The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-11
BILL EYE.
A Nilsson observation-disclosures Operate En-
tcrtninmcnt Described.

tcrtalumcnt Described.
Last week we went up to tho Coliseum
Il, Minneapolis to hear Theodore
Thomas orchestra, the Wagner trio,
and Christine Nilsson. The Coliseum
il n larg rinl; just uut ot Minneapolis
on the road he,wocu that city and ~.
4 Paul. " can seat i,JJO people comfort
ably, butthc management like To wedge
1850 people in there on warm day aud
watch the perspiratlun trickle out
through the clapbUarus on tho outside.
On the closing afternoon during the mat
| inec performance, tho building Was
struck by lightning and hole knocked
out of the COriuthiau duplex that sur
mounts the obliquo porticullis on the OIL
side. The reader viii see ut once the
location OF The bolt, The lightning struck
tho nag stan, ran down the Lex of u man
thnt was repairing the electric light, took
u chow OF his tobacco, turned his boot
wrong side out, and induced him to
change ms sock, tOycd with chilhlain,
wrenchpd out "a soft corn and roguiSEly
put II IN his cur, then ran down the
electric light wire, u part of II filling
an engagement in tho Coliseum,
and tho balance following the
WIRE To the depot, whore il made
doubic-pOintud. toOthpick of pole
MY feet high. All this was done very
briefly. Those who have seen light.
hlng toy with n cottonwood tree know
that this iluid makes u specially oi il at
once, and in u brief manner. Tho light
hlny IN this case broke the glass IN the
skylight and deposited the broken irng-
monts on u hair dozen parquot chairs
thut were empty, because the speCula-
irs who owned thCm couldn't grt but
700 apiece ana were waiting for man
10 mortgage his residence and sell "A
team. lie couldn't make the transfer in
Time for the matinee, 81 the seats were
vacant when the lightning struck. rhe
Immediate and previous fluid then shot
aehwurt the Oudltor!uul in the direction
or the platform, where 10 ucnrly fright
oned to death "A large chorus of children.
Women tainted, ticket spectators fell
W on desirable seats, and strong men
coughed up "A clov,. Tho scene beg
garded description. intended to have
said that before, but forgot 1t, Theodore
,lhomas drow n full breath, and Christine
Nilsson drew her salary. Two thousand
strong men Thought of their wasted
lives. and two thousand women felt for
their back hair TO see IL IL
was still there. / say, there-
Tore, without successful contradiction,
that the scene beggmdcd description.
In the evening several people sung "rhe
Vreation," Nilsson was Gabriel. Ga
hrlel haas n beautiful olcc, cut low in tho
neck, and sings likv a Joyous bobOlink
In the dCw-snturntpd mead. How thnts
Nilsson In proud aud haulghty in her de-
meanor, and had good notion to send
nnto up 10 her, stating that shc needn't
feel 50 lofty, and II she could sit up in
tho peanut gallery whore ! was, and
look at herself with her dress kind OF
sawed oil Mt tho top, she would not
be 80 vain. She wore Diamond neck
lace and silk skirt. Tho skirt was cut
Princess, think, 10 barnonize with her
salary, As an old nuighbOr Of minc
said when he painted the top hnard of
MS fence green, be wanted it "io kind of
corrobOr,l1 with hiS blinds.' Hes tho
sumo man who went to Washington
ABOUT the time VI the Guitcnu trial. and
STU no wns present at the "pustmOrtisc"
examination. Bu; the funniest thing Of
hll, ne said, was Ia sec Dr. MnrN walker
Iudhs one pf these 'ph.lusp. hers"
aound on the streets. but am