Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-15

fair before. In this depar> tment mag
nlficent short horn bull, SIKH Duke {!
Meadow, owned in ST. Croix Gu, unity,
the especial attraction. He y. Ugh
1926 pounds and is the fn.' 8
animal of the kind ever seer
at western show. The hog show far
surpasses all previous years. Three
Poland China bears weigh over 800
pounds each. The show of sheep is
about as large as last year. Merinos and
Southdowns lead. The poultry show is
exceptionally fine, geese largely pre-
dominating.
The fine arts hall was never so well
filled. The show of paintings and pho
tographs from Poposky's Milwaukee
gallery is very large and fine. Hand
painted crockery by Madison amateurs
is great feature, din
The display of Wisconsin fab is very
large and interesting but water con-
veniences are poor and the fish are rap
idly dying.
The show of fruits and flowers is
large, varied and in every way excellent.
This is very fine fruit year, as this dis
play evidences. With farm and garden
products one large building is completely
filed. e.' IN os
Domestic manufactures, mercantile
displays, shows of household furni-
ture and carriages, occupy one building
to OVERLOOKING
Machinery park is very extensive.
The five acres of threshing machines.
reapers, hay rakes, &C., are all working
at once and the clatter of them all il
deafening.
Gen. Grant and party spent the morn
ing at Devils Lake, returning at noon
when he took dinner at the fair grounds.
This afternoon he is going the grand
rounds of the show and tonight will
leave for Chicago.
MADISON, September 9.-The attend
ance at the state fair is very large to-day
and the society appears likely to consid-
erably more than clear expenses. The
weather remains quite cold and disagree
able and stove is an excellent compan-
ion. 1t is rather hard on vendors of
liquid refreshments ON the grounds,
water melons and beer being at dis
count.
Yesterday afternoon there were some
excellent scrub races and fair time was
made considering the unfavorable con-
dition of the track. This afternoon
there are trotting and running contests
In progress. Some very fair nags from
southern Wisconsin are on 5he track.
The Lake City Guard gave an exhibi-
ton drill at the grounds yesterday after
| noon to the admiration of thousands.
Gen. Grant and Col. Fred Grant COM
plimented the boys in high terms.
The town and suburbs are filled with
burglars and petty robberies and pocket
pickings are daily reported
| In the way of amusement there is
plenty. Lawrence Barrett is at the
| Opera house all the week and Ben. Cot
ton at City Hall, while acrobatic exhi-
billions are in progress at Turner hall.
The city is crowded with strangers, no.
tells and boarding houses being over
flowed with patrons. The streets pre-
sent lively appearance and all appear
to be enjoying themselves much better
because of the chilly weather.
The winners in the trotting race to-day
were Hickory, a ten-year-old Handle
tonian, owned by George Doubleday.
! His best time was 2:272. The winner in
the running race was red ribbon, owned
| by Eli McNutt. His best time was
| l: Al.
The annual meeting Of the State Agri-
cultural society was held in the agricul-
tural rooms, state capitol, this evening,
President n. d. Frat in the chair.
After some discussion, it was decided to
the vote for PRESIDENT
! n. d. Fratt Observation-Disclosures. 81
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Mr.. Fratt was declared elected.
Geo. b. Bryant was unanimously cho-
sen secretary and Cyrus Miner treasurer.
The following vice presidents were
chosen, one from each congressional dis
trict, in their order: G.. L. Martin of
Rock; A. A. Bogee, of Dane; J. Fl. War
rem, of Green; D. T. Pilgrim, of Milwau-
kee; Sat. Clark, of Dodge; Eli Stilson,
of Winnebago; J. S. Dore, of Clark; J.
T. Kingston, of Juneau.
The following additional members of
the executive board we're then chosen:
Clinton Babbitt, of Beloit, in place of
DIR. Martin; w. Ell. Fox, of Oregon; A.
A. Arnold, of Galesvllle; w. FL. Morri-
son, of Elkhorn, in place of W. d. Ba-
con; w. G. Kiser, of Syene; Chester Ha-
| AOn, VI dcbItOSoe, W. W. NAdulSOu.
MADISON, September 10.-The weather
to-day is somewhat warmer than yester-
day The crowd at the state fair is very
large, about ten thousand people being
on the grounds. The receipts of the
week are as follows: Tuesday, $500;
Wednesday, $500; Thursday, $500;
to-day will be about 1000. This in
sures the financial success of the fair.
Tonight will close the exhibition, and
/ this afternoon exhibitors Will commence
to pack up. All day tomorrow will be
occupied in removing goods. A great
deal of the stuff will go to the Northern
fair at Oshkosh, which holds through
the next week. AS whole, the state
fair this year has been larger than last
year. although the cattle department
was somewhat smaller than expected.
The display of industrial and agricultural
products was in every way creditable to
our commonwealth. rf