The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-30
the STATE FAIR.
Visit Of tho Fair Grounds Committee ia
'.I Several Ohio Towns. a

Our resderp will remember tho an.
nouncemsnt Of the departure Of Captain
Mcclure, Ed. Mendel, Col. E1ley and
Sheriff Tingle, last week, on q tour Of in.
spection Of Ohio Fair Grounds. The re-.
suit OF their visit Is thus summed up In
Saturdays issue OF the Sandusky Daily
Register:
Capt. John Mcclure and Messrs. Geo. r.
TingIe, Vim. II. Exley and G. L. Mendel,
all solid capitalists and prominent citizens
Of Wheeling, spent yesterday In our city,
devoting the day 10 sight seeing. These
gentlemen, with other citizens OF Wheel.
Ing, have formed a West Virginia State
Fair Association, on q stock basis, pur.
chased a valuable tract OF twenty-five
acres at tho South point OF Wheeling
Island that divides the Ohio between
Wheeling and Bridgeport, and arc this
SEASON to erect the buildings aud 1t nm
tho grounds for the Association's first
annual exposition, which will be held
from October I'd to Sth. Tho gentlemen
mentioned inspected tho Ohio State Fair
Grounds at Columbus on Thursday aud
spont about all Of Friday forenoon on the
Etio county Fair Grounds. To say tina,
they we're delighted with Eris's grounds
Is putting 1t mild. They were simply as.
tonished to $50 the splendid Improve
menta and general arrangement OF build.
inSB, grounds. track, etc. They said that
they. had seen nothing to compare with
Erie's fair grounds anywhere they had
been from Harrisburg, Pa, to Columbus
o., and before leaving took measurements
plans, etc., with O view to model some O
their buildings and arrangement oil
grounds after Erie county's. In the after.
noon the party, On invitation, visited thu
celebrated wine cellars OF General Mills
west Of the city, where, under the guide
OF Major Harry Mills, they were
shown tho novel process Of wine ant
champagne manufacture, and cav nearly
100000 bottles OF the famous Sans Parcel
necks down and corks In, going through
the last stagsof age before being shipped In
tothe market to cheer but not inebriate
How many bottles they Baw with neck,
up and corks out our reporter did no
learn, but Exley, who seemed to have TIT
morals OF the party especially in his keep
ing, said counting on such an occasion
was entirely wrong. The Wheeling gen
tlemen Expressed themselves under many
obligations to Major Mills for his hospi
tality. Later in the day they took a sal
on the bay, and last evening left fol
Cleveland 10 inspect the Northern Ohio
Fair grounds.
These gentlemen arrived home Saturday
night thoroughly imbued with the idet
that Ohio is entitled to the Presidency 81
long as che raises and turns out the kline
OF citizens they everywhere met on theil
visit. They gained some practical ideal
Of fair grounds and buildings that will bt
used to some purpose in the construction
Of the new buildings on the Island. OF al
the places that came under their observa
ton ~sandusky impressed them most favor
ably, and all Of them speak in the mos
hattering terms Of the beautiful fail
grounds at that city. While in SsnduskJ
the committee were taken in charge By
Mr.. John T. Mack, Of the Register, AM
given the freedom Of the place, including
q sail on the Lake, treatment similar t
that received by an INrHLLIGgNCER repre-
sentative last summer while in that city.