The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-13
AMUsEaIFNEs.


large audience present at ihc Opera House
last evening. Tho bcautin1 md affecting
play ofH0liger Twist" was performed III
admirable style. Miss Western, as ''Naney
Sykes was entirely ~ home rs she al
WAYS is IN every character sha pcrsonatos
She posscsscs y versatility Of lent that we
have never before Witnessed IN any other
artistic, The great poiutin / acting last
night was the perfect adft aiRoss wish
which She rendered the part.
Tonight she appears in ono of ne"
greatest impcrsouations--t ,f"Camillc.'
ANY one who has scon Mis- Western IN
EAST Lynne" can form some estimate Of
what she viii be in Camille. II Is u part
peculiarly adapted TO the display Of ncr
transcondant powers In characl ,rs where the
passions hold sway. All the ntrons of The
drama will Of course desire TO see Miss
Western az 'Camilc," and a c,owdcd house
may be looked for this evenin
There will be q grand maimac ON Satur-
day afternoon. ''fast Lyme" win be the
attraction.
To-MoRRow NIdnr.--Let IL be rcmem-
bered that Groycr's splendid Opera Troupe
will be at Huston Hall tomorrow evening.
This troupe combines op array of talent
that should commend them ~ the gener-
GUS patronage OF al who 1recatc the
grand and beautiful IN song. Seals may
be obtained at the music stor, under the
Hall.
BuRdEss AM Ia RuEs Minssrels VIII he
at Huston Hall on Fridny ard Saturday
evenings OF this week. In lIth iopcan Mir
strelsy they are the banner troupe.
TuE MlrEoRIc SHowEn-SHow To-
NidHr,--lr II comes on Tonight, It will he
% free blow - IL not til tomorrow night,
front seats reserved for ladics' The fire.
bells will probably tell us, as The managers
lave failed in getting out their display
bills.
Speaking of the last onc--that of lS33,
the anniversary of which Is MiS ere,Gag--
the New York H@diG alludes tu n number
of lnughabic incidents: During the three
hours Of its pcndcncy the day of Judgment
was believed to be only waiting Cor sun-
rlsc, and long after the shower had ceased
the morbid aud ignorant wee of The sound
conviction that Che lnal arrHgnmen, was
at least only week ahead, 10 tell how
the Mayor of Philadelphia lowered him
SELF dnwn we'll; how imprumptu meet
ng' for prayer were held gll over tie
land; how men sought 20 have old debts
settled, IN order 60 carey n clear pecuntacy
balance into the expected eternity; aud
now creditors insisted Il was no use to tai,
dollars in the flce Of the general suspcn-
sion oi the universe, with many other
scenes of hunor aud terror, would take
more space than the careful eshibltion Of
tho characteristics the incidents. the known
causes, and the appearance of the phcnorn-
cnom viii allow.
The Herald holds that the best under
stood language the term meteor Is applied
only to those bodies that as glohular lire or
shootmg-stars are now and then seen hurt
ling in space az unknown distances from
the earth and in unknown orbits. The
fact of their solldity appears from their
occasionally throwing upon on earth's
surface Fragments of stone, or ''mctcori'
iron, whose heat Is intense and whose as
ccrtained substance is composed OF various
elements.
II Is calculated IN New Yorl that, if it
comes, the shower Of 1866 will be some
where between twelve midnight Of Tues
day and sunrise of "Wednesday. The as
rronomers have foretold iis oomiug, and
they generally arc holll as reliable prophets
OF course, every one viii be on tip-toc oil
expectation. No one need Iva scared. Sci
encc has demonstrated the occurrence to
be harmless, Experience has demonstrated
The Cact also. Thel the spectacle will be
one Of mdescribablc grandeur when It oc-
curs will not admit OF doubt.
NEW BUSINESS fIRM.--By reference 10
their card, in another column, IL will hc
seen that Messrs. Mckee, Woodward &
Wcahley have commenced business rs !
Wholesale gfoeers aud dealers IN foreign
and domestic liquors, IN the spacious room
In the Opera House building recently oc-
cupied by Wogamnn. Smith IS Co. The
gentlemen comprising this firm are all well |
known IN business circles as prompt, rclia- |
bic and energetic business men. Mr1
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