Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-06-26
Centennialities.
n g cry is still they come /.

Ms. s. p. Brown. Of Mt. Pleasant, D. G.
cave a varied entertainment ut cr evnntry
Sat last Tuesday eyeaius in b,hall oi tae
Centennial.
Thirteen states in all have already made
approuriations for the expenses OF representa-
,ipn At the centennial New jersey leads OF
with SlOO. 600; Massachuse Is gives S5O,OOe,
Ohio Sl8 600. little Delaware SlO,OOO' anu
other states sums ranging Eom 5000 to
So OcO-tle total amount thus, far appropi"-
ted. including the general appropriation oi
S5O5 coo by Congress, being S7O9,50o
There will be a gala day in Philadelphia on
the Fourth of July. which occurs on the ON
this year. The Machinery Hall Of the Cen-
teunial celebration will be rooted IN 10y tia,
time. and ceremonies of public character
will take place. 1t sunrise a national salute
from the highest point of Fairmonut VIII DC
fired: at Ana grand military review at
II n children's concert will he given IN Ma
cbinerv Hall. in which il is expected thirty
thousand Sunday-school children will take
part; at ~ NJ. reading the deedraiion speech-
e. &c. In the afternoon the musical aSSocla-
,ions will unite in grand combination con-
cert review of the Schcylkil navy, and IN
The evening the pleasures OF tie Gay VIII
close with big display OF fireworks. VGe
biece. sort of central figure. Is to he . god
de,s OF Liberty upon pedestal. 4he h5"re
will be sixteen feet high forming. an arch
over the head. will be in letters OF IRE. the
words Proclaim liberty throughout the lahd
to all the Inhabitants thereof Above tbs
arch will be a representation Of the OFT inde.
pendence bell. surmounted by an eagle, aud
over all the American flag.
The height of this design will be sixty ieet'
which viii be hankel on the right by TIE coat
or.arms of the State of Pennsylvania, with
the words in arched form above II, " l'I6,
Centennial 1876" To the left OF the main
frue will be the coat-of-arms Of Philadelphia
with "1776. Independence, 1876. The
width Of this design will be two hundred leet,
and it is believed It's display will last Just
thirty minutes. :, -.
The Grafton will be delivered ia Machinery
Hall. which will comfortably accommodate
forty thousand people The orator has yet to
be selected
A Philadelphia correspondent has this to
say about the inadequate accommodations oi
the Quaker City
The buildings for the exhibitions are being
erected rapidly, and before their vast proplr-
tinps the structure used for the sanitary iair
would appear mere infant. The bindings
are Of frame; the only permanent one Is the mt
mortal hall which is 10 be used rs an art gal
Ierv There is every reason 20 believe that
the centennial will be success, but, unless
there are
MORE foTEt AcCoNMODATIoNS
nroyi leI. we must say we will be sorry Tor
the general public who come to visit It
There are, strictly speaking but two btst-
class hotels in this city OF these the C1HiI-
mental contains about three hundred guest
chambers and the Girard House Is consider
aJy,, smaller II j. .lobbtleaef ono of tho ga
est compliments that can be paid 10 Phllaie''
mia 10 say that, as rule the hotels are mol
good. Tie quiet and respectable descendeniS
of Penn ana his contemporaries generally
prefer the. comforts asd privacy OF a home.
even though it be small, to the artiti;Al lile ot
large hotels. This last peculilrity i5 one Of
the chief points Of difference between New
Workers and the citizens Of this gooily town
therefore in New York there are many hrSt-
class hotels. while here there are but few
Various other social distinctions in the two
sister cities may be traced to the above char
acteristic
Its proposed to build a handsome hotel
here near the Park, and 50 arrange it that
when the Centennial is over it can be divided
into rows Of elegant dwelling houses as yet
it is not commenced, and to Us it seems impos-
sible to complete it at this late day. Many
private families are renting their houses to
foreign legations for the months Of the Cen
teppial; we heard Of one lady up town who
rented her establishment in this way i0r S20, p
600