Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-29
THE SAWDUST RING.
Description of the Circus-How it is Con-
Quoted.

The circus has come and gone. Yester-
day seemed like a holiday in this city. At
an early hour Coles mammoth circus ar
rived in this city on three special trains
from the town of Woodland. tits one of the
largest shows on the road, and takes nearly
sixty ears to transport it. Early in the
morning farmers and their families for
miles around began to arrive The livery
stables We're filled with ranch teams. and
the hotels overlooking with country
people who had come, some of
them, quite long distances to see
the circus. At 10 o'clock J and X
streets were crowded with people. princi-
pally women and children, who assembled
to witness the grand street parade. The
parade was one of the best ever witnessed
in this city. 1t was headed by an elegant
band chariot drawn by eight camels. Next
came the eQucstrienncS of the company,
dressed in livery. and riding beautiful
horses. Thirty-One cages containing wild
beasts and birds, many Of which were open,
were in line. The second band wagon,
which was in the middle Of the procession,
was drawn by four large elephants.
WV. Cole, thep proprietor, travels with his
circus and oversees everything connected
is only 80 years of age, has been running a
circus of his own for fourteen years, and is
a grandson of ThOs. Cole, the first man
that ever ran circus in England. On his
payroll and connected with this circus are
2G0 persons and 30 head of horses. some
Of the latter being worth several thousand
dollars each. The menagerie is varied, rep
rescntative. and all the animals look as
though they were well taken care of.
Mr.. Cole is a man of considerable
wealth, owning over $4,000 600 of real es-
tate in Chicago. He says his present circus
inventories at low estimate, 100000, and
that he expects to clear $4,000 an this
visit to the Pacific coast. Their trip through
Oregon was very successful. 1t was the
first circus that ever went into that country
They charged 81 80, and were well patron
lied. They claim to have cleaned up 800
600 in the webfoot country. They carry a
blacksmith shop with them, and do all
their own horseshoeing and repairing of
wagons. The monster elephant, Sampson,
Is one Of the largest of his species living he
being over - feet in hight. He at times gives
his keepers a great deal of trouble and in
consequence is not put in the parade, but
kept securely chained all the time. At the
afternoon performance fully 5000 people
were present and between 1000 and 5000
in the evening. The performance was
given in two rings, and on platform be
tween them. The trapcze horizontal bar.
lcaping, somcrSauting. bareback riding.
etc, were all good. The riding was all
done barebackcd-no pads were used.
There was one think lacking, however,
and that was a good clown. The in
diyidual who attempted that role IS
failure. He does not begin to com
pare with the customary funny fellow
and his absence takes somewhat from the
interest Of the performance. The seating
was good, the uahers polite, the perform
anCc chaste and well worth seeing. Every
act advertised on the programme was per
formed and that we'll. No accident oc-
Cured that was heard Of The usual side
shows of little men and women, giants,
dwarfS. slcight-of-hand performers, long
haired ladies' tattOOed Indians, were also
on hand to catch the quarter that the
farmer had left after buying lemonade.
There were three gambling games running
in front of the tents Mr.. Cole said they
did not belong to him, and lac hoped they
would be suppressed by the police The
circus left at an early hour this morning
for Elmira, where they perform tonight.
SIGNAL SERVICE REroRr-The weather
| report from the United States Signal Service
ltIlItTatUTe
and weather at y VI. yesterday to have
been For Tatoosh Island. Coz. south and
clear; Olympia. go, north and clear; Port
land. 90, northwest and clear; Fort Can
by, $50, west and clear; Cape Mcndocino,
GO, southeast and foggy; Red BluG, $50
north and clear; Sacramento, so, north
west and clear; San Francisco, Go, south
west and clear; Los Angeles, So, west and
clear San Diego, 20. northwest and clear &;
| Salt Lake $40. northwest and clear; Chey-
enne, $50, northwest and clear; Denver,
so, south and fair; North Platte, 920
north and clear; Omaha, So southeast
and clear: Eankton, So, southeast and
clear
LAST NIGHTs FIRE.-Just after the cur
few had Tung at o'clock last night, an
alarm of fire was sounded from Fourth and
Q streets and at the same time an alarm
was turned in from the box at Fourth and
Q streets. The fire department responded
promptly and found the double alarm to
be caused by the burning of the residence
of Mrs d. F. Cummings, on the corner of
Fourth and r streetsa The house and
much of its contents waya total loss Il
was insured in the Home Mutual James
n. Porter agent, for $500. The Chief Engi-
neer desires TO call the attention of the
| public to the fact that sending in alarms
from different boxes at the same time for
| the same fire does not assist in locating it,
| and is very liable TO confuse.
Tomorrow we shall offer line of ladies
fine merino underwear of the best quality.
all full-tinished, at prices as low as you pay
for inferior goods. Red House.
Two DAYS more to secure a great bargain
in cloaks-ladies' misses and children's-a
saving of 80 per cent can now be made.
Red House.