, 1874-02-04

A. D. 1879, nudo aid entorea into + certain
ngrocnont, in writing, and under their aeals tho
Ba.d plaintiff atv1irg himself ~. II. MoYtckor,"
a',d tho saa defonnnt Htyling hinsor r. sfloo aso,,
said agroolno,tt IL as follows (an tho hnid paiil-
tin bIiugs lacro Into Court, tllora follows tho
agroelncnt.1
THE rra1vTlrr'n wi111NaNEsa:
And tho said niaintiff avcIa that, al!hongn 10
sai,l | agioomo,l, f fuliy tono aud performed oil
things by him thorout,der to ho norforn,od, at,a
hath. Mt all times sinco tho 9th day OF June, a.
p: 1873, lsl,erto boon roaly aud willing TO rent
a satd tlloSiro for tho saia ,to',,,,o torn OF
f,.rnisla tho said tlcatro cleaned, tghte,l,. and
warmed, mad also his regnfar BtagoandB, sisllotH,
doorkeorors, tictct.sollors, mud Ills orchestra
lar advertising. bi!-prinling and posting during
uaid term, to Hatd defendant for Tho perform
al,cca and purpoaoH in snid ngreomont expressed,
Of nil Of which aaitl defendant hath alwnys hitli-
orto ad notice, yet tho aaid doiondans H. YET, H.
to,.ding to iuinro tho aaid agrecmont and b.
on, to wit. tho 11th day. Of Decombor. A:
D., 1873, wholly and absolutely refused
to koou, perform, mud fulfill Ills uaia agreement
thereof, h,,l wholly put an oi'a to, and aban:
1oucd nttd repl1tliatel lhe Banlo md tho1I aud
tloro wholly discharged tlse said Plaintiff from
ls sad agreement and from tho performance Of
the nnid plaintiff iii frct saith TINT tho Hnid de-
fentlnnt (nltl,ough often requested so. to l0)
hath not iopt tho hafl covenant by linn 30 nlado
III aforesaid, blt hntl broken The Rat,o, MD 10
keep tho sumo with tho aaid plaintif hnth htll-
crso wholly rofuHou mud doth still rcfuse.
THE DAMAGES.
Whereby tho Bail plaintir aaitll that ho hna
sustained damageB to tho amount of s5,000. and
therefore lo brings suit, etc.
atls. u1tAu's WE'VE.
a call wnB nude upon AR. Grau yoHteraay
evening to learn whnt Ito thought Of AIcVickcr's
suit, but tho Bauvity Of tho versatile mprosurit
was not apparently disturbed tontIy groat oxtens.
lie stated thnt Ito had received lioto yeBtorda,
from Mr. A1cVickcr, asking wllothor tho Aimet
troupe intended filling tho engagement com.
| moncing Monday, md aEo anl;ing Tor tho present
nddross IF tho troupe. Tho note fnrthorconvcyct
| tllo information tint 1Tr. AfcFcker would koot
| hia theatre open to i'll tho engagement.
| LII reply, Alr. Gran informed Mr.. MeViclol
that lIo wns unable to give tho exact address o
| the Aimee troupe. but that lo supposed 1t to bt
| Thoatro Gra,,tlo, Stoxlco, As for tho koopin:
| open tho thoatro for tho engagement Air. No
Wicker had already posted hilla announcing tAa
| which did not 1ook m,tch liko Keeping opon To-
| the Ainloo engagement.
SERVED.
| About o'clock In the afternoon Alr. Grau re
| cGived summons to hppeAr III tho United Statc
Court to answer Mr. McVicker's demand, md III
immediately sought for his lawyers, hlosars
| Hunter 4; pnge, but tlioy Ind gone home. alr
| Gran thought TINT his suit nSasnHt McVieke
ought to be answered before tho latter brougL
Hlit against Gruu.
| HIS DIRECTIONS
Moreover, there wore two strong objections II
| this suit. In the first place, Dir, GrAu claimed
| to be only au ngens for hlesars. Chzzola tS Co.
mud, secondly, Mr.. McYicker had no CAUSE O
uctio,., inastnuc as tho engagement Ind not yo
been broken. 1t would hayo been time to tall
about bringing snit aftor tho tslnc Ind oxpirot
| for which tho theatre hnd boon engaged. Hi
Grau waa evidently dsgustcl with tho who'll
affair and in no l!snlor for talking about It, II
will 1eaveit in the hands OF his attorneys. Will
ho proceeds with hiu present troupe to Nc,
| Orleans.