The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-12-17

The Daughsers Of Conee4ernoy Unu-O0s
sss In the Nsw CITY Hail 70 Bs ovsss1ps
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-THE show-wiH-
lows of broadway and the other great
business streets Of the city make one
forget the election, and indeed the
newspapers are beginning to give up
10 the merchants announcements of
Christmas goods the space lately de-
roted to columns and columns Of cleo
ion matters. The attractive exhibits
n the shops and the clear, sunny, crisp
weather have been filling the streets
very day with crowds OF bargain
,eelsera The merchants onsWashing-
,on avenue and the other wholesale
streets are equally busy, with their GUS
toners from abroad. To add to the
hustle in the city, two large bodies Of
men have been in session all the week
The general assembly of the Knights
II Labor has been here with several
hundred delegates, and the veterans
,f the Army Of the Tennessee have been
having their annual reunion. The usual
attending throng of interested friends
and newspaper men have been watch
ng both Of the conventions. There
lave been banquets and parades all
The week, and the theatcrs and hotels
have had rs much as they could do to
entertain the strangers. Society 10
busy too. The ball Of the Daughters
Of the Confederacy, which is, next to
the ball of the Yelled Prophet, tho
social event of the year, takes place on
the first of next month. and the prep
irations for II on q more elaborate
scale than ever. 1t will be held in tho
great hall Of the Merchants exchange,
where Tilden was nominated in 1876.
It's most unique feature will be a min
net of the old-fashioned kind, which
will be danced by fifty couples who
are being drilled for 1t now.
The architects of the new city hall
announce that with the beginning of
the coming year several of the offices
in the building will be ready for &C.
cupancy. Two stories of the SIX are
now completed, and the cost so far has
been nearly half a million dollars The
city officers who will move first will DO
the register, recorder of voters and re-
corder of deeds. The documents these
officers have In their old Offices, ex-
posed to fire, are absolutely invalu-
able. This is especially so with the
recorder of deeds. The books showing
the titles to city property are all kept
in his vaults There is but one man
IN the city who has copy Of these
books, and not long ago trust com.
pany offered him million dollars In
good hard cash for his set of abstracts.
When the records of Chicago were
burnt in the great fire, it cost the city
five million dollars to buy the only
copy of the deed-books there was.
With this example before their eyes. it
is natural that the city officers Of st.
Louis should be willing to allow the
two recorders and the register to get
into the new fire-proof edifice with
their indispensable books.
st. Louis has sent to the Postoffico
department since the adoption of Mr..
Wannamaker's plan over five thousand
orders for the House letter boxes. by
whose means the postman collects and
delivers his mail without having to
stop at the front door, ring the bell
and chat with the servant girl for, a
pleasant minute. This is more than
any other city in the country has or
dered. The great demand for the con-
venience here is caused by the business
men who live in tho populous suburbs.
Their houses are in town, but they are
from six to fifteen miles from the post
Office often, and the contrast between
the mail facilities at their homes and
in the offices down own is intolerable.