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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-16
AN ALABAMA " NIGHT.



This Irish-comedy actress, who is said to
be fayorite in the Eastern States, will
make her first appearance in this city at the
Alcazar tomorrow evening in a new play
written expressly for her by Mr.. l.. r, She
well, called The Stepdaughter," where,
according TO report, she shows to great ad-
vantage in the impersonation OF rough Irish
character.
THE sTEPDAUGHTER
Is comedy-Grama, ana the villainous indi-
yidual this time is woman, who has mar
RED an old man (Mr. Egerton) for his
money. The daughter of the old man, her
stepdauGhter, who gives the name to the
play, is at school She comes home early in
the proceedings aud falls in love with her
fathers private secretary. The step
mother IS also in love with him
and hopes to marry him after the
death of her decrepit husband. This
project the stepdaughter interferes with.
!. The old man dies. AS the girls guardian
Itie woman reVengefully pens her up in
tower, away from her lover, and gives it out
that She is lunatir. All this time Peggy
Logan Miss Tiffany, the girls Irish nurse,
is planning to get into that prison tower by
strategy. does get there. releases the girl,
who sails away with her lover in Yacht,
and Is married 10 him. Peggy, however,
does not get off so easily. Fast in the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-16

STOCK AND EXCHANGE BoARD-W. s.,
City. q The San Francisco Stock and tx
change Board is voluntary association of
members who are stockholders or persons
interested in stocks, and its objects of course
are to regulate the business of buying and
selling mining shares. (2) What all the OBJ
jeets and powers are AMI what advantages
are derived from membership is best told by
the constitution and bylaws, and they of
course cannot be reproduced in the 9. C..
There is also a beneficial clause in the con-
stitntion. 90 1t derives its powers as do all
legally esta bished associations, under the
general laws of the State. a. The mem-
bership is limited to 100, and the cost of a
seat in the board varies according TO the
demand. Such seat was valued III March
at $4,000 and that is the price now.
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GENERAL FRANZ SIGEI.-J. T. W, Peta-
luna, Cal. o. Franz Sigel entered the SER
vice of the Union i'll the Civil War as Colonel
of the Third Missouri Infantry Regiment
~ He was commissioned Brigadier- General
on May II, 1861. aud Major General on
March D. 1862. In July, 1861, he was in the
army in Southwest Missouri under General
Nathaniel Lyon, and as Colonel at the bat
tie of Wilson's Creek commanded the Sec
Ond Brigade; at Pea Ridge. Ark, COM
handed as General the First aud Second
Divisions, ana after the second battle of
Bull Run, ana, in turn, as Major General
the FIRST Army corps oil the Army OF VIZ
ginia, the Eleventh Corps. Reserve Guard,
Division of the Army of the Potomac, and
the Lehish district in Pennsylvania. He
succeeded also General B. f. Kelly in the
Department Of West Virginia in March,
1864. 90 The q. c. last knew of General
Sigel as resident Of MOrrisania, West
chester County, n. Y.
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THE CAST.
WIN Reopen-"FerncliG."

