Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-19

house, Baltimore.
MISS JANE CooMRs and her company are
playing at the st. James theatre, Boston
Master PERcr RosELLH Is playing the
boy Detective" at the Bowery theatre
J. W. wAtLAoK is playing at De Bars
opera-hOuse, st. Louis.
WATCHED has been singing 10 Chicago the
past week. .
MISS CLAEI LoUIss gLLosa and the Hess
family gave a concert In Newark on Wednes-
day evening.
DIVORCE" Ia fast approaching iis two
huudredth night at the Fifth-ayenue theatre,
New York.
"THR VETERAN" has been drawing large
audiences at Wallack's theatre during tue
past week.
The wyndhsm comedy company has been
drawing good houses during the past week at
the Savannah theare.
LoTTA concluded her engagement at the
y. Charles theatre, New Orleans, last Sun
day night
EDWIN ADAMS concluded bis engagement
at the Varieties theatre, New Orleans on
Saturday night
Mn. AND MRs. FLoRsNcE have been play
Ing At the Flfth-avenue opera-house Pitts-
burg, during the past week.
"HUMPTY DUMPTYn has bean played over
two hundred nights ut the Olympic theatre,
New York.
JANAuscHEK has been playing during the
past week at the Richmond theatre. This
week she appears In Charleston.
Mn. AND Mas. d. r. BANDMANS arc APP
pearlng 10 "Narcisse" at the olympic theatre,
81 Louis.
MISS LYDIA THoMPsos concluded last
week her brilliant engagement at the New
Orleans Academy Of Music.
MISS CHARLoTrA In CLERoo has APP
Psared the past week 10 the .Hupchback,"
"School for Scandal aud "Londou Assu-
rance" at the Globe theatre, Boston.
The past week was the last Of the European
circus ut the Grand opera-houee, New York.
This week the Mulder-fa German opera
troupe commence short season Of opera
THE "Black Crook" will be produced at
the Boston theatre on February 20, with the
came features as are now In It at Nlblos
Garden. H.
AENA Dickinson Ia reported 10 be develop
Ing her dramatic powers In the tragic line
Her debut ut no distant day will probably be
made on the Chicago stage.
TIE Parepa-Rosa English opera troupe
concluded Saturday night very successful
season OF opera nj the Academy OF Music,
phia.
NEW drama entitled Buffalo Bnl,"
dramatlEed from the story written by Ned
Buntiine, viii shortly DO produced at the
Bowery theatre, New York.
The Terre Haute Qud.) Nail says, NV.
Lingham and wife, (Mlss Kate Fletcher
actors well known here have employed an
attorney Of thls city to procure for them =
divorce.
Mas. CHARTS MoULroN will resume her
concerts In Philadelphia, February II, with
matinee, after which she will vlalt Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Louisville, ST. Louia, &c,
under the management Of Geo. W. Colby.
MILLS AIMEE had a benefit at NIblo's Oar
den on "Wednesday afternoon, prior to her
10 PltisouE, Louisville aud other cities along
the route. F.H.. 81. .ta
"JULIUs C.RsART concluded it, eighth
week at Booths theatre Saturday night This
week Junlus Brutus Booth will assume the roe
OF Cassius, In the place Of Mr.. Lawrence Bar
retL who Is Obliged 10 retire on account OF
previous engagements.
performing ut Syracuse, Springfield, aud AZ
bany the past week. Tonight IL will be-
gin In Boston two weeks season, returt-
Ing 10 New York for three weeks, TO com
mence March D. ~.
VIENNA now has the pre- emiuence among
all cities for the number Of eminent planlsis
assembled there. AZ an evening reception
last month, visitors could see together the
Able LlsEt, with hls flowing hair, now all
whlto, Anton Rublustein, Hans Won BuloN
and Sophie Menter-parhaps four OF the sir
bcst performers Ia Europe.
Mn. CARL Rosa will commence a season Of
Italian opera nj the New York Academy Of
Music on the Let Of April The company
will include such drtistes As Madame Parepa-
Rosa, Mrs. Jenny Van Zandt, Miss Adelaide
Phillips, Herr Wachtel and MI. Santley. Tho
season will last about four weeks. Such n
combination OF great artistic has not APP
peared at the Academy Of Music for anumbw
OF years. .'
Wa LEARS that o company has beon
formed, with paid-ln capital OF u 900, goo,
for the purpose Of erecting In Chicago
museum, opera houge. and lecture hall. The
museum Ia to be the beat that can be devised,
and the opera house will be magnificent
structure. The Oldest manager In Chicago
Is At the head Of the enterprise, and the build
lug will DO commenced during the summer Of
this year.
A CITIZEN Of sandhurst Australia, was
sufficiently au1aclous TO remark, respecting
the Zaylsto wsk isisters-actlDg In that place
that their name was not Zaylstowskl, but
Murphy. Thereupon they sought his pres
ence, found him on the highway, and bella
bored him over the head with pArasol: The
Of the law, and the Zaylstowskl Sisters were
fined one shilling. The parasol was smashed
Into small pieces which the eager townspeo-
pie gathered up Us relics Of this memorable
fray.
THE reconstruction, says tho New York
Posi-, this week OF the "BlAck Crook" intro
quenters Of Nl6lo's. There Is now TO DO
seen queen Of the ballet, who dances q
snake dance, holding In her hands and toy
Ing with q live anaconda. The learned goat
Alexis goes through variety OF circus feats
which require grtAt intelligence as well ply
slcal skill. A Trio OF Spanlsh mlnstrels play
the guitar with charming effect, and at the
same time all the other leading attractions
are retained.
IT Is 0ENHRAlDI KNOWN that Baddeley.
the comedian, famous for his representation
Of Moses, IN The school for Scandal" by
his will, dated April 9S 1923, bequeathed an
interest, TO purchaso Twelfth Cake, (which
the ladies and gentlemen OF Drury Lane The
atre are requested 10 partake OF every Twelfth
Night in the great green-room." AZ the be-
quest proved inadequate, Alderman Birch, .
London confectloner, added an additional
sum, which pays for cake, wine and punch,
TO be distributed among all the members OF
Drury Lane on the occasion named. This
ceremony occurred, as usual, on Saturday
evening, January 0-the twelfth night after
Christmas.
Nh. Gas. sANrLEr made his nrSt appear
ance In opera In this country on Monday
night, 10 the opera OF Tampa" Mr. SAINT
ley, says the New York Times, ''as might have
been safely prophesled, was as successful as
his warnest admirers could desire. Those
persons among the immense audience occu-
plying every seat and foot Of standing room
at the academy last night, who applauded
his performances In the conoert-room, need
not DO told that his mastery OF the vocal art
Is complete. In the emission OF the voice, In
It's management In the longest legato pass
ages, and In the most cramplng divisions and
horid bars, 10 correctness and elegance OF
phraslng his singing Is possibly unequAled.
His enunclatlon Of the text ID In itself de-
light. The occasion we write OF showed him