The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-21

ton in the schools this week, has given
the fair a great boost in the way OF 10
cent admissions. They run up to 10000
per day.
WEST TIERINIA BUILDING.
The West Virginia frame building
remains unsold. No two people seem
to have the same idea as to what it
ought to be worth. 1t cost here SIS, 500
and was built by competitive contract.
II seems to be very dear building, in
deed, at SlS,500. There are those who
say that it can be duplicated at Wheel
ing or Parkersburg for $4,000. 1t cost
$iS,500 without n foundation, and the
ceilings were furnished by Caldwell
and Peterson and by the Wheeling Cor.
rugating Company at merely nominal
price. The cost OF the lumber in it,
which is mostly hard wood, is quoted at
$1,000. Col. Chancellor says that the
contractor claims that he lost money on
the job.
The Merino sheep committee, Of
which Col. Aleck Campbell, OF Brooke
county, and julius Le Moyne, oil Wash.
ington county, are members, has fin.
ished its labors and made its report.
Two Of the Prussian rams that received
medals were sold for $500 each, and Col.
Aleck says he deplores the fact that
some West Virginia grower did not get
them. They go to Montana.
took q re-survey OF all the wool on
exhibition in the agricultural building
the other day. West Virginia, Penn
sylvania and Montana occupy one com.
partment on the second floor, and only
fill about two-thirds OF it. Ohio fills Il
similar compartment by herself, as does
Wisconsin, also. New South Wales has
more wool on exhibition than all oil the
states, and am not sure but what the
Argentine Republic also has. Among
the West Virginia exhibitors are John
r. Pogue, Thomas II. Strain, the q. ii.
Beall estate and James Hukell, OF
Brooke county; Abram Wilson, A. K.
Jacob, Mrs. Rebecca McColloch, ". +.
and ]. P. Whitman, OF Ohio county; 2.
4. Pugh, of Hancock, and S. A. Cock.
ayne, OF Marshall. Among our neigh.
boring Pennsylvania exhibits are James
Glass and Lee K. Scott, OF Burgetts.
town; S. A. McCalmont, OF Hickory;
James McCelland, OF Cannonsburg. J.
S. McNary (also OF Washington county,
had All exhibition OF attractive deaiHe
merno fleeccs. The only Saxony
tleeces that saw here were those OF A.
Il. Jacob. There was only one Belmont
county exhibitor, viz, James B. Ricky,
OF Uniontowu, who has some Atwood
merino feeces that weighed twelve and
half pounds each,
DnF 30, Nan. Cnnib NnIag "a
Imay mention that she is possibly the
best all-round exhibitor at the fair.
She has certainly spread herself in Il
way that attracts marked attention.
She especially let's the world see abund-
ant specimens OF her wealth in mining
and agriculture. She posts up above
her wool exhibit that she raises $751;
SS6,720 pounds yearly, worth 500, $780,
$50, or say Ice per ID. She is on hand
also in manufactures, and in the liberal
and fine arts departments, and shows up
also in the forestry building One OF
the Chicago papers draws contrast be-
tween her general exhibit and that OF
the mother country, Great Britain.
Great Britain has made ouly an iudtt-
ferent impression at this fair. She al
lowed the New York papers to fool her
into the idea that it was to be failure.
Germany, on the other hand, took the
risks, as she did in our war, (when she
bought our bonds) and has covered her
self with credit in all departments.
Like New South Wales, she is first
class, all-round exhibitor. She is espe-
cially great in the manufactures depart
nent, and ranksvery high in machinery
hall.
OUR WHEAT EXHIBIT.
The wheat crop OF West Virginia, ac-
cording to census statistics only aver
ages q little over 10 bushels to the acre,
but see by her exhibits in the agricul-
tural building that William Hogg, OF
Short Creek, claims to raise SO bushels
10 the acre, weighing siXIy and three.
quarter pounds TO the bushel, and iron
abushel and a half OF seed. 1t is lablod
the gold straw variety. Milton Lazear,
also Of Brooke, exhibits a specimen oil
Fultz wheat which yielded IS bushels
TO the acre. lack Cox, Of Ohio county,
shows come Pool wheat that averaged
q bushels, Maxwell brothers some aver
aging %, and s. S. Jacob and W. W. For
man some Fultz wheat that ran % bush.
els. G. @. Forney, OF Brooke, claims
that he raised 30 bushels OF the same
wheat to the acre and that it weighed
81 pounds to the bushel. lie used one
aud three.quarter bushels OF seed,
Forney also claims to have raised 40
bushels Of buckwheat to the acre, from
three pecks Of seed, weighing 4s pounds
to the bushel On the other hand Jas.
McNeal has an exhibit OF buckwhsat for
which he only claims 10 bushels to the
acre. In the way OF corn, II, c. Morgan,
Of Ohio county, takes the cake in the
way OF an exhibit which he says yielded
so bushels to the acre and weighed 10