The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-08

sonville, last week, by the Rev J. NJ Hutchin-
son. This was during the engagement at Louis
Vile.
j. K Emmett was locked up in the Wheeling,
w. Va, Jail last week, for drunkenness. This
is the first tipping for time by this popular
comedian.
Wednesday evening Dewitt Talmage will
lecture in the indianapolis Lecture Course at
Plymouth Church. All persons holdingreserves
for Florence Marryat will present them and re-
csiye new reserves for this lecture
The report that Edwin Booth contemplates re-
firing from the stage is pronounced by Mr.
Booth himself as without foundation. He is
| under engagement for next season, and will de-
vote most of his time to the New England cir
cult, appearing only in the cities OF New York.
Philadelphia and Baltimore outside OF New Eng
land.
Miss Alice Harrison, the wellknown soubrette
actress, is seriously ILL., and the physicians think
that lock jaw may set in any time. On Satur-
day last at the Comedy Theater, New York
while dressing, Miss Harrison stepped on tack
which ran into her heel deeply. She played at
the matinee Saturday and again in the evening,
but was suffering intense pain On Sunday she
became completely Frustrated, and it is feared
the chances of her getting well are not good.
Rather picturesque but impecunious Italian
warbler asked his distinguished compatriot. Don
Antonio Pastor, for an engagement last week.
What can you doY" asked Tony.
Il seeing new Americana songs, too"
He was given chance to let his vocalization
loose, and commenced, ''Some Day, ending with
variations high note
Whats that2' demanded the manager, allud-
ing to the vocal pyrotechnics
Eat ees chest note,' smilingiy replied the
artist
We'll, should say it was chestnut" ex-
claimed DON Antonio, "and we get enough OF
them from the Ethiopian comedians Here,
NV m mt don't
any more new songs that are old enough to die. "
Henry Guy Carleton, the author of ''Victor
Durand," is a dramatic writer of. very recent
success. In fact, Victor Durand" is the finest
play that he has ever had produced upon the
stage though not the first he has written by
several He is young Of thirty, and was
appointed to the army from civil lfe holding for
two years heutenancy in cavalry regiment
Ills father was general of cavalry and served
through the Mexican war and the late unpleas-
antness, and died in 1873 Carleton recently
became a Benedict, marrying Miss Helen Hub
bard of New York. Since he left the
army he has passed his life in jour
| nailsm, and has always been considered sort
life ne never received any substantial encourage
ment although his talents recognized
wherever he went. His longest stay was perhaps
| In New Orleans, where he was connected for a
| number of years with the Times. before its con-
solidation with the Democrat. He one of
| the seconds of Major Burke, director-general Of
the exposition in his duel with Major Hearsey
of the New Orleans States, in which Burke was
shot through both legs. After tine terrible yell
low fever visitation in 1878, the Times offered
prize of 800 gold medal for the best poem sub
mitted to it commemorative of the prompt gen
| crosby with which the North responded to the
appeal in behalf of the yellow fever
sufferers, and Mr.. Carleton won the
prize with a poem entitled "Andromeda
Unclaimed" From New Orleans Mr.. Carleton
| went to Chicago, and was reporter for while
| on the Inter Ocean. While in the latter city he
wrote a play and sold it to John Mccullough,
which was never presented. From Chicago Mr.
| Carleton went to New York, where he became
editor of Life, which position he resigned that he
might devote his whole time to the work of a
| playwright He is now engaged on two plays;
one for Henry Irving and another for Lester
Wallack This is all he will write during the
next year, although he has numerous commits
sions offered him. His income from "Victor
Durand" for the next several months will nearly
| reach $500 a week, as it will be played con-
stantly at the same time in three different cities