Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-07
CENTENNIAL NOTES.


y On the Fourth of July, Handel's II
Deum will be rendered on the grounds
% % all the singing societies of the city bein.
- invited to participate.
e The grasshoppers in Indiana ar,
It beginning to crawl out on the fences
|. and practice for the Centennial. Their,
:. seems to be very little lung disease
j. among them this season.
Various additional conveniences fol
{ visitors have been supplied, including q
number Of wooden settees arranged al
: convenient distances along the avenue.
!. directly leading to the entrance gates
{ There is Centennial handkerchief
] out. 1t has the Declaration of Inde-
b pendence printed upon it i'm English,
a French and German, so that a man can
| blow his nose i'm three different langua-
ges.
! In the rear of Memorial Hall, near
/, the Educational building, is situated a
! pavilion of the Singer Sewing Machine
, Manufacturing Company. In this build
ing there are six male and twelve fe-
male operatives employed.
: The vicinity of the Temperance
, Fountain, of the National Division,
Sons of Temperance, at Belmont and
; Fountain avenues, has been assigned as
the place for a grand temperance DEM
onstratiOn of that order i'm the week be-
ginning with June IL.
The Centennial Fire Department
consists of l69 men, divided into three
companies, one of which continually
patrols the buildings, while the extin-
guishers and fire-plugs are numerous
enough to meet any possible demand for
their use.
Why not open the Exhibition at
O'Clock in the morning? Why waste
three OF the best hours of the day for
sight seeing?" These are questions now
asked in Philadelphia, in connection
with one other: ''Why not reduce the
price Of admission to twenty-five cents ?
In the Main Building Megargee
Bros, of this city, offer an interesting
display OF plain and fancy paper. A
notable feature are specimens of the ar
tlele known as notified paper, which
this firm was first to introduce into the |
market. None of their specimens were !
manufactured expressly for the Exhi-
bitiOn, but were taken from the stock |
as If sold out of the store.
1t is reported, that the sessions of
the Centennial Commission will be dis
continued for the present; after this
week that recess will be ordered until /
July 3, to continue for brief period
succeeding the great national holiday,
and that then an adjournment will be
had until November, when the work of
the body will be completed. No formal
proposition to rescind the resolution
providing for continuous session is
likely to be made.
Several locomotives from the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company have
been received. The intention is to
show the different patterns OF locomo-
tives in use on the road since it was
built. In front of the Maryland build
ing has been placed an old camel-back
engine, and there will in a few days be
removed to the same quarters engine
No. GOO, mammoth locomotive now i'm
front of the Illinois building and known
as the .-Mogul." 1t will display the
style of engine now i'm use by the Balti-
more and Ohio Company.
A new structure, unique i'm appear ,
aEce, is being constructed near the ,
palace of the Emperor of Morocco, by
Mr.. X. de Beyne, French civil engineer.
who assisted in the building of the Suez
canal, Ii will be an ornamentation art
pavilion, i'm which will be exhibited
the perfumes of Partisan manufactu- !;
rers. The building is of iron, and will !
have porcelain walls, with marble
There is double roof
glass outside and stained-glass within. c
The interior will be fitted up with mo- t
sale floor, and will give the public an r
idea of French perfumery in the best n
style that French art can furnish.
During the month of July a musi- T.
cal contest will take place among bands l,
and orchestras from all parts of the p
These will be divided into
three classes. The first class will con- 81
'ist of military bands OF brass and reed
Instruments with not less than "a per- i,
formers. The second class will be con- :,
of brass instruments with not ii
ess than "a performers. The third a.
lass, with not less than Is performers, ii
viii be made up of either professionals
,r amateurs, or of professionals and =,
combined. The first and ;;
econd classes are to play one selection :,
II their own choosing and one compost =,
ion by the most celebrated composers, q,
he third class choosing their own Sc
ectiOn. Premiums will be awarded ac-
ording to merit. These concerts will IN
'e succeeded by competitive exhibitions d'
" the several Orchestras-quartett q
nd sextettes. ii
One of the most interesting of the l.
tate buildings, the Mississippi log cab
n has been opened to the public, and tl
hough the arrangements for full ex- A
ibition of the displays contributed fO
rom this portion of the United States re
re not yet completed, all visitors will tr
rom now onward enjoy the privilege
{ examining the natural and industrial ~
roducts of this State as fast as they are =,
laced in position. The cabin itself is ~ ~
ow one of the most unique structures -
n the grounds. Every foot of timber !. VI
sed in its erection was shipped from ~
lississippi. and carpenters from that
tate came here to put it up. With its F.
rails of native wood fresh from the for Pl
st, its rustic framed windows, Gothic it
OOrway and overhanging caves fringed Sc
18th moss; its balconies of naturally sh
nd curiously carved roots and limbs, da
ntrodden forest, it forms one of the 49,
lost interesting, if not the most in =,
buildings on the grounds. 6v 6v
here are in the building sixty-eight -, ~
ifferent kinds of wood in the super IT, IT,
not including the door panels, a.
'hich are made of forty eight different -, -,
arieties. The outside walls are chiefly NV
hickory, split logs with the bark on.
-hile the door and window frames arc De
Iade of many varieties of pine. The gu
1tire structure is rich with ornaments, pc
'und carved by nature in the Missis- ov
ppi forests, while the inner walls are iu
finely-polished specimens of every 20
lriety of pine. Some of these resem- RI
e bird's-eye maple i'm their delicate oil
lin tracings, while others, from the
cart of the tree, are almost as dark and th,
'illiant as mahogany. The porticos on tel
'th sides are ornamented with MOSES, wi
hile from the arched verandahs are frt