, 1874-09-17
$4,000 to 10000 People On the
Grounds Yesterday.
List Of Awards for Thorough.
bred Horses.
The Nebraska State Fair In Success.
full Operation.
The State, District, and County
Exhibitions.

Special Dfspateh to 7hs chieaao Tribune.
pEon1A, ILL.,, Sept 10.-An prcdtctod iu these
DISPATCHES last night tloro was an immense out"
pouriuR Of pooplo to tho State Fair to-day. AH
oarjy as o'clock this morning tho movement III
tho direction of tho grounds wts begun, aud by
10 there was ono continuous string Of wagons,
carriages, buggioB, omnibuson, Rnd othor convoy
nucoa going to tho show. The Btroet-cars Wero
filed to oyerlowing all day, nnd nunerous tra'ua
Of exouraion-cars wero ruiz by the BtcRm rniways
leading 10 tho grounds. Dpfore 12 o'clock thoro
yero 10. 600 uoople inside tho enclosure. whla tho
attendance at o'clock, whom tho throng WIS
greatostt WIS varionBly estimated ut from
Eta11TEEN TuousAND TO TWENTY THOUSAND.
During tho afternoon It was altuoat impossible
for person to get inside OF any OF tho oxl'lbs-
ton -huilGiuEa, 30 great WINS tue crowd OF sight
aooru. The nrgo amphit.oatro facing tho ring
syl1crs tho live stoct exhibitions aro hela, aud
which will comfortably spat 1000 poraons, was
comrletely filled from 10 in the morning until
in the afternoon. Notwithstanding tho im-
snensity Of tho outpouring to-day, tho managers
Of tho fair confidently count upon seeing twice
as mauy people tomorrow. Thursday has al
ways been
n THE GREAT pAY.
Tho pooplo expect TINT by, tho fourth day oyory-
s4ing on exhibition will bo IN place and IN iun-
1iug order. They arc not Tar aatray i'll 30 thlnli-
ing. Exhibitors, an = general thing, arc very
diiatory in getting their gootH upon tho ground.
and WHOM thoy do arrive ,1sus'ly fool away tho
fret throo aays Of tho fair in placing tho,n J..
fair aro still IN an incomplete state, and will re-
qui1e work to be performed upon thom to-n,or-
row morning. fills ii especially tho case in
tho floral department, where very little
was done until ths afternoon. Among the
many prominent IlinoiBana who honosea tho
fair to-iay with tlleir rreBonco wore noticed
GOV. DESEn1poE, .... 49,.
eho Hon Joseph usloy chiof aF4nlnsp9esor 4n:l }ss
nolds, superintendent Of the Chicago E1post-
tiou tho Hon. William ". Ncdiok, Of OTTAWA !;
John ii. rcarBon and y. h, Brown, members Of
tho Railroad mud Warehouse Conlm'ssi9n tue
FIon. 9. s. Lippincott stato Auditor; Senator
Banford, Of Knox County; tho Hon. @. L. Fort,
member Of Congress-: Tho Hon. Thomas Ritlge-
Has, candidate for state Treasurer; tho Hon:
~ Powell enndaaie for nehnr4 Gons1oner Ins1.o e
tho Hon. ". ". o'Brion, Peoria tho Hon.
Thomas II. Henderson, Congressional candidate
from Bureau County; K. X. Jones. %!'o le.s
mot bo County Treasurer; J. g. Holmca, CHI
rago, and many othors. Az on provoua days,
the central point Of interest to-day was
TIE LIVESTOCK
Fing. Hero 1oeked both youpg and old, rnalo
and femao, and remained until tic very last lot
OF numals Ind been led to their stalls for the
night Tho largo amphit1,catre. "a before re-.
marked, was tiod to repletion with gayly-slrcsaea
women ana urenzed n, men from n, The rural
took the grcatest interest," in the show Of
thoroughbred stock. Tho women certniuly
talked sho most, but, ns 4 general thing, they
vcro about correct IN tho estimate they put upon
tho good aud bad pointBof the animals displayed
before them. They. became very enthusiastic
over tho grand cava!cat!o OF
DRAFT BThLL1oSs,
numbering forty-two, "llich took place q
llttlo utter II o'clock and well they might for
never before Witnessed in the United
statcs. Of tho forty-two magnificent beasts,
thsty-1yo were, graya end dapple- groya, tlye tlyye
pounds weight EACH or aggregate G3 600 pounds Of
Gorsolosh, worth 3tG4, ,0O0. It Ia impossible to-
night to giro the names Of tho prize takers in
ths lot, tho Secretary OF the Society refusing to
allow nccoBa to the books during his absonce in
attendance upon the annual mcoting. The ne"s>
palpr-1nen III attendance npon tho iair have
HAVE GOOD REAsof 70 COMPLAIN
Of TIN lack of attention their efforts to obtain in
1armason receive 1t hlr. Gariauda olico. Al.
thouEhNho Judges reported upon six classes OF
horses AID five classaa Of boodcl cattle to-day,
Rr. Garll31d and llR clerks only succeeded in ro-
ofsos of T. swa5as wsya fd as for h g2
years olda Robort McCairn. Tolono; second
best ". EaiQoy d Co., Jacksonville. A. g. Ccyl
of organa, ges first priZs. for lilly over yeats
ola. J. G. Drsnor, OF Ottawa, got flrat, aud "
il. Hartley l. e.: second, for Thoroughbred aget
stallion: !. ". Dlloy, Of h1acomb, and ". II
Hartley l. Co. took first aud secoud for
THOROUGHBRED eTALLloNs,
yonrs old. .. Is. Stickncy, Of Pokin, took frs
for colt over years: and Alesnra A. 4. Curl o.
Urbann, and o. Meyern, Of fremont, first ani
second for stallion colts ovor year Old. Daylt
House. Of Macon, first for sucking stallion coli
4. G. Carl aud David Hosthc, first and socond to
thoroughbred brood nlAraa.
REGULAR JIIESSTtL FIFoTT0N
for members Of tic State Eoaru of Agricnltur
was held this afternoon, and resulted as follows
Hisst District. Lewis Ellsworth second; Il. p ,
atein ai,1 SIKH, sa,muol Dyyart Seventh ;esti,
". J.. Nelly; Eighth, Emery Cobb; Ninth
Az. Dunlap; Tonth, aamnoi Donglas; Eies
tcenth, SD. Fisher; Folrteanth James ]!
Scott; Fifteenth. z. II. Bishop; Sixteenth, "
II. Russell; Seventeenth, III. Stookey; Etgh
tecnth, u T. parGor; Ninotoouth, John I'm
dergnn,
~as elected President Tho other officers will b
lpno'nsea at tho January meeting Of tho Boart
Irott;nE at Union Driving Park hogan to.ds,
j. Interesting. Ba!ew IL tho summary:
purse Of 5000, $50 horssa $500 to nrss, teoo t
KK'fess ixssss1 GsntSn ;MS::d & T.: nsr0. Ws
t. barnes, naits Greek. :b T. co.
J. a. iioie;, Giicsso 6ii g.
wv. noslgefs, Chicago, blls. 3. Columbia,
4at-:ss; ::i; no icai; :i
rhreo.mlnuta elass; % parss, ssoo sl7s to arst, s
Ja!nca alathewsou, Ottawa, Ill.,, b. g. Capt.
1;;; 1I;:,ao. iii D. H. ifaIn.