The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-30
AMUSEMENT MATTERS.
The Attractions at the Local Theaters-COm-
ing of Barnums Shows-Stlge Notes.

The season at the Grand Operahorse viii conclued
this week with the engagement of Diapers double
Uncle Toms Cabin" company, which will present
that everpopular play at cheap prices-1O and 20
cents-eyery evening during the week, and at
matinees Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday The company is said to be the largest and
best that presents this play and the production will
be with appropriate scenery and effects. The orig
inal Tennessee Jubilee Singers, two Markses two
Topsies and Siberian blood hounds are among the
announced attractions.
1.-THE Memphis Students Mystic Consolidation" win
occupy the Museum all the week, Louise Sylvester
who billed having closed her in Baltimore
last week The combination secured embraces quite
number OF popular and well klQwn specially PEG.
pie, and the performance is ole with many excellent
features.
During this week the Zoo will be open. and the at
traction will be u. @. Lcach's All Star Speciality
Company" composed of ]. c. Leach, the Chinese i'm
personator; the three Powers in songs, dances and
character sketches; Rosa Mack and Annie Dunn in
vocal selections; Antonio COTE, the homeless
wonder; Leonard and Mullen, the comedy caricatur-
ists Alice Gleason the vaudeville soubrette; the
Warren children; Della Turner the serio. comic, and
others. There will be matinees on Tuesday Wednes-
day. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The admission
will be 10, % and 35 cents.
COMING OF BARNUM's SHOWS.
p T. Barnum Co.'S consolidation of nine shows
will be here on June 10. The mammoth show he
brings here this is said to be of better
and richereharacter than any of his former 1t
is announced that this year one hundred acts of q
startling character will be given in three rings, while
upon big elevated stage series of amazing feats
will be exhibited, and the Roman hippodrome
ngtrack there will be daring and fearless races.
Besides these there congress of international
giants representing all nations and countries atroupe
of twelve genuine Arabs whose performances have
never been equaled; dwarfs, mdgets mites and won
drous curious living human beings. In the
double menageries herd of elephants, the clown ele
plant, drove of giant camels amphibious monsters
tremendous mammals. and hundreds of curious four
footed beasts. The hippodrome races said to be
thrilling. and contested in downright earnest for
cash prizes by the riders drivers and jock
eys. The big international favorite, Jumbo, will be
exhibited he appeared in life and the biggest and
only elephant skeleton public view will also be
feature Alice, the widow Of Jumbo will be be-
side the colossal form of her big spouse. There
no end Of features this season. tremendous street
parade will be made early in the forenoon when the
entire strength of the shows will be unfoded to pub
lie view.
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
A new opera Flora Mrabilis was lately pro-
duced at the Teatro Carcano Milan, with much sue
The American opera has achieved a brilliant ar
tstc financial success in Chicago during the past
week
Mrs. Langtry and Mr.. Scove the American tenor
assisted at benefit for the French Hospital in Paris
last Monday, and added $2 600 to its funds.
has recently successfully made her debut in Mig
non," at Milan under the name of Constanza Donita
JehreysLewis recently had to request audience
in Los Angeles to the munchng and crushing of
peanuts so that the voices of the actors might be
beard.
The American Opera sale closed yesterday,
the largest sale of the kind had in Indianapolis
The sale for single performances begins on Monday
morning at O'Clock.
Lately at Berlin, the Federal Council ratified the
convention concluded between England and Germany
for the mutual protection Of proprietary rights in
tistic and literary productions.
Prof. H. Hathaway, a snake charmer connected
with one of W. W. Coles sde-shows. lately bitten
in the forehead by anaconda. physician dressed
the wound and pronounced the bite dangerous but not
necessarily fatal.
singular looking animal. sort of cross between
dog and monkey attracted great attention recently in
San Francisco. The dog monkey, monkey-dog. or
whatisit was born in the interior of Japan, and
shipped the last voyage of the City Of Pekng from
Hiogo The mus nen regard it as freak" boz
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Colonel Mapleson has returned to New York
what financially battered but full Of pluck and go.
The impressario states that he is not dead. is
Italian opera and that Chicago syndicate will put
up 81 600 600 for new festival building, in which
he proposes to present Patti, Nilsson and Lcca next
winter He further asserts that his contract with
Patti is already signed.