Daily Republican., 1879-03-10
Raruu un's Great Circus

With the coming Of spring the Gil
cusses are getting ready to travel.
reporter Of the New York "World
called on one OF Barnum's men an
learned that Barnum has already hire,
his principal performers, with NOR
artists for the ring than he can use a
any one entertainment, unless h.
shows all day. He has secured Nine
Dockrill, Of tho late London show, to
gether with her husband and thei
trained horses, at bigger salary thar
was ever paid any one in that line o
business. Then he has engaged Emma
Lake, who made such hit last season
Kate Stokes and host Of others. Il
will jump his expenses up at least $500
a day more than last year. His
manager, Mr.. g. F. Bailey, accom-.
panied by the chief Of the museum,
Mr.. Jukes,' was some time ago sent
over the ocean to get something new.
They were ordered to take in all towns
from Liverpool to st. Petersburg.
Mr.. Bailey has written back that he
has "bought lot of autOmatons in
Paris, q big organ in Baden, the first OF
its kind and for which chariot costing
81, 500 is to be built, all to 60 in the
street procession. He has also bought
elephants, camels, tigers, Glands, white
bears, African hyenas, birds and mon
keys. And besides all these he has
purchased most extraordinary un.
known animal. The creature is said
to be eight feet long, four feet high,
and weighs nearly q ton. His front
quarters resemble the front of rhino.
ceros, and his hind quarters are like
those Of alton. DThe head resembles the
head Of the hippopotamus. A name
eighteen inches In length parts in the
middle and falls upon either side of the
neck. The animal is said to have four
ears, ono pair in the proper place and
the other about four inches lower down.
He is sort of "vespertilio horribilis
Battii." Two strong, sharp tusks cap.
able of doing much damage, run from
the lower jaw like those of the elephant.
He cost 10000 marks, and suppose
he was cheap at twice the money"
''The circus business is pretty live
ly one, said the reporter"
"Well, should say it was, and
there is more excitement in the busi-
hess this year than ever saw before, and
that's saying good deal, tor Pm one
of the pioneers in the profession. We
don't have much time to rest. Take
the Barnum show for instance. 1t closed
the season at Gilmore's Garden, New
York, last December. Then it went
into winter quarters. Few people
know what that means. In the first
place 300 draught horses are connected
with that show. They were sent to
grass at Brewstsr's Station and Dan
bury, Connecticut. The wild beasts
were divided between our Central Park,
Boston, Philadelphia, and Bridgeport.
The loss of animals this year has been
arge, owing to the severe weather.
Then there we're the railroad cars to
'tore; ninety of them were stored at
West Bergen, N. j., in the large build
ngs that formerly belonged to the
cummings Car Company. Forty men
're now at work constructing, repair
ng and painting the railway stock.
This year Barnum proposes to have
more elegant advertising-car than ever
,efore. Down on West street are the
nvas a shop where thirty men are at
work. on the city of tents to be used the
oming season. On Forty-frst and
streets the carriages, vans,
rucks and chariots-over hundred in
'umber-are being painted, repaired
nd built. At Newton, L. l., are tbe !
raining stables, where all day long I
orses are being worked, performers
ractising and doing double the work
hey do on the road. The ring stock
nd trained stations are also at this
ont. tell you it costs like the mis-.
hief to ran show" concluded Mr..
.eeler.