The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-12
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

KATE FIELD Is lecturing on Prohibition.
CHRISTINE NILSSON was born In Sweden In
1S43
CLARA MoRn1s, the actress, is Ill in st.
Louis.
ADA REHAN. Augustin Daly's leading lady,
is worth $4,000.
BooTn AND BARRETT will pay Modjeska
$500 q weok for next August.
COMEDIAN WILLIAM j. FLORENCE was
born In Albany, N. Y, In 1881.
MARIE VAN ZANDr is having great success
in Italian opera at Kroll's Theatre, Berlin.
"TnE MIKADo" has been produced with
much success at tho Gartnerplatz Theatre in
Munich.
A NEW theatre, to cost nearly $1,000, 900, is
to be built on the Champ do Mars, St Peters
burg, Russia.
EDWARD SCovEL. the American tenor, has
met with distinct success in Chicago as Faust
and Don Jose.
DANIEL. s. MAGUINNIs, tho we'll known
comedian, died In Boston few days ago,
aged fifty-five.
MR.. DUDLEY BUCKS cantata called "Ihe
Light of Asia" has been presented at st.
James's Hall, in London, with signal sue
cess.
Mr. CRoTTY, the leading baritone OF Carl
Rosa's operate company, IS great sprinC1yTr,, 1T,,
holding the championship Of Ireland at lO0
yards.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, tho millionaire Penn
sylvania ironmaster, is about to build big
music hall in New York which is TO cost Si'-
000, 900.
LA SCALA, the great theatre In Milan, has
seats for 1000 persons. CoVent dardeh, IN
London, has 23OO seats, ana the 'iehn@
Opera, 240O
BEErHovEN's birthplace. at Bonn, Tor
years past music hall and drinking bar, has
been purchased for $500, and Will be re-
stored to its former state.
IT is reported that 81, 500, 900 has been sub
scribei in Wall street for the new amuse
ment structure to be built on the sue oi 'n'
Madison Square Garden, NewYork.
MANAGER DANIEL FRoHMAN, Of the New
York Lyceuin, he's engaged Elsie Leslie tne
Little Lord Fauntleroy, to play dual ro'e
in "Prince and Pauper" next August.
A NEW play, Corporal Jack" based upon
the American Revolution, has been produced
with great success at Amberg's Iheatre, Nsw .ss
York city, with August Junkermann In ths
ttular role.
COUNT Wow MoLTKE, though eighty SIX
wears old, fully retains his love for music,
and hardly ever misses court concert ne
used to be frequent performer on the piano.
too, but has given it UP.
ON the personal application OF Fanny
Davenport, the actress, Governor Layor, y,n III ~
Tennessee, granted pardon to Charles Tai
bot, the Memphis hotel clerk who stole SS,,-
600 worth of her diamonds two years ago.
DURING a Booth and BarresS's perform.
ancs of "Julius Cesar" at Boston, q party OF
Harvard College students volunteered TO acs
as the "mob." When the stage manager
gave the signal for them to cheer during the
scene between Brutus and Cassius, they re.
snonded with a "Rah! rah rahi Harvard"
and that official fell limp on q chair.
MANAGER ABBEY has had unusual hard
luck with some OF his greatest attractions
during the past two years. Last season
Gerster broke down at the very beginning OF
her American tour, and young Holman de-
serted his manager just as q substantial re-
turn for the preliminary outlay was begin
ming to be made. Now, Miss Anderson has
been forced to retire at tips when her III
ness viii cost her managers in the aeighoor-
hood Of $4,000,