Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-24
BELMONT COUNTY FAIR.
Thurman and Tat-Personal Mention.

Thurman and Tait-Personal Mention.
ST. GAINESVILLE, O., Sept. %, 1879.
The Belmont County Fair, which
came off last Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday on the Society's beautiful
grounds at this place, was a grand sue
cess. Friday was the big day, ana
the crowd was certainly immense. Sew
en- thousand or eight thousand people, 1t
is claimed, were on the grounds on Fri
dav. Probably half that number attend
ed on Thursday. The attendance was
larger and the profits greater than any
fair that has been held here within my
recollection. Floral and Agricultural
halls were well filled. 1t would be an
impossibilitv for me to enumerate all
that was to be seen in these halls, and
in fact the same can be SAID OF all the
various classes OF exhibits. 1t would be
a much easier task to name the things
that were not there. OF course the
races formed the chief attraction each
afternoon. | append a brief summary
of the premiums awarded in the speed
ring contests:
Second class trotting, purse S45-A.
c.. Darrahs Sorrel Jim first, SO; I. Pat
tons Handy Andy second, 81; W. '.
Kilgore's Kitty Wells third, IS.
Second-clasS pacing, purse S35-N.
V. KilgOre's Wild Bill first, so; Hoge $
Sorrell Bill second, $40; Isaac Barnes
Bay Sally third, -.
Sweepstakes pacing, purse S9O-G. \.
Chaney's Flying Hiatoga Chief first,
$50; J. \. Osborne'S Captain Dan sec
ond, S25; VIM. Frater's Latrobe third,
SIS.
Sweepstakes trotting, purse SlI5-W.
p. Frazier's Blue Goose first, 500; ..
II. Kennedv's Hunter second, $50; L.
A. Johnson's bay mare third, S25.
Running race, purse S30-A. Faupels
Buckshot first, SIS; James Duntee 5
Gypsy Queen second, SO.
The total receipts OF the Fair amount
to nearly -, 400 The number OF entries
were between 1900 and 1000.
Senator Thurman spent last Friday
night in town, stopping at the 1t. Clair
House. He came to meet old friends,
and not on political mission. Judge
Thurman has many warm friends mere
who hope to see him our next President.
While here he was called upon by all
our leading citizens, both Democrats and
Republicans. =,
The It. Clairsville Band serenaded
Senator Thurman while he was here.
The Senator responded with an appro-
pirate little speech. \ number OF our
leading Democrats accompanied Mr..
Thurman to his meeting ut Bellalre.
The Republican meeting here last
week, addressed by Judge Taft, was
about as large as the Democratic meet
ing of the week previous, but IT lacked
the enthusiasm OF the latter. TAFT did
not hurt the Democratic cause here Il
particle.
Mr.. JOS. II. Shannon, OF Flushing, met
with a severe accident one day last week
He was in a buggy when his horse ran
away. lie jumped out and sustained a
broken leg.
Interest in politics is on the increase
and it promises to be red hot for the
three weeks now intervening until the
election. The candidates are all hard at
work.
Mr.. Joseph Giiien, a prominent citi-
zen of Glencoe precint, died on last
! Sunday evening.
Deputy Auditor COilland is recover
| ing from severe spell OF sickness.
Rev. J. II. Conkle, OF this place, is
absent attending the meeting OF the
Eastern Ohio Conference at Akron,
Ohio, this week.