Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-30
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

Abbey's Humpty Dumpty troupe is drawing
immense audiences at McVicker's theatre
Chicago.
Mr.. Geo. Lawrence. business agent of the
Rival Cantinsers, is in the city, making
preparations, etc.
The Danites" has carried the Londoners by
storm, and Mckee Rankin bids fair TO carry
back fortune To America.
Miss Marie Williams is playing Mercury in
Cupid" at the London Royalty. The critics
say she doesn't dress the part.
Fred Zimmerman has taken his mustache 80
San Francisco to take the management OF the
California theater He will make success of
it.
Fanny Davenport has engaged for twenty
weeks with the new combination controlling
forty opera houses in the leading cities of the
country.
Alice Jordan, the wife of John j. Sheridan,
died at Cincinnati on the 25th. She has played
this season in Fun on the Bristol" and was
general faVorlte.
Hooley will produce, at his Chicago theater,
this week THE Victims OF Faro" If he does
SO he will have to call half the population
of Chicago upon the stage.
The sale of seats for the Remeuyi concert and
the two performances of Lawrence Barrett will
commence at the Opera House box Office at
o'clock on Monday morning.
Mr.. Ryan, of the Mendelsshon Quintette
club, telegraphs that Miss Abbie Darlington
has reioined the organization, and will sing at
FairbauIt on Monday evening.
The wife of Sheridan Shook, the well-known
theatrical manager, has procured divorce
from him on the ground of infdeity. lie al
lows her 800 q month allmony.
Tony Denier claims To have realized more
Jhan $50, 600 during his present season of forty
TWO weeks. As Tony carries little Ratchet
about him it will not answer to dispute his
word.
Haverly's Mastodons closed their engagement
at Chicago last night. They played to large
business and will shortly pack up their traps
and depart for Europe, where Haverly expects
to CLEAN harvest.
Nelson, on her way to fulfill her last engage
ment in this country. stopped over at Chicago
for day, ano was called upon by many of the
prominent politicians. She expressed herself
as IN favor Of the election of Grant.
Miss Aggie Green, of Saltwater, will give
some of her choicest readings at the First b. |
e. church Iyceum tomorrow night. The music |
will be excellent and the programme through !
out one OF the very pest Of the season.
Mr. B. s. Crane, agent OF the Alvin Joslin |
Comedy Company, arrived in the city yester- |
day. His company will appear at the Opera |
House on Friday and Saturday evenings of this |
week, after most successful season.
The bad acting of the monkey at Tony
n ba n Ia
when it is known that his monkeyship was
suffering from q headache, caused by too
liberal indulgence IL St Paul beer.
John Mccullough is credited with saying
that there Is Ii better appreciation OF
Shakespeare among the theatrical audiences of
the South than among those of the North. He
excerpts St. Paul from the rule of Northern
cities
This country is not likely to suffe- for lack
of operate attractions next season. 1t is an
nounced that both Ma olesou and Gye will come
over from England, and that Hess, Strakosch,
Emma Abbott. Clara Louise Kellogg, and sew
eral others will organize troupes.
At the close of the matinee performance at
the Opera House yesterday, DR.. 81. Rice, of
Minneapolis, presented an elegant silver plated
revolver to Tony Denier, suitably inscribe d.
Tony doesn't know WnaG use TO put the InStrC-
ment to, unless it is to shoot his hat.
It is reported that John Brougham, the well
well known actor and versatile dramatic author
is lying at the point Of death. He has been a
prominent figure on the American stage since
1912. He has just passed his sixty-sixth birth
day. His death will be sincerely mourned
throughout the profession.
Mrs. Dion Boucicault has returned from
England, where she went so prevent her hus-
band disposing of his property to avoid the
payment of alimOny under the divorce suit
now pending in the New York courts. She
succeeded, and every decent person will be
gratiied at the intelligence.
The Opera House viii DE filed every evening
this week. On aLondly St. Paul amateurs will
give performance for the benefit OF the suf-
ferers in Ireland; 90 Tuesday evening Remenyi,
the great violinist, will appear; on Wednesday
and Thursday Lawrence Barrett will occupy the
boards; and on Friday and Saturday the Alvin
Joslin Comedy Company will appear. Next |
week we have the Rival Cantireers" on the |
7th, 6th and 9th.
Miss Ella Sturges, the daughter of Genera |
Sturges, very popular and beautiful young |
lady, who, besides her many accomplishments |
as leader in society," is possessed of rare dra-l
matte ability-nade her formal debut on the |
stage OF Pope's theater, st. Louis, an May Dist |
far the benefit of Charles Pope, IN the play of |
Romeo and Juliet" playing Juliet to the |
Romeo of Fred. B. Warde. the we'll known |
actor. The best people in the CITY were present |
OF this occasion.
"HftBaptD DWnpty."