Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-09
GROUND CHANCES.
Notes of Interest Gathered About the
Ground Yesterday.

Notes of Interest Gathered About the
Ground Yesterday.
Very few visitors outside of the general
workers were on the grounds yesterday.
Choice portions of the building have been
,rserved for foreign firms, who will erect
their booths to-day.
The usual crowd Of takers and snide
Snowman are in the city and will probably
erect their tents to-day.
The cattlepens are crowded to their ut
most extent while the sheep and swine
pens are all we'll filled, ..
The displays Of Fisher & Sons and B. F.
Caldwell vie with each other in their exten
sive lines Of various stoves, &c.
The shelves devoted to the special care Of
the Tasting committee are rapidly being
filed with very little space left.
The Main building presented the appear
ance of bee hive yesterday, with its swarm
of busy workers fitting to and fro.
The musical displays were well repre-.
sented by F. W. Banner, c. A. House and
VIM; Sheib, the booths Of each being very
attractive,
An amusing sign at the centre northern
gate, reads, This way out 1t points di
lect to the door of the lookup, and is rath-
or amusing.
+ Floral hall is well filed with choice dis.
LAY of costly exotics and native plants.
there is still some available space thai
will be filled by today,
The furniture display of Mendel 4 Co.
and the dry goods display of Shook & Co.
and Stitel Co. together with that of L.
| NJ. McGillin & Co. were fine.
The patchwork and embroidery depart
meD,s were seemingly crowded to their
capacity, although the ladies in charge
stated that orders were constantly pouring
| in.
Twenty-Five booths and pavilions have
| been erected in and around the building for
The dispensing Of refreshments to the pros.
pectiye crowd, while there are still Others
sure TO follow.
The displays of the various lines oftrades
in tie Main building, although not as large
as last year, are far more extensive and
costly, many of the firms expanding large
sums in the decoration Of the various
| booths.
A life size wooden horse is conspicuous in
Schy ertt-gers extensive display Of saddlery
| aid harness. The animal was accoutred in
y handsome wagon harness and looked ex-
tn n ely natural.
In machinery hall is a patent cream and
milk cooler that takes the cake. The cream
us.G is. from Denham's Jersey COWS and is
| ,pl, ndid II is retailed at the stand and is
| he best drink on the ground.
In Machinery Hall the display is very
extensive every available piece Of ground
being occupied by implements of husband
~, either arranged in groups or scattered
in heterogeneous confusion about the build
ing.
leading lady on one of the committees
sisted to a reporter yesterday, that the en-
tries in every department devoted to feminine
ingenuity and skill were filed this year 10
aesracity that far exceeded those Of other
years.
Tie Art Gallery of the Misses bod.
bridge was very large. The works em.
bracing paintings in oil, crayon sketches
and ungrayings. The list Of entries to the
gr.iery was very large and embraced many
choice gems.
| The Howe, Domestic and Singer sewing
machine companies rival each oaher in ex
qpisitely decorated booths. beyy OF pretty
giils holding forth in each as an sdditiona
attraction for the optics Of the prospective
crowds of to-day.
| Upwards of7o0 persons, the majority o.
whom we're the exhibitors and their assist
ants we're at work in and Ground the build
ins yesterday. A rough estimate, which
/ siil enable outsiders to form some obtni6i
II the magnitude of the various displays
/ The display If poultry is exceedingl,,
.arge, eoops have been already crowded Z
heir utmost capacity and entries are sdf
being made Seveia fine Brahma chickens
wefesmothered to death yesterday owing "a
The lack Of water. heat and the carelessnes
Of their owners in pihng the coops upside
down.