Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-23
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
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Anna Louise Carey is in Switzerland.
Tony Pastor may stop here during the
season.
Brignoli takes Tom Karl's place in the
Emma Abbott company next season.
Joseph Murphy has been offered g., 900
for forty weeks in Australia.
Eflic Ellsler il now the leading lady at
Madison Square theatre, New York.
J. Cheevcr Goodwin will rewrite ''Our
German Senator" for Gus Williams.
Tho wife Of Billy Kersands, the negro
minstrel, died recently in Louisville, Ky.
The International Comique in Philadel-
plia is used for pool selling during the
summer.
George w. Hunter, the Irish comedian,
who was here with Tony Denier, has gone
to Europe.
Miss Dickie Lingard has a new play en-
titled Tortured to DEATH The audi
ence plays the title role.
z. w. Sprague's circus came to a sud-
den conclusion in Michigan few days
| ago.
Robert Fox. formerly of Fox's Amcri.
can theatre, Philadelphia, is to manage a
theatre IN Chl caTO.
Duprez and Bcnedict's minstrels will
rchearse at NOrristown for several weeks
before they start out the coming season.
COup's circus visits Columbia on Au.
gust 8. 1t also goes to York, but will not
be here. We will have one or two bigger
shows before the season is over.
The Big Four minstrels start on Their
four annual tour from Cincinnati on Aug.
25, with Johnny Morton, the comedian,
and Nat Homer as prOprietOrs.
NJ. B. Leavitt's English opera company
will include prima donna, twenty vocal
lists, number Uf comedians and a bal.
let.
Johnny Wild, an excellent comedian,
company, owns farm at Sandlake, N. Y,
where he and a number of brother profes.
sionals have been spending some time.
Aberle's mammoth minstrel troupe
which is now organizing in New York, il
to include thirty-tive artists. The man
agcment intend making a feature of thu
street parade, the company being uni
formed in gray, with red facings, and th'
band in scarlet and blue, they will make :
particularly snowy appearance.
The Berger family, now being organized
fer next season, will include Charles IL
Duncan, comic and character vocalist
e. w. Brewster, ventriloquial humcrlst
A. NJ. HolbrOok, solo cornetist Cora Fer
ris, mezzO-soprano Eta Morgan, saxo
phone soloist, and other superior artists
also an orchestra of ten solo performer
and military brass band of fifteen men il
uniform. Henry G. Berger is the mana
ger.
Capt. James DOnahue, of Newark
who was sutler of Meagher's Irish brigad
in the war, has just begun practice as :
justice of the peace in Newark. He i
celebrated for his hearty laugh. Severa
years ago he caused much merriment il
Dan Bryant's opera house. Dan told ;
fresh and witty story, which so affecte'
the portly captain that he laughed until h
shook all over. His laugh was SO heart,
and jolly that it became contagious, ant
soon the entire audience and the perform
ers were roaring with laughter. The mer
riment continued for several minutes
Finally Dan Bryant arose, bowed graceful
ly, and asked: "Who am givin' dis va
show, Dan Bryant or Jim Donahue? ?
''Be the powers.'' shouted the jolly cap
tain, while the audience renewed thei
laughter and applause, "Jim Donahue's
givin' the show, and Dan Bryant's rakine
in the dollars