The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-06-25
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.


now Circuses are Being Forced Farther
from Business Limits.
ST. LOUIS, June?-The strong bono
of fellowship which exists between 81
Louis and the State Of Kansas was
pleasantly emphasized few days ago,
when a telegram was received from .
mercantile house at Wellington, stating
that genuine distress existed in conse'
auence of the cyclone and that aid was
needed promptly. Two Representatives
of the large wholesale dry goods
and clothing interests OF St. Louis
went on the street as once, and three
hours after the receipt Of the telegram
a response was wired that 81. 1875 hilo
been collected and that draft for the
amount would be honored on the prin'
ciple that he who gives quickly gives
trebly. The help was timely in the ex'
t-eme.
There is an Italian in st. Louis, who
has original ideas. He is stephen
Delacella, q handsome, stout, darkish
man, who owns a hotel and dabbles IN
politics. He was the moving spirit oil
the celebration here, few weeks ago
of the Ancient Order OF United Work
men, which was one OF the greatest
society reunions that has taken place
in the West. He got up a rivec spec
tacle for that cele LIBERATION, and actually
induced the Gould people to divide
with the local societies the money paio
at the gates by the people who went
on the big bridge to see the brilliant
show. He is now ut the head OF
national movement by Italians which
will give the visitors who come here
this fall for the festivities addition:
entertainment The Italians will have
q rive pageant, representing the land
ing of Colum bus on American soil witt
decorated ships, Spanish costumes,
banners flying from mast-heads, firing
of guns, and Indians, Of course. Or
one of the nights there will be fire
works OH the river, and there will be,
besides, an afternoon of speech-makine
and music with the statue of Columbu,
out In Tower Grove park, and an even
ing at the banquet table. 1t will bt
the first occasion on which the thou
sands OF wealthy and influential italian,
of the city have ever concentrated
their resources on national affair oil
more than local interest.
Every time one of the mammoth
circuses comes here, their managers get
striking object lesson upon She
rapid growth of St. Louis. Twelve
years ago, when old Phineas brought
his first three ring show out West, he
pitched his world Of canvas on great
vacant lot near the corner Of Eigh.
teenth and Pine streets. When he
came around five years later. he had tt
take his circus mile further west, tt
a vacant lot on the corner Of jefferson
avenue, or Twenty-sixth street ant
Dixon, all the lots nearer the Mer
chants Exchange having been built up
When he got here again, just before
he died, he could get no nearer the
business center than Thirty-second an6
Compton avenue. Last week, the cir
Gus had to exhibit a mile west of that
again, at the corner of VandeventeI
avenue and Laclede, Office blocks
stores and dwellings having takeI
possession of all the other circus sites
The lot covered by the tents this ysai
is under contract Of sale and will be oc
cupied by fats when the circus arrive,
next time. 1t will then have to go ou
near Forest Park, six miles from the
river, before a large enough lot can bs
found. But electric cars have done sc
much for the city in the last few year,
that Forest Park is now as near tn.
retail streets as jefferson avenue, fou
miles east, was when Bob Stickney uset
to delight the crowds under Barnum'i
tents there, by his bareback riding.
Among the anxious people who have
been watching the floods for the past
month, none have been more worried
than the observers of the signal Office
who had to announce every day whai
the river was going to do. Early each
morning. the river men would begin te
call up the signal observatory by tele
phone, inquiring what the prospect,
were for the day. Plans were made
upon these predictions that involved
thousands of dollars, and II the OBJ
servers made a mistake they were re.
viled without ceasing. One day, when
the river was going up slowly, cotton
merchant who had several Thousand
bales of cotton piled up along the levee,
came to the signal office and asked
whether the river would rise higher O,
fall.
Its going up much higher" sale
Observer ID. j. Herndon, who was ther
40 y VA eAO ohlCCs
1T will cost me thousand dollar,
to move my cotton up out of reach oil
the water" said the factor. "Shall !
do it?"
II can give you no advice" said the
observer. "We think the river is going
to rise. but you must decide yourself
what is best for you to do"
The man went away uncertain, anc
did not move his cotton. The winter
came up, and he lost over FIVE Thousand
dollars. The next day he came up te
the signal Office very humbly.
"Do you want advice?" asked OBJ
server Herndon.
mo, / DON'T" said the factor, rue.
fully. IF you wink at me this tim,
I'll move my cotton"
It Costs Money.