Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, November 18, 1876, Image 1
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Cor.wayboro, S. C,
J OS. T. WALSH,
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ami Georgetown.
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VOL. S. CONWj
Bryant's Centennial Hymn.
Through storm ami calm tin" years havo led
Our nation on from stag*! to >tage,
A century's space, until wo tread
The threshold of another age.
Wo see there, o'er our pathway swept,
Torrent stream of Wood anil fire;
And thank the riding power who kept
Our sacred leagno of States entire.
Oh! checkered train ot years, fareweii,
With all thy strifes and hopes and fears;
But with us let thy inenuni s dwell,
To warn and lead the con int* years.
And thou, the new he i.ming age,
Warned by the past and not in vain,
Write on a fairer, whiter page
The record of thy happier reign
OUR RADIX. U TTER.
The Political Climax ?Lime lights and
Eloquence?T.u?t llrunp?Amnsenients
?Brilliant "Ihilm"?Philadelphia?1The
Closing Prograine?Nnlo of Buildings.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
NKW Yokk, NOV. 0. 187G.
The whole atmosphere ot New
York is prickly with electricity like
the air before a summer storm. The
horizon ol the country, from etui to
end, is thick with truth* rim* clouds
which porterul the buttle ol the ele_
merits, hut the blackest are thorn
which are rolling together over the
metropolis ami whieh on Tnesduv
will burst over oui In ads.
The efforts ol tin* opposing ptrim*
during these l ist tew >1 r.s of grace
are simply gigantic, ami party enthu
siasm is raised to a corresponding
pitch. Every night the nn? >n ami
stars pale before the smoky llake ot
tens of thousands ot toreln-s, the
blinking gleams ol calcium lights, ami
the rainbow (1 tshes o! all pervading
fireworks. Mass meeting :r11 r mns?
meeting is called and crowded, the
foremost orator* ot the land pour forth
all their reaerves ot oloqnenco and
invective from lost tun and balcony,
while the multitudes ele-vr and tremble
with excitement. The climax approaches.
Well, thank Heaven, the long a.piny
will soon bo over; the closest cam
pxign of thirty years w ill be sullied,
land a good many patriots?ah, it'we
only knew which ones!?will get now
hats enough to tide them over another
four years. The beautiful nneert linty
of the result has encouraged betting
to an unusual extent, and the up town
pool rooms are the busiest places in
New York always excepting the headquarters
of the two National Commit
tecs, which arc like l?n hives in clover
time. No one is apathetic. I have
talked with a great many men, many
ot whom as a rule keep entirely aloof
Irom polities, but have yet to tin.I the
man who is entitled to a vote and
does'nl propose to east it.
Mr- John Rogers, author ot the
inimitable "Rogers droops," those
exquisite miniature embodiments vl
characteristic incidents in American
life, has returned to his elegant new
studio, corner ot Uroadway and Twcii
ty-seventh street, Irorn his summer
residence ill (kmueelietit, bringing as
the result ot his vacation a now work
which shines even among the most
popular of its ol lor companions.
This latest group is called "Weighing
the Raby," and !il<o its predecessors
tells its own story better than any
words could do if. The mother lias
just placed her baby in the grocer's
scale, and the astonished grocer is
piling on weight after weight, both
unmindful of a small boy wdio, innocently
leaning over the counter, holds
down the ecoopful ot infant sweetness
by slyly pulling on its overhanging
blanket.
Considering the number of pieces
which Mr. Rogers has produced, it is
somewhat singular that, he has never
yet made one failure. No duo hut
himsclt has ever achieved success
either in the selection of subjects or
their execution in this dirnunitive
shape, while he seems never to fail.
It he does the public never find it out,
for ho gives forth no work thai does
not have a strong point, ? \ i?! -.iiI and
well put.
Other amusements which hwt
changed but litt le in programe since
my last enumerai i'?n cont inue tlorisji
c \.. . t .
