, 1880-02-15


This morning the Putnam-CliRord company
will reach the city.
Joe 3farston, the ex-busiicss manager Of the
Park Theatre company. Is in town.
"Joe, the Wrestler" is the name Of Jim Nix
| on's play for the patrons of his Halsted Street
Opern- House.
At Hooley's Theatre this evening the Big Four
| Ministries make their appearance. They will
| play for one week.
Judge Btck will give hi entertainment, "Ram-
bles Through Old London on Tuesday evening,
Feb. II, in the New England Church.
| 4 fearful farewell was given T. Grnttan Riggs,
Emmett ana the Academy isa brass. Band saw a hn
Another actor has died in Colorado Of pncumo-
| nta,-Fred Warren: late business manager Of the
| Theatre Comiuue, Kansas City.
An organization known as 1.-THE New York
11ion Troupe" begins brief engagement at the
Olympic Tomorrow evening. The members of
the company are'tolerably we'll known here.
THE Poor Of New York with Miss Louie
Lord as Lucy Fatr1oeater is the sensation 1t the
Lyceum during the Forthcoming week. On Fri
day next a benefit for the poor Of Ireland will
occur.
The manager Of the Ada Gray company,
Charles r. Thorpe, and William H. Pratt It Is
Galley Slave" Half dozen more arc doing the
same thing.
Alice Sherwood has gone to Hcnck's, Cincin-
natl; Emma Stowe has Joined the Oliver Doua
Byron combination; George y. Mitchell has de-
Raprea foG Kansas city; and Harry Chapman
and bis danghter, Little 1da{ene. f Harry si viii
take the road on or about the I'D.
:, Tho West Side Academy of Music will during
the week present the drama, s.Counterfeit,H
with tho popular Harry Amlar in the leading
Tdle @ AS usual ut this house, the variety feature
w ne ee p f attSnon na the rfooWng
and John; Harry Watson and Jacob r Reilly,
iugg1er.
Our Boarding House," Growers comedy, will
s s; woodward, Mr: ". H. Murdock, NJ. Arthar
George Roberts, Mr.. Lon Howard, Mr. John
G4kag GGqkwger, MI Pend, Miss Amelia Waugh, Miss
Mabel Davenport Miss Elsie jean, Miss Ella
Hermann, considering the short time that has |
saPSed since ne vas last here lust night closed
n1ghIT successful engagement at McVicEer's
Herrmann should discard the Lorcllas and Val |
M xose. They nre clever enough in their way, but |
weeks, we understand, the Professor goes to
Europe to engage people for his next season. |
RaH Re VII @ return t about tie BEGINNING Of May go
the United States in time to begin early In the
1t seems that the rurnor that Hamlfn's Thea
eIe IT. Wonlu IN y few months be entirely remod-
eleo Is something moro than mere rutuor The |
Fhe Boren nf family nsp y a6ont tbqeo
extent OF million and a half, some say viii
lam Borden, the son, has purchased the Hn1nlin
p property from his father, and has become inter-
So 0oo in rt[tting it. The question Of ilnproye
1nent merely depends, we understand, upon Mr.
1amlln agreeing to certain proposition in the
matter Of rent This proposition he Is willing to
t.s, saKe. therefore we may expect to see another
gaeIy iry put nto Ha1nlin,s the entrance en-
noon recarpetct, and new and handsomely up- |
nolstered chairs placed In every section Of tie
auditorium. ~
IT. The Eeali91aphy Of great is notorlously
ne rule, We have never looked upon that Of
some sma 5a 20 We en1not speak q
oca1 theatrical events which q certain Iournol
St In this city had for years been carefully COM
3tt9 de e borrowed or it Tor the
1istant city who is at present Engaged in writing
oooK pn theatres, actors, and audiences It
gently copied two or three hundred pages dur
ny nls leisure hours and sent the manuscript to
hut he had done his friend some eeryice: ~
'ote in which the friend asked mplorinely% bring % What
be writing was Chinese OF HindoostanI. !
There has been brisk work in the scenic dc.
'artmcnt Of Mcvicker's during the past s three
r four weeks over the revival Of 1.-The nun.
1est which VIII occur Tomorrow evening {
rom what we have heard the mounting viii 10
ully equa! to thnt seen in Drink" malmsbs |
as painted tho set for the first nct--.s Mt tha |
oot OF the sierras and that in which the in i
idents Of the last act occur" The Golden
'ulch." while THE How1ng wilderness. q Thn
lenrt OF the sierras," and "Saudy's cabin : +
ave been painted by Rogers. Considerable in E
erest VIII be felt ln tho assumption Of TIe Pr
3n By Mr. ". e: Sheridan, and in that nf Ttc f
J, tdOic W Miss Cora Tanner, a member Of Mr.
,fcker's last stock company. Mr. and Mrs. Nc I
Zee Rankin, OF course, play their Old n;iaa
bose Of Sandy and BMy Piper. In addition to a
1ese people tho east includes Mr. 3farft1iev, NJ h
In Harris, Mr. Frank Buuworth Mr. " n +
[urrny, Mr. J. F. Stevens, Mr. Alex Fitz.
era!d, Nr. George 3. Waidron Mr. j. RIchnrd-
IN, Little Belle, Miss Isabel Waldron. and Mise
NINA Marble. '@A'1 A"'o9
The sum Of $4,000 was handed over tn nan n -
mmett. the aged minstrel man, as the nrr~actis =
the benefit given him by BILLY Emmett, Of tho =
'cst Side Academy OF Music, on Friday aftar. !.
con: Upon the occasion Billy made a speech ! =
! which. after thanking the audience f1r ~tha | =
ltercst they had taken In the fate OF prohahis5 =
u oldest negro minstrel now living said rhat | -
wished to explain how 1t came that tfn hanat - -
clare and the manager Of the Acudemv ~ | ~
usie had similar names. They were not re- =,