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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-30
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man who loves the farm can spend a day
here in the full enjoyment of the wonder
full fruition and bountiful beneYolence of
nature. The man who is a stranger to the
farm can stay here a whole day in state
of constant exhilaration over perpetuity
OF surprises and pointers in the intricacies
and beauties of agricultural knowledge.
The Floral HALLS always fsvorite. The
beauties of the botanical world are here
without stint. The delights of the pris-
matte changes of nature in the wsyen con-
struction of delicately scented bells always
have their particular attraction. There
are large number of floral displays and
everything from the pied violet TO the for
midable cactus is pointed out and admir-
ed. The floral displays are certainly ali
good and after long course of sight-see-
ing there is no place on the grounds that
offers such a restful and pleasurable in
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A PARTY.

Master Frank RatliG celebrated his
thirteenth birthday last night at his home
on South Market Thirty of his young
friends participated. Those present were +;
Dell Kindred, Jesse Short. Rosa Rather,
Margie English, Cassie Bennett, Walter
Bolte, Lizzie Bsllinger. Myrtle Hastley,
Eddie Dill, Jessie Williams, May Antrim,
Roy Antrim. Leon Williams. Roscoe Wal
lace, John Williams. Glsed Wallace. Clair
Kracaw, John Wallace Well Rogers. John
Schumacher. Goldie Evans. May flaming.
Lola KracAw Pearl Rogers. Bessie Dudley.
Della McTaggert. David Bussnbsck, Otis
Cone. Josie Schumacher. Edward Cone.
Charlie Dill, Rex Andrews. Malvern Wal
lace, Maggie Ratlih, Frank RAtlif
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the gate keepers busy all the time
in getting the mass of humanity in with
expeditition. All day long these people, a
great many from points in every direction
of the compass, swarmed into every avail
able spot on the grounds. The Art hall
was crowded all day with a mass that ap-
pesred always the same, but changing
every instance. There are many beauti-
full things here, and the fact scarcely needs
proof. for the majority who linger is large
" made up of the femme sex aud the ex
carnations of admiration and delight are
as constant as the ripples on the sea.
This Art hall is fair in itself. but go
over TO the Horticultural hall, where the
great big, rosy, inviting apples stand in
enticing array. How the products of the
farm glisten2 How big everything is'
Nobody scarcely knew that apples grew so
large. and surely these cannot be real
watermelons But, yes, they are, the SUI
perintendent of the exhibit tells you so.
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is admired and petted by so many or the
visitors, is an imported animal of the
Shropshire variety, and was imported
from England by John L. Thompson of
Marion. Ind. The animal is beauty and
weighs 275 pounds. Six little lambs about
months old and number of fine year
lings are found in the other pens occupied
by this firm. The Shropshire variety is
noted for its fine wool, which commands
the highest prices. All these were raised
in Butler county on the ranch owned by
these gentlemen. Four pens next to those
just described are occupied by a number
of fine sheep of the Southdown variety.
Mr.. S. W. Craft brought these up from
Anthony, where he has large ranch.
These are also of fine quality and make a
good showing. Mr.. Hogue. who has a
large display in the poultry line, has also a
good display of sheep and his exhibit takes
in three pens. The breeds are the Merino
and Cotswold. Two pens are occupied by
Mr. c. p. Bush, a well known breeder Of
pure bred Merino sheep, who owns an ex-
tensive ranch near Peabody. These make
a nice exhibit and command their share Of
the attention and praises. Reed Freese,
another well known sheep raiser Of Sum
ner county, is on hand with a good
bunch of fine Merino sheep. They come
from a large ranch in that county
and show up well. Other exhibitors came
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-30
ICE KING PRIMROSE.

And that big pumpkin! Now how many
pumpkin pies do you suppose that would
make' This is question that is asked an
endless number of times. And the long
necked squashl Well. now, what would
ANYBODY want with squash that big
Nobody knows. but the man who raised it
stands near and is mighty proud of it
And long ears OF corn. twelve inches
and more. And somebody holds the big
ear up with the shuck neatly braided and
makes some jest about Kansas being a
calamity state. There is SO much to see in
the Horticultural hall So many things
that only grow so big in Kansas. SO
many fruits that only beaE such superb
tints and colors from Kansas soil Such
massive watermelons and jumbo pump
kins. You have never seen the Ike. A
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VALLEY CENTER IN LINE.

