Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-02-15
NEW ORLEANS.
The Great Exposition-The Attendance Not
Large-Bull Fights-The Street Car
Drivers Strike.

Christmas evening was remarkable for
one thing--the evergreen tree, which
was about fifty feet high, came from
"My farm at Edgewood," "Ik Mar
wells" home in Connecticut. 1t was
shipped here for this purpose. When
Xix Marvel wrote his first and best
book, "Reveries of n Bachelor" he
made a name for himself in the South,
and then won Southern beauty and
married her. If this be true, as
have often heard, he feels an interest
in the "Sunny South" and to show this
feeling sends a Christmas tree for the
Worlds fair.
THE ATTENDANCE AT THE EXPOSITION.
We are of the opinion that there has
been less than 5000 daily paying adj
missions to the exposition since the
opening day. There was not much. if
any, less than 10000 free passes out.
This, of course, includes visitors and
commissioners, and all others in the
employ of the association. The aver
age daily cash attendants will not be
above 5000 before the middle or last
of January. 1t would be otherwise,
but the impression has gone abroad
that the exposition is not yet in order.
The educators who are here now will
go home in few days, and they will
confirm this report. This will tend to
keep the average attend ance low for
January.
The following statistics regarding
the attendance 1T former worlds fairs
and eXpositions may be of interest in
this connection
In point of attendance on the first
day of former eXpostions, the Phila-
delphia centennial exposition, which
opened May 10, 1876, was the greatest
the world has ever seen, the number
of visitors being rs, 172 cash.; 10000
free. On the 10th of May it was only
1856, and the average for the month
1876. In June the average was 26,-
756, in July "a ,4S1, in August 33, 655,
in September S1,961, in October &c.
7S9, in November 115, 900 The state
day celebrations at the Philadelphia
exposition were the best paying
days. The admissions on these
Connecticut, 1904; Massachusetts,,
97,S68; New York, 134,5SS; Pennsyl-
vania, 274,910; Rhode Island, 100, 946;
New Hampshire, 1892; Maryland
and Delaware, 176, ,407; Ohio, 135, 66l.
In point of attendance the Philadel-
phia exposition was also the greatest
the world has ever seen, the number of
visitors being 9, 7S9, 1872. Paris, in 1867
comes second, with S,S06, 500; then
Vienna, in 1873, with 7,254, ,6S7; Lon
don, 1862, CPL, 1O3; London, 1851,
6,039, 1885, Paris, in 1885, 6,162, $50.
The average daily attendance of these
was Al PAL, and the Philadelphia cen
tennial $4,000.
BULL FIGHT
1t has been thirty years since a bull
fight was witnessed in New Orleans; it
was common amusement here fifty
years ago. A few days since n con
tract was entered into between q MIR.
j. II. Scott of this city, and Poncano
Diarz, Mexican bull fighter. with a
view of having this class of amuse-
ments here this winter. The place Sc
lected is St. Bernard parish, on the
shell beach road short distance from
the city. The lumber tor the con-
structiOn of the amphitheater is now
on the ground and work will soon be
commenced. Diarz has gone to Texas
in search of some Of the widest bulls
that can be found, and is expected to
return in time for the first performance
to take place early in January.
Last August Mr.. Scott sent peti-
tion to the mayor and council of New
Orleans asking, "that he be permitted
to erect the necessary buildings, and
TO give, during the continuance of the
exposition, series of Spanish bull
fights within the limits of the city of