The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-17
THE SAWDUST ARENA.
Sells Bros Circus Holds Forth on
Washington Square.

Sells Brothers circus arriv ID in town
yesterday morning and achieved one
result OF which it may be proud-it per.
suaded Alderman Mccormick to recall
the VOW Of unintenS ional hostility be
made years ago against all circuses, and
induced him to labor so effectuahy with
his brother city councillors that the en-.
barge laid on Washington Square ".
lifted and the tents were pitched tr'-
umphanty there yesterday, instead f
at the D. & R. G. depot. Whether II
Alderman reteuted far enough 20 take in
the fat lady, the wild men of Borneo
and the lemonade himself, we
are not advised - but since it
is limited that condition in
tbs negotiations was the surren
der by the cirrus people of enoug
tickets to supply the entlre City Hall
even that may be regarded as impossi-
BILE. The further terms on which the
square was obtained and the leader CT
the anti circus wing of the Council mol
lifted, We're the payment of $3.50 for the
use of the grounds, instead of the 4OU
demanded. The license. however.
amounted to $3.50, so that the city gets
$500 out of the Sells Bros. plethora
treasury box.
The streets resembled Conference
time when the parade-a very attractive
one with Its bands, its riders in new and
bright costumes, its many cages, cars
and its FIVE elephants-passed along the
principle thoroughfares yesterday
morning. In the afternoon the hair,
tent-which is one of the biggest
stretches OF canvass ever seen here
was about three quarters filled-and
when it is known that there are
seats for 10000, it can be seep
that this was no slight turnout
The prCes were so to % cents
with 10c. extra for reserved seats anc
l0c for the, inc liable minstrel show at
the end. In the evening the main tent
was completely flied.
AS for the show, it is all the wayI
through very good one, as circu, e.
go, and many of the features were
novel and excellent. There are gr. at
number of fine horses brought out, aud |
admirers of the equine species were
warm in their pral:es of this feature. |
The broad, grassy race course which |
encircles the rings and the centre plat
1OI III WAS Tue SCSu6 Vi several mover |
races, the camel and elephant races be-
ing among the most unique. There,
too, O'Dell performed the feat OF driving
twentythree chargers at one time. anG
a very imposl1g clatter they ma lie
as they dashed around There was son e
good areback riding by William Sells,
William Showels anu by Mile Gordon
and Miss Viola Rivers The clown
monkey was an amc sing feature for the
youngsters, and was an evidence of how
this huge animal can be trained by man
The high trapese performances were
extremely we'll done, and besides these
features there was the usual quick sue
cession of swinging, balan 'ng. cannon
ball tossing, miscellaneous riding
bicycle work the nonsense of clowns,
and the hundred and one other things
that make up circus programme.
The show holds forth at Ogden to-
night ant at Logan tomorrow night.
THEATRE o-NIGHT-James NJ. Ward
tie Irish cCmmedian. who was last here
in II and -, when Jimmy Harris was
manager of the Theatre, opens a brief
engagement in the new Irish play of the
Red Fox, to-night. He has rendered o
stall to the local Home Dramatic Club.