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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-06-06

To THE LADIES.-This is the sea.
son of the year for ladies to wear
light suits. Waterproof is and other
heavy garments are now relegated
to the wardrobe, to be- brought out
when the storms of another season
make them comfortable to wear.
With each change of season the dry
goods men have to get different
stock to supply the demand. Women
like to know as early as possible
what is going to be worn, so that
they can make arrangements to lie
reasonably within the rules of that
tickle thing. fashion. In dry goods,
as in everything else in the line of
trade, energetic, wide-awake dealers
always come to the surface, while
their slow competitors sink down to
the line of mediocrity. 1t is to live
establishment, whose managers are
active to the wants of their custom
ers, that ladies should go where they
are shopping. Likewise of such
place it is profitable to read when
purchases are contemplated. There
fore we make no bones to cali the
attention of our lady readers to the
firm of A. Vaenberg & Co., No. 80
South G street, Virginia, who have
just now on hand large stock of
the finest kind of goods in the line
of ladies and children's wear. They
have just received from the markets
of San Francisco the latest style, in
cloth aud cut, of summer wear, COM
prising linen suits, parasols, hats, etc.
The firm do the fair thing by their
customers, and have large trade.
Those going to Virginia to make
purchases in their line could not do
better than to call and examine their
stock.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-06-06
Mining Notes.

The Belcher paved off yesterday.
The amount was SOC 900. Only gold
was used except where small change
was needed.
The Superior Mining Company re-
ceived small engine and fixtures for
the same by yesterday mornings
train.
The Yellow Jacket Mining Com
pany paid off last Saturday. Their
roll amounted to $4,000.
The Con. Virginia paid off last
Saturday. 1t took $S1, 64625 to settle
up.
More machinery for the Con. Vir-
ginia pan mill was received yester-
day morning.
A lot of new machinery for the Alta
mine was hauled through Gold Hill
yesterday.
The Dayton paid off yesterday.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-06-06
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NOR LICENCES, SILVER WILL BE
IL taken TO the amount of Five Dollars. On
all sums above that the usual discount will be
made X A. COOKE,
Sheriff of Lyon County.
Dayton, New, June &. 1876.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-06-06

made the following collections:
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

Power in the machinery hall will be
chiefly supplied by pair of monster
Corliss engines. Each cylinder is forty
inches in diameter, with a stroke Of ten
feet; the fy.wheel is thirty-one feet in
diameter, and weighs fifty.fve tons; the
horsepower is l 400, and the number OF
boilers is twenty. This engine drives
about mile of shafting.
For the art exhibition, the most
eminent American artists have been
at work, and it may be confidently
stated that, especially in the department
of landscape painting. the United States
will presenta finer display than the pub
lie has been led to expect. Quite aside
from the contributions of American ar
lists, applications from abroad call for
more than four times the exhibiting
space afforded by the great memorial
hall. Provision for the surplus has been
made in temporary fire-proof buildings,
though all exhibiting nations will be
represented in the central art gallery.
The secretary of the navy arranged
that United States vessel should call at
convenient European ports, to collect
and transport hither to the Exhibition
the works of American artists resident
in Europe. Among the ports des-
ignated, are Southampton for Eng
land, Havre for France, Bremen for Ger
many, and Leghom for Italy.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English sculp.
tor, who designed the groups for the
plinth for the great Albert memorial in
Hyde Park, London, has repro
duced in terra Gotta, at the cele-
brated works in Lambeth, the
one which symbolizes America.
The figures in this group are colossal,
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

