Daily Republican., 1888-10-11

New Castle County By the use Of good /
and prolific seed wheat. He exhibits |
IL varieties - Q farmers exhibit and IA |
varieties 40 q seedman's exhibit. The
former includes the Surprise, a Whlte
wheat; LonRberry, . redi Reliable, red
. new wheat; LshiRh. Nos,
red aud hArdi Lebanon, No. 7, redi
High Grade Amber, Bolden, Prolific, |
No. 4, an amber e0iOI; MAEtin's Amber,
Delaware Amber, FultH Amber and
fuloaster, Q bearded wheat. In his |
rietIes As follows; Hunaioker, MoFies, |
Tuscan Island Mediterranean, Pool, Col |
chester, Rocky Mountain, Diehl MedI
tetranaAn, Eureka White, D1tt's Long.
berry aud Pure Old Mediterranean.
The doctor has . large number OF
novelties in the wheat hne, amongst
which are the HindoatAn and the Mar
tin Ambsr. The history Of how this
wheat got to this county is novel and
interesting. The HindostAn was pFopA.
gated from few grains found amonest
some goat skins. It grows over sig feet
and has heads from nine 10 ten inches
in length. The Martin Amber takes its
name from Q gentleman OF that name,
who found q few grains In his Geld,
which ho cultivated and FeoultivRted
until 1t yielded 90 bushels to the asre.
DR.. GreeuleAf has some varieties which
by his mode Of cultivation produced
123 bushels per acre, as many aB 80
stools have grown from single grain.
Samuel epeAkmAn, who has . first
class furniture store In the Masonic
Temple, IL making q hno display OF bis
suit OF plush furniture attracts general
attention and u very much sdmiFed.
NJ. A GebhAIt'a exhibition Of AlblnO,
Italian and CArniolA bees in the tent
Aunsx olAim general attention. They
are In glAss hives and every movement
OF the bees can be plainly seen. Mr..
GebhArt takes great delight In explAin'
ting everything in connection with his
bees TO Gro Wds OF curious listeners.
A fox hound on exhibition has made
herself record by having . lister Of %
puppies, and beagle has nine, al
mailer.
a uan who buzH-sAwe1 with one Of
the oily -tonR1ed gamblers yesterday
lost $50 The gambler however had no
business there even though his victims
were fools.
In hack coming from the fair yes
terday with eight men and . woman q
vote was taken for President, when
Harrison got 3, Cleveland 8 and the
lady was for Fisk.
Tho Florida Advertising Oar was
built by the jackson 8 Sharp Company
Of this city. An admission OF ten centl
10 ohArRsd 10 go inside.
The following premiums hAve beer
Awarded TO j. l.. BfoRn q % Rush.
land Gardens: LIST. premium for best
and largest design 8 feet high; tst fol
best funeral design; Let for best dinnel
and table design; 1st for best wreath IA
inches; lst for bsst cross; 1BB for beH
collection cut flowers; 2d for roses on
trusaes 25 varieties; 1at for best display
out dAhlias; 1at for best collection o
carnations; lat for bast collection o
Towering plants 10 bloom; I'd for bes
collection foliage plants; 1st for beB;
collection onrnGTions in bloom; 1st fol
best collection gsrRuiumB In blOOmi In
for best BeodlinR csrnAtiOu.
Louis Il A. GFeenleaf was awarded
two special premiums on gEeenhoust
and orchid plants.
THE Fab TO DAY.
} Notwithstanding the dullnegn Of tn
weather, and the cold northeast Wint
blowing Q stiG cold breeze, TIE peopl
. commenced 1t an early hour 10 pour In
ta the fair grounds, and every hour In
! creased the volume Of humanity. From
every direction lhe people came In every
! conceivable kind OF convey aneel, blaol
! aud white, Chinese, Italian, TeuIon and
Oalt, . bjund for WllminRton's greA
fair. From the number Of hacks tha
Allied Ohris.iAnA avenue leading direo
+, TO the fair, Il looked as II all the hack
!; in the country had osntred In WHINING
! ton.
!; Every train from all the EAilrOsdI
: centsriug in WILMINGTON brought car.
loads of human freight. Two singinI
. societies from Beading and two from
a Lancaster reached the city about 9A.n.
1 shey were taken in charge by the GermAi
+ 6snRerbund Of this city, and were en-
tertained OF n house just outside she fat
!, grounds. Four more singing sooietie
0 from PailsdOlphiA reached the oft,
< about noon, and were also received b!
u the e@ggsr0und. Nine noeieties VII
/; tlln In the concert about l O'Clock thi
: afternoon.
Atll.3O .. M, this forenoon, Il VA
J, estimated by the managers that 1890
| people were 90 the Rr0uno, and that th
o mum ber would be Increased TO $500
Q before night. The cold, chilly AtmOl
,, phsre drove the people At once into th
10 main exhibition building and the ter
d Annexss, which were all Allied at q
I, early hour with \ surging crowd this
oluId not bs penetrated, but uotWith
IT standing the cold weather, thousand
70 rOamsd around looking as the uioo
X exhibits and other attractions OF th
u fair.
% The bicycle club came en- the Rroun
about IL O'Clock and were soon testin
10 the merits of the track, A p rt OF th
1t track had been sprin kled, which cause
70 considerable complaint on the paIt {
II the Whselists. The race for the AItel
a. noon WAS expected TO come of abou
10 l2S0 O'Clock.
q Il. ID. HAnf, LeWelsr, Id East Bourt
70 street, WAS lat0 getting his exhibit
q. the ground, but when he did get It thsI
10 and got place for 1t ~ the entE Anco {
10 the exhibition building, IL attracted u
&. attention Of all oomsrs and Goars. III
u, exhibit consists of = oasa Of Am cries
1t lever watches, some gold, some sllve
topped out with the beautiful insic
works OF an American lever, enlarge
"A ~ ten times the siz of common WAtol
~ the handiW work Of Mr.. HAnf himself.
ns The main spring, hatr-spTlng, leve
ITs aud all the machinery are laid open
: vleW, and anybody can see exaotl
- how q watch moves and what makes
"a move. Mr.. HAnf has spent months
y, labor and anxiety In getting hts mod
!, :, ready for the fair, and only finished
,s yesterday mornina. 1t is beautlfl
ei plecs OF mechanism, and reflects q
Z res teat credit on Mr.. HAnf.
~ Prof. @ W. Wallace, of the WI
AS : mIngton Commercial College, makes
o. grand display Of fancy writing card
a. pictures, and plain copy which is mut
0haTiie GoodiuR's GOOD hot Mooh