Esquire Goodrich of Valley Center was
here yesterday in attendance upon the
great fair and calling upon his many
friends. He reports everybody feeling
good in his section of the county, and al
most everybody that he has heard of are
coming down to the Southern Kansas fair.
Mr.. Goodrich is al old timer in this coun-
ty, and a rock-ribbsd, copper bottomed,
granite-bound Republican of the old
school-especiallJ the school that was re-
citing in the days Of 1861 to 1c65 He has
seen this valley bloom and grow from
wilderness Of wild grass TO lovely stretch
Of agricultural beauty. growing every
thing that this latitude will produce. He
has seen the blue stem grass between this
city and Newton as high as the back Of the
horse he rode on bis way 20 become per
manent resident Of Sedgwick county. He
has stayed with it in good and bad repute
and says that this county is good enough
for him. He expects to lay his bones beneath
the sod Of this valley. Speaking politically,
ESQUIRE Goodrich said that Valley Center
township was getting back into line as
fast as possible. 1t was q pretty sight 70
see the old soldiers, and the old-time Re
publicsns who bad been blowing with the
Alliance, get out Of the furroW and whesl
into line. why" said Esquire Goodrich.
we had q mere meeting OF our Republi-
can club at Valley Center last Friday
evening The house was well filed, our
brass band was out, and the s@dgwiok
band with Cash Taylor came down from
Sedgwick in full uniform, and Tve wakened
the echoes of tire town with some real old
time Republican music. Il made me think
OF old times" But this is only begin
ming. Wen eet there, said the esquire,
as he liz ont in 90 tine for bis train for
ngraa
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wires OF the associated press ard which
vii be found ID oar columns TINS E1ora-
ing. announcing tie death Gf ABns.a
Daisy. sho was knoHn 70 many IN tais
city. beng relative q NE o. G. Daisy
and having Aved ~ his bone she wzs .
vsBturesSu2s and plucky litfis WOMAN
who a. = Newspaper reporter had run
May risks = seezls that Ms Daisy had
gone over from Guthrie where sAs was en-
pieTed IN uewsp4per w6rk. % take 3
chance Ia the race ior Csaudler ios u
~bich race Ter horse stumbled and threw
ZAP. eaussas ias@l injuries Esd i2stsai
q 4th
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in second. The time here was 2:224,
and 222L is pretty good for the 2:2S class,
and the crowd cheered again.
The pace in the 2:S5 class was also an ex-
ceedingly clean affair, with one point
where Dick Trumpet in the second heat
pushed to the front on the home stretch
and came in first under the wire.
The one mile dash running race was also
thrilling.
The chariot race, however, was what
brought the crowd to its feet and held the
people with bated breath. The change
from the little circus tent chariot race to
the race track affair is q great improve
meat. To see eight horses hitched to two
chariots tearing wildly around 8 ring &
mile in length was thrilling. and the spec
tstors showed their appreciation with a
wild huTrah that was unApprosChed as to
volume at any other time Of the afternoon.
The superiority of the speed ring is every
where remarked. There has never been
anything like IL II she west before.
Yesterdays score and todsy's program
are given in another place.
Today promises Go De memorable one
The crowd will largely exceed that OF yes
terday The city Is already full %
strangers with every incoming train load
ed down. A large per cent OF the passsn-
gers from neighboring towns have 10
stand up in the cars. the seats being all
occupied By tonight the Jam in the city
will be unprecedented. It is surely a won-
derfUl fair and today a goiRg TO be one Of
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Grant Hatfield drove fine yesriine colt
in the yearliug race until The third heat.
The time was little fast for Grant and 80
young an animal. Matte g. a dauzhtsf
Of the great Ashland Wilkes. she ~ a good
one for her age and excited 10 little com
ment among horsemsn. All she needs IS
"A little time Next year boys Keep yonr
eyes skinned for Matte wilkes Her
master has used excellent judgment &C.
not pushing the itils mare this season
She Is as fine ~ silk
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its wonderful days. Exhibits were still
arriving last night.

its wonderful days. Exhibits were still
arriving last night.
The exhibits made in cattle so far have
been excellent The buildings which were
erected in the first place all proved to be
inadequate to accomm odate all the stock
that came in yesterday. The secretary
and the secretary's clerks were all kept
busy yesterday in making entries. The
Office closed last night and no more entries
can be made. The display in the various
departments were excellent and viewed by
thousands. The entries for the baby show
were very large and a special man was
kept rustling in recording the entries
made yesterday BY the scores of anxious
mothers whose babies are all the prettiest,
and sweetest on earth. The prize will be
awarded on Friday and whoever the
judges agree upon as having the prettiest
baby will get the sewing machine OF Thos.
