, 1879-05-11

NckabY was sent home at once anu MIS- "ouhus
dressed. He declined to say what was the cause OF
Ehc trouble further than that it arose out OF dis
pute concerning money matters lie dcclareu' now
ever, that Knight had taken undue advantage OF
him by striking him from behind. On MONDAY
Ricsaby was placed in a carriage and taken to the
office OF Howe s. Hummell, where he made an nil"
davit to the above facts and instituted civil suit
against Knight for $40, 900 damages. He WAS then
lifted into the carriage again and borne to the
Grand Central depot where, stretched at 1nii |
length upon the cushions OF d sleeper. he stafieu
for Memphis, Tenn, to take charge OF the business
Affairs Of Mr. Beecher. ~
Knight was arrested last evening just before the
rise of the curtain, but was allowed 10 play the
piece through. He then started out In search OF
buil. The bond required is 81, 000 and it IL be- |
lieyed he will hnye no trouble in securing 1t.
PREVIOUS EXPLOITS.
This is not the 1rst time Knight has been mixed
up in flsticuf arguments. Last summer, when
playing at the Boston Museum, two fellows insult
cd his wife day on the street he happened to
be walking only few steps behind her, and hc
proceeded without delay to polish OF one OF tho
gay chaps, the other seeking refuge In flight.
That undertaking was most 1audablcsone, bnt,
unless there Is more plausible explanation thnn
has yet been given Of tho test aair it will be Get
down as most cold -blooded and atrocions piece
Of bulIyiem.
The opening performance Of the "Assommo't,
aweek ago to-day, was the occasion Of the biggest
gathering Of regular first -nighters have scen IN
New York for many day. The Olympic Ihcatre
holds an immense crowd of people when occasion
requires, and, although there were some vacant
seats in the buck uf the house, still the attendance
was large. McVicker, George Fuller, George
Clarke, Charles J. Ed,nunds, Mai. Pond, Anna
Dickinson, the Duff family, Alta Merrill Morris
simmonds Cazauran, A. N. Palmer, Horace
Wall Postmaster James, Archie Gordon. Jack
studlcy, Dan '11nrkins. George Edgar, Chanaos
Fulton, Melter-I mean Thcouore-Moss, sisnor
Majcroni, Florence Ellis, aud Lillian cleVes
Clark were few familinr ones l
noticed III the auditorium. 1t WIS
curious to witch the different expressions with
which the fuilure was RECEIVED by tue different
people who knew Daily. For. the most part there
was nothing but condolcnce, bur 4 few openly e1-
pressed their Most 9s ,;rd
tableau when the failure Of tue piece was assuEec
s.Cazn became very. much eluted, and, with
y his acouananees o w Har.ty SO
marked that everybody saw it and was dlsglstea.
ae fell On the s tfeny as ess
Union Square has made inn rather enjoy similar
fates experienced by other authors. =
Everybody gnys the '.AesomnlOir" teaches q
paucrs yocs so fur as declare that it is ~ more
effective argument with chron1c drum m-d.lnkcrs
know; know that is 60 il is so 'nuchly effective shat
every gin-nlll in the, vicinity was complete!y
on drinks naac see ee sobeF
man full from the roof OF a house and
break almost every bone a,n;onl In his ,r. skim III
jolly 4Ss es.on Sa + enyaE wS sGa
out dou5t Tue moral is ttihs cloudy sat the
whisky trade ssure to flourish in the vicinity
>, TIE BUSINESS AT THE OLYMPIC
+Ao y nA1 ~
countered Ono theatrical man declares that no
play Gun be successful which hns curriers'
chorus tn it and points to Dalys other qire failure
ttTbu Dark CITY," az support for his theory.
But what really does seem curious IS TINT failures:
like successes, don't come sinsly; McKee, :, ~
h1o' thalan the pn5t sSowe and the As
sommoir have all followed each other in rapid
| succession. And Heaven only knows where the
Tits week is the last but one Of the present bill
/ at Wallack's. On the 10th Miss Cavendish will
step in with Rosaind and 1t is hoped taat hes ap.
