Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-19

Mr.. Mayo IN the titls role.
EIcHHoRSs ORCHESTRAL CoNcERT.-
The grand orchestral concert by Eich-
horns renowned band of thirty first
class artists, to be given at Cochran
Hall, Sunday evening, March 81. promi-
ises to be an unusually attractive occa-
sioR. Eichhorn and bis musicians are
well and favorably known to the people
of Memphis, for they have been present
at different MardiG ras carnivals. The
sale Of reserved seSta will begin to-mor.
row morning.
Aimee has a six months engagement
in Rio Janeiro.
Sol Smith Russell does not rejoin the
Berger Family as reported.
MOdjeska concluded her engagement
IN Baltimore Saturday night.
Lawrence Barrett is succeeded BY
Fanny Davenport in New Orleaas this
week.
Mr.. McVicker of Chicago, refuses to
rent his theater for Sunday evening per.
formances.
Gilmore takes his band to Europe in
May, and the Sultan says: II move to
Asia content"
Nj. Joseph Jefferson, the distinguished
actor, is said to be a firm believer in
spiritual phenomena.
Mary Anderson, supported by John
W. Norton, is at the Academy of Music,
New Orleans, this week.
sOthern closed an engagement at Rich.
mond, Va, Saturday night last. He viii.
be at the Memphis Theater Mardi-Gras
week.
Sidonie, Alphonse Dandet's new play,
had a short career at the Fifth Avenue,
New York, and was replaced with a new
Irish piece, The Diauolmaugh.
Victor Hugo is rewriting several of the
scenes Of his dramatic version of Les
MiserabIes, and the piece is to be played
in honor of the coming exhibition.
Joe Murphy and his company appear
at Little Rock the last two nights this
week, aud go thence to Jackson, Tenn.
Me-. Gus Mortimer, the agent, is now in
this city, aud says they have met with
success throughout the South.
10 Difference to the press criticisms on
the play of The Governess, a new adap.
tation OF Jane Eyre, Miss Morris has cut
out an entire act. She is making an i'm.
mense success Of it at the Broadway
Theater, New York.
Three members Of GiImore's Band will
not accompany him to Europe. These
are Mr.. Arbuckle, the first cornet, who
deserted from the Scots Grays in 1862;
Mr. Bent, second cornet, who deserted
in 1870; aud Mr., Ravanagh, the second
bsssoou, who deserted in 1872.
The English critics say that Wagner,
in the libretto of Percival," has substi-
tuted coarseness for sublimity, has gone
out Of his way to be nasty, and has
evolved q plot which no mau dare de.
scribe in its integrity in short, that this
good man has gone wrong altogether,
The composer of Martha is almost
always spoken Of as simply Flotow, and
he is universally regarded as a profes.
sional composer, working for bis bread;
but this is a mistake. He is a German
gentleman by birth and education; his
title is Baron Won Flotow, and he com.
poses because he loves music, not be.
cause he needs the proceeds of his work.
Modjeska must be a wonderful actress.
The Boston Gazette says that while she
was playing Camille the prompter threw
aside his book and weBt, the lover al.
lowed tears to meander down his powder
ed countenance, the hard. hearted father
was scarcely able to go through his part,
and a sceneshitter joined g palace BY
the Lake of Como 10 a scene from Ten
Nights in a Bar-room.
In the marriage Of Rosina Yokes, that
famous mirth-provoking troupe has lost
one of its most attractive features. Her
place is now occupied by Fred's wife,
the daughter Of George Moore, the min.
strel. She is reported to be extremely
beautiful, but fails to fill the place of her
predecessor. In fact, her beauty is
rather a disadvantage to her, as she
seens out Of place in the parts assigned
her.
Agentleman Of Troy, N. Y, purchased
three tickets for an entertainment by
Heller, in Boston, but the hall was so
crowded that he was unable to get seats.
He demanded a return of his money,
which was refused, whersupon be
brought suit against Jarrett & Palmer,
the managers, who settled the case with.
out going into court by paying the gen.
tleman the price Of the tickets and all
his costs, including the fees Of his at
torney.