Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-01


 appear at Peck's Grand Opera House on Fri day evening of this week with his own su- perb company and as usual he will be greeted with crowded house. Tony's latest, t'Who Owns the Baby" has crowded his New York theater for hundreds of nights Reserved seats are on sale at Pease's Church street hews store.
 ONE woNIAN's LIFE.
 MT. Elliott Barnes would confer a favor upon the American public by withdrawing from the stage his extant plays and discon- tinuing the business. In 'fOne Womans Life" is found all the disturbing, harassing clements, conflicting passions and common places that can be imagined, with here and there bright saying or dramatic passage to relieve the tedious monotony of the whole The play is constructed without much re- gard to consistency and with little show of skill. It is hard to say anything disceurag- ing of an ambitious young actress, but it must have been the opinion of the average auditor last evening at Carll's Opera House that as star Miss Bertha Welby is scarcely 8 phenomenon. She aspires to be an actress of the emotional type, but her abilities in that line are very ordinary. Her voice is unpleasantly monotonous her stage pres ence not inspiring and her manner very far from polished. She makes mistake in at tempting to star she has chosen play that would kill any actress Her chief merit lies i'll her freedom from staginess and in her beautiful costumes. These last were really magnificent. The support was, with the exception of MT. Leslie Miller, composed of awkward amateurs. The audience laughed heartily at the pathetic passages and greeted the villain with hearty round of applause whenever he came upon the scene. Judged by it's effect on the audience ''One Woman's Life" is a roaring comedy
 ODD FELLOWS FAIR
 The Odd Fellows fair continues to draw large crowds to the Grand Opera House. Each evening from among the numerous ar ticles to be sold some are drawn. Last even ing J. Pisse drew a silver pickle dish and E. k. Hubbard one of the famous Lewis foun- tain pens D. c. Winans the general agent, kindly donated six of them to the fair The horse and carriage and the Winchester rife are causing many man to take a chance in their drawing. The voting continues to in. terest the friends of the various candidates as. s.seen below:
 Past Brands Regalia-Loren H. Stannard of No l, POP John P. Forbes of No. 5, 72; William o: Higgins of No. v, 50; James P. Barker of No. 30, A Edson l.. Wright of No. 15, 5 John W. Stevenson of No 15, 3; Morris L.. Hemingway of No. v, 15; James Brown of No. &C., IS Eugene R. Hubbard of No. 15, 35.
 Past Grand Masters Jewel, I. o. o. F. George N. Moses, 41 Samuel ToIles, 1; Louis Feldman, 8.
 Past Grand Patriarch's Jewel I. o. o. F. Joel L. Hungerford, 137; Charles B. Foster, 19; Thomas O. Hollis, 3.
 FlPast Masters Jewel F. $ A. M.-James Sterling 61; Eli S. Quintard, 5; Ed. F. Mer- Till, 35; J. Murray Fairchild. 19; George Crabtree, 5: Frank Bishop, 114; E. c. Spen- cer, 80; H. c. Higgins 100; F. B. Earns worth, 10; Charles Volkman, 37.
 Letter Carriers Chair-Fred. D. Ingham, POS; George l.. Hyde, 234; A. c. Wood, 35 P. J. Downs, 2; John Donaldson, 2.
 Gold Headed Cane-George J. Killer, 1S3 s. Fl. Barnes, 1o9; c. NJ. Loomis, 33 l.. F. Deming, 53; Reuben Rice, 52; Charles J. Roth, S5; Robert Morrison, 3; H. H. Babcock, 1.
 Silver Ice Pitcher -Sassacus Drum Corps. IA; New Haven Yacht club, 100 :; Montew. ese Lodge, 5; Yale Boat club, IT; Quinnip fac Lodge 16; Harmony Lodge, 4; Relief Lodge, f Germania Lodge, 4; City kodge, 5; Knights Wise Men, I; Arctic Coterie, s5; Court Metropolitan, A. O. F., 10.
 Bible-Montewese, 25; Relief, g.
 GobIets-Montewese, 5 Reliefr 5.
 Secretarys Pen-Emanuel Buxbaum, 63 H. s. Cooper, g.; J. W. Hammond, R. J. Bunce, l.