Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-09
WALLACE & co.'s SHOWS.
A Fine Exhibition Coming to Rock
Island Friday Everything New
and First. Glass.

A Fine Exhibition Coming to Rock
Island Friday Everything New
and First.Class.
One of the best shows on the road this
year is Wallace & Andersons twelve
shows in one. International museum,
double menagerie. wild west and wild
east, three ring circus, Roman hippo-
drome. oceanic acquarium. Strogoff's
Last Days of Pompeii." Turkish cara
van. mystifying Egyptian illusions. Arab
ian night pageants. twin elevated stages.
two herds of elephants. two droves of
camels, mammoth olympia, the double
horse fair, the largest exhibit, of fine
horses under the sun, 800 standard bred
equiDes, so ponies, mammoth balloon
ascension and thrilling parachute jump
from 5000 feet high. Remember all
this is with the Wallace s. Anderson
shows. 1t don't cost any more to see
this big show than it does little one.
The balloon ascension and parachute
ump. the horse fair, the Arabian nights
pageant, and over 100 other special
attractive features are to be seen free
at Rock Island Friday. July II. This
is the show that has got the fine
horses you have read so much about in
the agricultural papers. This is the first
show TO place under canvas. Strogoffs
Last Days of Pompeii." presented on
large stage with over 800, 600 worth of
correct costumes, scenery. armor. weap-
ons, etc.; actually 800 in the cast. The
most magnificent ballet ever dreamed of.
Strogoff's grand triumphal procession,
religious rites. chorures. ancient cere-
monies, dawn of christianity, tableanx,
songs. dances. combats, feats, races,
wrestling bouts, professions. ballets
gladiators, horsemen, soldiers, slaves,
etc. There are 20 circus acts, 90 clowns,
20 riders, big bands in the parade. 81
tableau cars, 12 chariots. 80 cages of lIv>
ing wild animals, 6 open dens, 1901
mounted people. All the show undivided |
will he here Friday. July II. Read press
comments:
At an early hour yesterday morning |
people came fiocking in from all parts OF |
the country, so as to be on hand to wit
ness the street parade At the hour the |
procession started the sidewalks were
crowded with an eager throng. The
parade was certainly all it advertised tc
be- The horses were exceptionally fine
and there were many cages of rare ami.
mails, Among them, the trained stations
attracted much attention, and which are
worth many thousands of dollars The
canvasses. both afternoon and evening
were crowded to their fullest capacity and
the entertainments were received on each
occasion with vociferous and continuous
outbursts of well deserved applause. The
circus performances are thoroughly good
and there is not in any number of the ex-
tensive programme an uninteresting fea-
ture nor an incompetent performer. In
the menagerie are many cages of q variety
more unusual of beasts and birds that are
usually shown on road entertainments
Boston Herald.
Without exaggeration, Wallace & Cos
circus was by odds the neatest. cleanest
and best show outfit that has struck Bal.
timore, Md, in many day. The pro-
cession was attractive. the music superb
and the wagons, chariots and teams as
tine as money could buy.
Besides giving a frstclsss exhibition.
both in the menagerie and the ring. the
show people from manager down con-
Quoted themselves in a highly becoming
and proper manner. If there were any
rowdies usually to be found with travel.
ing shows. they kept very quiet. The
perfect good order at all times and every,
where maintained. was subject of uni
verssl wonder and commendstion. The
people who attended the exhibitions sp>
the fact, too. A large crowd
was in attendance at both the afternoon
md evening performances, and all felt
'ully repaid by the excellent entertain
nent furnished them-The BaltimnreI
american.
Friday was q most beautiful day for
Wallace u Co.'S. big show. Early in the (.
morning the streets were thronged with
anxious crowds which numbered into the
thousands. Pennsylvania avenue on
either side was fairly one immense chain [
If humanity when the monster parade
moved down the street. The cages and
wagons were drawn by the finest horses
'ver seen in this city--in fact not sin.
,le bad horse was in the procession. The !
were rich and snowy The
how in the afternoon was witnessed bv
N immense crowd and was firstclass in
very particular. The balloon ascension
nd parachute leap in the afternoon by t
'rof. Wright was the best, by far, ever I
cen in this city. The leap was truly
tartling. In the evening the circus tent q
vas pretty well crowded. notwithstand.
ng the fact that the night was very cold.
he trapeze and ring performances were U
upero and the riding excellent. Every.
ne was pleased with Wallace & Cos.
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