The Bnsh-street Theater will reopen its
doors tomorrow evening with Joseph 4.
Grismer and Miss Phoebe Davies in Will
lam Haworth's war drama, "Ferneliff," di-
luted with liberal infusion of what is
called the comedy-drama element. Grismer
has assembled pretty good company about
him for his farewell season on this Coast,
and in presenting Haworth's work proposes
to do it with as carefully Sc: stage and as
good a cast as it is possible 10 obtain.
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tower, she is discovered by the enraged step
mother, Is bound hand and foot, but man
ages to cut the bonds and slides down rope
10 the rocks, sixty feet below. There she
mas her friends, the girl and her lover, now
ioVieS husband and wife; the wicked are
punished, and the goSd get all the pie as
usual Peggy coming down out of the flies,
hand over hand on a rope, is said to be a
startling bit of business.
THE CAST.
Frank Crawford, alias Gordon his secretary -.
.............. ....................W. X. Owen
Ned Harvey. young lawyer H. NJ. Armstrong
Allen Travers Mrs. Egerton's sOn..............
George II. Trader
Luigi Soidiani, his pa............ Nick Long
Pop Batcheior, inn-keeper at Clihden.
George Hermance
1iIS ESeIIoh. Miss EIeaIof barry
Ruby Egerton her Stepdaugh ter. Miss Nellie Young
Blanche Somers Ruby's cousin. Miss Ruby lllidge
SuZette. .-.............. Miss Beatrice Ingram
Annie Ward Tiffany Peggy Logan
The faithful servant
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Tenors-Herr Herman Barosch date OF the I'M
perial Theater. st Petersburg). Herr Kari Taussig
Mr. Edward Messing Sig. Antonio Biagia.
Barytones Herr Jacob Muller, Mr.. George
Whal-n
Bassos-Mr. George i. ROnconi date OF her Maj
esty's lheater, London) Mr.. w. H. hawthorne date
OF the Carl Rosa Company, Londonl. 81 Emie
Bayard date OF New Orleans Opera Company.
Sopranos-SignOrina Ida Nalerga, Miss Minnie
Stanley, Miss Rose Castle. Miss Milton
zzo-sopranos-Fr Christine Wichman, Miss
Louise hartman.
BuIos-Mr harry brown. MIR. Herman Ahrendt.
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An ACTRESS, Dressine.Table.

An interchangeable reporter who was en-
deavoring to ind out what an actress did
during the time she is at the theater and
not on the stage" thus describes the appear
ance Of a makeup case in one of the ladies'
dressing-rooms Before me We're scat
tered" he says, sin apparently inextricable
confusion, pot of cold cream on speaking
terms with hair brush; box of dry rouge
for the cheeks, which was dangerously near
to a fine duchesse lace handkerchief; two
blunt lead-pencilS; box OF Huyler's, out of
which the chocolate creams were tumbling
in their endeavor to sweeten a pnk-silk
lace covered pin-cushion; a bottle of brain
submitted for my lady's signature; box of
hair-pins diamond bracelet; three rings {;
& piece Of black cosmetic and a camel hair
brush; box of powder and big puff which
had shed its whiteness impartially on the
twenty-four-bu tan suede gloves, and the
uncovered box OF gum arabic troches"
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season, which Patti, who was then abont II
years of age. sometimes failed to do. The
Madame. il may be said, is proving quite as
good manageress in the later years oil her
life as she was 4 cantatrice thirty years ago.
We in San Francisco are indebted 20 her for
hearing Wachtel, Pappenheim and other
celebrities, and her present enterprise
would seem TO have in it the elements of
success. Many good names appear in the
list appended
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j" For TWO years 7 have
rheumatism. i went to many
doctors, butreceived no per
mauent benefit from them.
Reading of the cures Ell
fected by the Cosmopolitan
Dispensary l took treat
ment from them, and, as a
result, am now completely
cured. l shall be only TOO
glad to corrObOrate this to
any one calling, or who
writes me. 1 give this tes-
tim onial unsolicited. -
ROSE BROWN, Haifmoon
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-16

IL have dOctored with many physicians for the
past three years, but only derived temporary re-
Lief. suffered from heart and kidney troubles
Some ten days ago called at the Cosmopolitan Dis
pensgry and took treatment from them To-day
better than have been for nearly four =
CARL RoUNEBU RGER. 1l6 Leidesdorf street,
San Francisco.
This is to certify that have suffered from mala
rial poisoning aud gastric catarrh since November
last. Been treated by other physicians with only
temporary benefit. Been under treatment three
WEEKS at the Cosmopolitan Dispeusary. and am now
better than at any time since have been sIck."-
MRS. j. J. CUNNINGHAM, 10 Sarah street, San
Francisco
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WHAT THEY WILL PUT IN ACTION.
Tom Hewins and Willard Hilton love the same
girl Tom WINS her, and at lie openin" Of The play
t'ey are living happily together. Hilton. Willie
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FIRST EVENING SCHooL-L. S., City,
In report of ex-Superintendent of Public
Schools James Denman, made in 1875, ap-
pears the paragraph: During August,
1856. the evening schools were opened in
the basement of the cathedral, corner of
California and Dupont streets. They were
first organized by Messrs. William Ham,
mill, John SWEET, Ahira Holmes and James
Denman, who volunteered their services
until the BoAd of Education was con-
WINGED OF the importance of evening school
instruction"
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4HB IHEATERS.
THE PLAYERS.
b" Alabama Is The Solid Success
The Season.
BUSH REOPBNS WITH HFERNGLIFF."

