The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-08
CIRCUS IA COMING.
Norris & Rowe's New Big Shows will
Exhibit Here Next Week.

Norris & Rowe's New Big Shows will
Exhibit Here Next Week.
Mr.. T. ]. Myers, the press represent
tative Of the Norris & Rowe shows,
is in Billings today with five e
for the purpose of further decorating
the city with attractive pictures an
nouncing the appearance of the show
for two performances Saturday, July
is. Said Mr.. Myers: :" have been
with the show for the past week and
to say l was surprised at the immense
business they are doing is putting it
mildly. OF course, when Norris 4
Rowe enlarged their show to the
proportions of a big circus they nat
urally expected some return for the
$780, 900 invested, but we had no idea
that the public would be so quick to
appreciate the fact OF the shows
immense increase over that Of last
season. But there seems to be some
sort of wireless Topography that tells
the amusement going public Of the
fact that they are going to get ever
so much more for their money than
they eve got before. Whatever it is,
all l know is that never before in
the history of the show have they
done such a remarkable business. In
Spokane, while | was there, the show
was forced to give three exhibitions
in one day and still hundreds were
unable to gain admission, even though
the enormous tents are twice larger
than those of last season.
This winter Messrs. Norris & Rowe
purchased the magnificent and costly
menagerie of Jorden's English circus,
that had been touring India and had
met with reverses. The circus men
chartered a big freight steamer and
had the consignment brought to their
winter quarters. In the collection were
three elephants, six dromedaries,
three llamas, six immense pythons, a
tapir, a royal Bengal tiger, two lions,
two Siberian bears, and several cages
of monkeys. This together with their
other collection makes their menag-
erie n of the largest and most inter-
esting owned by any circus"
All of the animal acts; the demure
ponies; the riding bears; the perform
ing Elephants; trained sea-lions, and
other acts of that nature, that have
made the show so interesting in the
past have been retained. In addi-
ton some OF the most highly paid
aerial performers, gymnasts, equilib-
rists, posturers and tumblers have
been engaged. This is notable in the
marvellous acts of the Bedford fam
lily, the flying LaVans, the Groh fam
lily, the eight Okla Japanese troupe,
Mile Amy, Geo. Settler, the famous
rider, the Mcdonald brothers, the
Gardner family, and what we consider
to be the greatest high silver wire
act ever brought to this country, Mel
notte, LaNole and Melnotte. There
will be found a host of sensational
features besides these principal acts.
The street display will be given at
II o'clock and MI. Myers assures us
that it is a picturesque and gorgeous
affair, with it's riders and their hand
some costumes, the display of blooded
stock and standard bred and register
ed horses, the open dens of wild
beasts, the cages and floats in their
bright red and gold paint and carvings
and all the rich trappings Of a pros
porous circus. 1t will be the first
circus day of the season and immense
crowds are expected from out of town
and from the city, but the management
will be prepared to take good care OF
everybody. The circus will arrive ear.
" from the south, with their three
sections Of trains, a week from to-
morrow.
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