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it will not bear another repetition. The
company is good one, and should APP
pear in a play better calculated to give
them an opportunity to display their
talent. Neck and Neck has had a suffi-
cent run for the season. let it be with
drawn and returned TO the tomb of the
Capulets. Tonight we are promised
something better, higher grade OF So
cety plays Griffith Gaunt will be
placed on the boards. Everybody has
read Reades novel, of which this play
is a good dramatization. That it should
secure its popularity from the filthy
Beecher-Tilton scandal is not probably
very creditable to public taste, but new
ertheless it is true, that Griffith Gaunt"
has become more popular with play
goers than it was of yore. Brother
Leonard" and Catherine Gaunt" had
their counterparts in the dramatis per-
sone OF the Brooklyn melodrama.
We opine the Stetson people will show
off to advantage in the cast selected for
this drama, and that they will win popu-
lar favor. On tomorrow and Friday
nights we are promised an entire change
of bill, and at the matinee on Saturday
Griffith Gaunt will be again produced.
MINsTRELsY. = Tomorrow night the
we'll known Haverly Minstrel troupe
will appear at the Assembly Hall. An
exchange has the following to say Of
this excellent troupe; 1T is saying a
great deal to assert that Mr.. John Hav-
erly has better troupe than he had
when here last. There are several new
features which add to the attractions
and completeness. Prominent among
these are Messrs. Z. NJ. Hall and Milt
c. Barlow Hall is a baDjoist who is a
complete master of his instrument, and
is possessed Of fine comic faculties at
the same time. His budget of solos,
spiced with local hits, is one of the most
attractive acts we ever saw in this line
of business. The audience nsver had
enough of him, but the act had to have
an end. 1t will prove a great feature
every night. Another new performer is
Barlow. He is one of the end mem
bones-and makes things lively with
characteristic songs, a splendid stump
speech, the Captain of the Hooligan
Guards, etc. He also does character
part-the old Southern darky-to the
life, and is good in everything he under
takes. Mr.. George Wilson, the tambo-
rine end man, is an old acquaintance,
and good as ever. Then there are Goss
and Fox, song and dance men; Garfield
and Booker, ditto; the California quar-
tette, consisting of the yelling Brothers
and Freeth--all excellent features.
Picnic AT THE ExPosITIoN.-Amuse-
ment lovers will bear in mind the picnic
to be given by the Iuvincible Hose Com
pany at the Exposition building this
wednesday, evening. In addi-
ton to the attractions already published,
the Bluff City Minstrels, who have re-
Gently given several performances, have
volunteered to appear on this occasion,
and everybody and their families are ad-
vised to go.
JEFFERSON OPERA HoUsE.-The JEFF
ferson street Opera House has opened
out under Manager Steele, and is
crowded nightly. The management has
secured the services Of a good troupe
of artistes who appear each evening in
pleasing specialties attractive and en-
tertaining. Tonight Frank Howe will
appear in the great hanging scene from
Jack Sheppard. Miss Ada Franklin, the
popular change artistic, will appear in six
different characters and liz several spe-
cialty acts. Change of programme every
night
SCHUMANN's TRoUPE.-Next Monday
evening this Novelty and Pantomime
Combination" will open up an engage
ment at the Theater. The Boston Tran
script refers to the troupe in the following
hattering language;
Schumauns Transatlantic Novelty
Company, which began an engagement
at the Boston Theater last evening,
proved novelty indeed, even to those
who have followed all the varieties intro
duced upon the stage for the last half
century. Not only in the range of &C.
ton but in its general and particular
excellence, does this company take the
palm from all others that have intro
duced themselves to the Boston public
in recent years. Wonderful and highly
refined IN every respect are the tricks of
jugglery; the graceful fsats of the aero
bats; bicycular tournament; the lecture
on faces, one man having hundred Of
them; the sword-eater who takes six
swords at one mouthful; the man flute,
who brings out the sweetest tunes with
his mouth and hand; and the panto-
mime of 1.-THE Barber" sends everybody
home in the best Of spirits Every per-
former is a host in him or herself, and
nobody will regret visit to the Boston
Theater, even in the hottest weather,
while the Schumann troupe remains.