Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-06-13

| TARLIkUx AND PANToMINEs AT THE ID. u. q D..
IrsrITUTtoN.-The audience at tho Deaf Du'ho
and Blind institution Saturday night, to witness
the exhibition of tAbleaux and pantomlnes W
the pupils, was densely crowded, the tadie'
having, as usual, acquired the right OF way .nu
the mon formed into thin line of obserVauon
against the wall. The tableaux were all wen 81
ranged and the characters dressed with tas'e'-
The May party was very pretty with MISS ,u~
| Dowell as Queen. The tableaux then follower ia
quick succession the best of them being
Widows Grief" in Eve scenes by Miss onse-
maker and Jno. W. Michaels, "Dutch court
ship" by Miss Argsnbright and Master Bruce
| ''Sambe on the stump" capital tsoleAu'
vivante, by Master VIM. Mallow, whose burlesque
Of colored srotorical gestures, dress and general
get up was capital. ''Figh. interrupted" oJ nihs
| boys, "Put rae in my little bed" deliga"al
tableau of q little ive year old in pignt-rsos
and little bare white feet, and HCapt. JOIN
Smith," in which lot of Indians came on, the
King PowhatAn wearing genuine 1ndlsh COS
tume which was presented to Hen A. ID. Ii.
Stuart when he was Secretary Of the lnterlsr.
The scenes closed with another tableau vlvante
Night and Morning, which WAS very we'll DONE
The orchestra under Prof Turner gave the su-
diencs % very pretty airs including ''Break oh,
my heart" from Otello, and the prayer from
Tampa. The audience got SO deeply interested In
the exhibition that they would stand up to the
entire eclipse of the male wall flowers who we're
standing picket, on the edge of the room.
clerical licking gentleman, who was calling out
the names of the pieces, tried the usual dodge OF
saying, in voice of ntreaty, that he WAS sure the
audience would not do it if they would emily re-
feet q moment, bot the girls wsr'nt as "sure'
as he was and hopRsd up pretty regularly. 1t
would net have been so bad but the bustles when
they rose suddenly poked the weary watchers I'M
der their hins. Ono old gentleman who had
gotten rcd in the face trying to telegraph, "Sarah
come LOTS 20 home,' in hoarse whispers to his
wife in front, turned from one Of usse sudden
ascensions rsmarking, with much asperity IS he
felt for his eye, that This lisa ID ofa business,
the accident being explained by a ringing
laugh and cheerful exclamation from girl Of
''why, Julia, you've poked tho old gentleman's
eye out'' Girls are thoughtful
LAYING OUT THE STREETS The city engineer
has gone to work with great energy in straiten-
ing the streets, and bis surveys have brought to
light several cases of encroa shment on the cty's
ground to consider which, a meeting of the
council was called on Monday night. At the
meeting, at which Messrs Bagby, Evans, English
German, Hoge, Nelson and Witt were present
letter was read from Mr.. Donald A lien. the city
eaginser, in which he showed the cases alread,
discovered were, Mr.. J. L. Timberlake, en- Au
gusta ST.. who has brick building two fee
over the line of the street, and on the lot owned
by the late N. B. Long, corner of Augusta and
New streets, a whole corner with soma wooden
outhouses is on the street, and there were also
encroachments by Messrs Marl1wood and PECK
er. The engineer in his letter hopes that the
decision in these cases of the council, will be
such, that it m.y be made precedent for the
remova! Of other encroach mepts The engineer
also asks perm ssion to take of feet more for
$50 feet on New street. He very earnestly sets
forth the importanc, of making all new in
proyements, and all the present streets conform
to q general plan, which in tho end will save
money lie also calls attention to the i'm
perfect system Of contracts which has prevailed
for city work aad urges reform in that respect.
Upon the conclusion of the reading, it was found
that no quorum was present, member having
left, and the council adjourned.