The daily gazette., 1879-09-26
FIRST EDITION.
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STATE FAIR.
A Fay Of Attract ons
Tho Wilmington TX
hibitOrs.
THE STOCK DISPLAY
THE STOCK DISPLAY

TIIE TOURNAMENT-THER RACING AND
THE CROWD THAT WITNESSED 1T
ALA FEW AWARDS MADE.
Special correspondence of the GAZETTE.
Dover, Del, Sept. 25. 1879.
The weather OH the Fair grounds this
morning was pretty frosty and people,
feeling cold and uhc .mforable, went
about with heavy clothing and coat COL
lars turned up. There was no evidence
of wind in the early morning, but it
came on as the forenoon advanced and
made things disagreeable.
Your correspondent took str. IL
around the grounds this morni g and
talked with the Wilmington exhibitors.
He could not help feeling some surprise
and not little disappointment that so
few of them had availed themselves of
this opportunity of making tile people of
the Peninsula acquainted with their
wares. The thought could not be kept
down that those merchants OF your city
who are eternally complaining of the
Stale ant Eastern Shore trade going to
Philadelphia are either careless OF their
own interests or are inslncere In their
complaints. Just here, it may not be
out of place to dwell little while upon
those WHO are represented. Mr.. Z. f.
Rudolph, in tie main building, attracts
attention with his display OF watches.
clocks, silverware, plate and jewelry. j.
Horace Rudolph has charge Of the dis
play. 1t attracts much notice. The
piano and organ men are near by. Prof.
+. Becher has five instruments-two
Stieff pianos and three organs of the
Soring * Blake, New England and Pele-
bout patterns. Prof. Pancoast Allen also
has good and varied exhibit. Over in
Cereal building is where the most of the
Wilmington representatives are to be-
found. Mr.. Lawson, the china dea 'er,
has large ard excellent display of Ger
man student lamps; Copeland, Mention
and WedgewoOd dim sets; decorated
chamber sets; sill er plated ware and
Finnish stone ware. l.. +. Adair, the
furniture daalo-. 10 roI-osansos -
Chalfant. HIS exhib is composed Of a
Queen Anne's chamber suit; a parlor
suit with spun silk covering; a plain
Walnut dressing case and smaller ar i
cles. Jackson and Sharp display doors,
sashes and other work used in car
building, aud also models of various YES
sells they have built. George w. Stone
has machinery supplies, LAMPS, oils and
many other things in his line. z. F..
| Thomas a. Co. exhibit school supplies
and that sort of thing, and make good
showing. z. Mccullough Il Co. have
samples of the shoes they manufacture
and have some fine work. VIM. Lea 4
| Son are represented by a Dover fm,
and by their exhibit of -four aud meal
their large Peninsula trade is likely to be
| increased. Their are some Others, but
their names have already been pub
lished.
This morning on the home stretch in
front of the grand stand there was an
extensive displIy of the stock. The
stock at the fair this year is very large
and the parade showed it off handsome
ly. The display on the track was con-
fined TO horses, and a person could moi
fail to be impressed with the fact that
the Peninsula can produce as fine speci'
mems of horsefesh as any other section
Of country in the Middle States. Bu
the stock department, understand, Is fal
from complete, if mentioned In connec
ton with the horses alone. The exhibit
of blooded stock cattle is very fine
James j. Ross, of Seaford, has the larges
and finest display of short horns eve
seen at a Delaware fair. Sheep ar,
shown in large numbers, and hogs arr
also to be found in great variety AM
numbers.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
To-day was an interesting one. Th
weather was pleasant, the chill of tn
morning having worn away gradually
and about eleven o'clock there was
: warmth almost like Indian summer
f though the wind blew slightly. Peopl
did not come in large numbers unit
after 12 o'clock. This was owing to th
serious detenti ion of the south boun
special tain, which made it nearly tw
hours later The attendance was good
Among the prominent persons here tc
e day were: State Senator James A
Hopkins, ex-Gov. Ponder, Joseph Bring
), hurst, Esq, State Treasurer X. ]. Rey
nolds, X. w. Reynolds, W.. A. Comegy
j. William Polk, +. X. Cochran, A. i
d Silvers, James II. Ray, NJ. b. Ocheltre'
Thomas NJ. Ogle and many other
There was much political talk during I'll
afterloon and little knots Of politician
could be seen scattered all over lll
l. grounds in earnest consultation, Th
9 leading topic seemed to be Attorney
&c Generalship, and the friends OF bot
L Mr.. Paynter and Mr.. Gray, the only cal
a didates for the office, were present
y large numbers. A large delegation
e Mr.. Gray's friends from all parts
II New Castle county came dOwE and col
* Quoted a sort of a short lived canvass
'e his interest duriug the afternoon. M
le Paynter's friends have been here sln'
70 |; the opening day ard the boom here y
/ til to-day has been almost exclusively
+ Paypter one. TO look at the conte
~ here one cannot help EOticing that II
a dead pull between the two couht'eS'
THE TOURNAMENT.
ar as The tournament held on Wednesdi
se morning, and not completed on accou
ne of several ties among the knights, w
y, concluded in the morning. IL VIII
Il remembered that thAre were three y
IN for the f,rst money between the nh2ig
10 OF Talbot" the "Knight OF heckle e