Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-03
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES ~.

prpER's OPERA HoCsE-CLosrSG OF
THE OraaA BoUBFs TROUPE TONIGHT.
Last evening a decidedly fashionable
md apprcciatiye audience crowded the
dress circle at the benef. Of the pretty
and spirited little Aimee, truly the
Queen Of the Opera Bouffe, and the
piece selected for the occasion was or
Ienbach's Justly popular opera OF
..Barbe Bleue," or Bluebeard. IL Is
evidently founded upon the old fairy
tale We have all read and implicitly
believed when we were little fellows,
although BlueUeard as perSouated by
Mons. Berton, had none Of the terrible
fierce usliness with which our youth
fnl ideal OF the character was endowed.
Neither were his six or eight wives 50
bloodily disposed Of, II after the
other, as In the Traditional account oil
the matter, but Instead OF being slaugh-
Tered aud hung up Oh meat hooks In q
certain strictly private OF castle
Rluebeard, the floor OF which was an-
kle deep In blood. when that room
door was opened last evening, there
were those wives in n richly lighted
room, having Il good time, drinking
and rettIug merry oser iced whisky
MUNICH. witt, lemons IN It. Bluebeard,
in this instance, was badly played
by hi> doctor or professor, popoialii'
60 whom lie intrusted the killing. III
stead OF doing this, he simply gave
them a sherry cobbler Instead o. cup
Of "cold pizem,' with Il narcotic III 1t
which set them rs fast asleep rs though
they had been chloroformed, and sub
,eo,eutly brought them to their SENSES
with Al electric machiue. Neither did
a COUPLE U. big brothers come Ia to the
rescue OF tho gay and sweet little
Aimee, representing Boulotte, Blue
heard. sixth wife, but she wasn't
killed and Bluebearl didn't have his
head extracted. and In fact NOBODY
appeared much hurt, u everything
passed of jolly and with plenty OF
choice singing and music. The sew
oral beautiful gems Of song in the
niece were most beautifully applaud,
ed. mud many were the bouquets OF
flowers thrown upon the stage TO the
fair beneficiary. Mile Dubois assum'
ed the character OF La Princesse Her.
mia, aud appeared TO better adrant'
age than We have yet seen her. lie
Roi Ro0cche was capitally personated
BY Mons. DuclIesuc. The other char
acters were fairly rendered. and the
choru-es given with splendid volume
aud effect. Throughout tho piece
Mile Aimee was bountifus!y applauI'
ed, and ut the Close. responded to a
call before the curtain by singing
"Salut Il Ia France" In r finer, more
spiritsd and appropriate manne than
ever before given on that stage. She
was most enthusiastically aud justly
applsuded. This evening the engage
me,,t Of this Justly popular troupe tel
inmates with ..Fleur Dc The" par
tjcularly queer Chinese opera. abound
ing In choice musical gems. ludicrou;
scenes aud highly amusing incidents
Acknowledgment ID be Chinese. twil
not be sung in Chinese, the company
not being proficient in that language,
No one who has not yet attended li'
Aimee Opera Bouffe, should iaii 20 Ok
there tonight. Tomorrow eSehlns
the CaNfornIa Theatre Company reap
nears. and on Monday John McCul
Tough will also put in . nrst appear
ance In Richard III.
VIRGINIA. AND Gorp Hill WAITED
CoupASy.-The following new Trus'
tees have been elected: James =
Flood, W. $. Hobart. A. uaywarn'
W. S. O'Brien, John SIae, a. y. I
Harmon and James G. Fair, trustees
W. f. Dean, Secretary.
The Greeley Democrat
of Carson fired of qulte a number O
guns and otherwise jubilated over INT
TO them rather encouraging news from
North Carol.ua last evening.