, 1876-02-03
THE CENTENNl
what Illinois Is Doing just Now
In Thnt Direction.
The Prospects Aro Her Display viii Be-
Extremely Cralitablo.
rb, Agricultural, Mineral, Fine Art, and
Otter Departments.
Applieations for space...The BAIL
roads.

NRPA4s
ronda.
sr-.npemsnta for tho proucr ropresenlA-
a.. -, 11iino,s st tic National Ceptopulal, COM
".n.tno wv an tho 10Th Of Nsy, xro fast nearing
Isssoi,t}nn ths Indications boing that, ~ Tho
.f =. s,nou, thn m,.t ronn,ons nuh vnai.h1,
bsAe AnonS ii, ~ | ~ 49, s,,,-s. ns.a hn
ia showing "hl % oucn 'unt Nv eas'@e" ne.u ~
,ahamed OF 1t ~ compared Win othel etato
dIsn,hse In quantity aud quality. Tho only
..onh,s 40 tai czpotioncod by tho State COM
1tu -. hao, ~ u,t uneco Tar onn1tcpn,a,
nl's1oN HAn ,.,s . ,,,,,,h..oS ~, i'm tt,nv.nnj
Who Io alfesoy nunooied ny tno .aousa''a'
20 great has beon tho tfouple III una a'1ec'
lon That several weeks g ago s .ppestIons sao 70.
ss's :, .ss stst. rommlakion. with a feo],ua thts
|! vas almost usoless' nhesa sho space o1g'nans
slotted tho State MAS incseaBetl very materially.
notwithstanding this, howuycf, applications
I..a haon rnIon forward oradual1v. to eboy tLo
.D.a.nt nso - a. phi,.dalni,,a th,t 1lIfnoia ia m
msnhsela'n.. y, a. A'aao'P.. 49,. ~, "
earnest IN tho matter App!'easlonB VIII con'
tinua 10 be forwarded for several woeks in tho
bono that tho 4 900 square fec. Of space allowed
uop' ~ o..,o tn to ,n.;u hatl viii ta increa,ef 10
sne otA'o IN Wv A4~'A @A'' "'o ~ ''3~' .'4~>' -
nsst TIC oeEnAnu'
TuE APPLICANTS
..."n, .. thro,,c,out thu s,.to wIo,, ulycn tl,o
@"so 49,, H. ov,,;hi,to,, ,r,,, s.;th,nlIv
assurance ,nst 'no e1nol.''a W. :, 1,,"a,:
represent the lhduatfy ano Hehitn ul AEinols'
even buop'a .uo soau.'ne'o'' .n' ~ 81 ~ ~
amos OF additional space. IRON moas Oh INC
faess .,.. Nv ~ w." .'..,.,,s -,
eal!y htfong, ts oeinS VIC esso espstia,y t a ~
GMSago, "nste sun .ss n,Ia1Ias,,,ont. snnu, ~
sha ertiotn, 4 fow Of ,ho politicians and oflice-
hodera,-ntnong whom Ia Mayor Colrin.-and II
ipq is ; partial liat Of tho
~ c1r1Es AND Towsa
# thu Slate already grantcd space: Chicago,
1,ote. Etnip. Dun.aitll. Nonkiu, DcKslb, Gales.
lug, Rockford, Mollne1 pt10u, sprngaeld. car-
Ereaport Wauke.ap, Cobdeu, Ffceburg, Ster-
ina AIMS. pekin, Bloomington, Stseator.
III IT, sHs,to. Sycamore, Elmwoos!, Kowauoc.
ottawa. Pennington, Princctoa, Dundee, kaucs.
s,iia Hoc,. J.iami Iscilevifte, Tnms,nn. Jacsenn-
viIio' gandwich, batavia, Kaukakee, Maisoilloy,
anrnra' s,ay and I.cnlont.
rnr srA7s EXHIBIT,
a ahnvn hy t|,n ennlicationa unr IN fin with
~. stata Gonmtssion. will coyer ernrv roncei1.
ron, gram Of corn 10 tho stoam cngino and
WIZ. rnp Int IA rm ,n,rlnnry viii ncr1nns tako
tne lead. Ne1t to tho display Of manufactures
viii doubtless come tho showing Of our educa-
ssich II IL elrosdy euarantccI, will not 10 ox.
rssdati l,v any Of thn Htstoa uf tho Union.
ss Thn Htats authorities fays wiseiy Iettorsd
particular caro In tho matter Of showing lilo
xArpnAL u1sronr AND Er,tuoluar
IN connecttou Will tho educational resources Of
ths gthta This dfsplay will bo divided into
threa Cro,na-tbn frat represoutnr tAu fnunA
md tho ilora OF tho state 81 lnyVo tic second
ilIustrstiug, bY single 1nodoi school cabinet,
the uork dono by aud for tho schools Of Tic
tnns msdo b. slncis schools OF Individual teach
sYg OF puplls: Tho staIo Museum, III Normal,
Iu oforod tho use Of lis own COLLECTIONS In thia
dcpsrtmsnt add IL fcoeiying classifying, aud ar-
rsuRiur ali donations Of mater1al beside Tho sol
rntis,a f t,e Rtsto aro also oartily co-opotstine
It tbis departtuent will also DO found that witl,
eomnsratyely fow sesldcuts Of lie StRto Layo
eyef soen-tbs pictures Of tue ftst sccoud and
third achnoi,ho,1aet of tim Htttn. and thai
which III, nno nerson hnB nypr soeu.-an array
Of rhotocrsphs OF oysry hirh.Bchool aud TIC
leading academies, co!leges, and institutes nov
In onoTalion. N this r{ll bo added elnbot nte
ir.winpa ri tina savnral Htnto fuHtitnttonH en-.
brscinp nhntngranil at tho first Stato.Ilollso
mn nnnretantinns structural htiIi ntsndinK al
tasri. Hnndo,nE f,nuntv and nanIi a. !