Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-06-15
EXPOSITION Topics.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 8, 1876.

Correspondence Gallipolis Journal.
For day or two back the city has
been in the possession of the knights
Templar. They throng about the
streets, ana whenever WHY you fUuh,
your glance is sure to rest on the
white plume and regalia of some red
cross knight. Bands promenade the
streets, followed by crowds of ur-
chins, keeping step with the music,
and the whole city has a martial as
pect which is not lessened by the
clouds Of bunting in which it is en-
yeloped. The grand parade which
took place on Thursday, was without
doubt the finest ever made by the
Templars in the present century,
nearly ten thousand being counted in
the ranks.
Decoration Day was generally OBJ
served as a public holiday here; but,
although the ceremonies were on a
large scale, and more impressive than
usual, they did not excite so much
notice as they would at another time.
The fact is that there is so much go
ing on here just now, that no one
thing can claim general attention,
and those associations and societies
that have fixed en- the Centennial
City as their place of meeting this
year, have made mistake if their
object in so doing was to make a
sensation. 1t is case of overload
ing the public stomach, and if dys-
pepsia doesn't follow l am very much
mistaken.
On Tuesday the Bankers National
Commemoration took place, the open
ing of their building on the Centen-
nial grounds being the occasion Of a
reunion of bankers from all portions
of the country. The orator of the
day was Mr.. Elbridge Gerry Spaul-
ding, of Buffalo, who epitomized the
history of the ancient history OF
banking in Europe, as well as this
country, and especially the progress
of the last century.
Hereafter the grounds are to be
cleared in the evening by the per-
suasiye voice of the Steam Siren, one
of the exhibits of the Light House
Department. 1t is said to be merely
a signal, but if it doesn't prove one
of the most effective means oil DIS
ncrsinv a crowd there is no virtue in
tortured steam; hotel gong is an
Eolian harp compared with it.
The famous Krupp gun, weighing
81 tons, with it's lotion carriage, is
now beseiging the doors of Machine
ry Hall. 1t took several weeks to
land and place it on the 16-wheeled
truck Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, and then the bridges had
to be strengthened before it could be
brought to its present position.
Krupp was obliged to have special
steel car made to transport the mon
ster to the Paris Exposition in 1867.
Among the out-of-doors feature OF
the Agricultural Department will be
an exhibition of the western system
of irrigation, by surface application
of running water, under the charge
of Commissioner Meeker, of Colo
RADIO.
Many of the exhibits of Victoria,
New South Wales and Tasmania,
were seriously damaged while en-
route from Melbourne. The captain
of the vessel which brought them
tried to scuttle it, but only succeed
ed in saturating the goods with sea-
water. The Commissioners OF those
countries are working hard to repair
damages, but with only partial sue
cess, as many of the finer goods were
rendered utterly worthless.
The number of visitors to the
grounds has been daily increasing,
as was expected, and yesterday So
1000 persons deposited their fifty