Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-02
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
What the Players Arc Doing.

What tho Players Arc Doing.
The Knights will appear here this sea-
son, probably in "Otto.'
The windows have been full of litho-
graphs recently.
Adam Forepaugh recently bought an
other advertising car.
Frank Bush, Hebrew impersoDator, goes
with Watson & Ellis.
Charlie Griste, the well-known agent,
is lying quite i'll in Detroit.
Rice's opera company will sing " Oil
vette here this season.
Charles L. Davis has the best advertised
show in America.
This weeks Footlight will contain pic
ture of Miss Fanny Davenport.
Tony Denier began his season in Dan
vile, ILL.,, on Wednesday.
Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West are
in Baltimore this week.
One of Haverly's large minstrel troupes
and that of Sam Hague will appear here
during the month of October.
George Adams's pantomime troupe will
have their own baggage and passenger
cars.
| Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and Vests
minstrels struck gold mine on tho Misb-
Ter circuit.
Nick Roberts's idea of 40 clowns is some
thing new, and it remains to be seen how
it will catch on.
Ida Morris, the pretty little serio-comic,
is singing at Oxford. England. She has
travelled all over Europe.
James 3. Radcliff, formerly of johnson
& Radcliff, is travelling with Oliver Doud
Byron.
| Nick Roberts is using a three-shect bill
which he had last year with the pictures
of last seasons people.
Claude De Haven, agent of Nick Roberts s
pantomime company, is lying with intlam-
lnatory rheumatism.
The "Strategists," "Tourists " and
Goodwin & Wcathersby's "Froliques :"
will be here this season.
Carncross' minstrels are playing "Our
Cottage by the Sea; or, Troubles at As
bury Park"
Gus Williams produced his new play en-
titled Wanted Carpenter" in Detroit
recently and it made a hit.
Gus. Phillips E" Oofty Gooft') is tired
of acting and he will be in advance of
Watson & Ellis this year.
! J. Clinton Hall, formerly of the 'Strat-
egists, " will play KubG Bill to Annie Pix
ley's Wliss this season.
Miss Carrie McHenry, sister of Nellie
McHenry Mrs. John Webster }, was mar
ried in Chicago to j. NJ. Edgar, railroad
agent, recently.
Kitty Love, of tho well-known Love
sisters, who have been here often, was
married recently to Fred. Carr, in Buff
falo.
Forepaugh appears in St. Louis on Mon
day and Barnum's agent has been billing
against them month ahead Of the appear
ance of the show.
The many friends of Willis Cobb, the
dog trainer with Sells Brothers circus,
will be sorry to learn that he lost his wife
by death recently.
Charles L. Davis wears lots of jewelry.
He has diamond pin, ring, sleeve but
tons and collar button, and a massive gold
watch charm He is not afraid to let per-
sons know that he has them either,
Harrigan & Hart's new opera house in
New York became popular place imme-
diately after its opening, and Ned Harri.
gan's new play of "The Major" is great
| success.
Watson & Ellis, the popular German
comedians, who have been separated for
some time, have gone together again and
will have company on the road under the
management of Harry Williams, of the
Academy of Music, Pittsburgh.
Brooks, Dickson & Clapham have a
minstrel troupe out, including George II.
Edwards, who has often been seen here
with Duprez & Benedict, A. J. Talbot,
Billy Conway, Burt Havery and d. R.
Hawkins. They arc showing at low
prices to immense business.
George Thatcher's new minstrel troupe
contains Hughey Dougherty, Bert Shep-
ard, Griffin and Rice and Morton and
Murphy, all of whom were with Carncross
last year. Carncross now has Billy
Sweatnam, Jimmy Quinn and Matt
Wheeler.
Although tho date of tho appearance of
George H. Adams new pantomime troupe
in this city was cancelled, he will be here
during this month just the same with one
of the finest troupes ever organized. Mr..
Adams's brother, who is known as
"Pico," will be member of the COM
pany.
Persons who attended the circus of Bar
mum will remember the coach dogs which
were always with the elephants. One of
these animals was killed by chariot in
Springfield, Ohio. He had been twice to
Australia, through Mexico and South
America and many other places with
Cooper & Bailey's circus.
NJ. B. Leavitt, the height of whose am
bition it is to surpass Jack Haverly as a
manager, has put out large minstrel troupe
which includes among its members the
following Sanford & Wilson, Weston
Brothers, Sam Sanford, Wood s. West,
Dan Reed, Harry Armstrong, Seamon,
Somers and Girard Brothers, Wood &
Beasley, Archie Hughes and Lew Bene-
dict.
A Lonely Campaign.
Philadelphia Times.