i mo.Ed Hiller, who celebrated a birthday yesterday, qualities for the title o? the •children's friend'* of Atchison by his continued efforts to secure a circus for summer entertainment Ed keeps in correspondence with many of the' managers of big circuses and urges them to stop in Atchison. He suppl es the following information about old-time circuses: “The lot at Eighth and Commercial streets, vhere Memorial hall now stands, was a favorite downtown circus grounds for many years The following old-tune rircu.se* pitched their tents there; Lemon Bros., Block Bros., Harris Nickel Plated. Hails McMahon, Sam J. Me Flynn, Gentry Bros. Ben Wallace, and many other old-time medicine shows