The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-29
THE TOBACCO FAIR YESTERDAY.

| AWARD OF PREM1uMs-sALE OF PRIZl
TOBACCO, ETc.-FULL PARTICULARS
The success of The second annual fair o
the Ballard tobacco warehouse, held yes
tcrday, taken in connection with the salt
that succeeded it, was a deserved reward o
the liberality and untiring effort of Mcssrs
u. Ilurd Il Son, and must serve TO in
augurato II more prosperous era for tn,
Cairo tobacco market.
While it is an acknowledged fact tina,
no poin, in the country presents greater
facilities for the collection, sale and ship.
mcnt Of tobacco than Cairo does, it IL
also true, that the building up of tobac.
co market here, has involved a
labor and outlay of money
of which the general public has no just
conception The planters of the country
had established business relations with
Paducah. Clarksvillc, Evansville and
Louisville and nothing that well-applied
energy, Grst-class business ability and I'M
limited means could do towards MAINTAIN
ing these relations, was left undone. But
the situation of Cairo, in relation to the
best tobacco growing regions OF western
Kentucky, West Tennessee and South
ern Illinois; the extraordinary facilities
possessed by the place for the shipment oil
tobacco by rail or river to any point in the
country, at the lowest rates of freight; the
ease and expedition with which the buyers
of st. Louis, Louisville, Chicago Detroit,
Cincinnati and other cities can attend our
sales-these, and the tircless industry, the
abundant capital of Messrs. Hurd & Son,
and the entire willingness on their part to
invest that capital-have finally tri-
umphcd, and to-day Cairo stands recog-
nized as one of the best tobacco markets
in the west or south. 1t has passed the
experimental period, and become fixed
fact-a market that enjoys the confidence
and growing patronage Of the planters Of
the best tobacco-growing regions of the
Mississippi valley.
THE FAIR YESTERDAY,
was triumph over which the citizens Of
Cairo, every planter Of the tributary coun-
try, and everybody else who desires the
success Of the Cairo tobacco market, may
heartily felicitate himself. II was sue
cess in every conceivable particular-a fail
ure in nothing.
BUYERS FROM ST. LOUIS, NEW YORK,
Chicago, and elsewhere commenced arriv-
ing on Monday, and every boat and train
until Wednesday morning, contributed TO
their number. The planters of Kentucky,
Southern Illinois and of the neighboring
counties of Tennessee were present in force,
SO that, when the splendid sill
yer cornet band of the city signall-
cd the hour for opening the
warehouse, no one felt any misgivings as
to the success Of the fair, in the one essen
tial particular Of attendance. Among the
well known
PLANTERS AND BUYERS PRESENT
we noticed Mr.. ID. Loenthal, of New
York; Mr.. Martin, of. Evansville; Mr..
Brooks, of Co'eyville; Mr.. j. Schlange, of
st. Louis Mr.. Jno. Goodall, Of Marion,
Ill.,; Mr.. Jas. Thompson, of Louisville;
Mr.. NJ. Fits, of Du Quoin; Mr.. l.. Stahl,
of KY; Mr.. &. Pepper, of st. Louis; Mr.. Z.
ii. Turner, of Quincy; Mr.. J. X. Erick-
son. of St. Louis Mr.. +. J. Chapman, OF
Carbondale; Mr.. NJ. w. Barham, Of Hi
Mr.. G.. S. Meyers, of Alton; Mr.. r. j,
Dudley, Mr.. w. NJ. Coffee, Kit Terrell
Lewis F. Marshall, the Hon. Thos. II. Cor.
bett, and host Of others from Ballard
county, Ky; Mr.. NJ. Goodmen, of Quincy
Mr.. J. F. Galloway, Of Paducah, and quite
a number ofplanters from the neighboring
counties Of johnson, Union, Massac and
Pulaski, Illinois.
BALLARD COUNTY, KY
was represented by her most extensive
planters and distinguished citizens {
number Of whom carried home most graf
flying evidence of their success in tn,
culture OF tobacco, in the shape Of hand
some cash premiums. And right here i
may not be amiss to publicly rec
ognizc the interest manifested by these
and other citizens Of Ballard county, il
the success of the Cairo tobacco market
They have extended to it their patronage
and without the least inclination to waver
have seconded the efforts of Messrs. Hurd
Il Son, to achieve the triumph which the
fair, yesterday, made so strikingly and un-
questionably manifest.
When, at 10 o'clock, the crowd had
gathered in the large warehouse, the fol-
lowing gentlemen wore charged with the
duty of designating the several awarding
committees, viz
| &. w. Hines, of Ballard county; w.
Estecs, of Illinois; Jesse Hinklc, of Bal
| lard county.
| After brief consultation il was an
nounced that the following gentlemen
had been selected as
| THE AWARDING CoMMITTEEs--oN THE
FIRST CLASS.
James Thompson, Louisville.
Herman Meyers, Cairo.
G,S. Meyer, Alton.
SECOND CLASS.
NJ, Fits, Du Quoin.
l.. Stahl, Kentucky.
a. Danar Iou,,