Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-30

20 this thew will have an immense float
drawn bv eight mules and representing
twelve huge bottles Of David Il Dixies
special preparations. Each bottle, or car
toon, will be eight feet high. They will
Do black.and-yelow and hlack-aud-white.
Tho jumbo wagon used for the don't
will be the one that hauled portion OF
the Lee statue tc the monument grounds.
The float Of hessrs. Gay N Lorraine. No.
10 south Ninth street, will be both unique
and interesting. II will represent miners
digging coal. The costumes and equip
ments will be the exact reproduction OF
those used in the pits All the teams Of
the firm will take part In the procession.
Will ALL PLAY TOGETHER.
Five piano-houses in the city. have de-
cided to unite their efforts and produce
one handsome float for the parade instead
Of being represented individually. The
wagon will be drawn by eight horses, and
win contain samples OF all kinds of must
cal instruments and other things pertain
ing to the business. Twenty or more
piano-listers," the colored men employed
by the various firms, will parade ia uni
form.
Messrs. II. w. Rountree & Brother. No.
209-2l7 north Fourteenth street, will have
striking float bearing IN immense pyramid
Of "roller-tray trunks" Four gayiy.ca-
parisoned steeds will draw the wagon.
Jenkins Il Walthall. No. IL north Twelfth
street. will have handsome four-horse
float, decorated and beautliied with many
specimens of the bookbinder's skill. As
they desire their exhibit 10 be particularly
unique, they are not as yet in a position to
reveal the details of the design, but 1t will
be one OF the most striking in the line
and will cost large sum of money.
The Southern Stamp and Engraving
Company. No. 1907 east Main street. will
have unique float with O design repre-
senting O caricature on cuts"
OUR BEoAD-sTEEEr FRIENDS
Messrs. Woodward d Lothrop. dry
goods, 101, l03. and l05 west Broad street,
will have in line two handsomely painted
delivery wagons.
J. II. Harvey. florist, 8 west Broad street.
will have two wagons, one OF which will
be their deliyery-wagoD. This will be de-
cOrated with bunting. etc, and the other
will bear large float filed with beautiful
decorative plants, palms, pandanas. cro-
tons, ferns, and ducineas: Cut-howers and
1utton-hoie bouquets will be distributed
along the hne of march.
j. Il. Anderson a. Son. feed-dealers, No.
355 Brooke avenue, will have a large wagon
trimmed with bunting and loaded with a
general assortment of hay, corn. oats, mill
feed, and flowers.
Richmond Cream. Butter, and Milk
No. west Broad street, will
have thirteen trade-wagons, each draped
with flags and bunting.
j. i. Rose x Co, 1912 east Main and los
east Broad street, will have float repre-
senting their stoves, tinware, crockery,
lamp. and mantel department. They Will
give away along the line tin cups, on
which the name of the house will be ell
graved. The junior member OF the firm
will be on the float.
The float of julius Sycle 4 Son. dry
goods. Nos. 20i and 203 east Broad street,
vail be decorated with bunting, and will
contain fine display of dry goods.
ID. & T.. Mitteldorfer, dry goods. PIT east
Broad street, will have dellvery-wagon
handsomely decorated with flags and bunt-
Isaac Sycle & Co., dry goods and car
pets. 303 east Broad street. will have their
delivery appropriately decorated.
wAooN-LoAD OF SHOES.
The Economy Shoe Store. 81 east Broad
street, will have wagon full OF boys
and will throw them to the
crowd. They will be exchangeable at the
Economy for any pair of their 81 shoes.
Children's shoes, all sizes, will po thrown
out at intervals, and will be exchangeabie
for anything near the original size.
A. Hutzler's Sons, dry goods, 315 east
Broad street. will have a new and hand
sOmely -painted delivery wagon, decorated
with flags and bunting, and suitably
constructed float showing the develop
ment of trade in Richmond.
Heller 4 Co., 317 east Broad, shoes and
trunks, will have O properly-decorated
wagon in line Fancy business-cards will
be distributed on the line Of march.
+. busch Il Son, No. east Broad street,
bottling depot, will have in line three
wagons drawn by two horses each. The
wagons will be handsomely draped with
evergreens and bunting representing their
line of business.
WANTED TO, BUT COULDN'T.
Fourqurean, Price Il Co., corner Fourth
and Broad streets, manifest an earnest IN
terest in the trades parade. Moving into
their new house and the delay in the same
has prevented their making show in the
line They think all good, live houses
should lend helping hand to such affairs
gotten up for the public good Hereafter
they hope TO be &" in it with both feet"
Kaufman & Co., Fourth aud Broad,
and fancy goods, will, as usual.
be in 1t, and will make creditable show
ing of their branch of business.
Miller Il Rhoads, 509-5l1 east Broad,
dealers in foreign and domestic dry goods,
notions, and fancy goods, will have large
float appropriately decorated and drawn
by four white horses, and will demonstrate
in their exhibit that in one OF the very
finest and leading fabrics American manu-
lecturers are ION top"
Thalhlmer Brothers, Fifth and Broad
streets, dry goods, wraps, carpets, aud
house furnishings, will have handsome
float, entirely new aud novel IN its design,
4 Il a.. = AU.fs Il Low Of haqV
wares. Ii will be handsomely decorated
and will surprise the trade for its magnih-
cence.
Julius Meyer & Sons, dry goods and car
pets, Sixth and Broad, when approached
by a DISPATCH man said: We have not
decided what TO do, but should we 60 Ia
we shall get up something to surprise Rich
nond."
FURNITURE. CARPETS, 40.
Rothert d Co., No. sos east Broad street,
furniture, &C., will have two or three hoats
loaded with furniture, carpets, stoves, and
other housefurnishings.
Levy d Davis, Nos. /, 8, and east
Broad dry goods. carpets. and toys, Will
devote their float chiefly 20 carpets and
acc curtains, which have grown to be
very important departments The noat
sill be Handsomely draped with lace cur
cover the floor. In addition TO the float
they will have their handsome delivery
wagon and two others well worn IN line.
William Myer, tinner, No. ii west
Broad street, will have neatlY-draped
wagon with men at work making tinware.
TO SHOW PRETTY CHINA.
A most happy design has been selected
by the Richmond China Company. Its
Goat will be q two-storied China house 3
-eet wide and IL feet long. II Will be built
entirely of plates, cups, and saueers, ex-
sept that an immense teapot VIII make
The chimney. Tho fence around the min
allure structure will toe composed OF pitch
8rs The wagon will be draped to. the
bottom Of the wheels. properly inscribed
and viii be drawn by decorated horses.
The tloat of the Boston Clothing Com.
pany, No. 1909 east Main, Will be ~ ieeI
ong and ID feet high and wall be draped
rom bottom to top. The framing wiii be
covered with canvas, upon which will DO
igures and inscriptions. On the sldes wiz
DO painted tall. slender man. snort
ltout man, and BOY. and the words;