private letter written by the wife of one
of the Harvard College professors, in
order that friends further away may
take from it such hints rs will be of
service to them in arranging visit dur
ing the summer.
The letter begins by speaking of the
"money outlay" contingent upon visit
to Philadelphia, and then goes on to say:
eff they could 60 somewhat in the way
people go in summer to the seashore, on
sort of camping-out principle, they
could form parties and share expenses,
and so be able to 60, when a regular
boarding house or lodgings would seem
too expensive to be thought of. The
plan proposed was to take house in
some town or country village on some
railroad, near enough for the fares to be
cheap. A small, plain house, say parlor,
dining-reom, and kitchen on the ground
floor, and perhaps one more room as bed
very simply with tables, chairs, and
cooking stove, and few cooking utensils:
tea-kettle, spider, kettle, dishpan, etc.;
little very plain crockery. The bed
rooms with bedstea1s and mattresses and
pillows; wash.stands, crockery, ETC.. ta-
bles, chairs, and looking-glasses. Fuel
and gas or lamps supplied. Then the
house extensively advertised as to let be
the week, parties wishing to engage the
house have list sent them of the weeks
fee, that so far they may choose their
own time. The parties to bring their
own bed and table linen and towels,
forks and spoons and knives, and their
own provisions as far as they choose.
Their dinners they can get in the grounds.
In short, to live as people do in some of
our seashore places, where a party of
twenty will take house for week or
fortnight, living in a picnic fashion, and
at very small expense.
"I suppose such house could be
rented for $40 week, that for six months
would be $3.50. Divide the $50 among
eight people, the smallest number ]
should propose for party, and that is
only $3.50 week for lodging, and a
larger party, of course, diminishes the
expense. Fuel and lights should be
charged as Il party uses them. 1t would
need some responsible person to certify
that the house was respectable and fairly
comfortable, and to see that between the
different parties it was put in neat and
decent order And it should be adver-
tised in papers with good country cir
culation."
A plan very similar to that suggested
above could be arranged with most salts
factory results.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
The Agricultural Buildjng

stands north of the horticultural build
ing, being separated from it by a 70
mantle ravine, and has a commanding
view of the Schuykill river and the
northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia
beyond. This building illustrates a
novel combination of materials, mainly
wood and glass, and consists of long
n ave crossed by three transepts, each
being composed of truss-arches of Gothic
forms. The nave Is 800 feet long
by 125 feet in width, with a height of 70
feet from the floor to the point of the
arch. The central transept is 100
feet wide and 75 feet high, and the two
end transepts 80 feet wide and 20 feet
high. Its interior appearance re-
sembles that of great cathedral, and in
looking from traDsept to transept, the
vista is extremely imposing. A
portion of this building is supplied
with steam power for the use of agricul-
tural machinery. The four courts in
closed by the nave and transepts, and
also the four spaces at the corners of the
building, having the nave and end tran
septs for two Of their sides, are
rooted, and form valuable spaces for
exhibits. The ground plan Of the build
ing is parallellogram $40 feet by $50 feet,
covering about ten and one equarter
acres. Sixteen foreign nations reserve
space in this building, and In the LII, ,672
square feet which remain, more than
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

nal avenues. These cross the building
and are 4l6 feet in length. The interscc-
tions of these various avenues make at
the center of the building nine spaces,
free from supports, which are. from 100
feet to 120 feet square, and which aggre-
gate 4l6 feet square. The general eleva-
tiOn of the roof of all these avenues
varies from 45 to 20 feet.
The building rests upon the ground,
the land having been thoroughly graded
and prepared. The foundation consists of
piers of masonry, the superstructure be-
ing composed of wrought iron columns,
placed twenty-four feet apart, which
support iron roof trusses. There are six
hundred and seventy-two of these col.
umns in the entire structure, the shortest
being twenty-three feet and the longest
one hundred and twenty-five feet long.
Their aggregate weight is 100000
pounds. The roof trIisses and girders
weigh 100000 pounds. The sides of the
building, to seven feet above the ground,
are finished with brickwork in panels
between the columns Above this there
are glazed sashes. The roof covering is of
tin, that being the best roofing known in
this climate to resist leakage. The floor
ing is of plank, upon sills resting upon
the ground, with no open space beneath.
Turrets surmount the building at all the
corners and angles, and the national
standard, with appropriate emblems, is
placed over each of the main entrances.
In the vestibules variegated brick and
tile are introduced. Louvre ventilators
surmount all the avenues, and skylights
the central aisles. Light, of which there
will be ample supply, comes from the
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Machinery Building.

