Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-27
STAGE SPLINTERS.
What Amusements Are In Store for the For
this Season.


What Amusements Are in store forth For
this Season.
Mr.. G.. II. Benton, manager of the
Dallas opera-house. was in the city
yesterday in consultation with Man
ager Elser of our opera-house with ref
erence to the coming amusement sea-
son. Mr.. Benton is just back from
New York whittier he went to secure
attractions for Dallas and Fort Worth.
He reports gratifying success in that
direction, though he had TO do some
tall talking with some of the III anagers
TO induce them to make Texas dates.
The long Jumps and high railroad
fares in the state are too wildly r.
mcmbered in connection with the
sorry experience of many combina-
tons in the past.
ATTRACTIONS SECURED.
Manager Benton made contracts
with the following named companies:
Lizzie Evans in f0gg's FerrY; At
kinson's JotijtieS; Jennie Ieamans in
her new play, Media; Armstrong;
Ministries; only q Farmers Daughter
combination; Tom Keeue in his usual
line OF Shakesperean characters; G. b &.
Bishop, in Strictly Business; Minnie
Hauk Concert Company; Haverly S
Ministries; The French SPY comb ma
ton; the Madison Square Company in
Esmerai,id; G.. l.. Davis, Atrin Josiin;
Haverly's StratcgiSts; Ford's Opera
Company; Hess Opera Com
pany; Lillian Spencer in
The Cceoie; John Dillon in The
States attorney; Milton MOBILES in
The Pi'nnir, and A Nan Of the People,
and Interriems, John +. Warde, Irish
comedian; Roland Reed in CAeek,
the Emma Abbott Opera Company;
Rose Eytinge in Felicia, Joe Jeter.
son in Kip Fan JViakte, and The
RiUuls; The Bertha Welby Combina-
ton; the Madison Square Company
in Young JHS. 'FiathrOp. Miss jeff
reys-Lewis in LII Bciie Fuse, Flora
Moore in 4 Bunch Of keys, Ada
Gray in East LyRae,' Katie Putnam.
the tourists In Pullman Paiace Car.
Fred Warde in his usual line of legiti-
mate characters.
THE OTHER COMPANIES
with whom Managers Bentoa
and Elser are in treaty are
Grau's Opera Company;Rice's Sirp,ise
larty Castles Celebrities; Daly's
Fifth Avenue combination in theirne
comedy, 7-2D-S the .Siirel. KinQ COM
pany Callender's Georgia Ministries
Duprez and Bredicts Ministries.
Rev, Henry Ward Beecher has been
secured for lecture here on the DIST
of September. A lasso has been sent
after Ingersoll, but his coming is
uncertain.
THE OPENING
OF our opera-house will come Off about
the 18th of October. Ii is possible that
Emma Abott will do the christening
but by no Means certain, rs she would
have to make clean iumr
from st. Paul, Minnesota. Her
company this season is the strongest
she has ever had, number ny sixty peo.
pie, and including Tagliapieira and
Mrs. Seguin-Wallace, host within
themselves.
AN uNFoRTUNATE SUIT.
Many good companies will be kent
QUE of the state by the litigation for
the possession of the fremont opera.
house in Galveston. One of the par.
ties to the suit declares that if he win.
he Will not recognize any contract
made 10y his opponents, and the man
ayers OF the companies referred "a
have thrown up all their Texas dates
rather than run the risk of losing Gal.
weston.
HOW ABOUT BooTH'n
asked a GAZETTE man of Manager
! Benton.
I'VE can't get him. was
the reply. He won't talk about
coming South. He has had
an offer OF 81 600 night for six week,
in New York City, and can get proper,
tionately large figures in other cities
of the North and West"
From What direction do your at.
fractions come to this place ~
Most OF them start from Little
Rock.n
Mr., Benton is naturally pleased
with the success that has clowned his
efforts to secure amusements for Fort
Worth and Dallas, and hints at bio
schemes for the future.
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