The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-15

All who attend will get their moneys worth.
"The Irish Doctor is Jnc Of Joe Murphy's
pieces which Burton gives better than Murphy
ever did The bill is worth good house, and
we hope Burton will see 1t. In the afternoon Is
matinee will be given, to which admission will
be % and 10 cents, In the evening prices Will
be % and 81 cents.
COMING.
uENRY's MINsTREs.
This now well known minstrel party will occu-
Nv the Opera House ON next Monday evening.
They advertise 20 people, artists in the various
lines Of speclaltcs; auda very fine military band,
includng Iii Henry himself, cornetist of decid-
ed ability. The party has been very successful
during the season, and If newspapers local and
dramatic, don't lie give capital good show Al
any rate this is the almost universal testimony
This party will be the first company Of white
MINISTRIES in this house for 20 months-the first
since IIayerly's old party. Everyone knows That
good company of white men are always super
or to negroes rs comedians, and as the man
agement insist there shall be no vulgaritics they
will probably have houscfull of fun-lovers.
INTER.oCEAN CIRCUS
The Inter Ocean Circus will put in its appear
ancc in Ottawa, June 3. The Burlington Hd'rk-
nye tells us that they give all they advertise;
have the biggest part Of .hcir show under the
tent paradoXical as ii may look; have some really
wonderful ring performances in short give a
show worthy of patronage, and Mt new scale of
prices.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Divers Youths in Ottawa will b. interested in
knowing that those "giddy blondes" the Fanny
May Variety Company advertised to give in Tope-
ka, Kan, "thc finest entertainment on earth;''
but the audience, which was large and masculine,
soon found that il was eXasperaingly poor. They
peled the performers with eggs and vegetables,
drove them from the stage, chased them into
their dressing rooms and were about to march
them through the streets in their ianclful cos
tunes when the police arrived and qucllcd the
riot
Salsburv's Troubadours are about to end their
supplementary season at Days Theatre. The
Crook wears well and the audiences Away cr.
10Y their full share Of the fun.
Miss Anna Dickinson rnnd her now 'ragrdy
"Aurcliau'' at Streator on Tuesday r'rrmg.
"Aurelian" is a dramaizatou Of thc fortunes OF
the famous Queen Ienobia and the Emperor Au-
relian.
Nine Marie Rozc has accepted an engagement
to sing next season In English Opera under TIE
management Of Mr. Max Strakosch. She will
appear for the first time in English versions of
Aida" and Carmen" The season will open
lst Of November. Mr. Byron, the tenor de fora,
who has made a reputation in Italy and also in
Madrid has been engaged for the season. Among
the novelties promised is Boito's 'Mephstoph.
ele"
The father of Miss Julia Moran and John Nc
Cullough, the famous tragedian, were once fell
low workmcn in Philadelphia. When John was
at Joliet n few weeks ago, he heard of the pro-
posed benefit concert to Miss NJ and in a little
speech from the stage after rehearsing the story
Of his friendship with the father, promised to
pay 500 for the first seat sold for the concert.
The concert took place on last evening.
The New York SIN: "Now that Sarah Bern
hardt in Paris rests under temporary shadow, it
would be most unjust to forget the value to art
Of this nervously susceptible lady. She came Mt
q time when the stage was dcpoetized, and she
flung across il the brilliant rays of her sunny
power. The coarseness and vulgarty of the
French art, cultivated in the later years of the
empire we're exchanged for high standard OF
dramatic study Licentious opera gave place to
classical PLAYS The Bouircs Parisans and the
Varieties ceased to be popular, and once more
the visitors to Paris fockcd to the Theatre Fran
Gals Victor Hugo, so long placed on the shelf,
was taken down and busted, and Donna Sol
was Mt last discovered who thrilled the audience
with the nervous force contained in an attcnu
ated frame, and melted the sympathetic ear with
avoicc that was both musical and seductive