Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-18
COLES JIG
An Aggregation Of Unrivalled Attrac'
lions in One Great Combination.

That the circus possesses charms OF un'
,;valled potency was attested by the mag.
r;6cent business done here yesterday by
", W. Coles New Colossal Shows. De
suite that Mr.. Coles was the second circus
~ the season, and notwithstanding the
nowerful counter attractions in the races
If the course ia the afternoon, the impOs.
inc tents-the largest spread OF canvas ever
scen in Montana-contained q great gather
ing o! people in the afternoon, and in the
evening the crowd was 40 dense that every
available inch OF seating room was br, ugh
into regnisition. The audiences included
the best known society PEG; IL OF the city.
and nearly every representative banker,
LAWYER, miner, merchant and other bust
moss men attended one Of the two perform
onc.s q. 1t was the general m that
Manager Cole attracted the most I .shi,n-
ohlp audiences ever seen IT q tented show
The show appeared to catch the fancy OF
the mopie at the start, and Throughout
tne p,esen' alton Of the large AID Va
r;ed nnro.ramme there were frequent
i,Hl and prnl nged bursts of ap-
nIou.e. No tented exhibition that has
p.I = s,tea the Territory has given such
osnuine and complete satisfaction rs did
fhat o, Mr.. Cole, yesterday. The show Isl
,nost .l,b rate md -tu re 'O,s affair, re-
nriIps ten more cars to TRANSPORT it than
q usgd by any OF Ter circas that has EVER
came Vest of the Missouri river. The me-
n,gerie teens with rare and cr~tly animals.
many Of y hich are seldom seen away iron
the great parks OF the European cap tails.
The herl OF elephants contains some spIeh-
did spec mems, the sta OF which is the
ponder Us Samson, who now wears, by
common consr' t.. the mantle of the la
M med Jumbo Much that wa new, nov
flani startling in g.nniic and arenlc act
was nntrod .ced in the wv. rugs AID on
the Central stage TIL. re VS. a certain
artistic finish 10 every act presented that
was particularly pleasing. Our limited
space forJid> but a g-TIerat menuion Of the
many exceptional features. There were
NJ time wurn acts, and nothing Of u COM
mo"piace nature The rioing. which, was
all bareback, was OF a high order of ex-
ccilence, aud the acrotatic and %gymnastic
performances eclip-ed any thing vi a like
character ever seen i" Butte TIE Silt ns'
aerial act cfIaIeuger 'umnltuOus applaus-.
Tuere were handsome performing stations,
non IS, dogs, and the Mi airy evolutiO' 8
Of the herd OF e-phants. Tie
clowns headed by the famous Eng
fish humorist, Ernest and tie
inilnitab e BILLY Rollins sprang many
new gags on the audiences aud scores big
hits. The feature of the exhibition was
the illustrations OF life in the ''wild West"
by DR.. W. F. Carver and his combination
oi scouts, cowboys, vaqueros and Indians.
Caryer's wizard-like shooting aroused in
tense enthusiasm. The gallant Doctor has
established himself as a pronounced favor
tie in Butte. The Indians attack on the
Deadwovd stage coach and the repulse by
Carver and his cowboys a thrilling in
the extreme. The hippodrome races were
as exciting as any contests on a regular
race course. The spectators were com
pletely charmed with this revival of the
ancient Roman sports. The military band
discoursed some delightful music. Mr.. Cole
himself directed the performances. The
utmost attention was given to the comfort
Of the audiences, and there were no repre-
hensibIe practices OF any nature. Manager
Cole will hereafter always be %splendidly re-
ceived in Butte. The show appears in Mis-
soula tomorrow.