Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1888 — AN HISTORIC EVENT. [ARTICLE]

AN HISTORIC EVENT.

Cincinnati’s Jubilee of One Hundred Days. The celebration of the one hundredth anniversary gs the settlement of the Northwest Territory, which is now in. progress in Cincinnati, and which is to continue one hundred days and nights,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 _JLluiapranggiments of the" Exposition are on a broad and liberal plan. The Art Gallery, for instance, is the finest ever seen in this country; the intrinsic value of the paintings in the collection is estimated at one million dollars. The will be tTi'e most brilliant ever witnessed in the United States. The new buildings with the pertnanenOluslc TTaIT amT numerous annexes represent an area of forty-five acres under one continuous roof, and the space for exhibiting purposes aggregates - nearly a million square ioeU- dtedueed rates are given on all railroads, which will insure a monster attendance.