Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-05
eAL INTELLIGENCE.



Finest and most recherche ball of
,son was that given last night, in
Of the festival of Purim, by the
80 residents of this place. The
lover looked finer, being thor
|, renovated, and beside the usual
:er of lamps, an additional 200
.ndles were added, Illuminating
AGO in a brilliant manner. The
mas tastefully arranged, giving it
,semblance Of a Persian Court
tho center of the stage being &C.
nv the throne of Ahasuerus, the
and flankcd on either side, with
I.r.like implements of the royal
The paraphernalia of the stage,
bs,umes of the courtiers, officers,
n the different characters, were
costly and deliberately gotten up.
assumption of the dramatis per-
was notably good; and from the
ROYAL Drummer to his Royal
%.,css. the King of all the Persians,
conitted themselves in a COM
I,blc manner. The following was
st Of the piece, which was writ
EXPRESSLY tor the occasion by $.
ktone, aud entitled
THE PERSIAN COURT:
Ia Ahasuerus king OF PERSIA,
Immel; Vashti, his Queen,
David Mannheim; First Cham
I'm. Max. Obcrfelder; Minister
State. B. c. Levy; Keeper
70 Kings Haren. D.. Mannheim:
n sword Bearer, NJ. Cody; Royal
hard Bearer. Mr.. Harrison; Royal
Bearer. T.. Lowenthal; Bearer of
ROYAL Fan, David Nathan: Ha-
r. Oberfcldcr; Mordecai "a Jew,
ams; Esther. Mrs. $. Golds'one;
Drummer, /. Baron; Maids of
Dr. Miss Annie ROsenthal, Miss
Nshim. Miss Dollie Brooks and
= Lucy Taylor: courtiers. guards,
beers of the royal household, ETC.,
,merous auXilliaries.
following iSthc plot ofthe piece:
IAN. a Minister of the Persian
]; AhaSuerus. of the race of Aoag,
| because MOrdccai. the Jew. re-
to pay him homage, resolved
4 the destruction of all the Jews
be Persian Monarchy. Bv false
] and intrigue he succeeded in
hing a decree for this purpose:
Esther. the Jewish conSOrt of
interfcred for their deliver
| and Hannah was hanged OIL the
gibbet he had caused to be pro-
d for MOrdecai: and a general
acre of the Jews was thus pre-
ell. and the Queen. Esther. saved
at the risk Of her own life.
commemorate the almost mirac-
S salvation of their people and the
of their enemies, Mordecai
introduced the fast Of the
of .Adar. the day Of danger, and
of Purim, or lots. on the
and l4th of the same month, rs
OF entertainment and JOY. and for
ing presents to each other and
II aims to the poor. Adar is the
of the sixth month in the civil
of the Jews, and the twelfth in
sacred year, answering to the end
February and the beginning of
I'll. The second Adar occurs every
years. when the Jews, who
On twelve lunationS as a year,
obliged to intcrcalate a thirteenth
til.
imam was hung on the gallOws
III was erected in the court ward Of
palace and which was 95Of feet high.
a more complete report of the
of that period we refer the
to the Book of Esther, as re-
ed in the Bible.
ter the preliminary exercises were
i, dancing commenced and was
up till a late hour. The music.
shed for the occasion by Frank
elluth, was most exquisite, the
nS>or and his excellent band sur
'ng themselves in their rendition
morceamr, among which
a number of Strauss delightful
,eS. Over two hundred persons
on the floor, and altogether the
was a grand success. every ar
ement giving satisfaction to the
V attendants, and all seemed re-