The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-29

most instances the owners have been al
lowed to give bonds and resume bust
ness, thus delaying their legitimate
business but few hours, but effectuallv
squelching the little game by which the
Government was being defrauded of
hundreds ofthousands of dollars yearly
so the officials soy. The large establish
ments of Prince Sam Rindskopf, Herman
Nunemacher, and the Kiewert Bros,
are among those seized, theothers being
manufactures of lesser note.
THE LEG DRAMA
Ii there IS one thing more than
another that a certain class of Milwau-
keeans delight in, it is the leg drama.
Durlng the past week her admirers of
thas sort OF entertainment have been
reVellng IN the semi-nude charms of the
nudest lot of nymphs that has ever Wis
lted the clty-the Soldene troupe. These
blondes-of course they are blondes, y
and English blondes too-gave three en-
tertalnments at the Academy, but owing
to heavy rain and otherwise unpleasant
weather their audiences, although very
talr, were not as large as they would
have been under more favorable circum-
stances. What their patrons lacked in
numbers, however, they made up in en-
thuslam, rs their frequent encores of
the gauzy creatures testified. 1t would
be unfair, and not strictly true, to aver
that the audiences which greeted these
feminine ground and lofty tumblers were
composed of our best society; there was
amarked absence in fashionable quar-
ters of the house of that more refined
element of the city which gathers at
the Academy on Nilsson or Patti nights,
and III its stead | noticed the bald-head-
ed and long hair parted in the-middle
classes Of amusement lovers who find
greater charms in the thinly draped
limbs of a pretty woman than in the
sweet warnings of GOd-given voice.
These classes predominated at SCldene' s
entertainments, and to say that the
blondes successfully catered to their
tastes is to but feebly interpret the en-
| thusiasm evinced. Since the departure
of the JOuters we have had a lecture
by Anna E. Dickinson at the Academy
and the rendition of little opera Ell
titled the "Innkeeper's Daughter"
composed by local author. and rem
| dered by amateurs for the benefit of one
of our churches. Aside from some
very pretty airs, the production is of no
particular merit. Theatre goers, how
ever, compensate themselves for the
present lack of enjoyable entertain
ments with brilliant anticipations
of the debut as manager OF
MIR. GILMORE OF THE OPERA HOUSE.
Mr.. G. is well known in the literary
/ world Choir nf tho M,1y lyna
Magazine, one of the most popular and
readable periodicals published in the
west. The same remarkable success
which has attended the new manager S
literary efforts, will no doubt reward his
labors in this new role. The Opera
House is to undergo thorough over
hauling, and made as bright as new.
New scenery, new upholstery, and paint
ing and frescOing are at present the or
ders of the day land when all is complet-
ed the manager gives assurances that
| the character of entertainments present
ed will comport with the beauty and
general popularity of tie establishment.
AN UNPLEASANT RUMoR
gained circulation and considerable Gre
dence during the past week, to the effect
that the reservoir of the water works was
about to give way. A slight leak was
discovered, it seems, and the dwellers
in that vicinity, having no doubt fresh
ly in their minds the dam calamities III
Massachusetts, are terribly apprehensive
of horrible fate that awaited them
should the immense walls give way and
hberate the imprisoned waters. An ex-
animation, however, showed that
there was not the least cause for alarm,
and the dwellers in that neighborhood
are treasured. The unheralded intro
duction of SO much aqua pura among a
population accustomed to the use of in
ordinate quantities of lager beer and
other stimulating beverages would no
DOUBT have appalling results. WAL.