Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-18

i exhibition, were,Yel matpred previous to their
ad6ptioh, and no one noE ekteft6ns the shadow
eeOf adon6t but that tn third week -in septem
HoaReE 1extaWN bring together the l9Egcst con-
,Icpwse ofpeoHe that ever. assembled on Wheel
ing Islands, The fair grounds which naturally
''''' eSaSFe 9q6y 0dSaptages other localities
Have RECENTLY. been greatly Improved. A
splendid iamPhitheatre has erected ut con-
Elosider4be COST which is capable Of seating
e21 fifteen to two thousand persons
4It1Iths situated on elevated piece of ground
s,595 thrown up, perhaps, by nature for this very
-'h purpose Frotn the seats ia this building the
Occupantsjh have unobstructed view of every
Cnoyement within the horse ring, and can plain
,s5 every thing that transpres without the
fear of being Showed &heresand there about the
%; % Is enclosure during the presence Of large and
excited crowds. Z, i~s1t.' 80. -
tits the intention of the directory to make
the Association! fixed fact, and the success of
the coming exhibition, in every department.
will have not q little influence on its future
prosperity Heretofore the manufacturers of
the city have neglected to exhibit, as they
should have done, the products of their skill
s7ao.g and industry. The Manufacturers Hall on the
~ fair grounds, presented a most beggarlY account
90 Of empty benches at the exhibition two years
,aSs &goS and Wasbut-poofly improved last year
faPteTions tDlthe,last exhibition aiineetng of the
c,r manufSeturefs and mechanics Of the city, was
called TO consider the importance of this matter.
It was attended by just three persons direct
snzssa " interested in the object Line meeting
49, Ss4 The lecturers complained that the pros
go per committees were not selected decide upon
s. the merits oftheir products; they complained
of the trouble and Inconvenience attending thess
vtsis hauling and arranging of the heavy articles
and many other less reasonable excuses were
ofered,to the committees who were appointed
,G00 osoli6t their attendance! If hempor tancc Of
a.ilarges display in this department could be-
am rightly 1ndsfstepd' We think all, these trivial
objections would yanish- Wheeling has reps-
4,sso ptation industrial skill and her echani
cal products. g An empty Manufacturers Hall,
I. e 9a bellies seeming false
'a nai5 hood lis read by thousands upon thousands
Besides, whoever exhibits an article on the fair
grounds y independents Of any considerations of
era present reward, 4adv ertsesS himself quite as
.eStensiyey as5copld be done in any otheriway,
and justasscheaplys q ak 49,.
asIsa sas are many other considerations that
eds a urged upon our people
aaHito which we have not time to treat present
iaaThey-our people-have an odd fashion OF be.
sss little slow to take hold but when once
El-Si.Iinterested they go it with a rush. We hope;
.o& Gtherefote, that our mechanics factur.
i 6rs will at discard an petty teaousies and
NV 20 shoulders to the wheel With, n COM
ss4 and furnish such display of.in-
q5 dustry and skill will astonsh those no NAV
their ability make their own depart
,,~ =. ment the feature of the exhibition For the
pride and advantage of the city, the interest of
the manufacturers and the success of the fair,
,ssbtss let this be done. THE of is
pprOpehing nd there little time to-
snst. EHR American horse-vctoryy won by Mr.
si Ten Broeck s. "Starke in Eng land; seems to
lbaye struck the English sporting, gentry with
n q something sofa establishments DUST before the
It:sgtgrace the Times was disposed to sheer at the
presumption of Mr. Ten Brock in daring TO
. run for the Goodwood stakes at ALL '"The
Si character Of the competitors, it said, twas not
bag s!Of an order render their performances impor
tant, or to excite more than a, transient interest
among the genuine sporting men, But the
is result setthe Thunderer playing different sort
---zoS,tane. The other American horse did not do
,lEso.Wellin running orthe SOUP for, although
Prioress ran into the third place. yet her per.
y foTmance showed that she did nst possess the
n calibre to}cOmpete successfully with the first
u class English horses unless she has great adj
S y vantage in the weights. 800, sss=s..
ssssasassf 81 .4-L :2l-s5Gro.~4t-4zazasz
TnE people in nndaround about Troy, IN. w.,
were startled on Thursday morning last, about
7'ocl6ck, by altern fodetonuton, which seemed
to come from the sky, though perfectly clear,
and which vas accompanied BY trembling of
~ the sartha The wise. peniofi that locality are
unable TO account for the extraordinary phe..
'''a'' honsROn inanys otGeryway than that il was a.
slight earthquake. :tnny be
proper to add that tile editor of the Oswetgo6
,g.E1
OF meteorica notorety has nothing
~ todps~iths the affair. 81 81 81
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