Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-12
EVERYBODY THERE.
The Crowd at the State Fair Larger
Than Ever.
A PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL DAY.
Business Generally Suspended in tie City,
The School Children out En-
Masse Yesterday,
THE RACES AND THE CAvALCADE.

inS HRStS ANU lnC SHf HISHoEi
The attendance at the Fair yesterday was
decidedly larger than the day before, and
the officials were correspondingly happy.
The number who passed through. the gates in
the early morning was not phenomenal,
but toward eleven O clock rush commenced
which steadily increased until one, at
which hour perfect stream OF people were
besieging the main entrance, and the ticket
sellers in the Office had their capacity TO
make change taxed to the utmost to prevent
a blockade. From one o'clock until two
this rush continued without internission,
but after the latter hour it fell of gradually
until three o'clock, when all but few hun.
dred strsggers had arrived At this hour
there seemed to be two or three thousand
more people present than the day before,
every part Of the grounds being more
crowded. The multitude was
ESSENTIALLY DIT EKENl
in its makeup. too, as compared with
Thursday turnout. On that day country
people largely predominated, but yesterday
The city folks were out in full force, and
The agriculturists found themselves in the
minority. This characteristic was espe-
cially marked in the afternoon when the
hundreds of school children, with their
parents and teachers, began to swarm in at
the gates with the clerks aud employees OF
business houses, shops and factories. Still,
thousands Of strangers were to Oe seen,
coming from every community and neigh
Jorhood in the surrounG!rg country aud
representing all conditions OF life. Iae
lumber oi ladies on the ground vas largr
almost b.yond precedent, the space north
Of the race track being almost wholly given
over TO ,hem after 0 clock, and they i'm
proved TIE opportunity 10 the utmost, care
fully examining The dispaysi iu he various
departments ard swerming Id and out Of
the byiIdirgs by hundreds.
N THE ,ITY
navy business men closed MP in order that
heir employees might be given an oPpor,u-
nity 10 attend the exhibition, and in the
aflernoon the town was unusually quiet and
,ssumed something of Sabbath day air.
Gvery body seemed bound for the west bank
Of the river, and the streets leading 10 the
bridge and wharf were filed with pedestri.
ans who steadily turned their faces toward
he setting sun. Carriages, barouchesr
hacks, and al manner OF vehicles, public
and private, jo;ned in the exodus, and ii
would have been hard to have found enough
material left in the livery stables OF the
city TO form respectable funeral process
sio... The schools were closed, and the
children Of high and low degree were among
he expectunt sight.secrs, happy in being so
soon accorded holiday after the inaugura'
ton of the fall term. As on the previous
day, there vas
AZ INuEN&E !NrLrN
of reople by the railroads. the l. ~ o., lhe
ONO fi.er, the Pe~!ky 0rd the IIempiald,
ca this side of The river, aud the t., y. Il c
The c., l. y W., the e. X p and the Trans.
Ohio division Of tha B. y o. on the other
bank all bringing in far more than their
usual number Of p@sseng"rs The day was
inclined 10 be bright and pleasant although
there was time in the ear ly part OF the
AFTERNOON when rain s"emed prooA5le, aud
he crowd attracted 10 the ground gave one
some ideH 0! the mighty thronr which
would have been present he'd the week been
warm AID sUUCy.
BEFORE THE FAIR WEEK
arrived many people predicted he attend
srce would tc comparatively small hecs Gse
money was scarce and the tlme3 hard bu;
as soon after the 0yoEing day as the weath
er would prrmit tae people came &c the
trcnt with rush and showed J their pres
lie That q good Fair would always meet
Sih endorsement whether The times De
gCod or 0aG and, Us We a8p- saii, had the
sealher been wha, i should haze btca me
aumDer OF admissions GhTlGg the wern
-. ID have broken 'he record 0t any ENoo.
';on pyrt :, en- Il his part Of the country.
I'trr ihe most 4.iaS0-sgla Conii'lons II
IT,. Dr, G."0i 1'rnt5i nat "u"=inE .
THE pzE rclyI
ali Others in the rp-r Ohio Valley for
= Iargs aDG Successful Fair Situated rs
rnr city is. in the center o. the richest por-
iicr OF our own State with the rich agrl.
cultural vGu. t'es Of Washington, and Greene
IT,. ne ore lard, and B-lmont, jefferson,
Nn,le ard Harrison on the ether. and with
All ne grea; Safe OF OHIO and Pennsyla a
MIA on % draw from, the N's. Virginia
State Fer mould be. ss il undoubtedly IS,
one the pest IN me | uiled states. Zach
year shows ~ imnrovement over the pre-.
-, C,,,. cue and " ~ only "A lil.-rlDl D. I! ne