The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-03-08

The county fair board at thei
>, meeting Saturday afternoon, held 3
the Office Of Carlin & Supple, com
>, pleted the county fair premium list
and also prepared purses for th'
races 20 take place at the fair q oundi
at the the time Of the county fair a.
arranged by the X ansas Grand Cir.
cult Association. The date j. sep
tember . to3s.
The premium list Of the county
fair j. a duplicate Of last years list.
y except that some premiums have
been increased-nOt decreased; sew
eral additions Of premiums have
heen made and no eliminations
made except in the grass displays.
The fair board have started cut with
the primary idea Of holding a grand
and successful agricultural fair in
lss7. The crop prospect was never
more suspicious, and the golden har-
vests may well be celebrated IN a
manner a. becomes a grateful pe0-
pie. II the people prosper, a. seems
in store for them, they should strike
high in the work now undertaken in
their behalf by the fair directors.
The ladies' department has receiv-
ed the full attention Of the board.
and the premiums i'm that depart
ment are quite liberal. Three pre-
miums of SIS, SO and - have been
added for the best display Of fancy
work.
Parties entering stations and
mares for premiums will be required
10 furnish proof Of their breeding
qualities, either by afiidayIts or by |
showing their offspring.
The directors in charge Of the de- |
partmeuts and their superintrud- !
ents, appointed at the Saturday.
meeting, are - follows.
Grain aud Vegetables. An
dersOn, Director, e. Post, Sup't.
Fruit-Jas CarIin. director. Isaac
Hagler, supt.
Cattle and Sherp-F Fry. director,
Robert. Muir, sup't.
Swine-F. Fry, director, - l..
Wilson, sup't.
Poultry. J. D-ighan, director
Horses ard Mules-G. \. W. Boue
director, sam Carlin, supt.
Fancy Department-I.aura Ayin,
sup't. James CarIin, director.
Agricultural Implements-Tho-
Anderson, director. Rob't Anderson,
~up't.
The total purses offered for the
races amount to - $50, and are pre-
scented in subdivisions n follows:
SECOND DAY.
-.-'- Fariu- Enr- .sIs
.:isi min. Glass TrutIing I:sr, 5u
year nld rruttius tla>~ ist
'i"nteuen'> Roadster. tr"ttine or
pucins race. Tar saline county hnr-
49, not friinr't by or boz tho hau,-
ni a trainer. ami not having ua,I,
mile in thrrr minufe> or h.ttrr uu
Pony Running Race. o.. miles. o.
hands or und'r. - entrance f..c.
70 hll and . 20 start. Association
add ~ per cent. 10 first and toprr
cent Co --rnud .--s-s,
THIRD DAY.
Free Tor ALL PACING Race 90. s."
Race. 30
1:i.'- Pacing Race - ,
Running Rar--mil- amt r.I-.af-,s
and u -. iiuu q
FOURTH DAY.
Fre ."r au-rrptrinr Ha~. $50
stallion Trpriiur Hac- 80 r
.-yr oid TrHiu= Race. 10 r
Novelty Running Eu~, l>,-lus. d
Total ss.>0 .
j. W. Wells was appointed super
.ntendent Of the speed ring. and lac .
the judges q" the hoard a
for their approval. This Is change :
rom the plan heretofore in vogue, -
and is a creditahle feature o
An entrance lee Of Iu per cent Of Il
Inc class is chsI ged all horses entered I,
.oT races. All amounts remaining "a
rom the speed ring were decided by .
he board to be applied to the inn
Drovement of the fair grounds.
realized last year an ex-
'ess Of $3.OOO from her speed ring. n
struck on the Head while stealing CoaI.
At about ] o'clock Sunday morn u
ug colored man reported At police Il
headquarters that the wife of An -
oine Martin. Frenc. man living "
IN second street between the santa v
Fe and Rock Island roads. was in -
i bloody condition, he knew not \
rom what cause, and requested that "
doctor be seut To the scene. Dr. J. a
". Crowley, in company with pO- n
icemen Kennedy and Beedy. repair 81
ii Ia the spot. The woman was II
ound 20 he in her SENSES aud beyond Il
having been struck ON the head So
'erely there was no material injury. a
She could not talk English The ii
nan who will he remembered 10y J.
many A. having driven the lee wagon ei
II W. II. Sweeny last season NUT
cred out something To the effect that fl
ii- wife had been hit on t1e head 10y r.
i chunk of coal at the santa Re 4
'hute-iurther he is reported To have 4
aid that all the people about there Is
tole coal from the railroads. An !
examination was made and tracks Of u
man, woman and children diScov-
red in the newly-fallen snow lead
ng from the house To the coal chute
lud return. The signs indicated that u
.ome one had climbed upon the chute y
md coal had been tumbled down and 81
placed in hsg-Ihe man asserting n
hat the coal had been thrown of t'
" his children and put in bag by l
lis wife, and as ne claimed a large Ii
hunk had hit her on the head. u
knocking her senseless for a time. II
\ chunk nearly as large a. a PERSONS u
read and embracing more rock than n
.osl in it, ingredient parts, was 1
picked up close at hand, and is sup al
'Osed To have been the agency a.
through which an expose was made. u
The tracks in the snow were follow N
ID to the cellar, and down there was II
half-hlled bag Of cOal-the bag u
hOwing signs Of having been out in v