Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-04
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
THE KINGMAN FAIR.

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To the Editor o: the Eagle.
This city fairly represents The wide
spread activity of southwest Kansas,
and IN addition to the fifteen or twcn-
" handsome brick buildings recently
completed, like number are now GO
ing up and under contract All
branches afbusiness seem TO be thriv-
ing, and as We have not heard COM
plant from a single business man, not |
even from The real estate dealers, they |
all must be eDj wing a season Of well
deserved prosperity. The number of
land buyers from the east increases
daily, and every indication points TO
their appreciation OF the quality and
prices al which land is being offered.
Ii will be in place 10 note in connec-
ton with the above, that the writer
has had occasion to notice and men
ton at various times that real estate
and farms in this country has been
held at figures that could not help but
Di oNt piltiC W tlt Ntthti.
\ serious runaway, which threat
cned fatal termination occurred here
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Danial
Boon of Sedgwick, and Mrs H. l..
Bail of this city went out driving.
when their team, q spirited one,
became unmanageble and ran into a
heavy lumber wagon, badly damaging
their Vehicle, both ladies were badly
hurt, but a:e now reported out of
danger.
TIE Simon Comedy have been here
during the week playing some of their
most attractive plays, 10 very success
full houses. Their splendid llussar
band are proving well merited attrao-
ton al the fair grounds, where they
discorsc most delightful music every
afternoon.
Tai, being fair week the city l.
thronged with people. and every city
hundred miles is more or les
represented SedgWick county ant
Wichita s'nd "A remarkable delegation
both for size and worth. / he writer
estimate for the leading county of th'
Arkansas VALLEY i not less than five
hundred people ~ ho are here takin;
in kin.nIan county aud the tair. Mon
dav and iuc-daV were pot favorable
for the opening days, but since thel
the weather has been all that could b
desired: cool enough to be invi.orai
ing. wlth a few ovcrhangiug cloud
that helped 10 temper the suns rays
and a welcome shade for the thousand
who visited the grounds Wedne,da
the number in Attendance was est
mated at nearly five thousand. and oI
that day YOUR reporter spent an ayr, G
abb and profitable rnuon il
looking over the large cX
hbifion "f fine stock an,
agricultural productions of kingmar
county. Il. 1--we stock, the fine herd o
thoroughbred Galloway Guile, ex
hibitcd by Mr. George ". Grayeraf;
OF kin.man. are worthy of specia
mention Mr.. Grayerait is a Iarg
breeder of fine grade stock. and make
a speciality of Galloway and thorough
bred Shorthprn cattle. Next in lin
we were pleased TO see Mr.. {.
Eicholiz, of Sedgwick county, wit
fOurjccH head OF his celebrated Oah
wood herd. consisting OF fine Jcrsc
and Durhaa cattle. Mr.. &. +. Sion,
of Peabody had eight head of >plcEdi
thoroughbred iIolstcin cattle. TIL
exhibition OF fine horses vas. perhaps
the largest ever shown in southwe:
Kansas and included sixteen head {
Cydc>dalcs, Normans and other lead
ing strains.
I he showing of Poland-Chiga an
Berkshire hogs was immense an
owned by the following gentlemen
George W. Fllley, William Duffy, j. |
Leach. Myron Wood. II. {. McCaman
W. Il. Richmond and J. &. Johnston
all of kingmau county. Mr.. +. l
Hopkins, of Harper county, had also
very fine herd of hogs. But the fine.
on ihc ground was an eigh;-hundre
FOUNDER Poland China owned by j.
Johnston.
The next visited was floral hal
we found crowded from floor 10 Gel
Ing with an attractive display of paint
ings, specimens of decorative ar
needic-woTk and fabrics. all very cred
liable TO the skill and taste of tn
ladies of kingman county Here I'll
writer had the pleasure of meetin
Judge H. l.. Strohm and lady. Mr.:
Strohm has an attractive and extcn
sivc collection of plants and som
handsome designs in Gu, flowers.
The EAGLE representative carrie,
Off very handsome button hol,
bouquet presented him 10y Mrs. Judg,
Sirohn. and for which he rcturn
thanks.
Ncs>rs Rose and Mueller. of III,
Wichita greenhouse, has also yer,
fine display in this department
MIR. j NJ. Albright, one of kingmar
couniy's energetic Young farmer, and
superintendent of the agricultural die
play. show cd III through his depart.
meat. Here were pumpkins by tho
quantity weighing over che hundred
pounds each, sweet potatoes. one of
which would make meal for good
sized family: monster onions, egg
plant. and fifty other kinds of garden
trucs and farm products. including a
large bunch of red clover, all of which
were grown in kingman county. Mr.
Albright also showed u q catalpa tree
grown on his farm, which measured
nine feet in height, and planted by
him last year. The showing of fruit
was also very good and included some
fifteen varieties of choice apples; seed
ling and budded peaches. Something
of rarity was observed here, CON
sisting Of some grapes of the Clinton