Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-25

ada Cavendish opened her starring tour
Of the English provinces last week.
Dominick Murray announces that this i
the iast year Of Escaped from Sing Sing. =
Hermann. fhe prestidigitAtsur, ia row
giving exhibitions at the Eden Theatre,
Paris.
w. a. Thompson and Josie Greer, have
become one matrimonially at San Fran
cisco.
W. Fl. Ward, of Fox & Ward, and Lille
s. Buntin, were remarked September "a,
a, Brockton, Mas.
At the Academy of Music WiIIiamspors,
Pa, last week Alice Hanson kept crowd
ed house "In Hot Water" the entire time.
The "Mlkado" at the Fifth Avenue Thea.
ire, New York. is now played to the largest
business ever known i n that theatre.
Joe Murphy recently gave q perfor-
nance in Kalamazoo for the benefit of the
letter carriers. The affair was financial
success.
Miss Adelside Moore and her company,
fresh from New York, inaugurated her
starring tour in Norfolk, Va, on Thursday
last.
Last week at St. Louis, No., nine thou.
sand persons went to Sportman's Park to
see Buffalo Bill aud his tribe of Wild In
dams.
Mr.. John E. Ovens, the comedian, re-
mains about the same physically and men
tally. Physicians think he must die at an
esriy dsy.
Lizzie May Ulmer swallowed sugar Of
lead for cough medicine few nights since
OF New Orleans. II required two hours to
pump the poison out of the lady.
Lolita is never to grow old or unpopular.
This Is the decree OF her mother, old Mrs
Crabtfes. She played an engagement re-
Gently in Chicago, and the receipts aver.
aged 81, 600 per night.
Tony Pastor will open "at home" for the
season on Monday, October 18th, with all
his new and unprecedented attractions
Tony is said to haveiamassed half million
dollars.
Mrs Langtry, it is said, has lost her hold
in London, but not her hold on the atfsc.
lions of Freddie GebhaId. He is still there
and the most faithful among oil her ad,
mirers.
Mr. Dion Boucicault is said 10 be the
hsppitst man on the continent since he
married Miss Louisa Thorndyke She is
but 90 and Boucicault is 69. Hs ought to
be happy, but how about the bride.
The we'll known Neil Burgess is temper
arily of the stage this season. 1t is not
known that he has permanently retired, al.
though il seems to be generally conceded,
that he is fully able to do so, if he desires.
"Evangeliue," stuffed with new music,
padded with new business and adorned
with new faces, has broken out at the Four
teenth Street Theatre, New York. 1t ia
said TO be opera, farce, comedy, circus and
minstrelsy all in one.
Mr.. Cole has kicked over buying Mr.
Bsiley's interest in the Baruum Show on
account Of the death Of Jumbo. Without
that celebrated elephant Cole considers the
Barnum enterprise of little real worth, and
does not believe it would be advisable to
consolidate his show with this one.
Miss Cora Tanner was born on Friday,
the 18th day OF the month, made her debut
as an actress on Friday, and signed her
contract to star in "Alone in London" on
the 18th of the month. Miss Tanner is
an honorary ssmember Of the Thirteen
Club" This fact will make John Rogers
happy.
Joseph q. Keane, Of rip Van Win.
kle troupe, who has han an unpleasantness
with Forepaugh's Theatre, Philadelphia,
says that he sent the pot &C., to the man.
sgement two weeks ahead Of time, and
that putting him in the freak half' was
an effort 10 freeze him out. He Gays he
has begun suit for damages.
New York Mirror: Nat GoodWin as
telling me Of a boating excursion he went
on when in London, summer before last,
and the flowers Of the British stage were
eclrpsed by one bright, beautiful creature
dressed so tastefully she seemed on. of
place among the queenly rugged English
actresses. Gray silk gown. hat, parssol
aud boo,s-it was Lydia Thompson, and
Nat said she was the belle Of the excur.
sion; ond there was no makeup" about
the handsome coincidence.