Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-10
uUsEcAL ANp DnAirATEC.

Miss Lotta is playing her second week
at the Howard Athenmuni, Boston.
Matilda Heron was at indianapolis last
week. On Friday night she had benefit.
Kate Reignolds is at Woods theatre,
this week.
The Keans opened at the Mobile theatre
on Monday night.
Part of Maretzeks company ran down
from Boston to Hartford on Tuesday
night and gave Martha.
John Brpdgham entered upon the
second Week Of his engagements at Pixies
opera house, Cincinnati, on Monday.
Maretzek appears to have taken the
policy of runHing no risks in conducting
operate ventures outside of New York
He has well established himself there, and
finds that the New Workers know how to
treat him literally. Report says that the
profits of his late season were near the
sum of $40, 900.
A charming anecdote of the celebrated
Madame Ancclot is reproduced in some
extracts of her private memoirs. Her
daughter married the eminent barrisser
NJ. Lachaud, whose brilliant speeches at
the bar almost rival, in elcqucnce and
forensic learning. those of Berryer or
Chalk dEstange. Madame Ancelot ez-
claimed once 10 friend, al am the hap
piest mother in France. l have q son-in-
law of whom every one talks, and
daughter Of whom no person has ever
made remark.
Mr.. W. A. McClurg is at present erect
ing a new theatre ON the site of the old
Athen@um, Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The building Is FIVE stories high, and is
built in neat and handsome style of
architecture. The first story is divided
into five large store rooms, and two en-
frances into the auditorium above. The
auditorium will be, it is thought the most
spacious convenient and best ventilated
of any place of amusement in that city,
and, when completed, will seat upward of
$500 persons. The new building, which
has been named the Academy of Music,
has been leased by Mrs Ettie Henderson,
wife of Manager Henderson, of the Pitts
burgh theatre. who is now engaged in or
ganizing a stock company. 1t is expected
that it Will be completed by the first of
May next. Mrs. Henderson will long be
remembered by Detroit audience. Her
engagement here last week, with Mama
ger Hough won her hosts of friends Her
of Count st. Louis, in the
youthful days Of Richslieu was perfect.
Edwin Forrest played fve nights, last
week, at Crosbys Opera House, Chicago,
to the largest receipts he ever had in u
corresponding length of time. He ap
peared Monday night in Virginius to |
s2,027 90; Tuesday, Otbello, 81 ,68s 90;
Wednesday, Riehelieu, 81, 25l 90; Thurs |
day, Jack Cade, S2,6l8 90; Friday, Da- |
mon, S2,496 90. The aggregate receipts |
for heive nights we're Sll, 379 so.
Paris, at the present time, numbers
among its residents the five greatest dra-
matte musicians living-Rossini, Auber,
Gounod, Verdi and Wagner.
According TO the notes in Meyerbeer's
diary, which has just been publishrd, it
appears that the overture to "BAfri2us "
was written twenty-five years previous to
his decease, and that he had altered the
work twice over, as two different scores
have Just been discovered.
A bill is shortly 10 be introduced in the
Legislature which declares
i misdemcanor for managers Of theatres
md other places Of public amusement to
place temporary benches or seats in the
,isles and passage-ways of their houses
Turing the hours of exhibition.
Morensi, the favorite contralto who
eft New York last year for Italy, has,
.fter few months study, accepted an en-
at the Opera House, in Oopen-
lagen, and was to debut there as "Azu-
,ena on the lst. Madame Van Zandt is
llso in Copenhagen, but is not singing
The two drtjstes crossed the Alps together,
md Norensi writes beautiful letter. de-
criptive of the scenery they viewed and
.njoyed.
Burgess and Prendergrast's Minstrels
an engagement Of fonr nights
It Ottawa, Q. W., on January oath, in Her
Hajesty's Theater. On the oath, while
Hughes was singing Paddy McFadden"
ONE one in the gallery began hooting'
md Kissing, while all the rest of the house
The consequence was, Cool
Burgess got up and said, "Ladies and
gentlemen, am Canadian. Is there
lnything wrong in that song? I think
lot, and would like to see every man get
air play. Those who are not satisfied
With our entertainment can go down TO
he door and get their money back"
Hughes then stepped up, and said, / am
N Irishman, and see nothing in that song
o offend any Irishman present, and those
in the gallery-if they be Irish
not of the right stripe Hughes
ontinued his song without further inter-
upton.