Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-25

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cessful three-night engagement at Maguire
Opera house last light. .Margery DaW
was the attraction for Thursday and Fir
!, day evenings and Saturday matinee, Will
, Love and Duty" was put on Eaturda,
: night. Miss Rosa was as popular 90 eyel
! and her support was unusually good. Th
!, company leave to-day for Anaconda.
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! The John Russell company will produc
'The City Directory. . q farcical comedy, a
Maguire's Opera house October 5.
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The Daniel Bandman Lyceum compan,
will inaugurate Shakespeareian season ii
Butte, Christmas week.
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The Novelty theater at Ogden burned to
the grounG the thirteenth instant. It i
supposed to have been set on fire by re
lgious cranks.
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early in October, and will play in Montans
during the present season.
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Lawrence Barrett will produce "Gana.
Ion" new production by William Young
author OF IT he Rajah" and other works,
in New York early in October. As usual,
Miss Minna K. Gale will play the leading
lady.
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Richard Mansfield will produce Richard
Ill" with entirely new costumes and
effects, in Boston tie coming month, and
will then play an eight-weeks' engagement
in New York at Palmers theater.
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Lewis Morrison and NJ. B. Curtis will
produce "Scatchenn at the Fourteenth
street theater in New York City, this sea-
son.
Gus Stally is starring in the Royal
Pass company and proving quite popu-
lar.
w. III. Morton, manager of the Columbia
theater, Chicago, was recently married to
Miss Lille Post, an old member OF the Nc
Caul Opera company, and who is now play
ing leading character in "Blue Beard Jr."
the extravaganza that is now running at
the Chicago Opera house.
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George Fawcett Rowe, the distinguished
English comedian, died recently at New
York.
George G. MilE, the ex- Unitarian misister
OF Chicago, is playing shakespearian sea-
son in Australia with immense success.
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The late st scheme of Mat ager Henderson
is to put on a Christmas pantomine at the
Chicago opera house. -za
The Booth M odieska combination opens
at Palmer's theater. New York, September
%, for foul weeks engagement.
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Mrs. Laura J. Tisdale, director of the
dramatic department of the Chicago
Musical college, has 'eiosed very success
full western trip. Mrs. Tisdale lectured on
the "Delsarte system OF expression" at
Lake and Denver.
The Seventy.first regiment band has been
engaged for a large certainty for the Corn
Palace festival at Sioux City, Ia, which
commences September %, and is to last
two weeks.
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The New York Dramatic Mirror has the
following item: VIM. Faversham arrived
from Europe on the Adriatic last Friday,
and left on Saturday with Minnie Mad
dern's company for Buffalo. where the sea-
son opened Monday night. Mr.. Faver-
sham brought back with him comedy
drama which he will endeavor to get pro-
duced this season.
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The question that is now agitating the
people who delight in wormiDg centuries
back for facts is: Did Shakespeare's widow
marry again.
The dresses OF Emma Abbott and George
K. Fortescue are said to be among the
most elegant and expensive that will be
worn upon the stage this season.
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Bert Haverly, formerly with McNish
Johnson & Slavin's minstrels, was recently
engaged by the Patti Rosa company. He
is doing very good comedy work and
proves good addition to Miss Roea's
company.
Primrose & Vests Minstrels will open
their season on Saturday, September IA,
ut Taylor's opera house, Trenton, N. j.
he entertainment is to present what is
termed Crystal Palace first part scene
and a new sensation called Cremation"
Bob Slavin and Barney Faean are among
the fun-makers.
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There is a Nemesis in black pursuing
Evans & Hoey through Ca ifornia. It is a
Iady who persists in squandering her
money on a proscenium box, from whence
she feasts her eyes upon the merry antiques
OF the two comedians in the "Parlor
Match" 1t is not as yet known upon
which OF the actors her wandering affec-
tions are centered, but the strength OF her
devotion 10 testified to by the fact that
she sits through the performances six nights
in the week and comes Lp smiling for two
matinees. .. ss
The new California theater is smashing
the record for phenomenal receipts, the
business, it is claimed averaging weekly be-
tween 81 900 and $s, 600. Joseph MURPHY
closed his four weeks engagement to 81 900.
Evans & Hoey followed with 81, 1000, and
last week 1.-THE Stowaway" played to $S,-
600. This week "A Brass Monkey" begins
two weeks engagement,
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The new members OF Rosina Vokes' Com
edy company this season are: G. j. Bell,
Eleanor Lane and Emily Bancker. The
plays to be added to tha repertoire are:
"Wie and GOWN by F. Sidney; the '.Tint-
ed Venus" by W.Wilde, a brother OF Oscar
Wild, :, and THAT Lawyer's Fee, by Beer
bohm Tree. The new plays will probably be
reserved for production in New York when
the company appear for six weeks at Daly's 9
theater, in April next.
A Peculiar Disease.
| PIrrsBURa, September 23.-A special
from Phillipsburg says: An epidemic OF
a disease resembling dysentery has been
| raging near Meadowville, this county. 1t
first broke out in family named Shear.