Daily Republican., 1888-10-08

will be opened promptly as 10 30
O'Clock by Secretary Bayard, with Sn
appropriate address. The mapssers,
thinking thAt Il might be an extra At.
traction, wrote to the dlstlnRuished
statesman and requested him to for
mally open the fair. TIE following re-.
ply has bsen received by SECRETARY T.
d Brown:
DEPARTMENT OF RTATE, WASHING,
TON, d. O., Oct. 4, 1888 DEAR sIR!
Very we'll. wiSh to obliRe the board
OF managers Of the fair. aud you may
sAy that will, At their requstt; open
their exhibition on Tuesday morning
next, ct 10 80 O'Clock. OF course, no
formal or elaborAts address will b. ex.
peoted, as merely desire to testify my
Interest In our homo Affsirs.
Very respectfully you're,
THOMAS b. BAYARD.
1t is also expected that Governor
BlRgu will be present at the opening Of
the fair. Every arrangement possible
has been made to reach the ground
without much dificultv.
Tae PhilAdelphiS, Wilmington and
Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio, and
Wilmington and Northern railroads.
have all completed arrangements for
landing their pAaseD gers at one OF the
several gates. Toe p, W. g. B. railroSd
has built special siding direct into the
grounds, by which the exhibits can be
easily hsndle1. II will also be used by
the Florida exhibition car which Will
be stationed there and form one OF the
interesting features Of the fair. To
secure safety, teams are especially Ie-
quested TO enter the main entrance on
the county road, reaching the C1usswAy
by way OF GArAsche Lane, thus Avoid-
Ing the steam cars.
The rates Of admission 10 the fair
grounds have been hxed As follows:
Single ticket, 90 cent?; season ticket
without privileges. 81; season ticket
with PRIVILEGES. $3.50; tickets admitting
children bet Ween and IA years of age,
20 cent?; ticket admitting person on
horaebaok, 70 cents; ticket admitting
one or two horse vehicle, IS cents; four.
horse vehio'e, 30 aentsi grand staud, 36
cents; quarter stretch and grand stand, (,
81. On WednesdAy, October 10Th, the
s3cond day OF the fair, all children
under IA accompanied BY parents or
teAohers will be admitted free.
The superintendents who will have
chaTge OF the several disieioDe have
bsen selected, and are 40 followg: D,vi-
sion A, horses and mules, Johu Shaw /;
Division B, cattle, r, LsWis Armstrong;
D.vision @, sheep and swine, Jason
Davis; Division d, poultry and fur ami.
mails, Robert MoFArlaD; Division E,
farm products, 81. a, MoMulleD; D.Yi-
sion +, mAohineLy and implements; 8.
A. Hodeman; Division G., fruits aud
flowers, NJ. b. Hayden; Division a.
household department, William Law
tor; Art Department, Ola Rson 8. Ham
mitt. II is said this latter exhibit vii
be very fine.
The managers sAy that there is still q
little room left unoocupiel 10 the lAdieA
: fancy goods department, but that ap
; plication for space must be made to
day.
!, The ladies Of the Homeopathic Hos
pltAl having charge of the restAurAn
have every preparation made for thi
supply OF the inner man, and this is |
great confederation At = fAiT.
The fair will continue for Ave dsYg
The REPUBLICAN, has already pub
lished the program for each day, but Il
/ may not be Rmiss to say that the ars
thing after the opening to moro y vii
ba . game Of base ball between th'
CabAn Giants and = local picked nine
: followed by . grand tournament. Thel
will follow the races announced.
Bssides the regular races on Wednes.
day there will be 3 milk wagon rae
a and q race by mules 60 As.you please.
Thnrsday will be music day. O1
, thousand voices will be present from
the German singing societies Of Read
!, ing, Lancaster, Philadelphia and VII
! minRtOn, accom- panied by music fTol
:. lthe celebrated Ringold Band. The
will follow the bicycle races and trOi
Il ting matches.
Il On Friday there will be more blcyol
. races and some Of the finest trOtting q
: the fair will come off on that day.
Saturday, will be soldiers day and
review by Governor Biggs. Then will
follow o number Of Lovel races, inolut
-. ing o running fiat race aud ste apl
y chase race over fences, hurdles an
ditOhes, after which the fair will clos'
A great deal OF hard work has bee
y done TO get the grounds In order snd th
70 buildings finished, but everything
completed. For the sue cess 80 far an
tae fne srrAugam ents made for every
= thing this community 10 iadebted to Ii
y folio wing gentlemen, though others, nc
named, have materially aided the en-
= terprise;
President, GsorSe @. L1bdell; VIC
president, Dr J. O. MoOoy; secretary
T. d. Brown; treasurer, Ohio NowlanC
2 Idireetorp, G.. @. Lobaeil, r. u. CJltoI
". Y. Warner, NJ. F Hayden, FrancI
/ N. Buck, DR.. j, o Mccoy, Preston Lsl
,John hoooy; N. D. Brown; exeoutiv
Committee, G. g. Lobdell, H, r. Dur
B. Cotton, DR.. j. @. Mccoy, I.
Brown; superintendent, Thomas 8. Ro
Z I inSoDi marshall, 81. O. MAhaty; traS
= committee. T d. Brown, H. C.Mahat
John W. Reeve; reception oommitte
William W, Lobdell, William Dupon
~ Francis N. Buok, George g. Lobdel
Preston Lea.
" Grand EXCURSION to virginia and We
n. Virginia.
igI On October 18Th the Baltimore & On
g. 3. r Company will sell round trip 6,
cursion tickets from Phllsdelphis, W
nlDgton, Del. Newark, Del, and Chi
ter, Pa, to Winchester, Mtedlet1w
70 HArrisonburg, Staunton and L sxiugto
to In Virginia, and Rompey, KsYsl
i'd Grafton, ClGIksburg and FAirmoul
tn West We, at one fare for the round tri
ne tickets good so days and permit SIC
b. over privileges at all intsrmeiia
points in Virginia and West Va.
This Is the best season OF the yesr
take q trip through this interest
To- country, and persons seeking M
nd homes should avail themselves Of q
opportunity to examine country RI