Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-08-25
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Finishing Touches to the Carnival Prep
arations---A Singular scheme of Street
Thlcycs--A Novel CompetItiou,

Thioves--A Novel Competition.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.--The streets of
the city present u remarkable appear
ancc this week, every main thorough
fare being adorned with arches, globes,
set pieces, and other indispensable to
a grand carnival. The great feature
of the entire display is a grand celebra-
ton of the four hundredth anniversary
of the voyage of Columbus. When the
plans were made it was believed the
worlds fair would be held in
1892, and when the great event was
postponed, the money for the celebra-
ton on the banks of the Mississippi
had been subscribed. So it was de-
cided TO go on with the program as
originally outlined, and thus it comes
about that the first great Columbian
celebration will be held in st. Louis
The display with its $4,000 lights will
cost st. Louis over $4,000 but the
money is in the bank for the purpose,
and there will be left fully four times
the amount for next years display.
The detectives of the city, or at least
those of them who have direct charge
of the thefts that occur here, have
been put to their trumps for a week
unique. Thousands of the colorcd
globes for the lights along the streets
next month have been put up for "a
week or more, the Illuminating COM
mittee desiring to get satisfactory
test of the lamps before the first
of September. The globes repre-
sent about fifty thousand dollars.
Since the men employed by
the committee began To put the lamps
on the arches, band of thieves have
been following the worlSmen around,
carrying off the globes by night and
selling them. The globes are used in
almost every building where pretty
Lighting is wanted, and the thieves
found no difficulty in disposing of them
at good price. After good deal of
patient work, the detectives last week
discovered the house where the thieves
hid the lamps, and by setting watch,
arrested the principal ones. Hundreds
of the globes were lost, but they hsyc
been replaced, and it has been made
the special duty of the police to keep
an eye on them hereafter till the illum-
ination is over.
The other day a newspaper of st.
Louis issued map of the city that is a
genuine curiosity. 1t was an adver-
Using scheme, and no doubt paid the
paper well, but many man cut ont
the map and put it in his pocket for
use some evening when he should find
time hanging heavily on his hands
The map showed all the places of sum-
mer amusement in the city, as well as
how to reach them by the street cars
Fifteen gardens and theaters are To-
Gated, all within ride of half an hour
from the center of the town, and most
of them only fifteen minutes distant
from the principal hotels. These
gardens are feature of the summer
and fall amusement of st. Louis. They
open generally about the first of May
and are well patronized till the cold
weather sets in, about the last of Octo-
Der. Eost of them are conducted with
the strictest propriety and all have
large halls attached to them, where
their guests are taken care of if it
rains. The visitor to St. Louis this
fall, with the exposition to entertain
him during the day and early evening,
and places of amusement in such num-
bers waiting for him if he wants to
prowl around by himself and see the
late side of the town, has good time
before him.