Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-28
YESTERDAY on The GROUNDS.
The Day Devoted to the Hardest Kind Of
Work.

The Day Devoted to the Hardest Kind Of
Work.
The Fair Grounds presented bustling
and business like appearance all day yes
terday, and we'll into last night. There
were countless arrivals Of exhibits in all
the departments, and hundreds Of people
were hard at work arranging their dis
plays. Last evening almost every thing
was in place, and to-day the Big Fair will
be thoroughly presentable and enjoyable.
THE POULTRY AND BENCH SHOW.
Superintendent Welsher was head over
heels in business yesterday, caring for the
big lot of entries in his department. and
the display to be seen this morning will
we'll repay q visit. The show Of poultry
| in all the various kinds-Asiatics, Span.
ish, Bantams, American, Hamburgs. and
the rest-is comprehensive, while there is
large variety of choice specimens Of
geese, ducks, turkeys etc. A new fea-
ture is about twenty-five coops of fancy
pipeops-pointers, fan-tails, tumblers, etc 4,
and some of the birds shown are beauties.
The bench show is success, some fine
dogs being in the kennels, while about
twenty cats, Maltese, half. breeds and COM
mon, are in the cages allotted to them,
aud are surrounded by children all day
long.
THE MAIN BUILDING.
The main exhibition building presents
most inviting picture The great central
fountain has been Handsomely and lavish
" decorated by George W. Bowers, and
his taste evokes many expressions of ad-
miration. New features here are the dis.
play of the Mile End Thread Company, the
collie ction of maps, drawings, ETC., from the
scholars of the public schools, arranged
by Superintendent Anderson, aud unusu.
ally tasteful and comprehensive exhibits
of staple groceries, fabrics, &C., by our city
merchants. The Department Of Fine
Needlework and the Art Department both
contain many fine exhibits, and their
respective localities will be crowded with
ladies all during the Fair.
HORTICULTURAL HALL.
Here we have the finest collection of
fruits ever seen in Wheeling, although the
gardeners and farmers complain of the few
and small premiums offered, which, they
say, don't begin to pay expenses. The
amount of stuff presented in this depart
ment was 40 large that IL WAS impossible to
find room for it all. One 81. Clsiusville
farmer shows thirty seven varieties Of Irish
potatoes. and the Glass City Gardens" Of
near Bellaire, have magnificent
display, including plums of which
one can get but eight in quart,
and twenty-five varieties Of beans, and
peppers which can't be beat. One man
shows an apple bougb, twelve inches long,
with fifty-three apples on it, and one apple
thirteen inches and another sixteen inches
in circumference are shown. The whole
display ia great, and might excite feelings
of envy even in Southern California gar
derer. There is some splendid honey,
large cases O; fine woods, and great var
iety of other stuff, of which not even
mention can here he made.
FLORAL HALL.
This hall il looking its best, and is fra
grant with fowers and bright with the
variegated leaves of the multitude of rare
plants. Many extremely handsome speci-
mems are shown.
MACHINERY HALL.
This department is jammed with all
sorts Of machinery, dairy appliances fertil-
izers, and all the labor saving paraphrenslis
for the conduct of modern agriculture. In
the northern half of this building devoted
to county exhibits, we strike the only dis
appointing feature Of the Fair. The county
exhibits are in most cases conspicuous by
their absence Some of the commissioners
are on hand, but their boxes and bales
seem to have got Lost. One large display
has been on the road for q week, and can't
be found. Others were not shipped on
time, and In still other cases, the counties
seem to have appointed a commissioner
and then stopped. The great trouble Is,
that there was no central source Of infor-
nation and direction and the State D,vel.
opment Society is criticized for failing to
look after the matter. Still some few
counties have done well. Gilmer and
Monopgslia counties send splendid speci-
mens OF coal, and far-away Lincoln comes
to time with some great tobacco, and .
email but well.sslected collection Of min
erals.
| LIVE STOCK.
A great deal Of stock has been delayed
in arriving by the crippled condition Of
the railroads, but still there Is o large
amount of all varieties in the pens, and .
great many entries came in last night.
| At noon yesterday there were one hun.
dred sheep, one hundred and twenty. five
hogs and one hundred fine cattle in the
pens, and these numbers will be doubled
by noon to-day. The number Of borses 10
very large, and stall room is scarce despite
the fiffv new ones erected the paat sum-