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OMAHA DAILY BEESATUEUAY. . MAHCH is i88 .
STEELE , JOHNSON & GO. ,
\WHOLESALE &ROCERS
AND JOBBERS IN
iFlcur , Salt , Sugars , Canned Goods , and
All Grocers' Supplies.
A Full Line of the Best Brands of
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'CIGARS ' HmCTURED TOBACCO ,
Jlgonts for BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIH & BAUD POWDER 00 ,
THE JELM MOUNTAIN
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Mining and Milling Company.
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Working Canltil - t&x.ooo
Capital Siock , Jl,000 , < > 00
P r Value ot Shares , (25,000
.STOCSL FULLY PAID UP AND NON-ASSESSABLE
Mines Located in BRAMBL MINING DISTRICT.
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DR. J. I. THOMAS , President , Cummins , Wyoming.
\V11. E. TILTON , Vice ProsUcnt. Cummins , Wyoming
U. N. UAUW'OOD , Secretary , Cummins , Wyoming.
A. Q. LUNN , Trooaurer , Cummins , Wyoming- .
Dr. J. I. Thomas. Louts Miller W. 6. Dranicl , A. d Dunn
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K. N. Ilarwood. Fronds Leavens. Oco. II. Foloa. Lewis Zolman
Dr. J. 0. Watkins.
noS2mo5m OEO. W. KENDALL , Authorized Agent for Sato ot Stock : & * ' " > °
W. B. MILLABD. B. JOHNSON.
MILLARD & JOHNSON ,
COMMISSION AND STORAGE !
llll FARNHAM STREET ,
OMAHA NEB.
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REFERENCES :
OMAHA NATIONAL BANK ,
STEELE , JOHNSON & CO. ,
TOOTLE MAUL & CO.
FOSTER &
WHOLESALE-
LUMBER , GOAL & LIME ,
On River Bank , Bet. Farnham and Douglas Sts. ,
DEALERS IN
Fire and Burglar Proo
4ES . = H
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. ,
1020 FarnhamifStreet ,
S. W. WYATT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
rLath , Shingles ,
SASH , DOOES , BLINDS AND MOULDIHB8 ,
15th and' Cuming Sts , OMAHA , NEB
FASHIONABLE HATTERT
R. J. SAXE ,
"Has opened a New Hat Store in Opera House Block on 15th St. ,
wnere pan be found all the desirable Styles at Moderate
Prices , A oomnlets Spring Stock has been bought
and will arrive in a few days ,
A Full Line of Gents' Furnishing Goods will be added soon.
R , J. SAXE , FASHIONABLE HATTER ,
Hair Goods , Notions , Ladies' Furnishing ; tfood ? . Ulsters , Circulars
and Suits ,
sov
Wholesale Lumber ,
So , 1408 Farnham Street , Omaha ,
THE OIROUS IN AMERICA ,
Startling Changes Made in
Half a Century.
The Early Shows In Convenient Darn
Ynrds The Old Bowenr Am-
phlthoatro the Orndlo of
the Business.
A history of tlio circus in Aincticnt
which loads the world in this sort of
lung , shows what Yankee cntcrpriso
ia * nccnmpllshcd in 0110 ditoction.
7h patiplo who view Iho imtmuoth
affairs ot to d.iy must knoar that they
vitnoss nights which previous gonara-
ions were not privileged to eoo at
any price. The globe 1ms hoon hunted
over from cast to west and from north
o Bouth for boasts and birds , ouriosi-
ios , and wonders to make thu circus
ompleto , and sonio object from every
iliino may bo Btotu 8i'oratnply there
s nothing that will attract Mich
rowds or in which RO much
lolight IB tukon aa the circiu. Poole -
> lo will { jo nrilfls to see it and never
ire of it , It is unlike any other
onn of amusnmont , and is popular
with nil classes. Then ) ore not the
comforts in the Beating accommodn-
ions that nro afforded at the thca-
pr , but everybody goes for n Rojd
ime , and will bear the crush without
complaint. Nowhere else can such a
oily multitude bo found. The
crack of the '
ring-mastor'a whip
and the jests of the clown'
re , apparent ! } ' , cures for every care.
