The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-10
HAPPY CINCINNATI.
Opening Day of Cur
Exposition.
Bright eather, Immense Crowds,
Beautiful Decorations.
FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT
STREET PAGEANT,
And All the Side Issues of the
Queen City's Autunnal
Holiday.

When the sun lifted himself over Walnut
Hills this morning and beamed benignly
down into the valley, he beheld a city in
its triumph city deeked in all the glory
of flags and evergreens, and resonant with
the happy hum Of industry and the music
of many bands. The opening of the Ex-
position is Cincinnati's autumnal holiday,
and the eagerness with which the event is
anticipated, and the joy with which the
day is welcomed, is a forcible argument in
favor of holding these exhibitions annu-
ally, without permitting such a painful
interval as was allowed between the last
one and the one that is inaugurated with so
much pomp to-day.
Cincinnatis Expositions have gained a
national reputation, and are regarded as
blossoms in her garland of glory along with
her musical festivals. Hither came pill
grims from the most remote corners OF the
Union, bearing their contributions to the
great industrial display. Hither come the
President of the United States, the Com
mander of our Army, the executives of
five of our neighboring States, and thou
sands upon thousands of visitors from all
parts of the country, to witness our inau-
gural parade, to look inupon the most COM
plete permanent Exposition buildings in
Az erica, and to behold the remarkable
productions of handicraft Of their fellow
countrymen.
Cincinnati rises to the occasion. She
throws open. the hospitable doors and ex-
tends her hands in welcome to the crowds
who pour in upon every railroad and high
way, and throng her streets to-day.
THE FIRST ADMITTED.
At precisely o'clock this morning the
doors of the Exposition were thrown open
to the public, and people began to pass.
The turnstile system works handsomely,
and people seem readily to drop into the
spirit of it.
Mr.. Edmund H. Pendleton, President of
the Exposition, was the first to pass in and
drop his quarter. Then came Mr. James
H. Laws, Vice President as the members
of the Exposition Boad, each of whom paid
his quarter Just to show that the system
worked all right.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS.
The following are some of the distin-
guished arrivals:
President Hayes, wife and son.
General VIM. T. Sherman.
Generals J. +. Tourtelotte and Geo. M.
Bacon, staff officers.
General P H. Sheridan and wife.
Generals VIM. Myers and George A. For
sy the, staff officers.
Hon. Charles Devens Attorney General.
Governor r. M. Bishop, Ohio.
Governor ]. D. Williams Indiana.
Governor L. p. Blackburn, Kentucky.
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, Indiana.
General L. NJ. Meilev, Ohio.
General ]. Emmett Burns, Kentucky.
General G. W. Morgan, Kentucky.
General Charles A. Young, Ohio.
Colonel L. R. Hoagland, Ohio.
Colonel J. NJ. Williams, Ohio.
Colonel f. J. Pocock. Ohio.
Colonel w. G. P. Breckenridge, Kentucky.
Colonel 7. c. Jones, Kentucky.
Colonel NJ. L. Hall, Ohio.
Major Frank Sible, Ohio.
w. S. Elliott, Columbus.
R. II. Bishop, Columbus.
J. B. Speed, Louisville
Hon. VIM. Bell, wife and daughter, Ind.
Hon. ]. II. Smart, Indiana.
Harold Bradbury, England.
James e. Baker and wife, Indiana.
#. NJ. Wooley and wife, Indiana.
H. B. Davis. Indiana.
J.G. Shanklin and wife, Indiana
Charles Moore and wife, Columbus, Ohio.
Among the prominent arrivals at the
Grand Hotel this morning are f. S. Asia
Burnaga, Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Penipotentiary of Chill; Amos Town
send of Cleveland, and Geo. S. Sountey of
Indiana.
The President and Mrs. Hayes and Gen.
Sherman witnessed Joe Jef1erson's rendi-
ton of rip Van Winkle" at Pixies last
night, and received quite an ovation from
the audience.
The house was appropriately decorated
for the occasion. An arch of flags spanned
the main corridor at the head of the main
on which were the words, "Wel-
come President Ha /es; Welcome, Gen.
Sherman" Within, the balcony front was
beautifully draped opposite the stage, and
in the middle of each side, with the ma
tional flag.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow the guests will be
accompanied to the Exposition Buildings
by the committee to witness the display If
cut flowers, and after leaving there will be
accompanied by the following committee
to the Geological Garden: Larz Anderson,
Theo. Cook. Il. d. Lincoln, David Sinton,
Marcus Fechheimer, A. D. Bullock, ]. w.
George W. Jones, George F. Sted-
man.
At 6 o'clock tomorrow evening private
will be held at the residence of
Mr.. Groesheck. and couple of hours later
the party will repair to the Highland
House, where special concert will be
given by the proprietor.
Pixies Opera-house is studded with ma
tional flags.
The front of Mitchell & Rammelsbere' S
IS profusely hung with red, white and blue
festoons
The Grand Hotel presents a magnificent
appearance. Resting against the cornice,
in the middle of the Fourth-street elevator,
is an immense evergreen star and leading
from this to the lower balcony are wide
streamers of red, white and blue. Each of
the four balconies is literally covered with
sarlands of evergreen, interspersed with