Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Fair Notes.


As the big day Of the Fair aud our pub
lication day always come together we new
er have the time to write it up very fully
the same week and make the following ad-
ditional notes.
on Tuesday about 500 tickets Of admis-
sion were sold, on Wednesday 5000, on
Thursday over 1, 1000 and on Friday 5000;
making about 2S, 500 tickets in all sold At
the gates. and not including the grand
stand tickets. The Fair men estimated the
entire attendance at $1,000, the largest
Butler has ever seen.
Wm., Earl and J. J. Hesselgesser, J. p.
Davis. \. McCandless, d. L. Douthett, J.
y. lift, J. 4. Williams, l. Donaldson, Har.
vey Hogg. John Bricker. John Rivers, c.
E. McCandless. E. NJ. Dunn, Chas Mangel,
Chas Johnston. s. H. and S. W Crawford,
and J. H. Fleming are among those who
received premiums for horses, mares and
colts.
Fred Wittee, Markle Neyman, Miller
| Hutchison, the Hesselgessers, J. B. Arner,
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Tom Hays, Alex Walker, J. H. Magee,
Martin Heinzer, John Kennedy, Henry
Kress and others received premiums for
cattle.
Robert Stevenson, Elliott Robb, VIM.
Carson, Wm. Cox and others of this conn
ty and quite a number of outsiders receiv
ed premiums for sheep.
Walter Barley. John Rivers, Bredin
Cox, the Maharg brothers and others re-
| ceived premiums for pigs.
Will Morris took the most premiums for
chickens. Clarence Reiber took first on
White Leghorn chicks.
Mesdames Mary Russell, Jennie Miller,
Adam Miller, J. 3. MeClelland. C. NJ.
Baker, Phil Grouse, W. S. Miller, Adam
Miller, E. NJ Mccullough, L. B. Stein, Jr.
Brockman, Matte Fisher, T. S. Green, S.
E. Stonebraker and Misses Myrtle Meers
haum, Ella Bricker, E. Frederick, Jennie
Hemphill, May Humes, Minnie Grohman,
E. S. Bricker, Gerte Brown, Birdie Miller,
Loretta C. Miller, Leola Montgomery,
Annie Reiber, Mary Spang, Amelia Waeh-
smith, Emeli1e Wachsmith, Langbein and
Mrs. Mary Smith took premiums in the
Fancy Work Department.
Mesdames Stewart BARLEY, Matte Fish
er, Noah Henry, Wm. Mardorf, Mary J.
Painter, NJ. A. Davis, Jennie Miller, J. B.
McClelland, Ed. Oesterling, H. c. Heine-
man, Ad Miller and Misses Ella Bricker,
Minnie Grohman, May Humes, Ida Nc
Dowell, Jennie Mechling, Jennie Shepard,
and J. L. Wise took premiums for canned
and preserved fruits, bread and cakes, etc.
Bert Heydrick took first premium at the
Fair for pen and INK drawing. His sketches
attracted much attention. The wife of one
Of our most prominent merchants now has
Bert engaged on view of their home, in
tending to surprise the master at Christmas
with the drawing
Ira McJunkin, Esq. and J. F. Hutzler
acted as Secretary RoessingS clerks. They
figured up 262 accounts, some of which
cont aimed dozen items each, in short or
er and made but one mistake of one dol
lar
The order on the grounds, considering
the immense number present Thursday,
was remarkable. The management found
it necessary to arrest but one man for dis
orderly conduct.
Sallie Fleeger won the first of VIM.
Campbelrs prizes for best temperance es-
says, Minnie Bell second, Lille Kinzcr
third and Beulah Timblin fourth
The Borough Burgess licensed no fakirs
for the streets, and collected no license
from them on the Fair Grounds for fear
they would come up on the streets even
ings.
DR.. A. L. Gable, the Veterinary Surgeon,
is attending the wounded horse Grenoble,
and the noble animal is doing well, and
will probably recover from his desperate
wound. When he became frightened and
attempted to jump the fence, he ran 2x4
scantling, sawed off square, into his breast
for distance of foot or more, when it
broke off. DR.. G. extracted the piece of
scantling, and sewed up the wound, and
as the horse was valued at $4,000 he is be-
ing cared for carefully.