Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-06-14
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knights T-utl1r. They ttrOrg
at.o1t tie streets. and whichever
wsr you look. your glance j. sure
70 rszs o. the white plume ADD re-
-nlis Of some red cross knight
Ba1is rlronsns3s the streets. To-
owed Is crowds q urebins, keep
inz step with the muse, AID the
Whole city Ia q marital aspect
Which l. not lesseDsd by the clOoos
q buuting IL Which il j euTslOped-
TIE grand parade which took place
Oh THURSDAY. was without doubt
Tie finest ever made by the Ten
par II the present esutury, Dear-
y tsn tbo1sso1 being counted II
TIE r&Uks
Decoration Day was generally
observed ~ T.ub.ie holiday here
but 1ltbou<h fhs esreDOuie- were
% 3 larEs sale, and more inpres-
SIRE thsn nsusL they ali Dot excite
- u1ch Dof5cs a. they would 81
srothsr time. TIE fat Il that
there j. 50 much going or be1s jasi
o0E. that Do ole thing claims geo-
ERA s.;sufion. AID tbuss sssoeia-
lions and societies that have fixed
o. tie Csu;souiLl City g their
place Of meeting this year. have
u1sis 3 mistake II their object IN
- dong Eas % make q sensation
II J. 3 ease q ersr}osiing TIE pub
lie stomach, aol IL dyspepsia doesn'i
follow ] an very Dorh mistaken.
On TDssisy the banksrs' Nation
s. CO-uiDsTOO-ation took place, the
opsuin< Of their buildings Oh the
Csnteouisl -ro1o3s being the oecs-
son q reuuion Of BANKERS from
al portions e the country. The
orator q The ancient history o.
banking IN EorOpe. a. vel "a tbs.
country, and especially the progres:
Il The last century.
Hereafter tie gr0uDds are 70 be
cleared 10 the evening by tie per.
suzsiTe voice of the Steam Siren
one q the exhibits Of the Ligh;
House Department. Il i said u
be merely a signal, but If il dOesn'f
prove one q the most effective
means u dispensing 8 crowd there
is 10 virtue 10 tortured steam 3
hotel gong Is AZ Eolisn harp com.
pared with il.
The fanons Knapp gun. weigh.
ing 81 tons, with it, lotion CARR.
age, il DOW besieging the doors o
Machinery Hall. Ii took severa
weeks 10 land and place it on th'
lG-wheeled truck Of the PenDsylvs
MA Railroad Company, and thel
the bridges bad 70 be strengthene,
before il could be brought TO it
present position. Krupp was oblig
ed to have q special steel car made
20 transport the monster 10 the Par
is Exposition in 1867.
Among the out-Of-doors feature
Of the Agricultural Department
will be an exhibition Of the West.
tern system Of irrigation, by sur
face application Of running water
nnder the charge Of Commissioner
Meeker, Of Colorado.
( Many Of the exhibits If Victora
New South Wales and Tasmania
were seriously damaged while e.
ro,ae from Melbourne. The cap
tain OF the vessel which brought
them tried 10 scuttle il, but only
succeeded satnrating the goods witt
sea-water. The Commissioners o.
those countries are working hard
TO repair damages, but with only
partial success, as many fthe finel
goods were rendered utterly worth
. less.
TIE number Of visitors to the
grounds has been daily increasing
as was expected, and yesterday
$4,000 persons deposited their fifty
cents and passed through the diff.
ferent turnstiles. The number o,
paying entrances 30 far have beer
about 400, 900, and as a natural con.
sequence Centennial stock is on the
rise.
To begin the description OF ex
hibits / will take country which
I can complete in this letter, and
find such an one in Queensland
The relative and intrinsic import.
ance Of this and the other divisions
Of Australia, are well shown in their
display here, and those who seek
for them expecting to see much will
go away most agreeable disappoint-
ed.
A thousand square feet of wall
are devoted to maps and charts OF
different parts Of the country; the
lowlands, the billy districts and the
more mountainous ones, with i'm
mense herds of cattle and sheep
grazing along the bouncing streams,
or upon the vast uplands. The
prices Of the different sections are
marked at from one of the five dol
lars per acre. Much of the wilder
and more romantic scenery is also
represented by innumerable photo
graphs. The most prominent ex-
hibit upon the ground space of 4, 100
square feet is gilded pyramid over
twenty feet in height, and three
feet square at its base, which rep
resents the bulk Of gold which the
Queensland gold mines produced
between 1868 and 1875. The
weight represented by this pile is
over 65 tons. and its value only tho