The joungvr folk hnjl the coining of a
circus with as much joy as they do the
approach of Christmas. And the older
oik do not go simply because U
( leases the children. They look , listen
and laugh liucause they enjoy it. In
liort , a ciicus is calculated to entertain
ho masse * . To say that the circus is
distinctively an American institution
would not be going much out of the
way , for in no country is it conducted
m such an extensive scale ns in this.
L'ho circuses < if EurcVpo are mom oido-
hews compared with the mammoth
( fairs thah pitch their tents in almost
very city of the Union each year.
Tito eyes of a Rray-lmircd thowman
dndlcd ns ho recounted , the other
lay , the changes in the business in
ho past half century. The first cir-
us started out from Putnam county ,
N. Y , in 1827 or 1828. The firm
vhich made the venture was known
B Angevino , Titus & Burgess , all of
whom have lent ? einro been called to
heir fathers. Putnam is peculiarly a
circus county. The farmers and bu-
inoss men of the present day have
icon or still are interested in circuses ,
[ 'ho people tn'k riroup , brood circua
lorsos , and send out from their midst
circus proprietors and performers. The
riouoer circus tiad no tent nor Boats.
That was before such things were
hought of , and the original how was
a very primitive aifur. Nor were
animals considered necessary adjuncts
o the Bhow , although subsequently
ho firm eccurod an elephant. This
was the first elephant shown in this
country , and it created a sensation.
.t died in New Brunswick. The pro-
.ranime of the circus when in was or-
; anized consisted of feats of strength ,
uch as lifting heavy weights and
lolding at aim's length , leaping , and
riding without a bridle. A vocalist
sang comio tongs and n < fife and onoor
two drums furnished music , or , more
properly speaking , noise. The company
did not comprise over eight or ten
jorsons and as many horees. The ex-
ilbitions were given in barn yards and
> arns wherever u cluster of houses
suggested that a cro.vd might bo called
iogother. The people ntood up and
he taller ones , of course , had the
best of it. The prices of admission
ranged from 0.1 to 2s , and in many in
stances were adjusted to euit the
> ockots of snnll boys and impccnni
ous individu Us. No performance was
( ivon in the ovoninsr , as there was no
cnown way of securing light.
About 1810 , John Robinson , the
jreat four-horse tidor , startled the
iountry by his miraculous feats on the
jan < buck of a horso. In the same
ur Van Amburgh took his circus to
England , and made a largo amount of
money. In 1850 , or thereabouts , the
price of admission wis put up to CO
jents , and "reserved Boats , " which
wore simply common sun IB with a
pifcoof carpet spread over them , wcro
offered. Suth Howes went to London
with his circus in 1850 , and took the
British people by storm. His adver
tising bills , though they would now
be considered commonplace , were re
garded as wonderful , They wore
printed in colors , and uhore posted
drew vast crowds. People wouli
stand half the day and look at them.
They wondered how such great sheet B
could ba printed , and did not scorn to
understand that they could bo struck
off in sections and be put together af
terward. They thought they must be
run off on a colossal printing press.
The streets were actually blocked by
people viewing thorn , and the author
ities wore obliged to order them
down.
Since I860 the improvement in cir
cuscs hns been great. In that ye a
Lewis B. Lent , proprietor of the Now
York circus , which exhibited or
Fourteenth street commenced t raven
ing by rail , The innovation was as
important one , and the other circuso *
were eventually compelled to follow"
Van Ambunfh's was the last to leave
the "road. " Lent's original trail
consisted of 12 cars. Ho had no
menagerie , but gave a fine ring sho/- .