?ug. *? rum it pnniy spcci icuiai pouo
of view, Mr. John A. .Muck's extmvagan/.a
"Iiaba" nt Nihlo's i- tho success
of tho yoar. Upon the gold on
thread of ail vrientul fairy t.iie ho has
strung a succession of 11 islnng jewels
m tho way of scouk, costumes and
fair ladies, which lairlv bcwiudcr tlie
spectator, In stage effects and transformations
"Baba" puis all its predecessors
in the shade. The labors of
Mr. Bensen Sherwood and Mr. \V. K.
Uoyorna in these directions have been
crowned with a success far in advance
even of those which made tho preastigo
of tho "Black Crook "
But Mr. Sherwood's crowning triumph
is reached in the bewildering
transformation of u scene i > w hich a
majestic sliip sails upon the open sea,
and which in an instant becomes n
flower covered pnJaoo of the fairies.
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WHORO. S. C., S ATI
I Upon iho Hiillvt no expense hnn Won
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l-j. II. ?l, OHM III" I inillt IK lll.VL It 1* III
keeping with tho elegant setting in
which ii moves. Il is large and highly
trained, and tin* figures executed
arc novel ami artistic, Tito t ll?*t5i. of
tho beam itu! evolution* is enhanced
by colored lights, th?? skilful manage,
ment. ot which gives some am izcig
?> fleets. Tho />; (??/!/<??*.'.< o' this ballot
lira the listers .M -nzc'lt, t nous in
Europe hut never lie'ore pre-outed to
mi American audi* nee.
1*1111.AO Kf.PlllA, Nov. 4.
The east is a strong one throughout
as indeed it "hould be to support such
artists as Miss Eliza Wethersby ami
Mr. \V. 11. Crane win? sustain the
principal roles, .Max M.trot/.ek the well
known iiuprosstrio conducts the orehe?tm,
and makes of the incidentjI
music, much of which is original with
himself, one ot the bent features of the
performance. Thus armed and equipped
"llaba" has fairly captured the
city and will maintain its sway
throughout the winter.
Up to tho first of November the
total of paid admissions footed up over
7,000,000, and the cash receipts
300,000, which if my memory serves
me, is tho largest, receipt of any
World's Fair. i'atis in 1*07 only
took in between Ion and eleven million
francs, or a litlle over '2,000,000.
The committee on the programme
lor November 10 have not yet finished
their woik. The following information,
however, iclativo to the eloi.itig
ceremonial, is given by (ion. lluwley.
The celebration will be held in the
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November lit, and President Craut is
to attend. 'I here will be vocal uini
instrumental ntusio, under the g. 11< r.il
I i i*? el it hi ol Phcodore I'tcuiias, ami <n
scale (nilv as grand ;ts that signalizing
tilt' opening on lh?? 10 of M iy. |'ll??
vocal perlolluant'i' jh to he hy the UK)
singers ennipi is. 1 in the 1 'hiladclphia
Centennial Choral Association?tin*
Bamu .that sang on I ho opening day.
Pint Hpctehes will bo brief, consist jug
of vi'tnatlcB befitting tho occasion hy
Chairman Morrcll, of tho executive
Committee, Director (Jetteral (Joshorn,
President llawley amt President
Welsh. I pon the corn-lotion ol the
uddressthe President of I ho I'r.itcd
States will formerly declare that tho
International Exhibition ol 1K7<> is
closed. Tho President will then
stop the ('orliss engine either w ith his
own hands or through another person
to w hom ho w ill transmit telegraphic
directions front his post in the .Main
Huihling. Tho demonstration will
winil tip with salutes front vessels in
port and one of a hundred guns on
(J-eorgn's Mill On the evening of the
9:h a reception and boncptet is to he
given jointly !>v tho Centennial Commission
and the Hoard of Finance, in
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| r?i.. vicorjfc s ii.iii, 10 lilt1 foreign com
, missiouers. 1'resident Grant, his Cabinet.,
the Judges of the Supremo
(Joint, ami tin* Diplomatic Corps will
piobably bo invited to that farewell
inciting.
It ha<l been arranged that on the
aoth iin?t. the Kxhi'oit i<>n building
n11< 1 belongings shonbl h? put up at
public auetion, but, owing to the 1'rc.
sident.'s Thatikiirivintr pt oclamat ion
Urn k tic is post poned till the next day,
Dee. 1, when, it any ono ol'your reader*
wants to buy Agricultural Hall
or i ho Main Huilding to setup in hi)
back yard, a chance will be ; iveil
him.
