St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-02

SIitSS anu trucks OI the nfe department.
The fire laddies had done their best in
rigging up their fire-eXtinguishing out
hts, and the horses, arranged in pyra-
midS, tandemS, four-abreasts, and four
in-hands, and decorated with plumes
and taSselS of all colors, reflected great
credit upon their masters. A particu-
larly interesting feature of thiS-the
first diyiSiOn-waS a miniature hose
cart drawn by four dogs, and manned
by eight small boys, who were attired in
the cute red and black uniform of the
Red Fox club.
Gen. Bishop, in the uniform of the
old Minnesota Second warriors, and his
aides, who were in red and blue uni
forms respectively, brought up the sec
Ond division. The military band from
Fort Smelling and nine carriages con-
tanning Gov. McGill, eX-Govs. Marshall
and Ramsey, Adjt. Gen. Seely, the gov
ernors staff, the judges of the supreme
court, judges Kelly and Brill, and the
last survivors of the
OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION"
lead this division. Then came up the
two floats of the DAILY GLOBE news
boys, all the kids footing horns and
trying to Guido everything else. The
street and sewer departments fol-
lowed. Labor Overcomes all OBJ
street force. Some of the night brigade
wore yellow oilSkins. A large force of
wOrkingmen, with picks and shovelS at
a carry, marched up in Fights. The
sidewalk cleaners came next with the
legends. My Sidewalk is o. K; Clean
my Neighbours" and ''Clean Your Side
walks or We WILL" borne high aloft.
The underground wOrld' was repre-
scented by white horse and cart and
men with shovels. Then came street
SweeperS drawn by five teams and four
by four horses abreast each. A big
stone cart followed with a four abreast.
a street Scraper, decorated with Ameri-
can flags, was tugged along by four
INLAND, also stone travOy, and
eight tandemS drew snow pillow each.
Seventy snow carts in double file fol-
lowed. OnOne was held a banner with
the motto, Give Us More Snow" and
wagon filed with snow was described
by the legend, "Snow, Beautiful Snow"
The gas force had two floats composed
of globes and a banner worded, Our
Illumination the Best Yet" Fourteen
men followed with lamplighters upon
long decorated poles. This division
afforded lots of fun for small boys all
along the route of the parade.
THE THIRD DIVISION.
floats and turnOutS of the wholesale
trade, was commanded by Marshal E.
+. Warner and headed by the Metropoli-
tan band. Allen, Moon d Co. had
several big loads of tea,
coffee, tobacco tubs and grocer
les, drawn by four-in-hands, all
the horses being covered by white
sheets with red borders. A series of
transparencies told the public the his
tory of the big fire of Beaupre, Keogh
u Co., and how the firm had so quickly
fences punctuated this story. such as
Minnesota Air is Very Bracing, You
Know" Creelman, Avery 81 Co., were
represented by loads of coffee, tea and
spices. On one of the loads Japanese
sat with huge umbrella. The turnoutS
were variOusly decorated. Burbank's
transparency was next in line. The
ElelSchman yeast turnout was very
unique. j. ii. Roach had a load of con-
fectiOnery on dress parade. The float
of NJ. f. Kennedy was very well got
up affair. 1t was composed of tobOg-
gans, hunting outfits and deer-headS.
NOyeS Bros. IL Cutler had an entire lab
Oratory on runners, with long white
beared chemists mixing drugs, and all
the occupants in the uniform of the
Media club. William Burkhard's turn
out was also very fine, the float being
made UP of buffalo-heads and
sportsman's goods, and two deers, with
magnificent antlerS, standing cOmpla-
Gently upon the float. Cummings 81
FillebrOwn had four wagOn-loads fruit.
The turnout of Albrecht Bros. was Rery
elaborate. A Siberian courier, wrapped
snugly in furs, and holding up a leopard
skin, came first as the guide and fore
rllnnpr A fonr in hand yvac
to a huge float of furS. A bright galaxy
of ladies was seated around the rig, over
their heads.
A BIG ALLIGATOR
being suspended. A deer stood among
the ladies, and a golden eagle orna-
mented the canopy. Mounted positions
drove the horses. The Snow Flake
baking powder float was a bakers outfit
drawn by tandem of six horses. Min
iature flags adorned the turnout. The
Z. III. Kelly Mercantile company had
magnificent illustration of business in
the twelve horse team, four abreast,
and the huge pyramid of chests of tea,
decorated by stars and stripes. Samuel
Bliss had four big loads, heaped up, of
syrup, mOlasseS and groceries. The
Shinah-tO club and drum corps fol-
lowed, paving the way for the huge
transparency of Finch, Van Slyck IL
Co., which was filled with boxes of
dry goods ready for shipping, and was
illustrated with pictures of the original
house in 1857. and the present firms
building. Deppe Bros, Wolterstorff,
Moritz & Co., and the Detroit Stove
works, all had appropriate exhibits of
stoves and hardware. The float of the
Detroit Stove works represented Cleo
patra's barge, with four Egyptians as
hah
canopy in cOlors of blue, yellow
and gold, with gold star on top, and
the horses were covered with white
sheets, and adorned with orange
plumes. The Standard Oil company
had two loads of 'eocene" on exhibition,
and the six city delivery Oil tanks of the
Globe Oil company were all in line.
The st. Paul Roller mills advertised it's
flour by float of rollers and milling
machinery and four loads of mill stuffs.
Two equipages and two loads of
flour represented the Lindeke
mills, and load of millstuffs decorated
with sheaves of golden grain did the
same thing for III. A. Schultz. Then
horses pulled the Anheuser-Busch
float and dry people
SMACKED THEIR LIPS.
The pOStilliOnS were all in blue.
George Benz turned out with a mag
nificent showcase On runners, full of
the SubstantialS of life. Joseph Schlitz
and Chris Stahlman had fine exhibits on
parade also. The thing which attracted
more than usual interest was the float
of the Standard billiard hall. Schaefer
and Carter were playing game of bill
lardS with apparent ease. A magnifi-
cent exhibit on runners, made up mostly