New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-04
GREAT FAIR AT BUFFALO.
OPENING OF THE SECOND ANNUAL AA'
HIBITION.
ou,rnprx,s DAY AT THE GROUNDS = ON
u,rsnnvD AND TWENTY-FIVE MORE CAR
HoAps OF EXHIBITS THAN LAST A'N"


HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE ~0"1
So,ns OF EXHIBITS THAN LAST fhAA'
~, TELEGRAPH TO ras TRIBUNE
=. . President Harrison decided az me
last moment that he could nV' co., r,,r,,,os af,or
onan The International Fair, 50 AZ " ~" -.
20 o'clock this morning Cicero o. ia,
OF the asso0i"'oD the mower for the institution,
ENGINE s.d annual international Fair was open.
anu -" = sad hoen in motion before that so far as
livery INNS 1,,ds the main building were concerned.
~ o., rros cbldren's Day. On the last schooi oay
1o-uSs We" s.holar received ticket TO the fair,
IL an anproprato inscription on the Dach All
w. ,,nder twelve went through the gates free'
1h.v noured in all day long II was estimated mat
20 ., tbem we're the grounds this afternoon
Sove n.rv more grown people. During the day there
W ,,or. bsppipess to the square inch on those 100
w. ,ban there can possibly be again the next nine
S.vs There was a grand rush to the main building.
TIVE children halted first before George Washington
and BENJAMIN Harrison, in hfe-lke wax, riding side
nv side in a carriage. The miniature Niagara River,
whose waters FIVE feet wide, rushed along at the
rate of eight miles hour, whired the models whose
inventors hope to catch the 100000 prize offered
TO any one who will successfully harness the current.
some OF the models worked. Most OF them did not.
and the inventors were hand telling in strident
voices why they did not.
In the centre Of the main building is the great
exhibit OF the Northern Pacific Rallrosd Company OF
the agricultural and other products of the great
Northwest. Tropical trees are growing in THIS
space bananas and cocoanut trees in big variety, all
IN fruit. One Of the prettest exhibits in the main
building is the tobacco department by Virginia ana
Michigan firms Scores Of girls from the Sunny
souh roll up the tobacco leaves with hghtnnGh I'd
pidity As WHOLE the exhibits are of much
higher grade than last year. and fully 100 per cen'
larger This is proved by the fact that up to
tho uresept l25 more carloads of exhibits have Deoh
received and unloaded at the Exhibition GROUNDS ina"
last wear with few moro to hear from.
The Gorgeous Russian Wedding FEAST was the
main attraction in the art gallery. IL had room %
,tseH as did Munkacsy's Last Hours OF 1uoAal''
The entire collection OF about 800 paintings Co"s'U
ing the fifth prize fund exhibition OF the American
Art Galleries in NewYOrE, helped fiji the space Inc
cattle exhibit the largest given dh aEy country
:, ont,,, NJ attraction Vice President Morton S
Cuernseys are beauties they are from Rhnechh-o
,bAUudson The Bow Park Stock Farm, Cahada'
sent some splendid shorthorns; Rennech Brothe'' Vi
Kentucky are represented; George C. Holcomos s'oo.
farm shows fine herd Of Hereiords' stevens Vi
Attaca. has a department Of the cattle building 10
biuself What is said to be the finest herd OF Gallo
way cattle In the United States comes from the
Brookside Stock Farm. Fort Wayne, Ind. Eight
hundred horses wore entered including every variety
f9m a poDv one could easily carry IN his arms TO a
mammoth iPeIoheron weighing a ton; Mambrno
King the handsomest horse In the world Leopard,
the Arabian beauty given to General Grant Dy tne
staiion. attract The most attention. The exhibits OF
poultry swine sheep and dogs are even better tnal
LAST wear Cappa's eth Regiment Band gave concerts
throughout the day. At 10 30 the Continental Drum
Corps arrived 1t consists of ten gray haired must
clans eight OF them over seventy yedgs
old and dressed in the style of 100 years ago
The sdeshow man is reaping golden harvest. me
lunch fends making great sale OF pop 10
beer is allowed the grounds The pop Is Oh
peculiar color, and tastes much like beer thaf NO
o,ld tan ha Hogan Y,
made balloon ascension this afternoon, DESCENDING
one mile in a parachute, hanging by his legs ana
coming down head first most Of the way. -
The city is crowded tonight and not so much as
a cot is 10 be had at the hotels.