ItAMX.
Government Newspaper JLuw.
Wo invito the attention of our subscribers
to the law concerning newspapers
.
1. Subscribers who do not. give express
no'.ioo to the contiary are eon
sidcrod as wishing to continue their
p ii b scrip lions.
2. It subscribers wish their paper*
discontinued, publishers may oomii.tK
t* send thorn until all charges art
paid.
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.>. II H'lWM'l IIH'IH OT r?MUSO U
take fliotr papers from the office or
place 10 which they aro sent, they arr
I,.1.1 responsible until they s<m*1o i 1?? >i
Mil ami uivo notice to discontinui
j them.
4 It subscribers move to ofliet
place* wit.>nt iTilormiuix the publisher,
tin< 1 the paper in sent to the former hi
rco'ioii, they tiro liohl responsible
Notiee should always ho t^iven ol re
ino\ a).
f>. The court* have decided that re
, fusing to tike a paper or jwriodiett
from the office, or removing or leaving
it uncalled for, is prima faeio evideuci
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oi wiunuonai iravi?i,
Tlio fourth of March comes on Sun
day in 1877, and a great many peoph
arc writing to the newspapers to know
who.will ho president, ol the IJnitec
States in the interim between 1*.
o'clock 01. the 4ih and 12 o'clock ni
the 6th. Pho New Yolk Clipper du
eides that President Grant w ill cenht
t-i? bu president at noon on the 4th
; and thai the president of the senatt
| will be e.x-oilii'io presi lent of ihe Uni
ted Statiu until Mr. Tihlcn is swon
ill.
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in clout ?1 on null.
Jill) A V, NOV KM IJRll
lCml of the Nightmare.
I
As rood as calmer thought enables
'every intelligent man to appro i?lc
I justly the lull sig'iilb'.encu and nature
j ot the groat victor) achieved by the
! American people on Tuesday, the
i liveliest gratitude 1 ?i* tins a ;*pi? ions
event will !?< tell in the heart > ol those
| upright ami really patriotic. Repuhli
cairn who consensu lonsl v stood by
their party to iheV'inl, ami who are
now emancipated. There are many
; Riicti men, and tliey can thank (don
I not cm rely that their country is re
i deemed, hat that they themselves are
set tree Iroin a superstition and a
j slavery quite as debusing as that ol
J the Hindoo llinging himsclt to be
: e.rushed under the ear of Juggernaut.
Taking the record of the. Republican
; party, lor the last eight years, and
what a horrible, what an uina/uiig
j thing it is! In its earlier ami better
days, tli.it was a great, a noltl.- parly,
int>\ i*t 1 l>y tin- spirit <?l 11nabi u, tight
! ing tor i lie integrity of the I'nion, led
by Lincoln's unequalled political sagaI
?. i13*, and Stanton's Roman courage
I and integrity. But uli.it' a change
, t'om Lincoln and his Cabinet t<> (irunt,
' wiili those givers ol gilts whom he
selected to administer thw (biverni
litem! In C runt's Cabinet tin; dograj
d at ion of the Republican party was
I signal, tor the Republicans adopt d
and approved it all. Since then it has
been the histoiy oi one prolonged de*
cadence and shame, culminating in the
conniption ot Robeson, the bribery id
Belknap, in the robbery of a hundred
and liliy millions in the Southern
States, in Whiskey Rings and eon*
spiiMcics to kidi.ap, organized in the
While House itsell, in dealings in post
J 11 adei ships by the l'rcsidciil, in the
promotion ot election frauds by hi*
encouragement and support, and in
I the gloss ciiine ol sending troops to
South Carolina and Louisiana to lorce
the election ol Republican candidates,
and turn out a Stale tiov? rnmctu
which the people had chosen, an I impose
upon lliein one which they h?ld
rejected at the polls. What {udilical
| crime is lucre that tins party have not
commit >ed, what outrage upon pei
. annul ati<l public rights lor which they
; are n?>t responsible':' In nil the records
j ol constant tonal 15*?vt? 1 niiicii'H has
| them ever been a party guilty ot sueh
; an aggregation, such a universality ol
j wrongs, that has not defied ami violal*
1 (<1 evury principle, not merely of
I justice ami truth, but. even ol decency
ami respect ahle conduct?
