The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-21


institutions, and to study our language
The representative OF the Swedish govern
meut is to make himself familiar with our
Institutions and statistics, especially Ia ed
vocational matters. Upsalia Ia the central
city Of Sweden, thirty.ex English miles
from Stockholm, containing SPOUT $4,000
inhabitants, exclusive OF the students mum.
beriug 1900 or more. Tic university has
1870 professors, and many separate buildings.
1t was founded 10 l471 and will celebrate
its fourth centennial in 1871 when
grand representation Of all the
European universities is expected
Upsalla is the most ancient town Of Swe-
den, and near il are large mounds which
tradition says are the graves Of Thor and
Odin, the dotieG of Old Scandinavia. Tho
Danish representative, who has cpent sooe
time in Boston and other New England
cities, says that the New England school
system holds the first place in the estima-
ton OF Sweden and northern Europe gen.
orally, and his observations confirms this
view.
TIE ACCOMMODATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA.
A general and erroneous opinion pre-
walls, that the accommodations at Phila-
delpbs will be inadequate for the great
gathering that will take place here from
day to day. We give come facts and fig
ures relative to this matter, which show
that there will be ample Accommodation
for sleeping and eating all who come. One
hotel fitted up for organization proposes to
furnish lodgings for 80 cents a night, and
can accommodate 5000. There is another
in the vicinity that can accommodate g.
000 one 10000 in fact within one mile
Of the exhibition grounds there will be
sleeping accommodations for over $4,000.
There are Is, 900 rooms under the control
OF the Centennial lodging house agency,
with bed, breakfast aud supper for from
| two dollars to two dollars and-a-balf
per day, besides all the city hotels with in
creased accommodations. When the
| Fourth OF July is over engagements can
| be made on better terms than now.
think the accommodation business has
been outdone for everything but the 4th
The means of transportation will be ample
also.
RAILWAY FARES.
| There is much grambling over the re-
duction of fares on the railroads, only q
per cent. The horse car companies here
also refuse to reduce the fare to cents
but cents is not too much, considering
the distances they will carry the paasen
gers Seven cents fare transfers the pas
sengers from the city to the grounds, i
he is not left there already by the stean
railroad.
ADN1ssIoN FEES.
The admission fee, it is well to cnforc
upon the minds of visitors, will be a 81
cent scrip, and overtwo hundred Thousand
dollars. all in 5O-cent scrip, has been re
ceived from Washington, rs part of tn
congressional subsidy, to be used as ad
mission tickets. Offices will be proyidel
in abundance outside, where the exac
change can be made, but at the gate
nothing will admit but an ex8c. Screen
scrip, This admits once 10 the ground
and of course to all the buildings. Parde
can thus 60 in and stay all day at 80 cent
for each day.
TURKS.
A number OF Turks, mailing from j art
salem, have arrived here. They we're g
tired in full oriental costume, and we're a
hours wonder to the promenadeTs on Che
nut street. Permission has been give
I these people to sell coffee. opium, tobGcc
and other Turkish delights on The c1hib
ton grounds
AMERICAN EXHIBITORS.
In the exhibition, the eastern and midd
states of course will occupy the mo-
, space; tho western states next; the soutl
ern will have only meagre show, but it
hoped that the southern attendance Will |
less 6isnroportionate.
FIT cgTERA.
The chandeliers fer the exhibition buil
ings weigh neatly a ton each.
8 There are now 100 buildings erected G
the centennial grounds, and more are g
, ing up.
An Edinburg jewollcr will exhibit at Il
0 centennial show case which, with its co
TENS, will he worth upward of 500 GOO
Additional concessions have been gran
ed for so, 500, the privilege of mun
featuring and selling chocolate and confe
tionery in Machinery hall, and for So OF
4 the privilege of establishing a cafe
q the main building. sToKEs.