, 1874-09-18
Fourth Day Of the Illinois State
Exhibition.
The Attendance Of Visitors Estimated
at 10000.
List OF Premiums Awarded for Blooded
Stock of All Kinds.
Other State, District, and County
Exhibitions.

yfakor8 at tle State Fair today, Whllo nos quito
IN to the anticipation OF tho managers, Was too
large for comfort. At 8 o'clock in tho afternoon
there wero probably
$4,000 rTNsoSs WITHIN TIE 1NcLosuNE,
fully oue-half Of whom ,roro women and chill
dre1. Drivers Of vehicles for Tic conveyance
Of uasaongors to tho grounds began operations
rs early as o'clock III tho morning, greasty to
the annoyance Of hotel guesta who aro not &C.
cuasonotl to rising with thc lark. But ovou Mt
that carly hour tho principal streets Of
Peoria wero alivo with novly-arrivcd
country people, who had como to town for n ho'i-
taay, Excursion trains wcro run on all tho roaas
}aadfug to this city, and thousands OF people
from tho surrounding towns and vl1agcs woro
unloadad from tllom during the day at tho gateH OF
lho fair grounds. Tho regular trains wore ovor-
crowded, many persons coming In from such dta-
taut points as st. Louis Quincy, Alton. md
Chicago. Tho fair, however, was not tho only
POINT or ATTRACTION.
Tho race meeting At tho Union Driving park
caltod out nn audience Of several thou
sand, composed mainly OF peorians aud
then llowe's circus, which eave an
exhibition near tho fair grounds, detained 5000
or 1000 more, who otherwise would havo taken
in tue fat CATTLE glossy-cohted stallions, odorora
bogy highly polished farm implements, tho big
muio, tie doEormcd fiddler, ..tl,o snake.charming
girl, tho man with tho wornl-oxpofGug docoction.
the tung-teator, tho strength-indicator, and tho
other attractious provided for the rural visitor by
tho Illinois Agricultural Society. Bat, as mon-
toned carly in this dispatch, thcro wore too
many people Oh tho grounds Tor comfort. The
officers of tho Society md the newspaper report
erg, who had their own buildings. and tho lew
thousand others who gained admission to tho
n,nphithoatro early in tho day, nnd atuck 10 their
seats. got afong vol onongh but tho other
thousands who wero without any place to Sit
down woro roay to DO pitied' Tue little graes ,
which originally coyarcd the GROUND Witllh THO
ipclosu1e hnd boon worn out by
TIE TRAMP OF THOUSANDS
on Wednesday and yesterday Iho Held waa
moro like wcll-tramped turnpike than vcr-
duro-olad meadow. 10 sit down was simply to
wallow In dust 3 inchea deep. II is true an
ofro1t was mndo to alleviate tho suforings
Of the people from the dust by aptlukling tho
grounds but tho wagons wore too few IN num-
.bor to accomplish tho oDjoct. To sum up thu
situation in single sentence. tho animals on OK
hibition enjoyed FAR moro comfortable dhy
than those WHO cano to Beo aud admire theln.
Young ladies Toro to 10 aoen wandering llssloss-
lyy about in the rear Of the amphithcatre, cast.
Sisters, and occasionally exclnisning to ono
smother. M thoy recognized acquansanccB, "sec,
thero's En-, aud Liz, and Ids up thero. How
orr BONE r1Acz 10 BIT Down."
Ono ca1laut correspondent of 3 Chicago neTs-
paper, sceirg poor WOMAN With heavy chi!d
in her arms gazing wlsttnily at . vacant cIalr tu
the p1cHs.building, invited her 70 come III aud
rost. Fatal nssako No sooner had shc COM
fortnbly seated herself and returned thnnks for
Tue cotu oAaonuat ''.;, ,,a, .o b tnw ao,o
cru otnef Mone ,,ra,,a m p,1 10 ol,,o "
ufrsprings, and, concluding that thoY too were
welcome, invited them In. rs reBnlt Of miB-
taken kindness, the prcss-room Vas taken pos.
nesslon VI py nt.aso o,in1 and coTnnoiiod IL ~
tha cortesponanh'11 ~ nnu ,a'la,t ~,
tAko rolueu "atm ,,na s""n ;,v;ted n H.
eAcaso eott teeEoI!o9ns r., A4.sa ] ~ , - ,,aa. =. ~
sens s,,a., n,'son spa1.;nns taUu IN @ ra -
As upon PREVIOUS Ere 2s,s a"ys u 'no ns,.ox o,,,vp,s
LtSa raan;nod nnuGn dI tLo r,oat attnt;on fro,,
ne visitors Io Atea M ana pHns , 4a
M w iuuf: % a,a anu s.d t1,rnors and dria y.s
roosters % aa cns, ana tarneyn r,, anu uueMs @ WY
Pacaeo aiua' i rn w. ~ IT, t,,oas ~ ~ 2;nt. IL
nehs nnoesssH - % 1,l,o o"ori - ,,sn.,,i,n,a na
~ J .ainl1innn naras nn colts resultel aa
t,isra, ~ -. n,,,' ~ - Enrmol tont, ncconJ
foll'Sa: fop p''0O u o0'' 0' N0ED'A'' ''0A A''0"o
over anu under year, oa seeona ipF rs staon 1eya
and Under a st md ,n ssios seeo of
for ' sucking S mi mare % eotsyanounting il, ali to
~ osp -, id ~ .von nan mss ssooni fnr
lon eo.s na's ssrs ou aar. atn ,;rst fnr a,v
osood ma5eS oar o2 ySare nna VT bo ae s
r. ~' ~
nnd premium tor -
ro,r, o1d ,na over arAma, 1as taken bv Jarn., A.
5eA1a W auu osat, "an ~ 'naon .,au. ~ o" T.
Jerry, OF Nninsa1ni no nnss Hlonn ~. ~ ~. -.
vaughn, ohsua, "i!u y, a''u - ALosat. ~" -"
Grose, tooR nsas hHu n1cohu' sespec'tyelT, , loe
stallion oyer t nnu 4'1aGI : years n.' Elosu y
to Sk Jpu pst md ea seeopd for stao eots nysr
and ~ under ,;.y yeasa. @ y. y sonos, iao9h. toos
1rss lot ssaSn ~ Go.. @ osur ~ ~ u.oa ', sears;
T. aoaeaon FL raae, heeona 1or my osef aha
under years. me SHOW OF
- ,.roa oAnn1a"s a.1 sna TEAMS c.:s,s =, a,,,sr,ou
Taa rory iarges aA1 INC 9nfnais o, superior
blood aud action: ). q. alcFarren e Son, LOUIS
y1iln ~. to9k hsss pfSaaum, 1n, S;So, ah4. y. N.
1ial. ia1es t'tEs SeGonu, s1su. naltos uoaels.
bloomington. sooa lllaet Ahu tlo Jotaey county
btock-lmportfng Company second pfen'inn't Tor
foad s!aliaons; y. =. neEaffon y son, Loni' ,
vile. n.y., TOOK tiFst, anu james alchoan. brad-
ford second premium Tor roadster mares'
STALLION; ANY AGE, FoA al AZ woAK'
J; :. Lycnn, Pasla hfst; J. Wooaman' farm-
ington, accond.
Ffcmunaa we're AWARDED ior 6hort-hoTn buils
aa toHoWa: Iho Hon- y. H. Lpptn,
colt, Springfield. captured tWo frat and