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tention of a scientific society in the city of
San Francisco, he was at once given every
encouragement by the members of that organization.
While Corbett was filling the
position of teller in the Nevada national
bank of San Francisco, he also took up a
course of physical training, and his powers
proved so astonishingly superior that he soon
became professor of boxing of the Olympic
Athletic club of San Fransico.

That Buffalo Bill's Wild West is the most
popular entertainment in the city was given a
thorough test recently, when at both the afternoon
and evening performances the immense
grand-stand was packed to suffocation; over
30,000 people witnessed the two performances,
and at the night performance hundreds
were turned away unable to gain admission.
Among the recent guests by special invitation
of Messrs. Cody and Salsbury. 400 members
of the International. Typographical union
witnessed the performance. By special invitation
of the board of directors to the
World's Fair, Col. Cody, with the entire company
and the famous cowboy band,
paraded through the white city, and will do
so twice or thrice each week during the summer.
Through the medium of the management
of the Wild West, Gov. Russell of
Massachusetts and Gov. Crounse of Nebraska
were made acquainted with each other this
week, as they occupied adjoining boxes in
the grand-stand. Messers. Cody and Salsbury
and Maj. Burke, because of their popularity
with all the classes of people, are in a position
to make acquainted, one with the other,
nearly all of the distinguished visitors to Chicago,
during the present summer, and it goes
without saying that no one of note will visit
Chicago without paying their respects to
Buffalo Bill and his show.

From day to day great improvements are
made not only at the grounds of Buffalo
Bill's Wild West but in the entertainment
afforded to those who visit the same.
Every line of transportation running to the
south has perfected arrangements for the
proper handling of the crowds visiting the
Wild West, both in going to and coming
therefrom. The Illinois Central building
and platform, with an entrance directly
into the camp, and the elevated road putting
an entrance immediately adjoining the
63d street gate, while the surface cars all
stop at the entrance, indicate excellent
transportation facilities. Every effort is
being made not only for the entertainment
of visitors but for their absolute comfort
while on the grounds, and a state of perfection
as near as is possible has been reached
in making the Wild West camp and arena
the neatest, cleanest, coolest and generally
most comfortable resort in or about Chicago,
and the fact is appreciated by the
public who patronize the entertainment by
thousands every day. Hand and art working
together under the clever management
of Messrs. Salsbury and Cody have succeeded
in giving to this entertainment a
unique place in history. No other exhibition
has received the plaudits of the people
of so many different companies as has Buffalo
Bill's Wild West.