Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-17
The State Fair and lis Confined Sue
CHSSiul Course.
List Of the Principal Attractions
Of the Great Show.
City Items and Criminal ~Notes-Statc
Personals and Other
Matters.
AT THE CAPITAL.
THE STATE FAIR.

Inc Lnlru Gay OF the ialE opened 8u1-
piclously, and long before Q o'clock trains
and wagons deposited hundreds of peo-
pie on the grounds. The attractions and
various exhibits were ell nicely arranged
and the exhibitors wore smiles Of con-
tentment that the hurry and bustle at
tending the opening had been passed.
The police system Is good, and although
there is a good deal of knavery practiced
upon unsusplcious people 1t is not greater
than at similar exhibitions.
The exhibition of Merrick county Is o
noticeable one In point Of quality. The
size of the vegetables pre mammoth, one
tquash alone Weighing 100 pounds. The
display OF reed grasses Is one of the best
on the groundr, nearly every variety
being represented.
The sho wing of horsea Ia the leading
feature of tho fair, AMI among the 500
animals 1t would be hald to make selec-
lions az to superiority. Most of them
are from our W state. The following
ere a few of the most prominent ex-
hibits:
Judd & Stratton have twenty-seyen
entries, covering all grades of animals.
J.. w. Small, of Fairfield, has draft
horses, some of them being his own i'm
portation from Scotland and France.
A, R,gy, of Seward, has six entries,
all fine looking.
j. d. Msctarlaud, of Lincoln, makes
fourteen entries Of blooded horses.
Matt Miller, OF David City, has q fine
span of thoroughbred roadsters.
Cyrus Swsyne, Ftley, Neb., shows ten
good looking horses.
William Westlake, Weeping Water,
has thirteen horses.
Shultz Bror., of Yutan, Neb., have
twenty.seven horses from their ranch.
William Daily, Peru, has seven stalls
filled with good blooded stock.
N. p. johnson, Lincoln, has eight
horses on exhibition.
Fry Sc F~ahrbsck, York, have forty
four well-bred animals, which ID the Iarg-
est exhibit of the kind on the grounds.
John Fitzgerald, Lincoln, enters five
of his best horses.
Other exhibitors are. +. Beaver,
Beatrice; 7. +. Lyon, Herman; George
T~unison, Crete; Harvey Pickrell, York;
w. FL. Boyer, Fremont; j. I'll. Oven,
Fremont; Charles Besrup, Lincoln; W.
G. Houtz, Lincoln; u. T. Hill, Syracuse;
j. FL. Hayes, Vic,ins; j. III. Watson,
Beatrice; j. V. Purce!l, Bushbere; j. w.
Ives. Lincoln: Thomas Garfield, Lincflo;
/. N. Leonard, Lincoln; d. M Tomblip,
Arapahoe; Lou Sherman, Arspahoe, @.
A. Wortan, Sutton; Chsrles Taylor, Fair
field; Seth Woodward, Paramount. L.
Leavits, Lincoln; FL. w. Creel, Sat
tillo j.. o. & j. B. Chase, Paramount;
John Carroll, Tecumseb; g. f. Stewart,
Brownyille; A. Greepamyer, Cheney;
G. L. Smith, UIVsses; r. Gibson, York;
Thou. Malay, PALMYRA; w. j.. Bebout,
Lincoln; John Wulk, Shubert; Lewis
Davis, Beatrice; Peter Luther, Lincoln.
There vera about fifty other entries in
thi, department.
In horticultural hall tho display of
fruit indicates better than words that
Nebraska Is a fruit-growlng state. James
Allen, of Omaha, has the department In
charge, aud he takes pains to show
every n tho utmost courtesy. Jeffer-
son county shows 100 plates of apples;
Fillmore has 100 plates of apples and
frults; Cass county exhibits $50 plates
of apples, which were gathered for the
display by I.asc Wilss, of that county;
L. A. Kent, ono of the managers of the
fair, has q good display.
The display of California fruit grown
In the orchards of former residents of
Omaha, now In Cslifornis, and brought
from the Omaha fair, is the most attrao.
tive diaplsy in this department. There
are about twenty other exhibitors OF
fruit, all of whom have creditable entries
In the fine art hall there are many dis
IL. &c Ill ~nlnna nRounrH -nnlIa
work, and embroidery from the ladies' of
Lincoln and other cities. Llncoln ladies
are especially to be congratulated upon
the beauty of their artistic efforts, but II
would be u herculean task to enumerSte
all the points of excellence In the various
entries. In this hall there are also a
number OF mlscsllaneousdlsplaya, notice.
able among which are those of Lasch
Brothers, Lincoln confectioners; j.
& d. Newman, dry goods;
HaIgrave Brothers, groceries. TIE
Omaha exhibitors, as usual, all have
handsome displays Ia every line.
The racing on Tuesday WAS fair, and
yesterday somewhat better. To-day the
principal turf events will ocour.
A big event to-day will be the address
of Orange Judd, editor of the American
Agriculturist, whose name Is known all
over the country among farmers,
The leading events on the grounds
yesterday was tho exhibition drill of Cap
tain Rowles' battery d. of the United
States artillery, from Omaha. 1t was a
fine show and evidenced a most thorough
discipline on the part of the men and
the capAbility of the officer In charge.
After dinner occurred the prize drill
of the state militia, which was
also good In every particular, and
created much enthusiasm In the breasts of
fair maids, many of whom had their best
young men In the ranks, or some Of the
more fortunate there with shoulder.strsps
on.
There were about 10, 900 people on tbs
grounds during yesterday, and to-day
will doubtless be the great one CT the
fair, as 1t will be called Lincola day, and
many stores will be closed all day.
1t should be mentioned that the uni
formed rank Knights Of Pgthlas In thor
DRILL created \ most favorable impression
Us to the manual OF arms used by that
organization.
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
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