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appearance. Manager Joe Brooks will
be found in charge Of the theater, and
Mr.. Frank Gray will have charge of the
ticket office. The entire season will be
run with combinations and star troupes;
no regular stock company has been en-
ployed. 1.-THE Mimiques" is an extrav-
aganza of considerable merit, introduce
ing fine music and startling sp~ecialties.
The names of the leading artists who
will appear are Miss Belle Hewitt, opera
bouffe artistic; Miss Leona Bradley, SOU
brette; Miss Alicia Jourdan, protean
character songstress; Messrs. ]. D.
Kelly, Walter Bray, W. q. Turner and
others. The orchestra will be conducted
during this engagement by j. B. Donni-
ker. The troupe is composed of a ster-
ling company of ladies and gentlemen,
vocalists and dancers. During the pre-.
sentation Of the piece gems from the
most sparkling operas will be produced.
The theater will no doubt be crowded
tonight by the bellies and beaux of the
city.
IRISH VOLUNTEERS BALL.-Wednes-
day evening, September fifteenth, is
the time selected for the grand dress
drill, promenade concert and hop of
Company A, Irish Volunteers, at the
Exposition building. 1t is intended to
make this occasion one of general inter-
est and unlimited enjoyment to every
visitor. The committee Of arrangements
consists of Lieutenant Paul Kingston,
NJ. Fenton, Rich Eustace, John Russell
and P. McFadden, whose industry, tact
and good judgment will enable them to
prepare everything necessary for the sue
cessful management of the entertain
ment. AS the proceeds Of this enter
tainment will be devoted to the pure base
of uniforms for the company, we hope
to see a liberal patronage given tAe
worthy organization.
GERMAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
To-day the German Benevolent Associa-
ton will celebrate its twentieth a%nniver-
sary at Humboldt Park, with a grand
picnic and orations from F. H. Finnie
and Hon. Luke W. Finlay. At six
o'clock,in the afternoon a German adj
dress will be made by Mr.. F. II. Finnie,
who will be followed by Hon. Luke w.
Finlay with an English Grafton. Every
arrangement has been made TO make the
celebration one of enjoyment and pleas
ure. Dancing, national games, prize
deer shooting, select songs by the Maen-
noechor, with other features, constitute
the programme for the occasion. No
improper characters will be admitted to
the grounds. This will be rigidly en-
forced.
HowE's CIRCUs.-The street parade
to-day was an immense affair, much
more attractive than any that has ap-
peared in our city for years. We notice
below a few of the many specialties of
the circus company mentioned by an
exchange:
The first pavilion, a very large one at
that, is exclusively occupied by the
varied and very extensive collection of
wild animals, which form so pleasing a
feature of Howe's great London show.
Everybody has seen the few tame aud
melancholy beasts which are carried
around by ordinary shows, but the ami
mails With this thorough-going establish
ment are not Of that class. They are
the largest and finest looking specimens
Of their class-beautiful, fierce, power
full and well preserved, and give the
spectator something Of an idea Of their
appearance running at large Ia their
native wilds. That the reporter NAV
not be accused OF over-stating this case.
it may be proper to mention that in this
great combination there are, among the
many other things, these remarkable
attractions:
/. The only group of five performing
elephants in the world, and all of them
were on duty yesterday, though the one
called Maddrie is still a little sick, though
convalescing rapidly, Their perform,
anee IN the ring yesterday elected the
most unbounded applause, aud it seems
to be almost incredible that these beasts
can be trained 70 become so gentle, in.
telligent and ssgacious. The idea OF Z
clumsy elephant walking up a ladder
and standing upon a narrow pedestal
eight or ten feet high seems like a freak
OF the Imagination, yet this is precisely
what wal dona yesterday, much to til,
surprise and qualification Of every be
holder. Other performances Of thesr
wonderful beasts produced an equally
pleasant effect upon the audience.
2. The next extraordinary attraction
Of Howe's great London was WHAT'S ais,
claimed to be the only group Of five per
forming royal Bengal tigers in the world
They are certainly large, sleek, aa,
~6ercelooking beasts, and raGch superior
N size and general appearance to airy
thing eyer seen before in this section o
the country at least.
3. But a still greater curiosity are A,
three baby royal Bengal tigers. said 4
be the only ones ever corn In captivity
They are cganiAg little brutes, born Il
april last, and are about the size Of
full-grown catamount, A large crowd q
people constantly surrounded these littl
children Of q very savage race Of ami
mals.
4. Another unusual and noteworth.
portion Of this unparalleled collection O
wild beasts are the six performing mar
eating African byenas, the only one
ever successfully trained by man. The
are ugly and yicious-looking creatures
and no one seemed TO envy the Africa.
who for several hours remained in IN
same cage with these savage but for hir
extremely doeile brates.
5. One more notable feature is IA
specimens Of the zebra tribe, possesses
by HoWe's great London, which ar