Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
Probate.
After the Show.


The Forepaugh show gave its con-
GLIDING performance to another big
audience Saturday night, all being
pleased with the entertainment pre-
scented. The military panorama of
The Revolution was greatly enjoyed
and appreciated. being wonderfully
realistic and natural apparently from
a historical standpoint. The fea-
lures of the circus proper were above
the average.
Manager McCaddon states that the
show business is exceedingly dull
this season. The Worlds fair, to at
tend which, people are, as rule,
economizing in denying themselves
other modes of amusement, and the
dull times are combining to make it
exceedingly difficult for the great
shows travelling under big expense to
make ends meet. 1t is indeed
small wonder that the Forepaugh
combination carries as much as it
does under these circumstances. The
show has been losing money for some
time, but Mr.. McCaddon expressed
himself as highly pleased with Rock
Island and the business done here.
He was very happy. he said, to be
able to name the sacred little animal
born here after city that had left
such pleasant impression on his
mind.
Manager McCaddon was particu-
larly interested in and pleased with
the local street railway system.
means of transportation is a matter
of the greatest Importance to u.s."
he said, ''for getting people to the
grounds is half the battle. | am sur
prised at the excellence of your
street railways here. Two-minute
trains and of the first-class cars at
that, to the show grounds, is a luxury
| that we don't come across in one city
of thousand of many times the size
of Rock Island. Your street cars
| would be a credit to any of the big
cities"
&. l.. Dean, the press agent of the
| Fo"epaugh shows, is gentleman and
a scholar, and the local papers are
under obligations to him for many
courtesies and attentions. He has
|
time, giving up position on the
Chicago Times to temporarily act in
| the place of George o. Starr, the
| former press agent, who is Europe
acting in the capacity of foreign pur-
chasing agent. His services have
been so eminently satisfactory to the
show and to the public that he has
been induced to abandon the news
paper field permanently and remain
with the Forepaugh management
| He is genial, whole-sOuled gentle
man who will make the show friends
everywhere.
The old man who drives the but
| termilk cart in the Forepaugh
parade, and is often arrested by un-
suspecting policemen. is most gen
ial old fellow personally. His name
is John Manning, and he doesn't
make up his face a particle. He told
some amusing incidents of his ex-
periences in his parade act. There
manage to get taken in by the police
one or more times during the
| parade. He got a little more than
he bargained for at St. Louis, how
ever, recently. He was arrested by
a policeman for disturbing the peace
and locked upin station over night,
and in spite of all explanations was
fined the next morning for selling
milk without license. He paid his
| fine like a little man and was event
ually reimbursed by the show COM
pany, all the attaches considering it
the best joke of the season. Mr..
Manning has been with the show for
five or six years, and is one of its
best features. He says he changes
the role of his character every year
to keep the police in ignorance of his
identity. 1t will be remembered
that he drove a load of hay in the
| parade here two years ago.
One of the expert bareback riders
| sprained his ankle severely during
the performance Saturday night,
while making somersault on horse
| back. and he will not be able to ap-
pear again for week ormore.