Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-16
COMING COUNTY FAIR.
BUSINESS NETTING or THE AGRI-
,ULIURAL hoard.

| PRO. poets of the Fsie Observation-Disclosures
Done the Grounds by the a. A. Il. En-
campment Great Numbers of Ent riea
Already Made.
The Clark County Agricultural society met
| AT the iair grounds this afternoon, III ir pin
| cipil Object being to los sect the condition of
lbe grounds and to see what damage has been
done TO the fair grounds during the resent
Graud Army reunion. The meeting was at
tended by ten out o, the twenty two MEM
be's which compose the society. As seven
forms quorum OF the members of the So
cicty the members on the grounds got to
work Immediately and for two hours in
spected the grounds carefully In every por-
ton. A committee, consisting Of Messrs. l..
B. Sprague, DIR. Hazard aud d. p. Jefi.ries
was appointed to confer with the presidents
OF the various railroad companies entering
Springfield relative to securing reduced rates
from points in the immediate vicinity OF this
city. An endesvor will be made to have
the rates extend as far as Sou,h Soon, Ur-
bana, Enon, Troy, Mechanicsburg and Lon
don. In regard to the damage done the
grounds by the immense crowds which at
tended the display of fireworks and the camp
the other two day, of the reunion, one OF the
members OF the board said:
I'VE iouud that the fair grounds have been
damaged very considerably. should esti-
mate the actual damage done at not less than
$3.50 in all. 1t will cost us 800 at least to
clean mp the grounds, which are Uttered with
every conceivable kind OF rubbish. We will
have to start man Immediately to work. 30 as
to ge, the grounds cleaned up in time for the
county fair. Near the agricultural building
a vault has been due and all kinds of rubbish
dumped into it. Then, large section of the
fence was taken down to give the crowd en-
trance into Spences grove, mex door, which
was eaborately fitted up as beer hall and
crowded all the time by camp visitors
principally. This will all have to be repaired.
The fence is badly dam lged in other parts of
the grounds, and any number OF pailings
have been torn off and carried away The
tables iu one of the halls have been taken
away and rew ones put in their place. The
man who put the new ones in now demands
pay, We can not find the tables anywhere.
The seats are torn down all over the grounds.
and the grounds are in the worst shape they
have been for many years. We do not accuse
the Grand Army comrades Of doing the dam
age, but think it was done principally by the
roughs which crowded the grounds The free
admission I'd the effect OF letting in all the
rough5 who cared to come. The grand stand
is not injured in the least but the cattle stalls
are badly injured. Then the Agricultural
society only received the meager sum of s25
per day during the reunion, 80 you can see
how we stand.
do not think that we shall bring dam
age suit for this amount against the Trotting
Park Association but will await the issue of
siraipng them from using the isir grounds
for such purposes. The motion to dissolve
the temporary restraining injunction will be
argued before Judge Hawes Aug. 2Sth, but rs
this is the last day of the fair 1t may be post
poued Tor short time. This we understand
Is tne Ihsl OF Slmllr events Tor Wllcn the
tair grounds is already rented and we shall
not II low it TO be rented TOR such purposes
again unless we are paid adequate compenss-
ton for the damage occasioned by the meet
ing held
The prospects for the county fair are very
flttterug. the number OF applications for
space are already very large, and look for
one Of the largest county fairs for years. One
lady Mrs. B.nkley, has already made lO3 en-
tries, consisting of ntcdlework, preserves,
etc. We sre receiving large numbers OF en-
rics almost daily.
Our society has been invited to attend the
jamestown iair, which opens next Wednes-
day. The society is invited for Thursday,
and will probably accept. The officers will
wear new metallic badges at the fair. They
have heretofore had ribbon badges, which
were expensive, and not near so neat and
servicenble as the metallic badges. There is
40 donbr OF a tair this year Of handsome size
and variety.