The daily gazette., 1879-10-16
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE
GATHER UNDER DARkuM's AMPLE
CANVAS AT YESTERDAYS PER-
FORMANCEs.

GATHER UNDER DARktM's AMPLE
CANVAS AT Yesterdays PER-
FORMANCEs.
The showmen SAID, yesterday after
noon, that there we're eight thousand
people under the canvass during the
first Performance Of Barnum's circus.
They claim The tent will seat 10000.
This seems like a huge number Of peo-
pie to assemble at circus in this city,
but single glance at the audience would |
have convinced any doub ing person
that the estimate Of the showmen was
Mt far from right. Military men in the |
audience, when asked the number pres
ent, shook their heads. They could es-
timale with tolerable accuracy when
men were arranged In platoon., brigade
or divisions, but as they never had seen
an army drawn up In an ampbitheatte,
they could give no idea OF how many
people were present at the circus. How
ever, the general impression was that
the sh0winen were Corr, ct, and that
the canvas covered nearly eight th@u-
sand people during the afternoon per-
| foIman,e. Tie crowd filled all avail
able seats, and took positions Oh the turf
| lrOund the circle. The heat was in
tense, aud the vast demand Of the nearly
eight thousand human beings upon the
limited supply OF oxygen inside the can
vas made the air close and suilovat-
ing.
The performance comprised the ordl-
nary circus features, including Barnum's
great and never falling specialty-the
best riding and the finest lols in the
world. This is the greatest attraction OF
his show, and however, people may be
dissatisfied with other potions Of thu
programme, thy never fail 10 be pleased
with the splendid riding and superb
holseAesh that he displays in the ring.
The nenagerie aud museum proved Won
dcrfully attractive, and leople wandered
around them slowly, critically examining
every exhipit, and leaving with evident
reluctance Wien the order came for the
cages to b. osed. TIE wild animals
WI re objects of curious interest, aud the
c Sc OF monkeys was viewed with keen
enjo, ment hy young and old alike. Be-
tore this cage was NOTICED q prominent
newspaper nan Of this ty, peeiing earn
esly through his glasses at tlese 'pro-
totypes If man," as though seriously
searching for the "mssing link" in his
family eeneology. Whether or not he
was successful in hiss arch, will ever re-
ma II a doubtful surmise with the optside
world.
TIL evening pei formance was attended
by between four and five thousand per
SONS, making the total attendance during
the day reach fully twelve thousand.
I II, ,la
count of the outside distu bance (report-
ed elsewhere), and the ring performance
wds also brought to sudden close.
While the black stations were being ex-
hibited, a large number of persons from
the portion of til. tent opposite the EN-
trance iett their seats aud started for the
door, OF course, du'ing their progress
they halted and closed around the ring
which The manager stopped the per.
formance and declared hat it should moi
proceed until the crowd either took theil
seats or left the tent. This had the de
sired effect aud in about two IN nutes
those who left heir seats were ''squat-
ted" in various locations, land the stal lions
, were brought out again TO nnish thei.
performance. But as soon as the horses
, left the ring, the falling Of the curtains
/ notified the audience that the perfOr-
nance had been brought TO an abrupt
! close, though it was then only quartet
past nine O'Clock. 1t was evident thai
the management were little nervous IN
egard to anticipated troubles, on account
, OF the row that had happened outside,
: and desired to get the people away as
soon as p ssible.
|, Instantly the work of demolition com
menced, and the small army of traine
, attendants worked with such incredibl,
witness that in very short time thu
+ ''village of canvas" was furled, piled up
!. on Wagons, and started for the depot
where the circus effects were loaded up
y : on the special cars that form MIR. Bar
, NUNS means of conveyance. The circu
, proceeded to Chester, Pa, where it viii
> perform this afternoon and evening.
i WHAT THE SNOW MADE ON TIL
PENINSULA.
At Salisbury, Nd, on Monday, tn
r circus appeared, ana performed, so Lh
u circus men say, to over ten THOUSAND
persons, making their receipts excee,
So 900. On Tuesday the show was a
's DO, er, and drew the largest crowd,
> is said, that ever assembled there. Tn
seating capacity is said to be 1000
e and in the afternoon thy were all ill
!, ed and the open space bst" cen them AN
"a The ring also. The excursion trains wer
filled and from all directions for lwent
miles or more around they came in Cal
riages and wagons. The attendance d
st night was not OVER that OF the Afternoon
II but Barnum must have taken In at 5
rt cents head $1,000 or 5000.
\. In this city the receipts were at leas
" $4,000, so that MIR. Barnum walks ava
il with between $4,000 aud $20,O 900 as I'll
3. net result OF three days pei TO rmance
h thA delaware Peninsula.