A Grand Affair

Over a quarter oí a uiiüion dollars In cash was expended tlús winter n ac-cumulating uow features to dd to the 'glories of the Baxnuin & Iiailey "Greatest Show on Earth,' 'and il iis sufe ro say tfoat Uvk-e as mucli wouiri bc speut wearé it ueetssaiy to maiutaiu the suprexoacy that lias aiways c-baracterlzed it. With irs three '.ag. thxee stages, raelag track aud vasi iierlal appamtus, In all oí which are siiiiuitaueous performances, it easily bowers au eagle's flig-ht above al'. others. Besides the tremondoüg pro4 gram of dellghtful entertalnimeirte aal surprises by the S00 performers, among whoni are 16 chaiupion bareback riders, 50 aeriallsts and ïpeci-aiisrts, 20 clowns, .;) jockeys and hip ! 'ïvulome riders, and otbers, tliere are euougJa attractions in the menagerie tfats to more th.-ra satlsfy the most exaeüng. The exhlbltion ol living hn man curlositles aud people from renvote portions of the world, s probably tlie most worthy and luteresting exhibition ever seen anywhero. In it are the big giant, the httle mldget, the Orissa twius, tiie snake eharmera, nr.ale and female magiciaus, jugglers land musieians, the latter of who'ii perforan upon all kinds of quamt ie struinents. In the teut caá alsu ti seen Johanna, thi only gorilla on exüibillon in the torld. Au equestrarn touroamani with Mnypole dances, fox limitéis" meot and iuglijuroplng norse eontests is also a liew and excitiug axlilitioa, as is also tlie sraml lcapiag. :nid tumWjng exMbiticiis. Seveitty trained borses, 24 trained elepltoats, three latly vlowns. tlif liuman aarrow shot from a cross1) 'iw, and oilier novellies never seeni bffore. A great exhibition of 'rainoci; niuials takes place, which is slmplipgrand boyoml description, who gf through uumtoerless performances of a üiritting chai-actei'; and do thijgs. never lone brfore. Tlie wliolñ siiow is remarkable thls year its ïuagnitndev new features, an lihe qoíossal sc-aïe apon which ev-ythlng is prodnccd, and wil! be hfre on Toosday, August 17. witl the uew streei paratftó ín the niornin?. In luis latter ïre thfc 40-horse tean. and tiio procession of Oohimbus, the same as occurel in Barcelona four centm-ies ao, markins aiiother novelty in the way of streot pageants. Work on the bridge over the Michigan Central tracks on Detroit street was bagun ïuesday, 11 trafile being slopped.