But the great won.let o( it all is
that, while these things have been
plain ami certain as the sun at noonday,
good men of the liepublican party
have not merely tolerated, they have
defended and praised them. When it
was proved that Kobenoo had taken
$93,000 H orn l lie public Treasury in
direct defiance ol an explicit statute,
Mr. George William t urtis hastened
to hisjusttli a; n?n. Wheti Giant was
ot.i eelvO in the Black Friday conspiracy,
and it, was proved that <t large
Hum of money out oi the spoils of tfiat
nefarious project It .<1 been carried to
the While Home as its share of the
| profits, grave and pious men in Con*
1 ?.! 1 ..1 1 1 11 .1
i hh'mi hihi cis \vnero lielO ll.I'll* peace
4honi tlie sliametul transaction, while
they poured new laiulil! ioiiH on (iruiit.
1 \\ hen the decree weiil forth from the
1 I'resident'H cliitmher that, (liurlis
Sunnier mu?t he humiliated in the
Senate for opposing the San Domingo
iniquity, wan there any rt bi llion among
liii/rte who were Ucpnblicuns from
principle ami not lor place? No; they
were content with the act, and content,
too, that Simon Cameron should
sneered Samner. And when it was
established that while Hamilton Fish
was Secretary of State, his mid in law,
agent ii: tins country for the Spanish
(iovernnumf, was aide, at vast profit
to himself, to use the power of tin*
American Executive for the purpose of
' Spain, was any lii-publir.nn voice raised
V in indignation at tliis foul and treason
able proceeding? Not at all, for they
loved their party more than their
country, and were willing alter '.In;
i u:i iu iirromc accessory id any atrocity
rather that! disturb tlx* clrtnops of
' it.H future candidates or put in peril i(k
tenure of povvt > .
lint now it in over. Tim nightmare
i : is broken. The iiioiimtoih dream is
'ended, tin! ?very opt-glu, uiiseltish
'C.1M7.-H, no matter wli.it I in party,
' ought to ivjoiuo ?i it with the heartiest
rejoicings.? JV. Hun,.
' A I v a< ? If u v kii'k In i; ?In the
> ' idtuniy ol an old .nan wlio died it
51 Aberdeen, Kentucky, a tew months
ago w is toond a bundle oi scrap wool,
which w as sold to a rag-picker roiiio
days since, for seventy five cents. 111
1 side "t the bundle the purchaser found
two mustard -ioxis, containing a
' $bub United .S ali" b >iid and six $100
' , hoints, with coupoi:b u'LacInd, and
1 duo for $(5'2 more.
! Ih ^*ie Turner is a win re.-s in a New
, York down-town restaurant, huving
? . lost a tine position as teacher by testi!\
u?j* toi i'Ivmouth Church, which,
i , liavn.o i > fur'iher usu tor her, loaves
her to sin.I lor jforHolf,
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18, 1870. NO. 41.
(iUKAT AllKltlCANS IX I.IIVK.
urine niscenoc or.joim Hancock.
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IIY JOHN KSTKN COOKB.
PATKK NO. H.
Ouo night in April, 1 *775, lights
worn ])laoL'<l in the belfry ol the Old
; North Church, in Boston, signaling
| to tito main shore the intention of Con.
Gage, the British commander, to
iii uvli on Concord and sei/.e the Coin,
nial munitions there. As the tico
, lights 11 anted across the water, figiml
lights flamed across the water, signi^
lying thai the enemy would cross and
i not march by tbo neck, a man on
horseback left Charleston at lull gal
j lop and did not draw rein until Ikclattered
into the little village of Lexj
ington, where he steppe 1 in front of a
I small house inhabited by the clergyman
of the hamlet, and asked lor MrAdams
and Mr. Hancock, his question
being addressed to some patriots
aimed w it)i lire locks who came out of
, the shadow of the house ? for the moon
\v:m shining?to moot him. Their rei?iy
to ilie horseman was uuceremoni
tins; ihey were there to guard Adams
iiikI II.ti.cock, who were in bed ami
asleep; orders were that no noise was
to be made to wake them,
44Xoise!" exclaimed Paul Itovere,
the horseman; "you'l have noise
enough before long! The regulars
are coining/"'
A man !iad been listening at the
door.
