The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-07
VISITED BY THOUSANDS
GRAND OPENING OF THE M'LNTYRE
 NEW STORE.

NEW STORE.
 Thronged From Morn Till Dewy Eve-A
 Glance at the Beautiful New Store and
 It's Many Departments-NIr. Mcintyre
 Fl"oded With Congratulations-Pre-
 sented With Lovely Floral ToIrens-A
 Beautiful Tribute From His Heads of De-
 partments.
 Crowds, crowds, crowds, all day yes terday surged into Ewen Mcintyre & Co.'s mammoth new and elegant dry goods store in the new Hubinger build ing. The ladies of the city seemed to l be out en masse to see the new store, and on all sides MT. Mcintyre was food ed with sincere congratulations on the store's handsome appearance and equip ment. Mir Mcintyre did his best to be | everywhere at one time and succeeded as nearly as any one man could in being | ubiquitous. Immense was the throng of visitors, and the opening day was a grand success and worthy of the enter prise which MT. Mcintyre displays. The ladies were delighted with the store, and doubly delighted, for each received | bouquet of roses or of violets, until the supply mammoth though it was, vas exhausted. Over 800 punches were given away.
 The new store is three or four times larger than the old store. The depart ments are as follows: As you enter on the left you find the gents furnishing goods department; next the ladies' un- derwear and hosiery department, On the right side as you enter is the mo- tions and domestic goods department, In the center, on the left, as you en- ter is the ribbon department then the kid glove department, then the lace de partment. On the right center is the notion department again, and next the lace department again.
 Then take the ell part in the rear The front floor Is devoted entirely to dress goods and silks It is a well lighted store of itself.
 The second floor over the main build ing is devoted to the cloak department, ladies' cotton underwear department, corset department and to the offices of the firm, which are palatial.
 The second floor over the main build ing is devoted to a big upholstery lace curtain window shade department.
 As to the third floor, space is yet to be assigned.
 The basement, which is lighted and airy, is devoted to big line of kitchen utensils in great variety, orocl1ery, lamps, etc, etc,
 {-b bo,, ,1 finished throughout, and has two ele- vators of the latest design, a passenger and freight, and is equipped with the Lamson cash carrier.
 An interesting event occurred at the close of the day MT. Mcintyre on en- tering his office found an elegant pol ished oak hat rack, with mirror and umbrella stand combined, with easy 1 chair to match, awaiting him. It was a gift from his heads of departments, l six in number-Messrs. J. T. Hanly, | Charles Uran, W. I. Richards, George 1 I. Maurer, s. Dixon and T. J. Fleming. Upon the beautiful gift lay card l which told in a few we'll chosen words | that 1t was the gift of the gentlemen named as a testimonial of their esteem | for their employer. All of the donors have been with MT. Mcintyre since he engaged in business in New Haven. It Is a gift deeply appreciated by the recipient.
 MT. Mcintyre was also the recipient | of lovely floral tributes from Captain | Edward M. Clark of this city, Mir, T.. P. Bates, a Boston merchant, and I, New man & Son, the corset manufacturers | of this city and was visited by many | of our most prominent merchants and | other business men, and by prominent | men from New York
 Some tall work was done in removing the goods from the old store to the new store. The great bulk of the moving was all done after the close Of business Tuesday night, and by o'clock yes terday morning the store was ready for the public. About forty men were em- ployed in the moving.