Show S ELKS CIRCUS Host Ludicrous Affair Ever Seen inJunction in-Junction City The Elks burlesque circus at tho Groin Operahouse lust night was perhaps lie I most ludicrous affair ever seen In the city The parade In the afternoon drew thousands of people lo the streets who jewed at the participants and laughed heartily al the t grotesque and weird C1l mikcupn The parade was about two block big the first carrlace constituting one block and Tom Fceny constituted I he I onrrlngc Feeny was a splil r reaplrndenl In a Prince Albert suit and n high silk hat and called out the alii actions for the day Ills ropor toire constated of six words and hen he-n er forgot a line of it Thatchers band followed behind and played the cakewalk while Dr Wlthee the manfating zulu danced the cancan Dan Dlgnnn rcptc scnfcd Annie Oakley champion lady shot of the world with an old bellmuzzled blunderbuss that sounded llko a broadside broad-side from the battleship Oregon Judge Horn as tho fat lady also attracted a good deal of attention The Judges skirls were cut concave to show his ankles about fourteen Inches In diameter He nrado googoo eyes at tho gentlemen along time street Admirable features of the parade were the representations of time flon an chariots George Cunningham thu popular Union Pacillc ynrdmnster and II L Lecompte owned the chariots which consisted of a couple of wheeled scrapers turned upside down A Rube band was also a feature led by i Gus Braun The big doings at the operahouse began at S3Q The 1SOO seats were Illlcd and a good deal of slandlngroom wus sold at J a stand The audience was kept In a roar of laughter from the beginning to the end The features of the sideshow were cnl similar to those in tho parade The sideshow side-show concluded with a tworound glovo contest between Corbett and Jeffries F I A Burke acting the part of Corbetti while Joe Ruffa Imitated Jenrk8 The following follow-ing are the features of the big show everyone every-one of which wns greeted with round niter round of applause Exhibit No Grnnd entree No Japanese perch F A Burke and Joe Ruffn No aTwo merry clowns A H Sanders and W L Haskell No Little I Pete the 10000 performing elephant ant Freckles the long amid the short cakewalker No 5 e strong woman heaviest acton act-on the bill A G Horn No C Senor Blllski Jugglers W T Bcardslcy Belrtslc No 7Ihe acrobats Adam Braun and tribe No Mademoiselle Maccaronl the Bnucstrlcnnc W L Hnsltvll The performance closed with a concert n feature of which was a vocal solo by I T Gordon a character song and dance by D P Dlgnnn and a juggling act by Brown amid Adams The receipts of the entertainment entertain-ment will net the local lodge from iO to t1CidO which goes to the poor fund of the lodge to be distributed to the poor on Christmas The success of the entcrtnlu munt Is due ably to W L Hnskell proprietor 110 prietor Horn of Urn circus and Exalted Ruler |