"Como in, Itevere!' he now naid
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41 we are not afraid of you T
The door was opened, and Uevero
saw belore him a gentleman, perhaps
liny, with. a peculiar tremulous motion
ol tho head -?Siinucl Adams.
I'lieir ctdhupiy was I) r i e 1, and
Kevere was then conducted to a room
in which lie wn? eonlronted by a tall
and courtly geiilleinan, superbly tdlad,
who listened in silence to his statement.
Having ascertained fully the
pui port ol the intelligence, this gentleman
who was John Hancock, ,
went to the corner and brought back
a gnu which he leaned against the table,
then ho took irom the, wall an old
sword, drew it from its scabbard, and
silting down began to polish the blade
wiili the kufVol lii.s richly embroidered
coat. Ho was thus engaged when
Adams slapped him on the back, exclaiming:
4111 incock! this iH not our bueinesB.
Wo belong to the Cabinet!'
44It is every mail's place to fight,
Adams!' exclaimed Hancock, in response,
with glowing chocks.
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dire? t, a11il that in our business.1
"I will not ho arrested!'
"Tben take slops to avoid it; got
out of i lie way!'
II uioock obstinately sliook bis head,
and buckling on his sword wont out
into the silting room whore he was
soon a 1 lor wards joined hy a beauiilui
young girl with a fair, smoothc forehead,
her hair worn in rolls above it,
and fX'piisiio arms emerging from the
faling sleeves of a dress of rieh brocade.
The meeting between the two
left nothing in doubt. They were
evidently alll meed ? and indeed the
young lady was Miss Dorothy Quincy.
to whom Mr. John Hancock wns engaged
io be married. When, half an
hour afterwards, John Hancock,
yielding to the renewed solicitation
fin.I lirtrinrf of A ilarou ../I
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I m.>unt his horse and retire to .avoid
capture t?.y the advancing enemy, it
' was not ?Iiflic* 11!t to aeo from the man|
\
iter in which ho ami the youti^j lady
bade oac.li other fare* ell that love, con*
tended with politics almost to its exclusion
in this Vllf.irouj ftririiiiUiliAi.
an<i (11at it, revolted thn feelings of the
lover to the utmost to be Compelled
thus to seem to fly ignominious!y in
j the presence of it in sweetheart.
' I liavo pursued these chance ineiJ
dents II) the lives ol these great im-n,
' \\ ith tie* view ol stripping from their
! figures a portion o' The ntstorie trap.
pings wrapped around litem, and of
I showing their actual outlines. It is
i belter, i think, t?? see ibetn as they
w. re, not as hero worshiping people
j imagine them. They were men, net
den i-gods?taller it tnay be-, than we
are, but human beings liktf-oturfcelveD.
It to sew them thus dors net increase
our awe and admiration?it may make
us lovo them more, or at least take
mere ' in tlr *Wrm7 JFree
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Olio inch S]? U'O will constitute .1 squi
j \\ 1>?*j )>?'( in in *1 ir or display i> |h>; |om ihtm
ail liu'li wiI! lie i liar ,oi| for in a ?<|IIaio.
Marriage noiit'?'.i fioo.
Deaths mill I'iiiiui il notices fVec.
Delicious iiolieo* of one square (V-'c.
A lionrul discount will ho urjiSi l?? than
whose iiilriM tis'iiicntA aio to he kijiit u I .r
j three months <?i longer.
OPPOSED TO SLANU.
IIh Forcible Doxtniclion Itcgolvcfl
Upon.
The "Reform Club" is tho title of &
new society in llio West End, organi/.cd
by young ladies for the purpose* of
ditscourugin/g tho use ol "slang phruses"
in conversation. At a recent meeting,
while a member was addressing t it 3
society, she inadvertently made u-o ??l
tho expression, "awful nice," and wu
called to order by a sister lucmb ?r tor
transgressing the ttiles.