This structure is located about five
hundred and fifty feet west of the main
exhibition building, and it is prac-
tically continuation of that edifice, the
two together presenting frontage of
three thousand eight hundred and
twenty-four feet from their eastern to
their western ends, upon the principal
avenue within the grounds. This build
ing consists of a main hall, one thous-
and four hundred and two feet long and
three hundred and sixty feet wide, with
an annex on the southern side two hun
dred and eight feet by two hundred and
ten feet. The entire area covered is
five hundred and fifty-eight thousand
four hundred and forty-four square feet,
or nearly thirteen acres, and the floor
space afforded is fourteen acres. The
chief portion of the building is one story
in height, the main corDice upon the
outside being forty feet from the ground,
and the interior height to the top of the
ventilators in the avenues seventy feet,
and the aisles forty feet. To break the
long lines of the exterior, projections
have been introduced upon the four
sides, and the main entrance is finished
with facades extending to seventy eight
feet in height. The eastern entrance
will be the principal approach from
railways and from the main exhibition
building. Along the southern side are
placed the boiler houses, and such other
buildings or special kinds of machinery
as may be required.
The plan of the machinery building
shows two main avenues ninety feet wide,
with central aisle between and an aisle
on either side, these being sixty feet in
width. These avenues and aisles together
have three hundred and sixty feet
width, and each of them is one thousand
three hundred and sixty feet long. At
the center of the building there is a
transept ninety feet in width, which at
the south end is prolonged beyond the
building. This extended transept, be-
ginning at thirty.six feet from the
building and extending to two hundred
and eight feet, is fanked on either side
by aisles sixty feet wide, and forms an
annex for hydraulic machines. The
promenades are: In the avenue fifteen
feet wide, in the aisles ten feet, and in
transept twenty-five feet. The walks
extending across the building are all ten
feet wide, and lead at either end to exit
doors. The foundation Of this building
are piers of masonry, the superstructure
consisting of solid timber columns sup
porting roof trusses, constructed of
straight wooden principal beams and
wrought iron ties and struts. The
columns are placed in longitudinal lines,
and in these rows stand sixteen feet
apart The columns are forty feet high,
and support respectively the ninety-feet
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

by curved roofs of iron and glass, which,
appearing upon the exterior of the build
ing, present very fine feature. A vesti-
bule 30 feet square separates the two
forcing houses on each side, and there
are similar vestibules at the center of
the east and west ends, on either
side of which are apartments for restau-
rants, reception rooms, offices, etc. Orna-
mental stairways lead from these ves-
tibules to the internal galleries of the
conservatory, as we'll as four external
galleries, each 100 feet long and 10 feet
wide, which surmount the roofs OF the
forcing houses. These external galleries
are connected with grand promenade,
formed by the roofs of the rooms on the
floor, giving superficial area of about
1900 square feet.
The east and west entrances TO the
horticultural building are approached by
flights of blue marble steps, from terraces
eighty feet by twenty feet, in the center
of each of which stands an open kiosque
twenty feet in diameter. Each entrance
is beautifed by ornamental tile and
marble work, and the angles of the main
conservatory are to be adorned with
eight attractive fountains. The corridors
connecting the conservatory with the
surrounding apartments open fine vistas
in every direction, and the beauties of
the surrounding park, with the river
flowing in front and more than one hum
dred feet beneath the building, add TO
the attractions. Extensive heating ar
rangements are provided in the base
ment, which is of fireproof construction,
and the restaurant kitchens are also
located there.
Surrounding this building there are
thirty-fve acres of ground, which will be
devoted to horticultural purposes, and
have been suitably planted. In thisplot
there il an extensive series of sunken
eya rdona
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Our international Exhibition.

