Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

face party close their engagement her,
ts-night with Micawber and Peggotty
and David Garrick. The bill is a gooG
one, and ought to draw a good house.
The John Mccullough troupe open
on Monday night next in the Shaks-
pearean play of 0thello, wherein Mr..
Mccullough enacts the role Of the
black-faced Venetian soldier, who won
position and fame, with the heart love
of one Of the fairest daughters Of
Venice. 1t is one of Shakespeare
greatest creations, and it furnishes
Mr.. Mccullough a fine field to display
his finished evolutionary powers and
fine reading ability. His troupe is
exceptionally strong, and We may ex-
pect a grand week of the classical
drama.
FOOT LIGHT NOTES.
The Black Crook has been revived
at Niblo's, New York.
Mary Anderson opens at Brooklyn,
New York, March 10.
lima Di Murska is still singing in
concerts in New York city.
Awfully handsome heroes on the
stage do not look so we'll off.
The John Mccullough party appear
next, after leaving here, in Chicago.
Katie Putnam played the Little
Detective at Niblo's New York The
alter last week.
Mile Aime opens in opera bouffe at
the Park Theater, New York, under
Maurice Grau, April 9TH.
John 7. Raymond has been per-
forming as Colonel Sellers at the
Grand Opera House, New York city.
1t is announced in London that
Nilsson will join the Mapleson opera
troupe and come to America with
Gerster next year.
Mile Sarah Bernhardt has been
acting "Monime" in Racine's Mithri-
date with great success in the Thea
ter Franchise in Paris.
Charlotte Thompson played in
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Louisville during this week, present
ing Jane Eyre, The Hunchback, Miss
Mutton and Ingomar.
John Mccullough and his troupe
close at Little Rock tonight, having
appeared in Virginius, or the Roman
Father, Hamlet and Richard III.
Ole Bull is visiting his Western
home at Madison, Wis. At the recent
wedding of a poor Norwegian there,
he appeared with his violin and played
several pieces.
Henry Ward Beecher denies that
he is writing his autobiography. Pos
siblyheis afraid it would be Knocked"
where his life of Christ" is said to
have been-"higher n a kite"
The Emma Abbott opera troupe,
Haverly's MastodOn Minstrels, and
Dewitt TaImage were at st. Louis
this week. Lawrence Barrett and
Milton Mobiles play there next week.
In John T. Raymond's present
company are to be found such actors
as Ben Maginley, Sol Smith, Miss
Laura Don and Miss Courtney Barnes.
A troupe of that sort deserves to
draw.
BARLEY Campbell's Pinafore party
play at Nashville Monday and Tues
day next. Blanche Chapman, wife Of
John I. Ford, is prima donna of the
troupe. Kate ClaxtOn and her party
close there tonight in the Two Or
phans.
Rose D'Erina sung at the Emmett
celebration in Louisville last Tuesday.
The Pinafore business has struck the
Falls City a heavy blow, and it IS diff
cult to tell which has stirred up the
people most, that or a prize fight
which recently occurred there.
Alice Oates and her opera troupe
have been tickling the people Of Gin
cinna.i in the most delightful manner
with II. NJ. S. Pinafore. Several
members of the company are natives
Of Cincinnati, and appeared before the
people of that place for the first time
as professionals. All were we'll re-
ceived, and the company draws
crowded houses every night.
Charles A. Stevenson, husband of
Kate Claxton, dubbed a man some
time ago at Montgomery, Ala, for a
sighting remark made about the ae-
treSs. He avoided arrest at the time. A
few days since the battered party, hear
ing the Claxton troupe would pass
through on their way to New Orleans,
got out a warrant for ~Steyenson's cap
ture. lie heard of it and layed over
one day at one of the towns on the
route, so was not caught.
The young lady who plays the part
of Cousin Hebe in II. NJ. S
Pinafore at the Broad Street Theater
Philadelphia, has created what is
known as a furore among the cream.
lest cream of that city by her prett,
face, simple manners and artistic
actings. The manner in which she