Shaw.
In the way of fine horse exhibits the
Southern Kansas Fair has the best of any
fair ever held in the state. This is admit
ted by all horsemen. The two largest
farms in the country are on the grounds
with large exhibits. They are the Toler
and the Jewett stock farms.
The display of H. G. Toler's fine horses
is located on the northern side of the
grounds little to the northwest of the
Art hall. This stock farm is located six
miles from this city on the Missouri Pa
cifc road, at the station known as
Tolerville About 800 acres of this farm
are set apart for pasture land. The i'm
provements are very valuable. The barn,
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The hubbsb of fruit-sellers, popcorn
stands, taffy candy industries and a thous-
and divers devices to catch the truant
nickel, and above all the hubbub of the
great, jostling. rustling. pushing, restless
crowd that poured into the gates all day
and filled the grounds in a way which
for the first day of any fair in
Kansas is unprecedented.
Never before was there such an opening
Fairs, there have been which have reached
this height of action by the third or fourth
day; fairs, there have been with one big
day and no other. But this is fair of the
week, not of the day. 1t was big yester-
day. 1t may be bigger tomorrow and
biggest Thursday: but still it will be in
comparisons an aggregation that holds
the superlative during the entire length.
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TIE START.
15Ox4O feet, with twenty-five box stalls
12x12, and with a loft the capacity of
which is 125 tons of hay, is one of the
buildings the equal of which there are few
in the state. Plenty of water is furnished
by number of windmills and the entire
farm is enclosed by board fence.
From this farm are here the following
celebrated horses: Ashland Wilkes, record
2:22; Bide a-Wee, the horse that won in the
trotting race yesterday, was sired by Ash
land Wilkes The other fine animals are
Myron McHenry, John Steiner and For
ward The colts on exhibition are Maui
rice Levy, al. So Ed Toler, Diver, Daisy
3D." Damewood, Oriana, Silver Lake,
Autumn Leaf, Wichita Maid, Fanny
Greiffenstein, Patchen, Wilkes Maid,
Jiminey Wilkes, Susan Jones, Phoebe
Tee, lone Wilkes, Della and Sherman.
The FLIES on the grounds are Phyllis,
Betsy Toler, Alice Butler, May Wilkes
and Woodlakes. Thousands passed these
stalls yesterday and none passed without
stopping to admire the fine animals. All
are Thoroughbred stock and it is worth
miles of travel to see the display made by
Mr.. Toler The exhibit is under the super
vision of Mr.. E. c. ToleF, the superintend
ent, and Dudley White, trainer.
BY walking further along towards the
western part of the grounds, one will find
the sheep stalls. This exhibit is an ex-
celient one. Some of the finest sheep in
the country are on exhibition. The firm
of Bogue e. Carey of Rose Hill, Butler
county, Kan, have a large number of
very fine and valuable animals here.
They occupy four of the largest
pens in this department, The ram, which
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A Gns Opportunity : offered la6iss and
EEaflemsa vho vislE 70 join With tbs ex-
cavsi0a E0iHE 70 Ellsworth On ths 7th q
October open hearted hospitality sna .
good fiEss are sxpscssd. Coigzel ?. b
Plumb. Captain G>osgs r. Peek as9 =
nuzzbeT o nne takers xiil os CT haud fog
those thaf want % listen. aad thee fhzf
doa's eza sa}oT sbs sublimeiy pistEFs-3os
sssnsTy q fAs Smoky HI river fggra
whSca IN the dim distance can - sen fbs
towering halls 81 Colerzs3o. fhs mirage
vista q the plain ard ths sgrzeoas Kao-
sas saa30ser Take day ca. ooufsstss
and 80 Aad suioT sss kosgsisi3fsss q tks
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PERSONALS.
f. L. Hoyt is down from Peabody.

E. L. Hoyt is down from Peabody.
c. A. Sloan was in from Pratt yesterday.
James Lawrence of Wellington is in the
city.
H. NJ. Grove was in from Kingman yes
terday.
Miss Carr of Kansas City is in the city
on a visit.
T. J. Danford of Bellaire, o., is visiting
In the city.
Miss Ada Cormuth of Oklahoma City is
at the Carey
r. c. Ruthe OF Alliance, O., is in the city
on business.
