Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-04
IOWA STATE FAIR.
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Fair Grounds, Iowa City. Oct. 4.

write this morning iron the camp Of The
Scott County dslsgstion.-Pouvi.eksd on the
Fair Grounds Oar tent arrangements are
cOmmodious and exceedingly comfortable The
ground under the canvass p veil eovel ed over
With warm buffalo robes and blankets. while
just outside under an svniag is our dinirg IA.
ble-mspufac,ured to order The original pro
i.c.ors of this enterprise are our we'll known
citizens, Ed. Smith, c. Krum, Ira n. Clifford
and John Lambert. through whose hospitality
myself and others are lodged and boarded
Las. night we sil enjoyed sound slumber. vi! b
some slight interruptions Pom noisy neigh.
Dor and . serenAds BY soma long cared gentry
in . stall near by. The former wss "dried
up" but the latter kept up their concert du.
ring the night.
At early dawn " arose, much refreshed and
invigorated. By "arrangemsnt" the previou,
evening. it devolved upon pur worthy Clerk o.
the Court to black the boots, which task We
must do him the justice to state Vas per-
formed with all the artistic skill of New
York professor. Ha discharged his duty with
alaerity. dignity. and honor to tas office to
which the evening before he VS. elected
unan imousIy. We have just partaken Of .
choice breakfast, prepared by our skillful
cook, Kennedy Norria Our bill of fare though
not 40 extensive. perhaps. % that Of the bur.
tis." was discussed with equal relish.
| orusR NAfsxRs
Last evening there was an agricultural dis.
cusson at the Court House on the question Of
swine and sheep raising II Iowa. 1t vas we'll
attended and generally participated in by
farmers and stock raissrs such discussions
can but result bene6cially.
srocK.
| The prominent feature of the Fair is the
Stock. This is. in feet, the Exhibition. There
are several yokss OF fine oxen on the ground.
Tas best yoke. We think. belong to A. H. Mil.
ler, of Muscstire county. The trial Of strength
resulted in their favor. An OK weighing four
thousand and eight hundred pounds is feat
ure indeed. Some Of the finest bulls. cows.
stations, Ceilings and mares in the State are
now present
| FRESH ARRIVALS.
Considerable quantity OF stock, machinery
! and other articles arrived this morning, to
swell the Exhibition.
| eHERP AND SWINE.
This department this morning is we'll repre-
sentsd and much admired. Some Of the finest
| We ever saw are Cow here.
THIS FORENOON
Fat cattle and oxen have been exhibited; also
cove No. l, 2. 3 and 4. II is fine exhibition
We notice present the editors Of the Iowa
City papers, Capt. Littlsr Of the Davenport
0a.ette Tom Drummond Of the Vinton Eagle,
John Aahin, AusoatinS< <dasssal. A. r. Badlsy,
Fs,mevs Advocate. Chicago. 8. G. Dunn Of the
Muscatins Messenger.
M.soELLANEous.
We notice on exhibition files Of the Daven.
port Gazette. twenty years ago, (vol. !. 1S4l, ]
which have better appearance than many Of
the present papers Of Iowa. Collins 4 Skesl,
Davenport. exhibit some superb specimens Of
mahagony hair cloth, cane seat, oak-marble
top furniture, which 10 far ahead Of al comps.
titors. The Floral Exhibition 10 superb, and
highly attractive. George Shockey. cf lows
City, exhibits splendid specimens Of Iowa and
foreign marbles- wrought and raw. which are
truly splendid. He has splendid marble top
for chess stand, inlaid with Iowa marble most
beautiful l.e display in the Fine Arts
Hall is MOI, complete to-day. comprising arti'
cles displaying much mechanical skill and
| beauty, too numerous to mention.
In the agricultural machinery department
there is large display to-day. c. Krum. Of
our city, has the largest display Of plows, cul.
tivstors. DC. Davis. Watson L Co., L. S. Viele
i Co.. Bauder Bros., and others have fine die.
plays Of Threshers. Horse Powers. dc. For
particulars see appended list Of entries. which
will give general vein Of the extent Of the
Fair.
CLINTON HOUSE.
Preparations have been made by this excel
lent house for the accommodation Of net less
than four hundred guests. The N essrs. True
dell deserve great credit for their enterprise.
PERSONAL.
We are under many obligations to our
friends Of the press hsre-Dick Sylvester. oi
the Press, Jerome 4 Duncan. Of the Repu6i.
can, and Ingersoll, Of the Reporter, for kind ct.
tention; also to Secretary Wallace for gentle
manly attention shown 10. We are sorry to
state that our friend L. s. Viele 10 20 indisposed
~ to be eon6nsd to his room at the Clinton
House to-day.
The trains are loaded to-day with visitora
We notice from Davenport T. r. Motley. J..
MeCosh, E. Cook. T. II. Haskell, and others. A
large number are expected from Davenport TO-
morrow and Friday, which will be the cost
important days.
We sst down the number present this fore
noon at four thousand.
AFTERNOON.
The crowd 10 increasing fast. People are
GRO vding in from oil parta. Not less than five
thousand people we're on the grounds this Of.
tsrnoon. M
Committees ars busy awarding prsmiums.
and there sre some fine trotting horses show.
ing their speed. We cannot report on premi-
ums to any extent today. but shall devote
more attention to that matter tomorrow.
O er fifteen hundred entries are made.
In the entry Of best horses fsr all work. the
frat premium vas awarded to Bullr ,sh.
owned b, G. Il. Mills. Marshail county. Fist
premium on fat cattle to e. T. Schenek, Cedar