The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-10-07
THE REUNION.
Emporia in Gala Attire to Welcome
the COuntfy's Defenders.
Every Building in the City Decorated
More or Less.
Two Magnificent Arches Spanning
Commercial Street.
An Immense Concourse of "Old Vets''
Now on the Grounds.


A more beautiful day probably never
dswned on the city Of EmporiA than was
promised al daybreak this morning, and
from very early hour everything was
activity and hustle in every direction.
Decoration seemed to have become the
rage, and if there is a single house in
town that is not more or less In gala al
tire, the writer of this article failed to see
IT, Among others who have completed
decorating, or whom We overlooked in
our yesterdays report, we note the follow
ing as deserving Of especial mention:
Col. Il. @, Cross has handsomely deco
rated his home with hags, ETC.
The Gilchrist barn looked like May
pole. so freely and lsvishly had red, white
and blue been distributed over it.
Leweilyn s. Nelson, on the same side of
the street snd just few doors north, were
also out IN full regaliA for the occasion.
Mrs. Flint's millinery establishment was
very beautifully arranged, and may be
taken as 4 sample of the work that may be
expected by her patroDs.
Bruner. the patriotic grocer, has thrown.
an arch OF Chinese lanterns across the
street in front of his place of business. Il
is very handsome one.
Jones & Edwards, corner of Fifth ave-
nue. and Commercial, have placed q still
greater amount Of bunting on their store
than noticed by US yesterday.
The 8. g. 8. daylight store, next door to
the NEWS office, was decorated from top
to bottom, with long steamers of red,
white and blue, interpreted with flags
bearing the G. A. X. badge.
This morning about half past 10, the
decorators who are at work on our build
ings run out of blue cloth, and many of
them had to wait until evening trains
came in to finish their designs.
Johnson of the Fifth Avenue Fiuit
Palace, showed his patriotism in an ele-
CANT manner, and It Is very evident from
the tasty arrangement that the help of the
softer sex had been called in to his aid.
Dart, the crockery dealer at 1879 Com
mercisl street, has made his store more
than usually attractive appearance in
honor of the 'vets" This is saying
good deal, as it is probably always as at
tractive as any store In our city.
Senator Plumb's residence on Sixth aV-
enue shows evidence of . display of great
taste in the decorations, which are decided
ly handsome. Flags and streamers az
ranged 10 appropriate and beautiful COM
hinations adOrn the entire house and
yards.
Holmes 8 Holders office, the W. U.
telegraph Office. the city library, and in
fact, the entire Holderman block, pre-
sented q very beautiful appearance. Doc.
Young had a dog tent on the front porch
with q cannon, ammunition, sabres. etc,
which added no little to the effect.
Among the finest decoration on resi-
dences is that of Major Hood. The house
is handsomely adorned with flags and
streamers, and the lawn Is MAPPED odt in
imitation of a camp. Hundreds OF
miniature tents and barracks are arrayed
with military precision. 1t Is q hand
some picture.
Mrs. Kidder has arranged the windows
of her millinery store in q very tasteful
manner. A large cannon, made entirely
of hat trimmings, flowers, ETC., is the cen
trail figure, over which hangs the stars and
stripes, wrought ont of daisies and TRIM
mings, all surrounded by other sppFO-
pirate designs. The effect is fine.
The great arch erected across Com
merciAl street at Fifth avenue, 10 certainly
one of the handsomest things that has
ever been put up 10 this city. 1t will
loom up like ten mile torch procession a.
night. All over the main arch and on
| its main branches are hundreds OF living
gas jets which will ali be ablsze at night,
making a magnifcentlY beautiful scene.
Il. w. attn ans Is very LhSleIuily uec-
GRATED and the windows represent aliRori-
cal scenes. the one on the north "Destruc-
ton" and the south window "Jubilee."
In the doorway stands and armed sentinel,
"a regular old vet" The work of decora-
ton has been carried on under the man
agement of Miss Eta Slocum, who de-
serves much credit for her taste and skill.
Probably as neat a display as Is In
dulged IN by any business firm in the
place, Is that of II. G Bonhsm At his gro
Gerry house. Almost the entire front is
| beautifully draped in the fashionable col
ors now most in style and arranged in
tasty manner Inside the decorations are
If anything even more beautiful, and the
| nea,ness and cleanliness of look of the en-
tire store strikes one Immediately on en-
teTiDg.
G. w. Newman & Co., of course, have
the largest and most elaborate display on
Commercial street. As they are the larg-
est and most extensive dealers, and al
ways at the front when they take hand.
| il was no more than might have been ex.
pected. Their double store front. and
even the roof and ewes, were covered In
festoons of the national colors In every
conceivable construction they were caDa-
bic of being put 60 az to lend attraction
and elegance to the scene.