, 1865-10-05

Opening Day-Unpreccder1ted Receipts
md dAttcudance-The Various Depart
ments-SIde ShoyEx-Frc1nIun on
Steam Fire EnElnew-Ca1tle and
Horses Gov. Morton.
Especial Despatch to the Chicsgo THhune.1
FoHr WAIVE, Ind, Sept. 4, 1865.
This IL really the opening day Of the Indiana
State Agricultural Fair, the trzt tvo dsys having
bern entirely exhausted in entering and arranging
articles for exhibition. The fair Is great SUCCESS
il every respect. The entries tonight foot up
over 600. This Is fui 1,oo in excese Of auy pr.
vionE exhibition sIncc 1861 md much larger eren
than that historic Jear. The number IN attendance
to-day hns been mmcnse. vey ne3rfy $4,000
tickets have been eolA, while the compltmeptartes
ard eahibiton' tickets will caszJ the Num-
e9 Present up to vtry nesz Il not quite 3, QUO
be entf1o receipts from the commencement Of the
tatr up 10 i've O'Clock to-day aye F90N, snm un-
psecedeuted In the history Of The socfety, and With
In one thousand dollars Of the entire rccep:s Of
tie entire receipts Of last year. The receipts by
Saturday night, unleas tnauspfcfous weather inter-
vines, viii reach fully twenty thousand dollars, a
from esghi to ten thousand dollars In the hands Of
The eoclcty. The officers Of the society may well
tehct3ta themselves upon the great SUCCESS of ther
lato,s. aod the people Of Fort Wayne aud Northern
1na1ana hase reason 10 pride themselves that ibis
h,sherto peEls,,ed fcld or the STATE has 10 san,y
shown itE agricultural strength.
TIE uKrAREnks7s.
The departments arc now all very full This Is
machinery, fruits and flowers, farm p1oducts, fnc
Atte and music, and sheep Very large Acquisttipns
were made in each Of these last night md thus
morning.
Agricultural tmplemcnta make the best show
have eeeu this seaton, with the exception pf the
Illinois exhibition II citcaso and In power ma
ehtnsg + exceeds esen that: 1he5e ars here some
tionaEy, embracing machines rom A. Aaar j. Co.,
Janes Y. foe, +. sinex and othezs Of Richmond,
aon a.ns SbIo: D!e5 e. ., md In
Railroad WORKS; Foft Wa!ne Thzeshezs md Resp-
ers. nom 4. .Sasr d CO, James 3. zoe Of Rlch-
sell sonlh Bend, 1nd., with number Of barrel
etate machines, honIny mills, grst mills. turbine
wheels, &c- In this power department, Richmond,
Ind. see1os to BE- more snfly represented than any
FRUITS ASD r1owERs. -
In the fruit and lower department. the d1sptay Ia
il IL ~; d srp5es md pes.s. M. !: 5. &. ~
milea east IRON thus city. On the 1ue Of the Toledo
play Of hruits 90 1he ground Ills nu1seziee have
that th<y deserve III that caa Be- ssia of fhens.
Ihse ar many other lsTge contributors. Fruit l.
cless q Horticultural economy Of which the
CRIPPLED, is as good - anything haVc eser tecn,
and eseE5 Wny complete In variety.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Fet women. giant children, sespsnts, A}blno
children. Chinese ju2g1ese, negro mtastrels, wax
agures, Ticlp1ckei1, gamblers, ct onlas gesHs, ara
here in large numbers but the shou OF The two lat
IN, While the other monstrosjties aalr;y outst1ip
any previous exhibition Of the Season. :
wEArHER-
The weather Is beautiful. It could hardly be In
proved 1nd ths prospect is that 1t wa1 60 continue
rRsx1uxs.
The following premiums were awarded this alter
noon:
sTExx 7raz Lxe1vEs,
Iherc were only two eutres-one By the Mechan-
sebs e e. ef seacea ;'4gss Fa
n. l.; the other By Vtgilant FIrc Company. No. =
e. Fon WsyDe. mannisetr1ed h the Amoskeag
tteam IL three ard bali minutes, and threw 4
stream one hundred and nt1y-nine feet The Anaos-
e:G maoe steam IN four Minutct. and threw a
stream one hund1E and si1t{-dsc ieet- The nrst
Bill to~ % 2s5's cd and oyerI1ft, DasId Rippey,
lLeeshnsg. Bull, three years old-1st. J. c. Bone,
saneamqn county; u. /; "a, J. y; Jones, IaGEande
Sansamon county, nj ID, Henry Hs1tnaan, Fosf
gsao1 county, III: Bun ea'f-1st same; I'd, Joseph
d.
G. Bone; I'd. san3c. Cow. three yeatB o1d-tst,
samc; I'd, e1toe. Cor, Two years old-tst, Henry
Hartman Fort Wayne; ID. ". Holmes, For1
Na.ns ne!ief. ons year old--1st, Henry Hart
man, Fort Wayne; I'd, Same. Heieer calf-1at, J.
z. bone, Saneanon county, H.; I'd, John Call
we1, Wells county.
stallion fonr year, and ovcr-1st, h. Hammond.
Hnntington: q =; Cheney: do: Stallion three
5eam-1es, E y: c.beE. Alien Co., oh1o- sta1l,on
s9ciine colt--1st, L. B. Weckea, Allen Co., Ind;
I'd, Wtn. B.umstatier, Allen Co., Ind Mare fppt
sssss and oye.11rt John co11o.ell Weit Co; ID.
has. Mccormack, Allen Co. Mare three years
jet, John cauoncu, Wells CO. Mare two years
9;; Ang. Mccorusck Port Wayne; d. Geo.
Fort Wayne; ID, J. s. Rutfner: Allen CO. Geld
ing four Years and oveT-1et, G. ". Cronch, Marion
Co; ID W A. Myers, Allen Co. Pair or matched
Craig, Defiance Co.; Ohio.
GOV. HORTON. -"
Gov. Morton Ia to address the people Of this city
bis evening. The Goternos e highly popular
lmong the people of this city. notwithf taldn. it
he most an.nitig9ted coppe.head city in the
ust thc uGn to give II to item,