Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-08-30

the Wisconsin department of the Grand
Army have their quarters, is decorated
in a free and attractive manner. The
windows are hung with bunting of novel
and tasteful designs, and small flags are
flying from many points. The Central
police station is neatly decorated. The
county Jail building and the Central fire
station are exceedingly attractive. The
Herald building is covered with ever
green and some bunting. Flags, bunting
and evergreen adorn the store of A. w.
Rich & Co. The space in front of the
store, outside of the sidewalk, is occu-
pied by a arch, in several sections, and
people passing the store walk under two
arches which have been erected across
the sidewalk. The new insurance build
ing is decorated with great taste. Each
window is hung with bunting, heavy
bands Of bunting have been arranged
from the ground up to the fourth story,
and star. shaped emblems, beariI g the
names of the Northern states, fill in all
the remaining space that it is desirable
to occupy. The. chamber of commerce
building and the Mitchell block have
been ornamented with bunting of differ
ent colors and designs, which run in a
sort of fancy band around the buildings
at each story. Other parts of the city
are not one whit behind. Michigan
street, from Broadway to East Water, is
one mass of decoration.
The gas-pipe arches which have been
erected on both sides of Wisconsin
street, between Broadway and East
Water street, are magnificent. They
run along the entire front of the block,
l. -, 90 klA ID
are adorned with many scores of red,
white and blue globes. Not few of the
decorations are very expensive and
81, 900 having been expended in draping
and adorning a single edifice.
THE VETERANS ARE ARRIVING.
Most of the state department and the
large bulk of the posts have arrived.
There have arrived the departments of
Michigan, Georgia, Oregon, California,
Maine, New Hampshire and part of
Rhode Island. Hassendeube post, of st.
Louis, 400 strong, came in Sunday morn
ing with flag to be presented to the
first post of Indian veterans ever organ
lied, who are coming from the northern
part of Wisconsin. Part of the Mime
sofa and Dakota contingent have ar
rived. They numbered 800.
At noon it was estimated that fully
100000 VETERANS
and visitors to the national encampment
of the G.. A. r. had arrived in the city.
COMMANDMENTS Chief Warner and staff
arrived at ~ a, m. The party was es-
corted to the Plankinton house by the
Blair and Hassendeubel posts of st.
Louis, 800 strong. The "Old Guard
from Washington, arrived in a special
train of eight Pullman cars. Thousands
of old soldiers are arriving on every
train. Gen. w. T. Sherman, escorted
by the Ransom post of st. Louis, OF st.
Louis, Gen. Alger, accompanied by Mrs.
]. A. Logan, and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Rusk, were among the notables
who arrived.
TECUMsEH GOT LEFT.
For once in his life Gen. Sherman got
left Yesterday. He was booked to ar
rive by special train at 2 o'clock, and
the entire executive council, with sew
eral bands and a couple of thousand
spectators were at the depot to receive
him, When the train arrived, however,
and a great deal of powder. music and
cheers had been expended, it was de-
veloped that the grizzled veteran had
been lost in the crowd on the platform
at Chicago and that Ransom post, of st.
Louis. the special escort, had been COM
pelied to leave without him. He finally
reached town at 8 o. m.. and received a
royal welcome along the route to his
hotel