Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-27
ER1pAY-sEcoNn DAY.

FR1DAY-SECOND DAY.
The weather was fair, for a wonder,
this morning and the Fair opened un-
der more suspicious circumstances
than heretofore, although the crowd
was exceedingly thin.
The first exhibition of the morning
was one of Short-horn breeds, in
which the following persons made
entries, to-wit:
DIR. J. c. Hinsey, I. d. Taylor,
Chas. Dudley, Tip Randell and Ben.
Randel, being l, 2, Band 4, year olds.
They made an uncommon fine show
ing and it was remarked by old and
experienced Short horn breeders that
it was, by all odds, the finest showing
Of blooded bulls ever seen in Wap-
clio county show before and they
were all owned by Wapello county
men.
Owing to the fine show, the COM
mittee had great trouble in arriving
at decision, but they finally awarded
as follows:
Best three year old bull, Thomas ID.
Tyler.
Second best three year old bull, +.
L. Randel.
Best two year old bull, N. c. Hill.
Second best two year old bull, Ben
Randell.
Best one year old bull, +. l.. Ran
del.
No second premium.
The next exhibition was heavy
draft stations, 4 years old and up.
wards, in which John Wilson, OF
Mount Pleasant, and w. w. Miller
of Eddyville, each showed splendid
Normandy or Percheron stations, 9
; breed which is rapidly coming into
. favor among the people. In this in
stance the red ribbon went very
, Justly to Miller's beautiful horse
while Wilson took the SECOND
premium. Miller's horse which
he calls Dick Taylor, is a beau
tiful brown six years old, ant
, excited general comment for his fin
r proportions and elegant carriage. III
is one of the most valuable horses il
the state.
: Best sucking bull calf, N. C. Hill.
Second best sucking bull calf. T. u
Tyler.
, Best COW, years old, 4. ID. Tyler
Second best COW, years old, {
| Dudley.
! Best heifer, year old, N. c. Hill.
Second best heifcr, l year old, d.
!. J. c. Hinsey.
Best heifer calf, d. Ii. Michael.
/ Second best heifer calf, N. C. Hill
, SWEEPSTAKES.
, Best bull, T. d. Tyler.
, Best COW, T. p. Spilman.
Best herd, N. q. Hill.
Best herd young cattle, N. G. Hill
GRADES.
, Best bull calf, B. Randell.
[ Best COW, b. Randell.
Best COW calf, b. Randell.
Second best cow calf, b. Rardell.
Best heifer, year old, N. e. Hill.
/, INCIDENTAL.
/, Wilson Harlan has on exhibitio
: an uncommonly fine lot of winter ap
, Piles. They were not brought in unit
this morning on account of the ba
weather.
The finest showing Of apples, grape
and pears, by all odds, was mad
: by Mr.. p. Dana. They were brougll
in after the entries closed, and no
shown for premiums. They woul,
have done credit to any exhibitin tn
country.
Capt. Garfield has three monstrou
watermelons, also some mammoth
corn.
Saml. West of Highland TIP
has on exhibition bushel of as fin
white corn as was ever seen. He say
the lot it was taken from will ayerag
so bushels to the acre. lie calls it fh
J Hayes and Wheeler corn, and it YER
properly has the red ribbon attache,
to it.
The Kirkville Cheese Company ha'
among other fine specimens of thei
dairy huge cheese weighing 545 ibs
In the afternoon very large Grove
put in an appearance to witness TIL
competitive drill between the Ottum
wa Guards, Sheridan Guards, an,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, commanded respe
lively by Capts. Jaques, Daugherty
and Reagan. The battalion was il
command Of Col. Olmstead, Of De-
Moines, (who was on visit to thu
city as guest of Major Ballingall, by
virtue of his rank in the Iowa State
militia), John Demuth, Adjutant.
The judges appointed, were Capt
Powell, 18th INIT. U. S. A., Col. f
Olmsted, Sd Regiment 1. S. G., and
Capt. J. p. Matthews, Vinton Zou.
ayes, 1. S. q.
An unfortunate accident occurred
to Lieutenant j. d. Moore, of Des
Moines, serving on Major Ballingall's
staff, on the march out to the grounds,
whose horse jumped into ditch just
west Of the upper ward school house,
throwing the officer and breaking the
horses leg, which belonged to Major
Ballingall.
Pending the preparations for the
drill, Norris Pyle drove Mike Tullis'
horse, big Soap" against time, max
ing the mile in 40.
A diversion was also created by a
horse upsetting single buggy inside
the grounds, spilling out the occu-
pants, whose names we could not OBJ
tain, and breaking the vehicle into
splinters, No other dana pe done