Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-20

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Edwin Booth aud Lawrence Barrett in
Chicago last week and this.
Louisville reveled in the Georgia Min
strels and a circus last week.
The Juliet" of Nine Modjeska is
said to be the rage in California.
Reports say that Strakosch has en-.
gagged Mile Chiomi for q tour in America.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Frayne will ap-
pear at the Adelphi, Chicago, September
oath.
May Howard in Hearts and the COM
edy of Baby we're the attractions at Bal.
timore.
John Allen takes the Texas Jack COM
binstion through Indiana and adjoining
States.
1t is stated that Salvini will appear in
a biblical play called Gideon, in America
next year.
1t is proposed to erect a monument to
Charlotte Cushmau in Central Park,
New York.
Patti has another rival in a Russian
lady, Mile RuGtusof, who is to make her
debut in Paris.
John E, Ovens played at the Pitts
burg opera.house last week. Raymond
will follow him.
The dramatic season in Buffalo was
opened September 10 by Milton Nebles
in The Phoenix.
Imogene, a new star, it is said, will
travel with her " combination, with
Edwin Browne as manager.
Miss Fanny Davenport has Cancelled
her engagements in New England on &C.
count Of the death of her father.
J. G. Williams will appear in New
York, after an absence of FIVE years, in
Struck Oil, at the Union Square.
The spectacular drama of Bahia was
the attraction at indianapolis last week,
and tie bald-heads vent up to see it.
Stuart Robson and W. Fl. Crane went
from Chicago to San francisco, to play
in Forbidden Fruit and Our Boarding
House.
Mrs. D. P. Powers will probably pro-
duce during the coming season a French
play, The Third Estate, by Mr.. Edward
Greey, author of Vendome.
The regular dramatic season will open
at The Memphis Thester, October LIST,
with Kelly & Icons Minstrels, who are
now on a successful tour through the
West.
John Brougham has been playing o
farewell engagement in Boston, appear
ing in two new comedies. SANDER and
Good.By Bahia was produced at the
Museum.
Marriage, Boucicault's new comedy,
in FIVE acts, will be produced at Wal
lacks October lst, and will be given %
the country by the Boucicault Dramatic
Company.
Mary Anderson played a highly sac
cessful engagement in Cincinnati, her
performances showing steady and
marked improvement. Mary Cary will
appear this week in Poor 10.
Miss Lewellyn will make her second
appearance the latter part of this month
OF the Memphis Theater. The piece to
be presented will be the Pearl Of Savoy,
supported by an amateur club,
Rose Eytinge's second week in San
Francisco opered September 10 with the
production of Shakespeare Antony and
Cleopatra. The Kellogg-C Cary concerts,
four in number, we're given at Baldwin's
Theater last week.
John Mccullough concluded a weeks
engagement at the Walnut street thester,
Philadelphia, on Saturday last. Harry
Beckett and The Overland Route were
at the Arch street, Next week Humpty
Dumpty and the Lingards.
Mrs. Cbanfrau was in Toronto last
week; the Lingards in Brooklyn; Jennie
Hughes in Bridgeport; Joseph Murphy
in Hamilton; Mary Cary and Rignold in
Detroit; Kate Claxtou 10 New Haven;
Genevieve Rogers in Rochester, and
Joseph Proctor in Lynn.
Mr.. John Rickaby, who will arrive in
the city to-day, will be the business man
ager Of the Memphis Theater for the
season. he travelled in the South last
year as business manager for Furnish,
the year before for the Abbey Combina-
ton and also Lolita. He is gu excellent
gentleman, thoroughly understands the
business and will make an efficient and
popular manager. We commend him to
the public aud hope his s%ojourn among
us will be pleasant and profitable.
Aimee opened her opera season in
New York at Booths Theater Wednesday
evening, the 18th. Pink Dominos at
the Union Square will give way this
week to Maggie Moore and j. G. vii.
Hanson in Struck Oil. Sothern contin-
ned The Crushed Trsgedian at the Park.