Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
tCOatinucd from Tkird Poge)
FOURTH DAY.

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Tu" day was beautiful yesterday,
ann At a. ear y hour crowds Of people
c"ul tie reru going towards the Fair
Gruuud IN vehicles, hurseback aud on
foot; and long before noon au im-
mens- ccnwd had gathered, and the
building was thronged with human
being Between 9 aud 10 o'clock
rHE BELL HOUSE CADETS,
AS they are called, for Il joke, about
800 Toy. from the Knoxville CITY
schools, marched ON the ground in
two companies, one Of them being
headed With drums They made IA
! splendid appearance we are assured
while uarrnin. aluue Gay street, au1
also "a, they appeared ON the grounds,
aud when the order tu "brpaF ranks,
narca," wa, given the air resounded
. with thelr cheers. they were u merry
c.oad.
y i-w articles worthy of special
m-utiou we forgot la our previous ar
utles, aud viii now notice them:
p Mr.. Iuorr AnkarswOrth, a German,
/ has "a spirudld specimen of panmanship
On exhibition. He l. going to teach
writing school
THE MUSIC EMPORIUM
Of w. +. Cummius has a piano on eX-
| hlbiuJn, aud a good display OF musical
Instruments. The contest for the gold
watch on Thursday was performed on
/ Mr.. Cummins' piano. Another con-
test for the prize of fine guitar offer
ed by Mr.. Cummius took place in the
evening and il given below.
Mr. II. n. Cramer has on exhibition
one of the Spoons Patent Gates, which
is admired by everyone seeing IT, and
for which he took the premium as the
best farm gate. Mr.. Cramer also took
the premium ON "Cramers' Portable
Fence Of his own invention
Mr.. y. G. Bruce has some fine archi-
tectural designs, among them the Me-
Mimi county courthouse, which was
very highly spoken of.
We learn tuHt twelve of the Sopho-
more Class have handed in their essays
on the resources of Tennessee to Col.
Muse White, huj when We last saw the
Culourl n" award mad yet been made.
Mr. Barut- had not received any
essay FROM any Of the young ladies up
To noon yesterday, aud we presume no
entries tad been made.
Mr., j. &. Murphy, superintendent
Of the Stock Department, appointed
the following committees:
On horses, mules, &c j. II. Spur
gin, 4. f. Murphy aud w. =. Elliott
On cattle, SWINE ana sheep-L. :,
Keeuer, = II Harris and J. Z. Craw.
ford.
> On pnulrrH-Dr Gillespie, j. l.. HUI
diburg aud VIM. Spurgtu.
These cJmmitter- were busy yester
day, aud made their awards, which
we presume will be made known al
? the proper time.
Mr. u. q Wright, Superintendent
Of th" Department OF mechanical
AIRS, app plnled the following gen
tlenien rs the COMMITTEE: Mr.. II. A
Robinson, ct LoudOn county; II. n
MUIR, { Monroe, aud jacob Huffa
ker OF Knox. They were busy exam
iniug nd making awards.
The Knoxville Iron Company hav,
II large display of rails and utner ar.
ticles from their works.
Two brothers from the Powell's Sta
ton High School, MessIs. }. X. ant
j. Is. Callahan, had each IA specimen o
; map drawing on exhibition which ar,
not easily surpassed, 10y school-bOyj
. especially.
About the first matter of general in
teresy were
/. THE SPELLING MATCHES,
which had been announced to come of
at 10 A. NJ, but We're postponed unit
about y NJ. The first contest was TO
= the Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
valued at $500, and the following en-
: tries were made: b. Crowley, of Jones
4 bOru', John Thomas, VIM. Chumlea
!. f.. y. Montgomery, VIM. Brownlee
' w. +. Love, W. A. Hughes. Tn
4 contest was but short one, a
O four of the Knoxville, w. Chumlea
f. A. Montgomery, VIM. Brownlee
and w. f. Love stepped out on tn
word jamb. w. A. Huges next retir
ed, leaving Thomas and Crowley alon
on the floor, when suddenly maste
John Thomas received notice to stel
, down add out and Master B. Crowley
of JonesbOrO, who won the seconC
prize on speaking the day before, re
!, ceiUed the Dictionary.
= The second class called for was 70
= boys under l6 years of age, and w. +
9 Love was the only contestant ready
> The committee spelled him "A shor
time, ana awarded the prize.
= The third class resulted the sam
j way, Albert 5. Love being the Onl,
entry. He was awarded the prize.
u The committees ON the different ar
ticles on exhibition were busy all da,
examining and mailing awards
= THE BUTTER CONTEST.
The butter question was probably tn
l. most inteTestlng; AT least there wa
r more at stake among the contestant
J. than any other, as nearly, if not fully
Il hundred dollars in premiums hat
If been offered on different qualities an,
: quantities, at least. They were en-
> gagged in the neighbOrhOod of tw
90 hours. We learn from Major Edwin
: Henry, Chairman of the committee
that Mrs. James :. Russell, of Kno.
II county, took the first premium; Mrs
: Lewis X. Godfrey, of Greene county
Is took the second premium, and Mis-
Sue Cox the third, on the best tel
pounds.
THE BABY SHOW.
=, The first show was for the Aker
u prize of "a so greenback for the fines