Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-09
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
What the Players are Doing.


Milton Mobiles will probably be here
this season.
The Rankins have netted $4,000 on
"The Danites" this season.
Stuart Robson, of Robson and Crane,
expects to live to the age of 100 years.
z. w. Sprague, the minstrel manager,
will put a circus on the road this year.
Harry Josephs, the former Cathariae of
Rice's Evangeline" company, is travel
ing with the "Arabian Night" troupe.
It is reported that Billy Emerson will
join Haverly's MastOdons at salary of
$40, 600 for three years.
Hughey Dougherty is again with Carn-
cross. He was absent short time ON ac-
count of illness.
Harry Watson, Dutch comedian. late of
Watson and Ellis, takes Gus Bruno's
place in the "Tourists.'
The Kiralfys have inherited consider
able property in Hungary in consequence of
the death of a grandmother aged 1O2.
Mary Anderson will play only in the
large cities next season, which will be, in
all about thirty weeks.
When Havcrly takes Niblo's Garden it
will be known as Haverly's Niblo's Gar
den.'
Mabel Santley and Lida Kenyon, of the
Rentz-Santley troupe, are one and the
same woman.
G. w. Tayleure, manager of Chanfrau,
knocked a man down in Columbus, because
he got into bus which he had chartered.
He was arrested and fined.
Raymond is reported as saying that his
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say, in loss of time and necessary expenses
of his condition.
When the circuses of Cooper & Bailey,
and Adam Forepaugh show together in
Philadelphia, this season, they will give 4
street parade in which there will be 400
horses, 30 camels and 30 elephants.
Alonzo Schwartz, the popular comedian,
who has visited us several times with Mil
ton Mobiles, is playing in Frank Mayo's
company at the Olympic theatre, New
York.
Samuel Maxwell, formerly partner of
Wood, of Wood and Beasly, musicians,
who were here with Pat Rooney, is now liv-
ing in this city and will appear at Tommy
Mack's show.
Alice Harrison, Virginia Buchanan and
Henri Laurent are members of an CEN
chantment company under the manage
ment of the kiralfys, who began south
ern tour in Baltimore yesterday.
Charley Reynolds is playing again and
is now at Miller's Garden, Philadelphia.
1t is said that he never was insane, but he
played Oft for the purpose of having Hav-
erly release him from his engagement with
the Mastodons.
When Tony Denier's company was in
recently, "Punch" Walton
was arrested on complaint of his wife who
charged him with desertiOn. On Saturday
he had a hearing and was ordered to pay
her $3.50 per week. He could not give Sc
curity and had to go back to Jail.
Alice Bateman, clog d ,ncer, who was
here with the Watson-E Ii, combination,
and Saliie Howard, another actress, gave |
Charles Duncan, a variety performer, two |
black eyes in Louisville few days ago, be-
cause he made some ugly remarks about |
Miss Bateman.
Charles Ellis, late of Watson & Ellis.
1utch comedians, Augustus J. Bruno, now
N the "TOurist' company, who was for !
nerly of the firm of johnson & Bruno,
song and dance men, and AlonzO Schwartz,
will go in one company shortly and will
play funny pieces after the style of the
. Troubadours," " ''Froliques," and others.
Tony Pastor has already engaged the
performers for his travelling COM
oany, which is to take the road early in
April next: Flora Moore, the French
win sisters, the St. Felix sisters, the Four
Eccentrics-Perry, Magrew, Curdy and
and Hoey, the Three
Charles Gilday and Fannie Beane,
Bonnie Runnells and Frank Girard.
1t will be remembered, that when
cooper & Bailey's London show was here
asst season they had two lively little ele-
,hants named "Venus" and "Adonis.'z
This winter these two animals have been
rained to do something that no elephant
las ever done, and that is to walk rope.
They will have their names in large letters
N the bills this season as they will be a
,reat attraction.
Wards opera house. a variety theatre
n Paterson, N. J.. has been under the
of II. P. Ackerman. SATURDAY.
vening was announced as the close of the
easOn. There were over 1000 men and
oys in the house. They waited in vain
Or the performance to begin until 81
CLOCK, when it became known that the
ctOrs refused to play unless they were
aid their wages in advance. when the
udience rushed to the box office for a re-
urn of their money, which was refused,
7hen the mob smashed the furniture, broke
p the piano, tore down the scenery, kicked
# the footlights, cut the drop curtain
ITO shreds, and demolished every movable ,
hing in the place. ,
Charles Keeshin, the agent of the
Pirates of Penzance, who we're here
ecently, tells the following story of child
h precocity While running the juvenile
Pinafore" party in Boston, little urchin,