Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1888 — AN HISTORIC EVENT. [ARTICLE]

AN HISTORIC EVENT.

Cincinnati’s Jubilee of One Hundred Days. The celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which is now in progress in Cincinnati, and which is to continue for one hundred days and nignts is one of the most important events of the present century. A dozen States are officially represented, the Government has furnished a magnificent collection of curios from Washington, D. C., and all the arrangements of the Exposition are on a broad and liberal plan. The Art Gallery, for instance, is the finest ever, seen iri this country; the intrinsic value of the paintings in the collection is estimated at one million dollars. The electric light display will be the mostUrilliant ever witnessed in the United States. The new buildings with the permanent Music Hall and numerous annexes represent an area of forty-five acres under one continuous roof, and the space for exhibiting purposes aggregates nearly a million square feet. Reduced rates are given on all the railroads, which will insure a monster attendance. ______