The great interest felt by our readers
in the success of this national enterprise
has led us to secure the accompanying
illustrations and the latest information
relative to its progress. Notwithstand-
ing the inertness of American exhibitors,
the position of the Exhibition on the
tenth of May is far in advance Of that OF
any former International Exhibition at
the same time.
The following description will give a
complete idea of the extent OF the
grounds and the size of the buildings
The Exhibition buildings are located
in Fairmount Park, which adjoins the
built-up portions of Philadelphia on the
northwestern border. This is beauti-
full park of 2,740 acres, upon which the
city has already spent over $4,000, 900,
and is now annually expending a large
sum in adornments and improvements.
Through it runs the Schuylkill river,
bordered by high banks and ravines,
and its great natural beauty has been en-.
hanced by art. The buildings are located
on some of the most beautiful spots on
the banks of this river, groves of stately
trees surrounding them, spendid views
of river and landscape being afforded.
The buildings stand from 112 feet to
120 feet above the highest tide-water level
in the Delaware river, and fully that
height above the Schuylkill. Philadel-
phia is city of 100000 inhabitants,
containing $4,000 dwelling houses, a
large proportion of which are owned by
their occupants, and this number is be-
ing increased at the rate of 5000 year.
Girard avenue, one of the chief streets of
Philadelphia, leadsdirectly from the heart
of the city to the entrance of the main
Exhibition building. This is broad
highway one hundred feet in width,
crossing the Schuylkill river upon the
magnificent iron bridge seen in the
background of the frontispiece, and
which was erected at cost of 81 500, 900
expressly to furnish good facilities of
access to the Exhibition grounds. This
avenue passes through the park in a
westerly direction, and is a very fine
drive. Bordering it on the right hand
are the Exhibition grounds. These
cover about 236 acres, which are inclosed
for the buildings, in addition to which
there are other Enclosures for the dis
plays of horses and cattle. At the
Vienna Exhibition of 1875, the inclosure,
including that for the horses and cattle,
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
NUMBER A.
Economic Visiting.

A Boston woman writing to friend
says: "There is large class of highly
educated persons in New England and
New York who would most thoroughly
enjoy and appreciate the Centennial Ex-
hibition If some arrangement" like that
which she suggests could be made. The
plan is, without doubt, perfectly practi-
cable, and might be taken up and crystal
lied by parties of ladies (Or gentlemen)
in other sections of the country TO their
advantage. While the charges for board
and lodging in Philadelphia during the
progress of the Centennial Exhibition
will not be so exorbitant as some papers
insist, there is still an opportunity for
persons of moderate means who may de-
sire to visit the Centennial, see every
thing worth the seeing, and enjoy them
selves accordingly, and that without the
outlay of an extravagant amount of
money. Not only in New England and
New York, but throughout The enter
country, there are thousands of highly
educated and intelligent persons who will
desire to give themselves the pleasure of
a visit to the exhibition. This pleasure
they can give themselves ifthey are in
clined to bestow little care and fore
thought upon the proper arrangements
for visit. We subjoin extracts from a
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

which was of considerable size, covered
260 acres. The buildings at Vienna
gave about 100000 square feet of
ground floor surface for exhibitors, and
covered forty-two acres. There were
originally provided at Philadelphia
fifty acres of buildings, giving 2,107, 900
square feet of surface, but applications
for space are 80 numerous rs to render
enlargement necessary.
The articles exhibited have been
classified in seven departments, which,
for the most part, are located in ap-
propriate buildings, whose several acres
are as follows:
l. mining and metallurgy;2, manufac-
lures; 3, education and science, main
building, 2l.47; 4. Art, art gallery, 1.5 /;
8. Machinery, machinery building, ID !;
6. Agriculture, agricultural building,
10; Z. horticultural, building, 1.5. Total,
4S.47.
The first of them which one reaches in
coming from the city is the main
exhibition building; but the only
point from which comprehensive
view may be taken of them all is
from the summit of Georges hill, on
the western margin of the. Exhibition
grounds, the point of view taken in the
frontispiece; and here the spectator will
find the machinery and agricultural
halls in the foreground, and the main
building and art gallery in the distance.
Looking at them from this point, it will
be seen that the northern faces Of the
main and machinery buildings are in a
line; that they are divided by an av-
enue, but connected by covered way,
and that the length from the extreme Of
one building to the extreme of the other
is very great-more than two-thirds of a
mile. Running along the northern
length of these buildings is a boulevard
one hundred feet in width, which Is
traversed by double line of narrow
gauge cars, for the accommodation OF
visitors. Three hundred feet back Of
the main building, their centers being in
line, stands the art gallery. Next
northward, and on the further side of
Landsdowne valley, which is crossed by
q bridge, Is the horticultural building |;
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

