Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-09-22
SCOTT COUNTY FAIR.
FINE STOCK ARRIVING

We visited the Fair Gropnds on SATURDAY
evening. and were greatly surprised at the
! progress already made in the way OF entering
stock for the grand sxhibition,.of the present
week. For the past.sfsw ..dsys some Of the
finest horses and cattle in the State have been
| arriving. About forty Stallshhsve already
bsen filled with the:former and half as many
more with fine thorough bred cattle. Promi'
nept among the .borses is Black sB'rd and
Young Bashsw. Lady Peost. and others OF
less note. Last evenings boat brought down
Tom Hyer. He is in excellent condition and
will hardly put up withiany second premium
for speed, if he can help il. Tne contest will
be between him and Bsshaw, who..is also in
the very best order. Those. who thave wit.
nssse trials Of speed between these two cele-
bsities may rest assured tha, they will equal
and probably surpass anything that .hey have
ever done before on this track. By TIE way.
there are few more specimens to arrive that
will bother them both to keep out Of the way.
In the line Of young horse. there are some
entries that are perfectly astonishing
The exhibition Of thorough bred cattle bids
fair to be of q superior order.
Saturday mornings' boat brought up ten
b hsad Of splendid short horns from the Day
stock farm, Winchester. Van Buren county
Ia this lot We noticed yesrling bull. that
weighs l 1886 pounds also another two year
old weighing l,772 pounds The cows AID
calves are magnificent.
Gen. Sargent has large lots.of thorough
bred stock on the grounds. among which lie
the celebrated Lord Of Scotland" one of the
most perfect bulls on the continent
The General also exhibits . lot of pure
bloodsd goats, which will form a epecial at.
traction. as they are a very rare article in this
country. Other parties whom we have not
time to mention, have entered some excellent
specimens.
The prospect for Q most successful exhiLi-
tion is flattcling, indeed There can be no
doubt but that it will eurpass, by far. any
thing Of the kind that has ever tranepired In
this county 1t may be question whether
the fine arts will be as fully represented aa
on former occasions. but what there may be
lacking in this branch will be more than
made up in the stock department Look out
for time this week
SEVERE ENGAGEMENT IN NORTH
DAVENPORT drove of cows, numbering
some less than a hundred broke into far
mers' cornfield and did much damage, we are
told. The COWS, which were the property
OF numerous families OF the neighbour ood
were driven from the corn by the outragea
owner and at once fastened into a yard, there
to be held. nothing preventing, unit! the dam
age was made good The cows did not come
home at the usual time to render tbe custom
airy la.teal beverage to the heGds OF families
aud the rising generation which cluster SO
1uumerously around the evening board in that
rem rsably productive neghtorhood Con.
siderable hunting ensued but without effect,
uu,i! 1t leaked out that they were hived up
III the farmers yard. They visited the pre-
misses to rsconnoiter, but were met in an
angry spirit and could pet neither cows, milk
n satisfaction Of any kind tnat would appea+e
the sharp appetites of squalling ctildren.--
The female heads of families met aud deter
mined to move in force upon the enemy
works, and arning themselves with hatchetr,
pitch-forks ard other domestic weapons. they
sailed forth and commenced the assault. The
enemy was drawn up in line of battle, but
was soon overwhelmed aud routed by vastly
superior numbers. The cows were re taken,
and the usual quantity of bread and milk sat,
isf d the appetitss Of the children of North
Davenport. An eye witness, whom we cons
sider perfectly reliable. informs US that the
action was sharp and interesting.