The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-27

of the most attractive features of Christ
mas day was the Inauguration of Turner's
Hall. This building is now fully finished,
and is the largest and most conveniently
arraged public Hall in the city, as well as a
great honor to that highly patriotic and
excellent association known as German
Turner's" Between one and two o'clock
procession was formed by the Turner's at
their old Hall, and led by the Crescent City
Silver band, playing lively march, pro-
ceeded down Main Street to Second, and
down Second to the Hall, which was soon
densely filled with vast audience of Ger
man and American citizens. mss
The exercises of the Inauguration were
manifestly highly interesting to those who
earnestness and eloquence of the brief re-
marks of Adolph Pfaff1in, in which he de-
livered over the beautiful hall to the socie-
ty, and the prologue, so handsomely deffv-
cred by Mrs. DIR. Legler, fixed the attention
of those even who did not understand the
language. There was some grand mu-
sic by the Turner Band and the Crescent
City Silver Band, by their inimitable mu-
sic,- lent a charm to the scene. The grand
hall, the auditorium of which is sixty by
eighty feet, was handsomely decorated
with American flags. The scenery for the
stage is partly painted; the back wall and
the drop curtain are very handsome, and
show to great advantage under a full flood
OF light, such as was emitted last night by
the beautiful chandeliers.
After the Inauguration ceremonies were
ended Fair was held for the benefit of the
hall, over which still hangs a debt of over
5000, and which we hope our LIBERAL
hearted citizens will aid in paying off
speedily. A great variety of beautiful and
useful articles were disposed of by lot, the
tickets being sold at fifty cents each,
and many valuable prizes were drawn.
The most eager interest was manifested as
the drawing went on, and consider
able amusement was afforded by the
chances of the lottery as a young and
blushing maiden found herself the posses
sor of nice, tiny pair of baby stockings,
and was advised to lay them away as they
would be usefnl some day; or as youth of
II or IS drew a tiny little baby cap or
hood. We became the proprietor of three
tickets, and INDUCED the pleasing delusion
that we should draw corner lot or gold
mine; but, alas, as the numbers were
called the corresponding slip bore the
crushing word Nix" and we find ourself
none the richer for the investment.
We have scarcely ever seen so much
good humor prevail in so large an assem-
bly,.
AT night the spacious Hall was again
crowded with brilliant and highly intel
ligent audience to witness the
~ GRAND CONCERT
by the Turner Band. The programme was
very long, but was listened to throughout
with great interest, and received with un-
bounded applause. The piano for the oc-
casion was a fine Steinway, furnished by
Cell & Rheinlander, and was admirably
used by Prof Matthias. Taken altogether,
the concert was magnificent success. We
have not space nor time to particularize,
did we sufficiently understand the pro-
gramme, which was published in German.
We noted few of the performances
which were surprisingly fine and elicted
vast applause. A defamation by Miss B.
Kuehler produced great amusement, being
an ineligible pantomine as well as dec
lamation.
A solo by Mr.. F.weil was a mastery per-
formance, and was loudly encored.
The violin solo, by Master Schneider, was
universally admired, and was perhaps the
best performance of the kind ever witness
ed in this city.
The concert for violin and piano by
Master Schneider and Professor Matthias
was generally considered to be the crown
ing glory of the concert, and the magnih-
cent music by the Crescent City Band was
a delightful feature in the evenings enter
tainment We hope to witness many SINH
lar entertainments in the new Turner
Hall. ,f.k
There were SOME pleasing gymnastic exc
ercises during the interval between the
first and second parts OF the concert, in
which skill and agility were manifested, but
we have not space to particularize. s-'H