Mmo. Dorkrill first appeared in his
circus. He did much to ekvato the
business. Ho
compelled the per-
formeru to wear proper attire , and
would not permit vulgarity Jn speech
or action. Things have chungoc
greatly einco Lent's circus train was
whirled through the country , Bij ,
circuses nowadays require three traini
aggregating forty.hve cars. Besides ,
from three to five advertising cars
precede them , the first by four or five
weeks. Until late years wagons were
used for this purpose , but these were
not fast or magnificent enough , The
catapult and clcctno light are Into ad
ditions. The employes are fed on the
ground by the circus manager. * ,
and only the principal perform ,
ers go to a hotel. Where forty
horses used to bo the limit
frpm 200 to 300 were employed before
thecircuios took the rail. Or.o tout
this year will be 450 by SCO feet in
dimensions , The expenses of a biy
circus amount to $3,500 a day. The
largest amount taken in in a single
day is 814,000 the receipts of a show
at Pittaburg , Pa. , last season. It ia
often the case that three jKirformances
are given in n single day in the
morning , afternoon and evening.
And the side-shows nro a great deal
larger than the earlier circuses. Thu
advertising has grown to bo the big-
Rest part of a show. The size of ho
first bill w § 30x40 inches and now
sorno of them nro fifty times aa largo.
It is almost as proat a ight
to aeo the bill-beads na it ia
to ce the performance. It
tias reached that point whoron fourth
of July celebration is not n much
greater event than the appearance of
a circus. The railroads run special
trains with a coupon for the circus at-
nchod to the ticket ; people toke a
Holiday , and como fifty or sixty miles ,
and in the evening the showmen * end
up n firu balloon , discharge cannon ,
and sol elF tiro-works. There arc not
ns many shows now ns there were
years ago. But seventeen of cbnso-
luutice start iut this year , whlld dur
ing the war there were forthwith
only half the country to exhibit it.
The larger ones have swallowed the
smaller.
Every circus manager acorns bound
lo see how extensive a herd of ele
phants ho can collect. One has 2'2
ind another on the way noross the wa
ter , wlulo a second hns 21. There are
at jvosoiit 77 elephants in the ooun *
; iy Tlio monngcrioa this yor will
> < i particularly tine. That of Aduni
b'orei > mlt | > i i mid to Burpm-a any z * o
ogical garden. Cncus limit I'O'
{ ard the ptn-p'-ot-t ' of the sea-
ion aa good , ilio times nro frvvoin
) lo and thur. . p yiisld pnwl'
sos well. The agiiuilUiral tlutrio'te.
mvo everything to do ith the prm *
jority of the circus. 0 d showmen
iiy circusu.i luve nlmut r Mchod their
iiniU 1'hu ) are too largonlieady. u il
u time thi y u ill rciuin to ono large
i11 ; . Thrut r t.fjs < Ui not > { ive FaUs-
' .Oiioa. J'eop'e ' cannot watch thoni
nil at otiCih Tlio lilut "circus _ podl"
will be formed < hia your tlmt i * , two
ival oitcuso * , in onicr not 'to'plunge ' '
nto ruinous ciimuetition , will dividj
the country. Ono will take cno route
t.d the other anothor. As peanuts
and lemonade are inseparably nsao- "
cintod with circuses , it may be well to
lay that the production of both will bo
urge at leant at the circuses.
The Idea of an ndvarco agent was
iot thought of until Intvr. The coin-
tmy : travt-led overland , unannounced
) t forehand , and when a short distance
'rotn the stopping place halted to pro-
i ro for the "parade. " The members
idorned themselves in their toggery ,
and , headed by the "band , " swept
down on the astonished natives. _ A
oud-vuiced person would proclaim
; hat a show wus to bo given , and the
icoplo would come from the fields and
muses to find out what it all meant.
tt is imagined that there was n hurry
and bustle in scraping up sufii-
olent money to "BOO the thing , "
aad when the crowd had
reached proportions largo enough the
circua would begin. The singer and
, he man who boat the bass drum ,
were special objects of admiration ,
and they could not make too much
discord to suit the throng. If $75
was taken in the receipts were con
sidered heavy. The company nould
f > ut up at a farm-houso or tavern , and
: ho next morning at daj break start on
[ or the nearest hamlet. What people
ple must have thought when the first
sircus caino among thorn can better
be conjectured than told , but it is safe
to say that it afforded them some
thing to talk about for months after
ward. Pad-riding , or Banding up
right on a wooden plat lor m on the
back of a horse , was introduced after
a while and proved a great feature.
