Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-25


manager thinks it viii be great card
He will also discharge the Little Eva he
had last season and engage her daughter
in-law in her place His former Little
Eva will celebrate her golden wedding
in September.
Mr. Shucknasty Pete, a survivor of
the Wounded Knee affair, who barely
escaped with his life by being in west
ern Montana at the time, will continue
to appear at Kohl & Middleton's muse
UNI IN Chicago with the exception of
two weeks about Christmas time, when
he will appear and eat pounded glass on
the North Side for the benefit of the
Worlds fair sufferers.
Messrs. Barney & Bradley will start
in next sessoa with their renovated
Uncle Tom company, supported by an
entirely new folding deathbed for Little
Eva.
The eighty-third annual benefit for
Little Petite, the child violinist of South
east Haddem, will be held at the school
house north of town in, July. 1t will
include reading from Browning and a
creased pig race.
Messrs. Early & Bird, owners of the
'Singed Cat" travesty on the opera of
"Tutti Frutti," have scored a success
They cleared $4,000 during the season,
but will not produce it next year owing
to i'll health. They offer their scenery
for sale in another column Also two
good theatrical trunks, one valise and a
parrot, neither of which has been dam
aged to speak of. The ad. referred to is
signed Reduced Circumstances, care of
this Office.
Larry Dogan, who cast a gloom over
the community last season by crushing
the skull of his adversary in a two round
go at the Palace rink, will star in "All
the World Agin Him." taking the title
role or any other role that is not riveted
to a freproof building. He is rehearsing
his lines studiously at present at thu
Inebriates' Home on Long Island.
Miss Birdie Coonpelter, who has acted
as the Bearded Lady during an unpar-
alleled series of years, and with wonder
full success, shows signs, it is said, of
yielding to the mental strain, and in Oc-
tober next will shave and retire perma-
nently from the stage. A farewell OPP
portunity will be given N September for
American breezes that have not done so
to blow through her rapidly silvering
whiskers. She estimates that over
100000 people at least have been de-
lighted by her genius. She is very anx-
ious to quit the stage before her mind
breaks down.
In a card to the public Mr.. Stetson
Acknowledges that he has no proprietary
right in Hamlet" He says he only
claims he authorship of few of the
local ga. !. The play itself, he says, is
the property of Mr.. Palmer.
Mr.. Napoleon Musser, who possesses
the wonderful gift of being able to sus-
tain blow of 800 pounds on the top of
the head, has scored a success this sea-
son. He practically has the field to him
self, and hopes to retain it for years to
come. Hesays he notices no falling off
in the stage, and will write an article for
the Pan-American Review on The Past,
Present and Future of the American
Stage" He will have benefit in mid
summer, at which he has asked DIR.
Holmes and Mile Christina, the Two
Headed Nightingale, to appear.
Other stage notes for future issue
viii be gratefully received and printed
if o. ked by the counting room of this
paper.