"In what way liavo I transgiess
asked the spaker, blushing deeply.
"Von said it would be 'awful* nice
to admit young gentb men to -our tieliberations,"
replied tho other.
| "Well, wouldn't it he?" returned
: the speaker; "you know you said yonri
hi 11 no louder ago than yesterday
that?"
"Yes, I know; hut you said ';u< utl
nice.' That's slang."
"Wi'li," saiil ttie speaker, tartly,
"il you are going to he ho awful nice
nhot it, perhaps it in; hut, I wouldn't
I say anything if I were you, Didr.'t
j you tell Sallio Hprigjpns 11 Tih morning
, to pull down her ba8?|iio?"
"No, I didn't." retorted tho otlc~i,
i her lace growing crimson; "and Tallin
Spigglns will say I didn't. She wou't
go busk on me."
"This is a nice racket you are giving
; us," cried the president, after rapping
both speakers to order. "Let us ask,
what is tho object ot this society?"
"To discourage slang?"cried a dozen'
voices.
"K*root," said the president, "go on
with the luucral."
A member rose to explain that sho
had been fined at the last meeting lor
saying "awful nice" herself, but sho
hadn't the "stamps to pav il now ?
would "cLtle, however, ii?. tho sweet
hv.and l>v.'"
"That'll ho nil right," 8?i<l the provident
; "pay whim you have tho ducat
Another member asked if a young
lady could way "old splendid" without
subjecting herself to a line.
"Vou hut she can'l." said (lie president,
Who was the original founder of
the society, and iheietoru appealed to
when any nice ipiesllou was to he docided.
" Then," said tho speaker, "1 niovo
that Miranda I'uw come down with
the dust, for I heard her Hay that In r
beau was'just old splendid.'"
Miranda's face was in a blaze ns who
cried:
"Well, il my beau was such an old
hair-pin as your teller is, I wouldu?t
say it*"
"Shoot the chinning," cried tho
president. "Will you never tumble?"
I>iit the contusion was too great t?>
he allayed. Miranda's blood was un;
some sided with her and others against
her, and amid the Hand that followed
could he heard such exclamations as
"dry up," "nice black berry you are,"
"wipe oil' your chin," "hiro a hall,"
etc., when a motion u> adjourn wm
earned 14by a large majority,"
A Qukku limn ? Kac.i.k oh Hawk?
?Jacob lvcpler, living about ball a
mile from Lmteiiok Square, this couiiiy,
capluled a rare bird on Friday in
a wooden trap box. This bird lots
annoyed Mr. Kepler lor tbo pant tw<#
I years by depredating on his poultry.
I It in a question among those pretty
! well votsed in ornithology as to
! whether it is a hawk or an eagle, as
it has the peculiarities of both birds.
It measures about live feet between
' the tips of its wings. It in quite large
ctiougn lor tin eagle, and it has -the
(yellow beak of that bird. On tiio
. other hand it has no while feathers on
the head and tail, and the beak,
though curved, is short like a hawk's.
It is very strong, and when removed
from the trap it buried its claws up to
their roots hi a pine board, and could
only be made to loose its hold hy
prying them ofV with a lover.?J?t).
At noon of the 10th inst. the (JenI
tcnnial Exhibition at l'niladolphia was
closed. Thus eiidi wh i? was in aoim?
respects the most successful ol th?
series ? ! world's fail's. The rucoipVt
for admissions since the Exhibition1#
i opening * ill foot up to over three and
a quarter inillious of dollilE*. Tim
building* ami impro vomenus of the
ground co?i seven millions, of which
j sum the national, State, municipal, and
other appropriations provided all ex|
oept two ami a halt million, whioii
w as made up by slock subscriptions.
Leaving out the cost of the buildings,
the total expenses are likely 10 be
short 01 the receipts by about two
| millions.
The liutlalo Express predicts that
the suspension bridge over Niagara
river is going to fall 0110 of theso days.,
not fron? any delect in construction,
; but simply because iron Huspciplod^^Jj^g
i/.o n tally \ ur tic a 1 N
inately V/, R"'ick &
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