Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-04-15

Tie report that barney bad secured nsr =
vithoat foaa3siioa- kAe e0EnEsnss rsce1t
tour elQssd Without proet. thoe9h Mss
Aarl0se Bts3e iB0si fsF0ssbie impression.
Speculative aa8Rske se~ geo.es IA her
hence the seraas sis for her services.
Nav Woleots has been esxsses ~ Man
sgsF Palmer Tor tne Aaeisoa Square com
p4sy for nsxt season.
sadie Nsrsisss is 20 be he suprsns head
OF the New fofs uasiao eesapany.
Dslziss Tr,ith . responsible for the fol-
loving a new version u Uncle Toms
Ca9is.s By Clay NJ Greeae. will be sent on
the road nett season Ia maxelhcent style.
lac very best people Ia Ias Profession viii
Be eBssgsd snd Il Is ANNOUNCED that Frank
AoFdseBs. Alice Harrison and Lillian Ei-
bridge have already signed. The com pany
viii probably open IN Boston.
Dunlsp's Stage Nesss has this TO ssy Of
pretty Detroit girl: Miss Kate M0l0ny.
who appeared ia Partners a. the Madison
Square fheater. is . relative of Postmaster
General Don. NJ. Dickinson and sister OF
Jonn b. Aolony OF Detroit Miss Mallory
has been well received, aud is very credit
able addition 10 Mr.. Palmer's clever COM
pany.
Rumor has il that Nat Goodwin will
shortly marry = Buffalo lady of high de-
gree and big bank account
Considerable sorrow Is manifested over
the death of Miss Lillian olcott, who went
20 the Westminster Hotel. thinking she had
slight cold, refusing even TO have her
parents sent for. until the King OF rsrrors
had placed bis hand upon her. She was
said TO be rich woman and her stage ex-
periencs has cost ner $4,000.
New York at present is laughing over
James Owen 0'Connor. who has been
seen during the week 81 the Star Theatre as
Hamlet" Mr.. O'COnnor inherited q
couple hundreds of thousands of dollars
from q very frugal and shrewd father. and
is amusing himself by posing as an actor
| His audiences have been numerous aud
boisterous and he will probably make as
much from mis- exhibition as any star play
| ing in the Metropolis this week Mr..
0Connor is said to be fair lawyer. and a
very prompt psymsster. Mrs. 0'Connor.
Mr.. 0'Connor's good and faithful, wife has
| been watching the box.otfice while her
husband has been furnishings great deal of
| fun TO the young men about town and
ducats To the reporters. nearly every one of
whom furnished a column of very clever
and bright reading.
Handsome VIM. J. Scanlon is heading
this way, with his "Irish Minstrel"
| Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett arc
working their way East Their route calls
| for engagements in the following cities:
Lesven worth, Kansas. April l6; 81. Joseph.
Mo-, l7th. Des Moines. Iowa. 18th; Cedar
Rapids. 18th; Dubuque, 10th, Davenport
| 2lst; Peoria. Ills. 23d; Springfield, 2sth
Bloomington, 18th; Terre Haute, Ind,
| 18th :. Indianapolis, 27-25th; Lafayette, Both;
Fort Wayne. May 1; Kalamazoo, Mich. ID
Grand Rapids, 81; Bay City, 4th; East
Saginaw. 9TH; Ann Arbor, 7th Springfield
Ohio, sth; Dayton. 9Th: Louisville. XIV,
! 10-ll-l2th; Brooklyn. Amphon Academy
l4th, one week, 10 close tne season.
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| Robert Downing will soon be seen at
| Powers in ''Spsrtacus. the Gladiator" He
hss everywhere met with wonderful sue
cess this season. The Buff. papers printed
| columns OF encominms o. him. The En-
press said: The handsome trA-edian. Rob-
/ ert Downing. was welcomed by an enthusi-
sstic and cultured audience at the opera
house last evening. including the most
prominent people OF our city. IL was in
deed high compliment 10 the great acsor
who has "a suddenly sprung into pr0mi-
nence and popularitr. He received per
| feet ovation and was repeatedly called be-
fore the curtain. With the exception of
Booth and Barrstps engagements We nav
never before received 50 rich treat in the
legitimate drama.
| The Peoples Theatre. as the coy Won
| derland has been named, has seen some
thing Of its old business during the past
week. Large audiences greeted each per-
formsnce aud 1t is rapidly returning 10 its
former state of popularity. Beginning to-
morrow evening the famous play Uncle
! Toms Cabin" will be presented by cxpsble
company. This grand moral drama ia
which nature is so wildly depicted. will
never lose favor with the public aud. as
heretofore, 1t will undouol sdlv be crested
with large audiences. Nh Henderson ia a
meritorious actor and his tomPsny is well
selected. George Harris. the we'll known
manager. will assume charge OF the stage,
| beginning tomorrow. He has recently re-
turned from a tour OF the State with his
own company.
IL Is elsewhere announced in this issue
that Gillettes successful yersiGa of Hag-
CARDS extraordinary novel She" will not
be given IN this city until next season. the
con- panY being lDe same extensive oTgADl-
zation that recsntly played . most bhenom-
email engagement ~ the Cnicsgo Opera
House. The spectacle is being enterpris-
| ingly advertised In toe Detroit papers for
production At the Detroit OJera House
| during the week at hand. There IL said 10
be nearly hundred people engaged in the
great stage presentation.
New designs OF satieens. al Kidder 4 Co. q.