Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-27
TO SHOW TOMORROW.
TWO PERFORMANCES FOR THE DEsr1-
TUTg sHOwnETs BENEFIT.
The Animals Have Been Rented and Mayor
Ellyson Will Charge No
Iieenss Tag.


from SheIby's "Golden" Show to-mor-
row at and o'clock p. M.
The attaches OF the show have rented
the property from Receiver Wilson for
that occasion, and are making prepara-
tions to give rs good an entertainment
as possible. All OF the actors are here
and will take part.
Mr.. Wilson will manage the finances,
and as the object ia one OF charity 1T is
to be hoped that liberal patronage viii
be bestowed.
TIE OBJECT.
The proceeds will go to the destitute
showmen to enable them to pay their
board-bills here and to leave for their
homes. 1t is proposed to charge twenty
| five cents admission, which will admit
one to the main show, side-show, and
circus.
As another circus will be here on Mon
day and will occupy the lot where the
remnant of Sbelby's now is Mr.. Wilson
will have the tents pulled down on Satur-
day and stored away.
FOR THE EXPOSITION.
All the animals in the mensgerie have
been rented to Mr. Ashton Starke for the
menagerie at the Exposition subject to
MIR. Wilson's order.
No inventory has as yet been taken of
the property, but 1t is safe to say that
the concern is attached for almost as
much as its property will bring at auc-
ton SALE
THE ANIMALS.
The animals in tho mensgerie con-
sist of one elephant, ZIP" aged
one hundred and four years two
camels, leopard, ibex, civet cat,
rat kangaroo. two ant-esters, two par
rots, pheasant, reindeer, antelope, noun
tain hon, two bears, an ape, and fifteen
monkeys. All OF these animals will be
taken to the Exposition on Saturday
morning Besides these there are thirty
four horses, and just what disposition
will be made of them for the present has
not been determined.
THE PROPRIETOR AND WIFE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shelby have gone to
Chicago, and it is rumored that he will
try and raise the money to pay off the
indebtedness.
Messrs. rutherford & Page are the
attorneys for Mrs. Shelby, to whom a
portion of the show was decided before
arriving in Virginia.
Mr. Shelby was proprietor OF an
opera-house in Chicago before he went
upon the road with his circus.
THE MAKEUP.
As stated in Yesterdays Dispatch his
show has been organized only about five
months. His animals were mostly pur-
chased from Coles show and from
menagerie in New York. His actors
came from New York and some of the
attaches from John Robinsons circus.
| Mr.. Daniel S. Vernon the general
manager, is in New York. He has n
deed to a portion of the property, and
Mr.. Edgar Allan will look after his in
terests here.
PERSONAL.
Mossrs. Frank NJ. Woon, Sands &
Bryan, w. b. Smith, J. c. Lamb, and
p. y. Shield represent the employees
10 haye served attachments.
A long litigation will probably be car
ried on in the courts before the matter
is finally disposed of.
no LICENSE TAX.
A number OF the stranded and desti-
tute showmen, whose cases appeal
strongly to the mercifully inclined,
called on Mayor Ellyson yesterday
morning and he consented inasmuch as
these entertainments are solely for the
purpose of raising means to pay for food
for these unfortunate persons and to pay
their transportation expenses home, to
relieve them of the usual license tax for
such exhibitions.
There will Therefore DO no expense at
tached to the performances except the
rent for the animals, which is small, and
it is to be hoped that sufficient sum
Will be realized to pay the circus peoples
board bills aud take them home.
The ladies' connected with the circus
were bountfully supplied with food yes
terday through the generosity of the
engineers and fremen on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway, and their benefactors
have their hearty thanks.
Yesterday morning Messrs. Hudson &
Co., the restaurateurs, sent out to the
grounds a load OF provisions, consisting
OF beef, bread, ETC., for the hungry show
men. It is needless to say that the re-
cipients enjoyed the feast and felt deeply