Of the hole into which 1t hns f'onndered through
| the extraordinary mismanagemcnf Which ms gnia1
Cd It's ashan tpo Woud WITH Hf Miss
| dish as OtIaudo. But he is announced to open
at tbM time in tho Boston Auseum 1.ae.,u, Wiz WIZ
vii be- So bsttuted for him here. The Philadelphia
baby s'Plnafore party who arc PLAYING every a.
tesnoon at Wallack's have succeeded In drawing IL. m
| moderate audiences. The entertainment they pre-
sent is rs clover Us one can expect IN company
1nade up Of such little mldgets. They amnEe 1n-
'e Nsst Monday afternoon Haverly will follow suit
at his theatre With his 'sFirst Families" infant
t.Plnafore party, which is now actively rehears-
viii also produce the piece with part Of the Ao-
bot English Opern Company. Castle will be the
Ralph and Peahss the Dsaasye: me otaer PATS
artists, aud it is likely thnt few weeks Of big
business will be done. The Mastoupns hayc arawl,
succession Of big houses Next week they 50 10
a;mcc has soae from Boolhs to the Park, where
she is doing the ''Litt1c Duke y this week tu
larger audiences than she orew u. !ne otneI h
of entcrainment which cannot be done full justice
| in thcal1e the size Of Booths Preparations are
in nor Tha opr
be done for tho first time in this country next Mon:
day night, with Aimee, Raphael, Juteau, Jouard,
| Meziefes, Dupan. aud Dupuis In the cast.
| TIE t'ENaAoED" COMPANY
nra now in Boston, playing to immense audience!
| at MI Ahoeys Park Theatre there: From Bosto1
they 70 to Drooklyn ana Philadelphia. They are nn
for several scissors been the Treasurer OF the New
York PARK Theatre, and whose benefit at that es
tablish1nent lust week melted him q handsome
sum. He is one Of the best-known and best-l1ket
'ff4s ~ M that hasesy is areaay mighty seI
of his contract with the Union Square people ~ III
! hns agreed to pay them q certulnty OF 81, OOo
week for long summer season, and just now h
don't see where tue profit is 20 come 10; Ths con
! m3Qe QefOFG tne- AVbt Nnl1lEu WI
produced, and UnvcEly only acccded to the pre-
| no1rcrous terms required upon the assuInce Q
Palmer and CazauraI that the piece was bound to
n 20. and could therefore DC used in Chicago II
, ! follow up the Bankers Daughtcr:' Jack kneV
. | The latter piece could not ho depended upos
, / for more than week or tWo there
owing to the facts that it has been tw1cc done al
ready: that it was then u better plaY than it |
since Caza11ran tinkcred 1t; and that. with the ex
! ceDtlon perhaps Ut rhornc's part, it was bette
| played both at uoolcys and Mcvickcrs than it
> by the Union Square purity. And now flat 'Lox
Children " proves to be of ''no use OIL earth.
! IIaycrly don't know what to put on after III
= | .sBangcr's Daughter" shall have run its brio
: course Plainly, he ia in a hole: But he shoul
20 little slow in dealing with sncn men as Palmer
who, by the way, playen it very low down on bic
Wicker about this piece OF HowGra's.
John Stevens, VINO some months ago made
very lively lot Of charges asutnst the OraMntl
Neirs. and who skipped from New York 'bctwec
two days when ByTnc got after him with q wal
rant. now goes into his corner and acknowledge
that he was naughty, naughty ooy, and says
8 won't do so any more. lie claimed, 1t will be *
mcnbercd, that the NesCs had pitched into h1l
- | nnd his .tUuknown" because he hhu refused
= | crnnlov woman who w'1B recommended to him
i an cmploye Of that paper lie now writes Byrne
:, letter saving he has discovered that he was m1t
Il led when he made the or1ginal statement and ths
!. | he tukes tie present opportunity to ncknow!ed1
his error Stevens tried to oluH 1t out, bHt upo
= finding TINT be couldn't come into New York, e.
! wifi fcar of