Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-18
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
what the Players are Doing

"hoN i"yofs hFo bOluts
Bartley Campbell's d" Siberia" is 10 be
played in French.
Haverly has made the Broad street
theatre in Philadelphia great success.
Bryant & Hoey, musicians, arc tho hus-
bands of the French twin sisters
The show business has been bad in Lar
caster this season.
Minstrel troupes are plenty this season
and some are getting shaky.
Harrigau Il Hart are playing "Corde-
lia's Aspirations " to big business.
Barry and Fay are giving "Irsh Arts.
tooracy" at the National, Philadelphia.
VIM. T. Doyle, John T. Raymonds
leading mau, has left him and will suo for
salary.
Alice Oates has company out this year
which Includes her fourth or fifth hus
baud.
There is some talk of Haverly and I. Il.
Pugh becoming partners in the amusement
business in Philadelphia.
The Grand Central Philadelphia is play
ing strong attractions this season, and the
managers are making money.
Kitty O'Neil, the uimble clog dancer
who recently appeared hero, is the wife of
Harry Kernel, the Irish comedian.
Uncle Tom companies have been
scarce here this winter, notwithstan nding
the open weather and good walking.
Callender's big minstrel party, which is
| now run by tho Frohman Brothers, will
! open in Philadelphia on January lst.
| Miss Belle Archer, of Annie Pixley's
! Miss company, was formerly Belle
Mckenzie, and is now the wife of Herbert
| Archer.
Morton, Of Murphy and Morton son g
and dance men. has been seriously i'll in
Philadelphia for some time past, but is
now recovering.
Emma Abbot is having trouble in her
troupe. She aud her husband are one side
and Zelda Seguin .Wallaco aud her hus
band on the other.
|. W. Baird now has two minstrel COM
panics. Tom Wartleld Is leading como.
dian Of one, aud Low Benedict also draws
salary from the same head.
Tony Denier's pantomine company ii
at the Central Philadelphia this week
The Slbons, the great aerial performers
recently Joined the company.
George Davenport, once leading Irisl
comedian, is lying seriously i'll with con
S mption IN Bellevue hospital. He was
once the husband of Mrs. Charles Baokus
Reading has permanent variety thea
tro at Fairview park, which is said to b(
doing well. In that particular it is ahead
Of Lancaster, which, however, formerly haC
two.
Two oolored men of Whiteley's d" Hid
den Hand company fell to fighting whil,
performing on the stage in Middletown
Conn, and used raZors on each IN full view
OF the audience.
h. Cincinnati jeweiry dealer roped Pa
Rooney in for slTj with bogus diamond
Pat don't know much about diamonds bu
, like certain other actors he thinks they ar
necessary for his outfit.
, Mike L9avitt's big minstrel company
, with Cool Burgess and a lot of othe
, ancient comedians, is playing In Bait
! more. The company is strengthened fo
big cities bS the addition Of one {
Lea1itt's variety parties.
, Patrick Rooney denies that he reCeGtl
attempted to shoot his wife and child ii
: the west and claims that the story wa
! started by newspaper correspondent VIII
= was refused admission to his show. Pa
, thinks it was avery poor way OF gettin
q revenge.
Messrs. Nixon and Zimmerman wi
present "Jalma" the great spectacula
! piece, which made such n great hit
! Boston, at the Academy Philadelphia fc
= = several weeks, commencing next Monda
= night. About 500 people are employe
u in the play.
8 Fleischman and Hall, of the Walnr
Philadelphia, have secured Excelsior
, for January. In this play not word
- spoken but the spectacular part Is CRANE
- Kiralfys have made lots of money out {
it and they will soon send little cOmpanie
out TO aStonish country towns.
Columbia must DO a nice town for ha
|. shows IL the stories sent to the Lancaste
papers by correspondents are true col
IS cernng the behavior Of the hoodlum
2 who sit in tho gallery at performances
If the opera house at that place. the polit
# regulation must be very fine to allow sue
r. conduct and the actors who face that kir
IS of people certainly arc men of nerv
n There Is no other town in the state tbs
}; oomplaius 50 much of their bad boys
shows.