Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-28
URBAN&.


: Iru\\A O. Dec. - The greatly
. talked ,h,,Iit FIRST annual fair af the Wm.
/ Rr,ud Post e. r.. WAS opened in
H,uu,tt's prrra hons. SATURDAY night with
hnnu At- o'rInck Hon. Geo. VI. Eictlr!-
berger mad,.a hrfSf and eIugurnt address,
! after which h,. declared the fair opened.
The lr~t thing which attracts the visitor
attention f., the illumination hy the electric
H,nt. the presence of which j. due to the
efforts or Robert Young Tie plant l. put
ND hy the Western Electric Light Company.
. The fair i div Idrd in apartments. the live
. Stock is ia charge ut Cumlade u. W. Todd;
the natural history department and wal
relies under Cumradc VI. \ Jord"u.amclrnt
relies under Cumradc Rev. Frank Mitchell;
the candy department by Cnmradr Charles
. Hurucamp: the counters under Cumradc
George Mulford f. B. Cuuiitl and ladies.
/ Tndd'S division contains a live pea fowl.
white crane. prairie dogs and
domestic fowls and animals The
natural history department exhibits
mounted bald and gray eagles killed IN
/ CHAMPAIGN county, p0rcupine. deer. fox,
. lion. crncndiIr and other ANIMALS and birds.
! Thrwar relic department contains a vast
number of relic, of every description rcat-
ing To the war. the most interesting of which
. the saddle ON which Gen. Phil Sheridan
made, his famous ride. the saddle on which
/ W. VI Patrick sat hen killed by gUerTitla>.
/ and the bride bit on his horse: the saddle
| shows the mark Of the bullet: eleven cannon
/ balls. ranging from six to 100 Founders,
! gun carried through the wars of 20 aud L;
pistol of 40: rrgimrntal flags of the Sd
| q Y. l.. 45th. Goth. 18th. 18th. I'd. 95th.
/ ll3th. Iith and 10Th: piece ot the scaffnld
/ which hung John Brown: bullet imbcdded
| in wood of twenty three years growth.
/ shot from Shiloh: Confederate and Cont
/ mental ~crip: prtrited wood: petrifcd hur
/ net nest: hrnad->wuTd from ship uf Mason
and Slidrll: battlefield orders: part Of a post
| from AndrrSnnyille prison Stockade: old
army orders: Goth q. V. |. names.
/ The old relic department contains
a small hammer used in building Liberty
| Hall in Philadrluhia: sword of Napoleon
/ Bmuapartr when first consul: German Bible
Of l55I: English Bible of 1908: works of
/ Aristotle in German and Latin Of 1907:
picture of the first passenger train in Amrri-
| ca. postal card from around the world;
I Australian boomerang: coffee pot l35 wears
( old: tea kettle of l116: flax and spinning
wheel: old coins: AGED China ware: auto
/ graphs of General Sherman. Hancock.
/ Grant. Blaine, Butler. Cleveland.
! Arthur. Fremont. HAYES. Long
! fellow. .Irf Davis and others.
/ Occurying the center of the room are count
rr> bearing donations on sale from the
/ various business houses The decorations
/ throughout the house are superb On the
stage Is mammoth picture of George
Washington. On the bend of the gallery is
suspended large 1Nl2-frct painting. On
the borders around the picture are the diff
trrrut corps badges represented in the past.
In the center stands monument. sur
mounted by the Goddess Of Liberty. holding
a tablet. below her is the Grand Army
badge and on the front of the base Il >pIrn-
did portrait of the late W. \. Brand. for
whom the post was named. and on the
rNp">ed sid" list "t tn" principal
battles OF the war. Standing on either
side of tn" monument l. soldier in blue
leaning on his gun. Ou either side of the
large painting are small pannrS. one show
IuE 4 mortar ready Tor action. and the other
a cannon on which : prrrhcd Old Abe.
the war eagle. The whole piece was de-
signed and executed 10y the jrhama artist,
OhaNrr. and reflects great credit. The
lettering on the picture Wa
hy the brush of Thomas Binkardour.
great sign writer. There i plenty ot music
divided between ". W. Hughes orchestra
of himself n ylulinist. II. VI. Grow. flute:
W. L. >tudrhaker. cormet: J. Milt Johnson,
picColn: W. lluTd. cdrioUrt and Mrs.
>tudehakrr AT the piano and >hyrigh'> mar
tia band with Charley FlaEo and his file.
In addition 10 the attractions mentioned are
lunch counters presided over by the ladies.
Altogether it J. the greatest and most Sue
cc>>tUl fair 1 rhana has ever held. Miss
Mary Riley. of Springfield, i visiting here.
Miss Charles bDuunell. of Sidney, i
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy.
..- Henry Marks. ut Cincinnati. Is visiting
his sons. Latc and Charley. Miss Fannie
sullivan Is visiting in Indianapolis. \.
f. llelmlck. Of -. Paris. and Robert Bry-
ant and John {. Moses. Of rhana, Ann
ArhUr University students. ar" HON" for
the holidays. vii! Dwycr>. of Middle
town, Ohio, has returned home. Henry
Cone has returned from West Virginia.
The Crbana Natural Gas and oil Co. board
of directors organized 10y tlcctng pres I G.. +.
C"lwell: vice-pre>idemt, Henry Fox; ~crre-
tary. J. Milt Johnson: treasurer. +. +.
Stone. \ committee of Henry Fox, DIR.
Moses and others was appointed Ia negOti-
ate with well bur"T> and secure locations
for boring. Miss Lulu Spahr. daughter
Of Rev. \. y. >pahr. has brrumv quite an
artist. although not until this week did but
a few nt her friends know it. \ crayom
if,-~iLr portrait Of her father i exhibited
in Rec n W iiam>' show window. which
attracts much attention. The portrait i
exceedingly well done. and seems H. though
il ought to speak She has already com
plrted a number of splendid pieces e>-
pecially one nf her deceased mother Miss
>pahr took lessons at Delaware University.
and Is destined to become a great aiti~t....
Dr. \. g. Byrr~. secretary II the State