The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-08-11
TOPEKA CORRESPONDENCE
What Is Going on at the CapItaI--Ar-
engagements for a Big Time at tile
Coming State Fair


engagements for a Big Time at tile
Coming State Fair.
TOPEKA, Kansas, August 6, 1881.
EDIToRs NEWS: Topeka is enjoying
the hot weather. There are no politi-
clans around TO STIR the embcrs, and if
the fire only shoulders humanity will
survive. 1t is hard TO say what the
news is. The truth of the matter is that
people are saving themselves for the
September festivities. Building is 60
ing on with unceasing vigor and every
day sees some new structure completed.
Among other improvements those at the
old Tefft House will be most noticeable.
Speaking of the September festivities it
is needless to say that the State Fair will
be a big thing, because the people of Kan
sas intend To make it such. 1t being a
state affair Lyon county and Emporia
are Just as much interested in it as any
other portion of the state, if not a little
more so, because Lyon county has about
as nice stock as can be found anywhere,
and will be greatly advantaged by prov
ing that fact to her neighbors. Yet it is
doubtful whether the heavy agricultur-
lists and big stock growers really eompre-
bend the magnitude of the display that
Is sure to be made at Topeka from Sep
TENDER 10 to II; whether they know that
the Kansas Sheep Breeders and Wool
Grow@Seu D5pciations will meet at the
same& people SsRe, and that the State
Horte question of VS. exhibit will form
thiftfnforced. Lerhey viii all be
there. aast was
As to prem-s... There will be paid,
the money being now in the bank for
that purpose, premiums aggregatIng as
follows: $500 are given for Short
horns; Herefords, 1915; Jerseys,
$500; Devons, $50; grades, S1O5;
sweepstakes, $3.50; dairy cattle,
$3.50, and special prize of $500, max
ing grand total of nearly 50 800. This
ought to, and will, insure lively compe-
tition. The best thoroughbred horses
will capture $275; best trotters and
roadsters, $500; finest lot ofagricultural
horses, $500; best gents drivers, $135 /;
draught horses, $435; carriage and
buggy horses, $3.50; jacks and mules,
$3.50, making a grand total of over
$1,000; and so it goes. SWINE are book
ed for $500 and poultry for $3.50. This
concerns the individual farmer. Besides
this the Kansas State Grange offers 5000
in three premiums to the best grange
display. Other farmer organizations
will also receive the same amounts.
There are class of people who enjoy
good racing, and this class composes
about 101 per cent of our population.
For them the best half mile track in the
state has been provided and the induce
ments of $1,000 in purses and $4,000 in
cash offered to the owners of fast flyers,
in order that the show may be worth
coming to see. The best horses in the
country will try 10 capture that money.
The biggest thing of all, perhaps, chiefly
because of its novelty, will be the %
mile race between Miss Curtis, of Kan
sas, and Miss Pinneo, of Colorado, for
the modest little sum of $4,000.
1t will be seen that the attractions for
the month of September at the capital
city are by no means insignificant, but
the half has not been told. There will
be in connection with the fair a soldiers
and sailors reunion, which will be at.
tended by every able-bodied soldier in
the state Hard-tack and coffee will be
served, and each one will bring along his
best story to tell around the campfire
Generals Sheridan and Sherman are ex-
pected, as well as host of lesser lumi
naries. If with all these attractions a
crowd does not come 1t will be because
the crowd does not know what is good.
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