Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-31
CENTENNIAL NOTES.

The Beaverwycks and Mutuals of
Albany intend to send excellent crews
to the Centennial regetta.
DIR. De Forest willard has been con-
firmed by Director General GOshOrn as
medical officer in the Bureau of Medical
Service.
The collection of portraits of Cabi-
net officers has been sent from the vari-
Gus Departments to the Centennial.
Among the portraits of Secretaries of
War are those of JEFF. Davis and Bel
KNAPP.
The concessions or privileges to sell
in the grounds amount to about 5000,
600, which Is about One-fourteenth Of
the cost of the whole enterprise, set
down in round numbers at IS, SOC, 900.
1t is stated that the cost of the i'm
mense main building of the Exposition
so delicate in appearance, yet so
strong; so nearly fireproof, so well
lighted and ventilated, so well provided
with every requisite convenience, and
so beautiful, TOBIAS actually been less
than would be the cost of handsomely
carpeting the same area of twenty-One
and half acres
One of the principal points of inter-
est just now is Old Independence Hall.
The original Declaration of Indepen-
dence and the original commission of
Washington as COmmander-in-Chier of
tbs American armies, which are in a
fire-prOof safe, fully exposed to view,
attract great attention from all visitors.
The National Museum, in the same
building, is also largely visited.
Captains Merriman and MCGOWAN,
of the life-saving service. have selected
on the bank of Centennial Lake a site
upon which they will erect building
for the display of all the apparatus used
in that department. 1t is proposed to
cast gruff and disobliging fellows of the
Centennial guard into the lake every
day for exhibition, and, when the
breath of life is about leaving them,
haul them out, thereby showing the ef-
ficiency of the apparatus.
There is celebrated restaurant in
Paris called 'Les TrOis Freres," and it
has a cousin of the same name on the
Exhibition grounds. The principal
similarity seems to be in the prices
charged, and an unfortunate expert
menter gives his ''bill'' as follows:
Pain, 0S: potage, 30 cotelettes, 80; SER
vice, 10; total, 9S. If we had indulged
in the luxury of butter, it it would have
added 10 cents to the reckoning. Pota-
toes were marked i'm the bill 80 cents,
roast beef 80 cents, cold meats go cents,
half roast chicken 81. We apprehend
that neither the dinners nor the prices
will ego down."
The arbitrary rule enforced at the
gates on the opening day, of requiring
the payment of fifty-cent note or sill
yer piece as the only fee for admission,
has been dispensed with or modified, so
that all pay visitors to the grounds can
now enter upon presenting fifty cents
worth of money i'm notes or specie of
any amount. Two quarters of dollar
or five ten-cent notes have as much pO-
tency i'm gaining entrance as had at first
a silver half dollar alone. Where sew
eral persons entering are paid for by
one of the party, the turnstile keeper
will receive the aggregate amount for
the whole number, but must not be ex-
pected to make change. Thus, two
dollar bill admits four persons, but
where the party consists of an odd num-
Der the exact amount of the extra fifty
cents must be furnished.
The following gentlemen have been
selected by the British Centennial au-
thorities to act as judges for Great Bri-
tain and Colonies at the Exhibition, and
they have consented to act in that ca
pacity:
Minerals-Isaac wthian Bell, NJ. 2.
Chemistry and its Applications
Professor Odling, F. II. S.
Cotton Yarns and Woven Goods
DIR. Forbes Watson, reporter on the
Products of India.
Woolen Goods-Henry Mitchell, of
Bradford.
Weapons-Major W. III. Noble, r. A.
late associate member of the ordnance Sc
lect committee, and second officer of the
experimental branch at WOolwich.
Hardware and Edged Tools-D. Mac
Hardy, of Aberdeen.
Education-Sir Charles Reed, NJ. p,
chairman of the London School Board.
Industrial Designs-Peter Graham.
Metal and Wood Machinery-JOnn
Anderson, l.. L. D., c. E.
Spinning and Weaving Machinery
w. w. Hulse, C. E., of Manchester.
Motors-W. III. Barlow, c. f.
Railway Plants-Sir John Hawkshaw
C. f. f. X. 5.
Pneumatic and Water Transportation
Colonel F. II. Rich, r. f. of the
Board of Trade.
Agricultural Machines-JOhn Cole
man, of the Royal Agricultural Society
of England.
The Judges Hall, an elaborately-
finished structure costing $50 900, is de-
signed for the accommodation of the
l25 United States judges and 100 for
eign ones who are to award the prizes.
Two large pavilions near the main en-
trance contain the offices of the COM
mission and the Board of Finance. The
annexes to the principal buildings are
as follows: three TO the Main Building,
eleven to Machinery Hall, five to Agri-
cultural Hall; two to Memorial Hall
and one each to the Horticultural, Gov
ernment and Women's Buildings. OF
the State buildings, the Pennsylvania,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
New York and New Jersey buildings
are to-day finished and ready for visi-
tors. So are the little sold Virginny"
building and the Massachusetts, log Ca
bin. Next in order of completion come
w. Virginia, Missouri, Iowa, Maryland,
Delaware, New Hampshire and WiscOn-
sin, on all of which little remains to
be done. The backward ones are Kan
sas, Michigan, Rhode Island and Cali
fornia, the two last especially. The
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