A J. Wolf of New Orleans is registered
al the Carey.
J. R. Jacobs of Oklahoma City is at the
Occidental
w II. Carter of Belle PLANE is at the
Manhattan.
L. NJ Crawford, of the Crawford circuit,
is in the city.
William Lloyd of Argonia was up to the
fair yesterday.
r. p Smith and wife are in the city
from NickersOn.
Miss Minnie Suder of Keokuk, Ia, is
visiting in the city.
George A Sturgis came in last night
from Hutchinson
Mrs. w. NJ. Kempler of Coldwater is
visiting in the city.
Mrs L Smith of Severy was in the city
shopping yesterday.
G. w Denton and wife of Attica are
at 'iding the fair.
{. NJ Stewart of Mason City, Ia, was at
the Carey yesterday.
Mi Mary Olmstead Of Peabody visited
in the city yesterday.
Mrs. c. A Hinkle of Mount Hope was
in the city yesterday.
Chas c. Ogdon of Greenville, Ill, is
stopping at the Carey.
j. c. SmOykefer of Dexter, Kan, was at
the Occidental yesterday.
Milton Brown of Garden City was among
tn ca visitors yesterday.
AR bur Van Zandt and wife of Hutchin-
son are mere attending the fair.
Miss Ella ID. Lamb of Oklahoma is visit
ing with her mother for a week.
Thomas Doran of Medicine Lodge trans
acted business in the city yesterday.
r. w. Phillips and family of Codwater
are enjoying the sights during the fair.
Mrs E. Powell of Sterling was in the
CITY on a shopping expedition yesterday.
Misses Reece Kennedy and Dora Hixon
of Ashland are visiting friends in the city.
E. A. Holbert OF St. Louis came in last
night and is at the Manhattan during the |
fair.
Mrs E. Garwood of Topeka is in the |
city visiting her brother, c. .. Treat and
family, for few weeks.
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Two old soldiers met AZ the Office Of a
pension examiner in this city and ~ tbs
examination proceeded Il was aaceTtained
that they both belonged % tho same com.
pany and regiment Ia the war and bad not
seen each other since they scwsd together.
One was Mr. Shirk ~ SedRwick and the
other uss a Mr.. Rhosds q kellogg. and
they had pa old fashioned time together
for a while Both are now welito-d0
farmers and are getting along ia the
world finely.
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| implements, Studebaker wagons, buggies
and carts and Russell & Co. s threshing
machines. Mr.. Baker has on the ground a
complete threshing outfit, which consists
Of a Massilon Cyclone separator, ten
horse power traction engine, an automatic
swinging stacker, also combined elevator,
weigher and wagon-losder and an eight
barrel water tank. This machinery is all
set in motion during the DAY. and forms
an interesting, and 10 many, a novel sight
This entire outfit was built expressly
for the fair at the factory
in Massilon, o., and sent out here a fe W
days ago. The engine is nickel plated, and
is supplied with all the modern improve
ments, with extension smoke box on the
boiler, and other late inventions. The
separator and the other machinery is all
finely finished, vanished and otherwise
embellished to prove attractive and hand
some, for this occasion. Many who un-
derstand the business say it is the hand
soonest outfit ever turned out by the
company. The people appreciate the
enterprise that prompted the move in get
ting up this especially for the fair in
this city. This is the firm and outfit
that came down to the grounds on Mon
day evening with train of machinery and
wagons. gayly decorated and covering
nearly block in length. The exhibit is
in charge of Mr.. Baker and J. E. Dewitt,
general agent of Russell & Co, and Mr. j.
r. Campbell the expert engineer. Their
display of wagons and farm implements is
located near the hall devoted for. that pur-
pose.
Numerous newspaper menfrom different
parts of the state were on the grounds
yesterday and registered at press head
quarters. All are made welcome here and
made to feel at home.
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HEFAIR OPEN

He FAIR OPEN
ed in earnest yes
terday. From the
time the bright
rays of the sun
pierced a frosty,
crisp atmosphere,
till darkness and
mumed quietude
prevailed, tn ere
was a great hub
bub. The hubbub
of neighing horses
Of ambitious roos-
tiers, of bawling
cows, of cackling
hens and bleating
sheep; the hubbub
of hawking ven
ders, of museum
men: of descrip-
tive artists and
negro minstrelsy.
