The weekly intelligencer., 1892-03-19
WORLDS FAIR NOTES,

Five acres of space in the Midway |
Plaisance have been reserved for a |
nursery exhibit.
The Custer Mining Company, of |
Idaho, is making Il very extensive col |
lection of ores for exhibition ri the |
far.
Bulgaria has decided to participate in
the Exposition. Foreign participation
so far as ascertained up to the present,
embraces seyenty-twO nations and prov
inces.
Canada has been given Is, "a square
feet of space in the various buildings,
exclusive of space yet to be granted iE
the agriculture and live stock depart
ments.
The Suffolk Horse Society, England.
has offered two gold medals, of the
value $50 each, for the best Suffolk
horse and mare or iilly exhibited at
the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
The city OF Cincinnati wants to
erect building at the exposition, to
be used both as club house and re-
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willing to expend $50, 200 in the under
taking.
The Women's Christian temperance
Union wants To put up n building, 70x
100 fee in the exposition grounds, IN
which to exhibit the entire system of
its work and to conduct cafe for the
sale of temperance drinks.
| A Joint bill has been introduced in
congress, carrying an appropriation OF
$4,000, "ro procure, prepare, COM
pile for publication and publish STA
tistics of the moral, intellectual and
industrial progress of the colored peo-
pie of the United States from January
l, 1868, the date of emancipation
proclamation, to January |, 1898, rs q
part of the government exhibit, the
same to illustrate the growth of liberty,
morality and humanity of the United
States.
Seven of the Worlds Fair buildings
are now so far advanced that they are
fast assuming the appearance of fin
ished structures. The rough carpen-
try work on them is practically done
and the ornamental and finishing work
is in progress. These buildings are
the Women's, Horticulture, Transpor-
tation, Mines, Administration, Forestry
and Fisheries. Five more-the Gov
ernment, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Dairy
and Illinois State-are erected to the
roof lines. The Electricity, Manufac-
lures and Machinery buildings are be-
ing advanced rapidly.
1t Is probable that the visitor to the
exposition will have an opportunity of
seing a more extensive and finer eX-
hibition of ancient Greek art than it
has heretofore been possible to see
outside of Greece. p. Cavreading,
Director-G General of Grecian Antiqui-
ties, has written that the Grecian gov
ernment has accepted the invitation
to participate in the exposition, with
the understanding that it will be
represented only by memorials of Its
antiquities. Charles Walstein, Director
of the American School of Classic
Studies at Athens, states that the
Grecian government has agreed to
make and send TO the exposition casts
of the principal works of ancient art
now in Greece, together with maps,
diagrams and photographs. To these
will probably be added casts, and per-
haps some of the originals of speci-
mems of classic Greek art which are
now distributed throughout Europe.
The Maryland Worlds Fair Board
is planning to show in the Maryland
building q reproduction of the sur
render of his commission by George
Washington. The report of the Board
to the legislature asking for an appro-
priation of 100000 states: sit has
been suggested by His Excellency the
Governor, and the suggestion has met
with much favor, that the old senate
chamber of the state house be repro
duced in our building, and that a
group of 32 figures be made to repre-
sent the surrendering by Washington
of his commission, which took place
in that historic hall Such tableau
would attract many visitors and serve
as feature of great interest. The
act is almost unique in the history OF
the world-a successful general, in the
flush of victory, laying down his sword
and retiring to the duties of homeIy
and quiet life after vanquishing the
greatest power on earth in long and
bloody war--and is something TO be
admired as well as wondered at, and
every son of our grand old common
wealth should feel a personal pride
when he thinks that deed so noble
was done on the soil of his native state,
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