The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-05
Howe,s Great London SNOW

luis grand ENTERTAINMENT conceded
the best in the land, will give two exhiDl-
tions here on Saturday, July 18th. No
exhibition ever received such hearty eulo-
gies from the press, as witness the follow
ing from the Canton Ohio) Daily Repos-
itory:
The Great London Show and sanger's
Menagerie, including DockriIl,s Grand
Partisan Circus, presented the most gor-
geous street display this morning that
Canton and surrounding country ever
| witnessed. The entire route on the line
of procession was solid glitter of golden
| chariots, mirrored animal dens, expen-
| siVeIy painted p1umed warriors in solid
armor, q ship thst crossed the Atlantic
ocean, mardf gras army of groteSque
| celebrities, eamels, five massive elephants.
open cages of performing animals, two
| bands Of music, the royal Tally Ho, Pos
ti1licns in beautiful costumes, waving
piumes and flying banners Of all nations,
dragon chaFiots with living demons, REIN
ieers harnessed to the chariot OF Neptune
| driven by Esquimeux, a regiment Of gor-
geously attired ladies and gentlemen
mounted on beautiful thoroughbred
horses, and many more attractions that
we cannot enumerate or have space to
| describe. The street display was more
grand. more expensive and more elaho-
rate than the newspapers have described
it or their BILLS promised, and the thou
] SAnUS OI p0NHLC WHO nave WISnOSS6O II
were more than satisfied by the stupen-
dous tournament.
The performance this afternoon was
witnessed by the largest audience that
ever assembled together at one time in
this place to witness an exhibition. And
| observation, that q better pleased and
more thoroughly satisfied crowd never
paid fifty cents to be amused. Their
promise was faithfully filed by present
| Ing the acts as they occurred, with moth
| ing cut on it. and offering twenty splendid
| features in the circus, each one Of which
was perfect gem embellished by sensa-
ton and clothed in 8 classic garb. The
| riding was undoubtedly the best ever
| offered in a circus. Madame Elsie Dock
rili made q great "hit' by her wonderful
performance on bareback horses. She
rode and drove four beautiful white
/ horses in such 8 manner as to elicit the
unanimous applause and praise of every
/ boCy. Her equal has never been seen,
and we believe Madame Dockrill is &C.
knoWledged by all circus people to be the
greatest rider in the world. One thing is
sure, nothing like it was ever before wit.
| messed here.
| Mr.. James Robinson, who is the world
over conceded to be the champion male
rider OF all countries, kept the audience
in whirl of amaZement by his agile feati
and achievements on his bareback charger
II OOEIua0, Inc SSuShtlOuaI TlQ6T.
Ast0n1shed every body by his "Hghtning
hurdle act." and caused the audience tx
wonder how it was done. The clowns
i've in number, were particularly funny
Johnny Patterson, the IRISH clown, saus
character Irish songs and ratified of joke
to the delight Of everybody. The French
Kennebel brothers were grotesqnely
amusing in their executive Whimsieali
ties. n. r. III. DoekreIPs performance
with his highly trained and beautiful
horse Ellington attracted much aEten
: ton and admiration. M. Frank Gardiner
the Australian phenomenon, did the most
marvellous feat on record by turning
double somersault over five elephants anC
camel. This we had supposed was Al
impossibflity, but an ocular demonstra
ton proved beyond a shadow of 3 doub
that there Is nothing impossible in til
hands and feet) of a circus man. Thi
wonderful performance to be fully appre
ciated must be witnessed. The entir
circus, from beginning to end, from tn
commencement OF the Mardi Gras carni
/, val to the wonderful performance Of Pro
fessor Alfred Still in the mammoth den @
FIVE terocious tigers, was the best il al
respects we ever saw; and il must be
good circus that visits Canton to satisf
s our citizens after seeing the Great London
Show.
One special feature which we ha
almost forgotten to mention was the extra
ordinary performance by Professor Georg
/ AnstingstalI, the renowned African ex
plorer, with his five Ceylcn elephants
who compelled them to go through tn
4 same performance as represented on tn
bills, Of forming complete pyramid an
other various aud difficult tricks. Tn
Menagerie Is better and more fully stock
ed with wild beasts than any other estaD
lishment of the kind that ever came here