covering ground space of fifteen feet
square. 1t is placed in the great
central art gallery, opposite the principal
The art exhibition includes, in addi-
tion to the works of contemporary artists,
representative productions of the past
century of American art-those, for in.
stance, of Stuart, Copley, Trumbull,
West, Aston, Sully, Neagle, Elliot, Ken
sett, Cole. These, as well as the works
offered by living artists, have been passed
upon by the committee of selection, who
visited, for the purpose, New York, Bos-
ton, Chicago, and other leading cities, in
order to prevent the needless transpor-
tation to Philadelphia of works of art
not up to the standard of admission.
A large number of orders and frater-
mites have signiied their intention to
hold gatherings at Philadelphia during
the period of the Exhibition. Among
those which may now be enumerated, are
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Inde.
pendent Order of Odd Fellows; the
Grand Encampment, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows; Grand Lodge, United
States, Independent Order OF Odd Eel
lows; Grand Commandery Knights
Templar Grand Army of the Republic;
Presbyterian Synod; Caledonia Club;
Portland Mechanic Blues; Welsh Ma
tional Eostefodd; Patriotic Order Sons of
America; California Zouaves of San
Francisco; an international Regatta;
the Life Insurance Companies; National
Board of Underwriters; State Agricul-
tural Society; Second Infantry, N. &.
of California Philadelphia Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church; Cincinnati
Society; California Pioneer Society
American Dental Convention; Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America In
dependent Order of B'nai Berth; Ma.
tOnal Alumni Association Salesmen's
Association; Fifth Maryland Regiment;
Seventh New York Regiment; Ameri-
can Pomological Society; Masters
Association of the United States;
Army of the Cumberland; Humboldt
Monument Association, Christopher Co
lumbus Monument Association; Board
of Trade Convention; International
Typographical Congress Rifle Associa-
tion OF the United States; Centennial
Legion; Philadelphia County Medical
Society; International Medical Con-
gress; Old Volunteer Fire Department
of Philadelphia; German Rife Club;
Army the Potomac, ETC., etc..
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Main Building.

This is n parallelogram, running east
and west | ,S76 feet long and north and
south AGA feet wide. The larger por
tion is one story high, the interior
height being seventy feet, and the cor.
nice on the outside forty-eight feet from
the ground. At the centersof the longer
sides are projections 416 feet in length,
and on the ends of the building projec
tions ZIG feet in length. In these which
are in the center of the four sides, are
located the main entrances, which are
provided with arcades upon the ground
floor, and central facades 80 feet high.
The east entrance will form the principal
approach for carriages, visitors alighting
at the doors of the building under cover
of the arcade. The south entrance will
be the principal approach from railway
cars. The west entrance opens upon the
main passageway TO two principal build
ings, the machinery and agricultural
halls, and the north entrance 10 Memo.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Horticultural Building.

The city of Philadelphia made liberal
grant of money to provide for the horti-
cultural department Of the Exhibition
an extremely ornate and commodious
building, which is designed to remain in
permanence as an ornament of Fair
mount Park. This structure is located
on terrace bordering the Schuylkill
river, a short distance north of Memorial
Hall, and has a commanding view of the
Schuylkill river valley and the north
western portions of Philadelphia. Ro-
mantle ravines running down to the
river are on either side, separating it on
the south from Memorial Hall and on the
north from agricultural building. These
ravines are being spanned by ornamental
bridges 500 feet long and sixty feet wide,
for convenience of access. Carriage roads,
railway, and foot-walks will pass over
them. The horticultural building is de-
signed in the Moresque style of archi-
lecture of the twelfth century, the chief
materials externally being iron and glass,