The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-10
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New YoRK, Sept. Q, 1870.
BsmnDiee Byraniee and His Eight Little Boxes.
One morning in the early part of last June, a
singular looking gentleman might have been
seen walking away from the ticket Office in the
broad marble-paved lobby that leads into Niblo's
Garden. The gentleman tall and slim, was
i, dressed in black, and his clothes were of excel
lent quality. That which was most singular
4 about him was his face. It's hue was very dark
brown, his eyes were brilliant aud black, and
his head was covered with profusion of jet
black hair. He was evidently foreigner
and any one acquainted with East
! ern tongues, and hearing him speak, would
have pronounced him a Hindostan AS he
left the ticket office, where he had purchased
: two tickets for the evening, Mr.. Zimmerman,
the treasurer, looked curiously after him. re-
marking to an assistant who stood near that that
gentleman one of the best customers the
theatre had. The proof of this was that he had
been attending the evening performances at
! Nibos every night for the past mon tn, coming
every morning regularly to engage his seat or
seats, as the case might be, and, unable to ex-
press himself in English, invariably retiring
with an aspect of supreme satisfaction with such
a locale as was indicated by the tickets handed
10 him. Well the play that was performed
hpon the evening in question: for which the
Stranger had been purchasing ten seats, was en-
titled NotGuihy, amelodramatie masterpiece for
Ffwhch Wvtt Phillips and Mr.. Hemphill, of the
walnut Street Theatre of your city, are con-
tointlyresponsible. One of the acts as every good
theatre-going Philadelphian knows, represents
b battle between the English and the Sepoys.
wherein the Sepoys come off second best. At
this point in the play the Ilindostanee, who bore
the meodious name of Bomanjee Byraniee
'Calah, was observed to grow very excited. He
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bore at the backs of the seats in front of him,
And uttered piercing screams. OF course, when
This crisis reached the officers of the theatre
tnterfered, and MIR. Bomaniee Byranjee Calah
Iwas removed and taken to Spring Street Station.
Thence in the morning he was taken before JUS
tice Bowling, thence to Bellevue Hospital
thence TO BlOCmiDgdale, and thence to asprivate
Insane asylum. 1t has since been discovered
that, previous to his arrest had in his pos
session at the Hoffman House eight little
boxes illed with gold that is supposed
Ito have represented 300, 200. Since his
arrest those boxes and their contents have
mysteriously disappeared, and the propretors
of the Hoffman House are said to be connected
with the disappearance. Two porters who
recently left there swear to having brought
down from Calahs rooms the boxes which con-
tained the gold, and Mr.. Jarvis, Clerk of the
pointed committee of Mr.. Coah's estate, has
brought to light bill of ladiug, which proves
that in the month of April last that gentleman
shipped from Liverpool anumber of boxes which
contained at least 100000 in gold and paper.
The propretors of the Hoffman House. of
course, declare they are innocent, and throw
themselves back upon their good reputation.
On the other hand, there are the story of the
porters Ito say nothing of the re-porters) and
the mysterious disappearance of the money in
question. A brother of Calah is expected soon
70 arrive to investigate the difficulty.
Amusemenfs.
The French opera boute company are now in
ihis city OF course opera boute is to s'be re-
vived on scale of spectacular splendor hith-
erto unknown in this country" The new
troupe numbers one hundred. The principal
prime donne are Madlle. Lea Silly, from Les
Varieties, Paris; Madlle. Celine Montaland, from
lhe Paais Royal, Paris; Madlle. Suzanne Thai,
trom the Athenee, Paris; and Madlle. Juliette
Jousse, from Les Foles Dramatiques, Paris. The
male singers are Constant Gaussin, Paul Ler-
nina, George Varlet, jacques Anthony, and
Paul Hittemans. The four artists who are re-
lied upon to create any sensation are Silly, Mon
taland, Gaussin, and Hittemans, the last named
of whom has quite a reputation o bufo
singer. Max MaretZek is to conduct the
musical department. Lupo, Albertina,
Mazzeri, and Ajase are to be in
the ballet. The season will commence on Mon
day evening, September 26, with lie Petit Faust,
and will be continued with Les Brigands and
La Pri,acesse de Trebtzonde. Madlle. Monta-
land is said to be the beauty of the troupe.
Last night she sat in one of the proscenium
boxes at the Grand Opera, and created small
sensation by wearing tri-colored sash. She is
an expansive woman.
The other day gave you reason to believe
that Madame Lanner and Bertha Lind would
soon visit you. That information, however, is
incorrect. Engagements await the troupe in
Europe. Their last performance in America
will take place two weeks from tomorrow, and
on the ensuing Saturday, October !, they sail in
the Vile de Paris for Europe, perhaps never
to return. Considering the season at which
they came, their success has been astonishing.
Madame LaHner will leave behind her the repu-
tation of being one of the most intellectual
dancers and Bertha Lind that of being one of
the most beautiful women ever seen upon the
American stage. ALI BABA.