The circus continued to increase ,
but it was not until 1831. that a tent
wn used. The first tent was an " 80-
foot round-top , ' * and' was erected at a
point where the Bowery and Grand
street intersect , which was then away
out of tlio city. In this tout seats were
supplied , and the event marked nn
epoch in the circus business. The
Bhows began to increate , and competi
tion was the moans of adding to their
merit and oxtciit. The managers
weio not long in discovering that it
was essential that a man should bo
sent ahead to announce tliurapproach.
The agents , however , kept unly u
day or so in advance , and they nero
ospeeled to talk people into a frenay
of excitement over the promised treat.
Later , where practicable , bsiof notices
were put in the newspapers , but in
these times papers Were few and fai
between , and wcro seldom printcc
ofteiif r than once a week. It was no
ui.til a lout ; while afterward tlmt bills
were used. Shows olwaji halted out
side of a town to prepare for the gor
geous entrance. Vaulting and siml
lar fuels continued to bo the main
features for years. A man
named Levi North used ti
turn 100 somersaults in suce
cession , and his fame spread from ono
end of the Jand to the other , Jump
ing from a spring-board and tossing a
cannon-ball drew plaudits from the
spectator * . The show * in these early
dty * Uttod t-bout t n hour and a halt.
When , finally , an elephant became
part of a show , people , young and old
would follow it for miles. It was sucl
A great piizo that il was kept closely
blanketed to hide it from unprofitable
ots. If R fat boy happened to
bo whh a circua ho , too , was
kept out of sight. Next to an ole
phiint , a fat boy wastlie biggest nttrao
tion. It was altogether too early for
midgets , and their worth was not op
predated until Tom Thumb demon
itrated how big a liltlo body could bo
At last , when evening performances
wcro Bubstitutod , v'ho tents were
lighted with flambeaus , which flickered
od and hinudged and emitted a grea
denl more smoke than light , In the
coursu of time domestic animals , euoh
us foxes , rabbits , and coons , were put
in cages and exhibited.
After years had passed away , thn
Old Bowery Amphitheatre , in Now
York , was opened , kid here the enl >
really good show of the period wax
given. The amphitheatre was , it may
ho raid , the crdlo of the circua ii
America , It was conducted by Join
Tryon , and in the winter two or thro
companies which traveled in the sum
mer would bo combined in it. Hero
Barney Williams , afterward famed for
hia Iruh characters , now dead and
gone , sang comic songs and executed
plantation or ' 'nigger" ' dancec , Ho
waa a prime favorite with the
crowds. Olhir attractions were
the Sticknoy fatuity and the
Madiguns. ' The first clown of
note John Gosson appeared in the
amphitheatre. Ho waa a comio knockabout - "
about clown , The clown soon became
a great card , and no circua waa coin-
plolo without ono , Gosson alone waa
Mifiiriei't to fill the lit tuo Dan Mfico
emanated from the ninphilhoutro ,
wtiilo S" h II me * , lioh ntnl retired ,
w u fiuii tiiir n rfilpr , and John
Nttllwm Hiid ( lu.itifi V lUilfv , both
non of wwUth , wo HI put > iiiuriin it.
[ n 1840 Herr DresW-h dr < ve a Hi' . . ,
mrnwised lo n car , ) . r > ss thu s-a/o ot
.ho Old Bowery Thcntra , and created
n furor It was ho v ho i.itroduccd
wild aninuls in Anii > fen , nnd a rude
: ut of a lion , executed by niAii n.uiird
looth , imw in po-KMbion of Mr
James lloil'v ' , thu Sprtici btreut print *
pr , wns I'bvil in iniiini.n bills lor the
lorform.inc. . Tluvo l > ill went the
irnt ieguoit for thu hi > w htisimss
trnn Ambtirgh lOuk the rno from
Drctbach , nnd bcgnti oxhibitiiit ; iini-
n.ils. Ho used to go into a den uf
ions , nnd bccaino celebrated. His
ntno Tfts siinit' " Variety shows , and
ho air wns whistled on the strooU nnd
s well known at this tiuiotn Germany
s in Amotica.
