St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-30

grounds 1t TOOK small army of men to
handle the contents of the cars thus brought
in. for good deal Of it was stock and
machinery.
A GREAT EXHIBIT.
Some idea Of the magnitude of the eX-
Iibit may be had from the statement made
by Secretary JudsOn on the number Of tags
made out for exhibitors. He said that one
year ago the entries numbered. all told
1900. and when his clerks stopped work on
Saturday night ut II o'clock they had made
ont 3, 700 tags, and MI. Judson said enough
entries would have come in yesterday and
to-day to make q total of more than 1000
The cattle were about all in the pens yes
terday, there being in all 1,60O head OF
thereabouts. So large an exhibit is this
that beside hlling the $50 new
pens, it was found necessar!
TO put four and six in some of the pens
which were originally designed for but hal.
that number. The stalls for the horses were
about all filed last night. among those that
came in yesterday being the entry by Mr..
Galbraith Of GAINESVILLE, Wis, who brought
some fine ClydeSdales and thirty Shetland
ponies. A number of PercheronS and other
French horses, brought direct from France
by Mr.. johnson of Castle Rock, Ia. were
unloaded at the grounds yesterday, having
been purchased in their native country not
thirty days ago. Commodore KittsonS
horses from Midway, will be taken to the
grounds this morning. The entries of sheep
were all on the grounds last night, except
flock OF thirty ShropShires, entered by Alb
ner Downs of Cttumwa, Ia, and Secretary
Judson received word that they had been
shipped from that place. The swine were
about all on the grounds, and
the secretary says the number is
five times as great as 1t was
a year ago. The machinery space is all
taken and much of it was in place yester-
day and the engines were started up yeSter-
day. Attention has been paid to the plac-
ing of shafting and gears, so that the run
ming was almost without noise yesterday.
In the main building the work was being
rushed yesterday and in the broad asles
there was general confusion. A good deal
of rivalry is shown by the many merchants
who have space in this building and each is
striving to out-do the others in elaborate
displays. To prevent the workmen of rival
firms from catching each others points two
OF three concerns have hung screens before
their space and work in concealment. and
will flash their exhibits on the public to-
day, or later if necessary, only when they
are completed. 1t was said Yesterday that
two firms in the same line have been Show
ing a good deal Of this rivalry. Yesterday
it came to the ears of one that the other had
certain articles of dry goods that were not
in the iatter's stock. He wired to New Y DIRK
to rush quantity of the article in Ques-
ton, and said it would be on exhibition i'll
his display Wednesday morning. Two Or
three features in the main building will be Of
unusual interest. One is the winter carni-
val booth. In this will be miniature
representation of the St Paul ice palace
made Of glass. On each side of this will be
toboggan Sides and i'll front a representa-
ton of curling rink and skating rink.
with other winter sports in view i'll the
rear. 1t looked very much like old times
to see half-dozen toboggans, with the
familiar banners, inscribed ''W akouta, +"
etc. Haunting from the sides. It is the
wish of those who have this booth in charge
that the banners of all the carnival clubs
be taken there. Another ATTRACTION Of the
main building will be the flowers and
plants.
TWO CARLOADS OF FLOWERS
arrived yesterday. One carload came from
the greenhouses of S. J. Lousey of
La Crosse. 1t was a quantity of cactuses
and palms, which will be placed about the
central ornamental piece in the main build
ing. The other carload of ported plants.
many of them in bloom, is the property of
Smith d Williams of Iowa The races
will begin this afternoon, the program for
which is given elsewhere in this edition of
the GLOBE. 1t has not been fully decided
who will act as starter for the races. Fred
c. Pillsbury of Minneapolis was mentioned
yesterday as probably the man, though the
officials had not been notified of his accept
ance of that position. The judges will be
d. W. Woodmansee of st. Paul and DR..
o. j. Evans of Minneapolis, the timers
Bruno Beaupre of ST. Paul and j. c. Os
wald of Minneapolis, and S. ?. Fluke Of
Farmingto2 will act as clerk. c. G. Demp-
sey & Co. of Chicago will have charge of
the pool-seliing, and pools will be sold
each evening during the week
at the Merchants hotel in st. Paul and the
Nicollet house in Minneapolis. OF course
much remains to be done in putting exhibits
in place to-day. For instance. little of the
butter and cheese exhibits was on the ground
yesterday, fact thought to be due to the
extremely hot weather of last week, which
prevented exhibitors from sending along
exhibits that would wilt under the terrible
heat. But the fair is much nearer ready to
be opened than is the rule with state fairs
the day before the opening. The extra
trains will begin running to-day, and to ac-
commodate the crowds extra turnsties have
been put in at the union railway station,
and two new gates, one for passengers for
each of the Twin cities, will double the
space for egress over last year.
Notes From the Grounds.
Application was made yesterday for space