On Fourth street, Averill e. Carpenter o
scented fine decoration. From tho top