A word about circuses in foreign
inds. There is none Imlf the s Ko ol
ho largo circuses In America , nl-
hough Myer'd , in Oomiany , is filir ,
Cugliind never saw ono that could
qual liono'a old show , nnd to this
liy circiifcs nro piqcn in the opun atr
t fnirs in that oountry. The ptoplo
ortn n rintr , and a culluclion ! then
ikcn.
iP.ilj-itatton of il > o Heart.
' . M. MUlit , Syracuv , N. Y. , wiitc :
' \Mien 1 lirs * . c miU'cncrd inp yiUlf
'uiinocK llLooti UITTKIIM I w s ironbloil
vith lluttH 111 unit i > .iltiit < itiun of the
IL rt. Ifuhuoil ; ami I-IUUH ) , with n
unnlmem nt t o limbfiiice ; using , ; nv
it'iirt Imi nut tuntb cd mo nnd the niihib-
nir sens Ul n 'B all ( ,0110. " 1'rlco SI ' 0 ,
ll.il nizo 10 cont.i. Iw
Sioux City fi Paoiiic
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THE cSIOUJC U1TY KOUT1-
Kims elM Tnillirough ! \ from
Council Blullo to St. Paul
\Mthout Change Tlmn , Only 17 Hour *
rr IB
C.OO MlLkCB TUK HI10IITB3T KOUTF
PROM
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TO ar. PAUL , UIKNEAI'ODS
DULlTir on BISMARCK
lid nil polrta In Northern Iow . Mlnnomu IK
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SPEED. BAKETY AND COMfOIiT
t luisurptmiid. Pullman Palico Klocplug C i
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usCltyau.l St Paul , \la Council UlutJi ftnd
Stoux City ,
Trains Icarc Union P&clflc Transfer ftt Caun
cil Illufld , at 7:36 : p. m. dally on arrival of Kanut
City. St. Joseph unit Council lllufli train from
the South. ArrMng nt Sioux City 11 ; 85 p. m.
and at the New Union Depot ftt St. Paul at 12:5C :
noon.
TEN nouns IN ADFANCR OF AKYiOTnEP
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trRcmembor In tiMng the Slonx City Rout.
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ho Quickest Time anil a Comfortable Hldo In til
rhrouch Car * tvtwrcn
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Prom Omaha and the West.
So chanirr ot cmr between Omh Hid At. tXal
tnrl but one botwton OMAHA nd
NKW YOUK.
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Eeal Estate
3,000 PIECES
OF
PROPERTYI
For Sale
By JOHN I. CLARKE ,
S. W , cor , Douglas and 14th fit *
I w ut > * OO (1 ( 11
To Nervous Sutterers
THE OREAT CUROPEATi REMEDY.
Dr. J. B. Bimpeon'B Specific
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THE OOGMTAL !
J. I. PAYNTER ,
Proprietor
Corner 10th and Howaro
gtreots ,
OMAUA , JsMiR
.Two Dollars Per Day ,
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DOANE & CAMPBELL ,
Attorneys-at-Law
JUST RECEIVED THE
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From 1 cent to $1.50 per Dozen.
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603 North 161 h Street.
CLOTHIER !
, Is Now Located in His New Store ,
1303 FARNHAM STREET. '
O..e Door EiBt of the New York Dry Goods Store. \
AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
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L BRASH , - - 1308 FAflNHAM ST.
"BASWITZ & WELLS ,
OPERA HOUSE SHOE STORE ,
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RESPECTFULLY ,
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1301-1303 Farnham and 300 to 312 13th 3t
Opera House Clothing Store !
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