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Mr. A. A. Jackson Of Winfield, register
Of deeds for Cowiey county. is in the city
for few days Mr. Jackson - enrogts
home from Princeton, Ills. where be had
been attending a reunion Of his Old com
pany. Company ]. Twelfth Illinois tn
fautry). Only twenty-siI Of the company
were present. lie reports grad time,
and that the surviving members are now
scattered IA manF states. A = memsnio
Of the occasion they were photographed IN
A 1rOuD
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Senator Bentley is IA rsosips of ngnsr-
Gus Invitations 70 speak ia various por-
tons Of Southern Kansas. lie declined an
invitation 20 speak AZ Parsons 70 Al after
noon mas meeting on the 2sth iDst. lie
has rspsived very urgent Invitations 20
take part IN the Campaign 10 SIMMER and
EiBgrosn COUNTIES lie will make 40
effort % Ell n few eneaEsnents IN sun
neF and knzEnan counties. and A. tie
same time viii help the boTs ~ home, al
u can
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recognized is shown in the great number
of outside attractions in a sightseeing
way that have pitched their tents on the
ground. There is the museum with the
biggest mule in the world; the museum
with the horrible mau-eatIng Cyclopean
giant who is shown in the bills as devour-
ing diminutive sailor raw; there is the
petrified woman-and altogether an aggre-
cation that would throw all the travelling
circus side shows in the shade.
Add to these things the great number of
industrial exhibits on the ground, some
of which are perfectly beautiful, Thomas
Shaw's, for instance, and person who
wants to see the fair completely will fud
a whole day taken up without going near
the amphitheatre or taking one squint at
the races.
But the races cap the climax. Yester-
day the amphitheatre was teeming and
never was big crowd so thoroughly salts
fed with the races. They were clean,
high classed and expeditions. Harry
Lopez, the starter, had the crowd with
him all the time and the judges decisions
were generally received with satisfaction.
And the trots and PAGES were pretty.
There was no mistake as regards
that. The trot of 1890 foals
for stake of $500 has not been equalled in
the points of fine race in the history of
the state. When on the third heat Mary,
a Topeka mare belonging to r. !. Lee,
came dashing in victorious the crowd rose
to its feet and gave one mighty shout.
The time made here was 2:4S, which broke
the state record. A good item for the
first day: breaking the record on 2-year-
olds. And the crowd cheered again.
The 22s class trot for 81, goo stakes was a
beautiful race, the horses being punched
around the whole circuit Lord Clinton
won three straight heats, but it was only
by neck each time, Trumpeter coming
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hued blossoms.
And the stock stood in pride all day.
The great heavy stations and the fine
sleek mares, the capering colts, the broad,
hig-eyed cattle and the frolicsome little
calves; the stern and defensive ram; the
innocent-looking sheep. and the delicate.
familiar little lambs; the fat old pig, with
legs that are scarceS nothing at all; these
that will lie down in face of:all persuasion
to get him up.
These are always an unfailing attraction,
and with them the poultry without a
sight of which no one has seen the fair
completely.
After all this has been seen there is no
end to other sights. The fact that the inn
portance of this fair has been widely
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Attest. FRED scHATrNER, City CLERK.
THE WHEAT UNsoLD.

The big wheat district Of Sedgwick
county has not marketed but little OF its
wheat as yet and some sections Of the
county have not even caught sight of a
thresher. Probably not 20 exceed fifteen
per cent of the two million bushels has
been sold. Still the railroads seem iquite
busy with grain shipments. The wagon
load trade of wheat Ia this city seems 10
be increasing and the new inspector Is
fixing grades every day by the car load lot.
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Hon. Jerry Howard, a well known
lawyer of the Wichita bar, occupied a
prominent place in the judges stand yes
terdaE Ii is understood that Mr. Howard
will act as one Of the judges Of the entire
races. He is an excellent judge of horse,
of the speed and other qualities of the
animal, and is the right man in the proper
EAnSe lie has been there before.
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The case that has been up in the district
court for number OF days, in which
Maggie Green is plaintiff aud the Atchi-
sou. Topeka aud Santa Fe company is de-
PENDANT. was decided yesterday. the jury
returning verdict for the plaintiff for
s. 600 damages
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WICBITA LIGHT-INFANTKY.

Persuant TO special orders issued by Col
onel Ricksecker of the Second regiment,
K n. e., the Wichita Light infantry held
their election of second lieutenant last
night which resulted in the selection Of ].
II. Hettinger for the vacancy, by a unani-
nous vote OF the company. After the
election the boys INDUCED in very cred
liable drill on the streets