At the California The Dagzler" Succeeds
The Directory And BOllY Kate Cas-
Teton Is Here Agail-AlIiG Ward
Tiffany in Irish Comedy al the Alcagar,
A New Opera Company The German
ITanl-AIStGalial Variety Company at
The OTpleln AQuilO" Active at the
TiT0li-F0Teigl and Domestic Notes
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white and Bauer,s "Aquilo,"

From which many hundreds of people have
been turned away nightly at the Tivoli, is
now in the full swim of success. The people
engaged in it work with might and main to
make it public favorte, and they are sue
ceeding beyond the most sanguine expecta-
ton of the management. Messrs. KEELING
give a professional matinee on Thursday
next. commencing at 3 o'clock sharp. This
will afford all our stage people, local ana
imported, the wished for chance to see n
Romantic spectacle of domestic manufacture.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-16

CALIFORNIA; FRUIT CRop-J. N. Y,
Lodi. Cal. () There are no means By which
the number of hands required to pick the
fruit crop of California can be estimated
with any degree of accuracy, the number
running up in the thousands, however. (2)
1t is picked mainly by Chinese. (3) The
average daily earnings OF picker is 81 80.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-16

A MUGwUMP-R. T., City. The Provi-
dence tR 1) Journal was staunch Repub-
iican journal. 1t is classed now as Mug
wuInp.
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05noPoLLTAN
JlsPENSARY

Corner stockton, Ellis and Market Sts.,
San Francisco, Cal.
ENTRANCE STOCKTON STREET.
Out of town patients treated with DNFAILING
SUCCESS through correspondence: one visit deSir-
able, but not necessary. Medicine sent safely and
free from observation TO any part OF the country.
Write for symptom blank to fill out, and letter
planning your disease, giving advice. etc.. will be
returned free. anl6 10 1t
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-16
The Bows Are Saving Tn.

Sells Brothers Circus-a gigantic aggre-
cation of white-tent talent, including a me-
nagere which, in the variety of the animals
gathered together, is a study in zoology. a
hippodrome daring in its classical and other
races. and a general performing tent where
the best talent in this line is grouped-will
show here for the week commencing Sep
TENDER 14th The show this year is greater
than ever, as the most skilled riders, daring
acrobats and the funniest of clowns have
been engaged 10 make it the ne-Dlus-utra
circus on the road. The menagerie has been
strengthened by tie addition of many rare
and curious animals, bipeds and Quadru-
pedS, and the equine stock, both for the ring
and hlppodr0me races, contains plumber
of thoroughbred horses. Among the noted
performers Is Cyrene, said to he one OF the
most skillfDl and graceful dancers in the
world. The Messrs. Sells Brothers have
expended vast sum of money this year to
make their circus the best travelling. On
conclusion of the California tour of the
show it will be transported to Australia,
leaving this city on the steamship MOnOwai,
sailing October 10Th. Mr.. Peter Sells is
now in this city concluding arrangements
for both appearances in this city and the
antipOdes. He will sail on the steamship
Mariposa, September 18th, for Sydney, Il
month in advance Of his show. to make the
final preparations for its reception on its ar
rival the following steamer. Mr. Sells re-
ports business in the Northwest as being
very fine, the performances being attended
by GRO wds who have filed every available
iYch of space un0er the huge canyaSes.
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WHY HAVE DIRTY WALL PAPER,

FRISCO Or TIMING,
WHEN YOU CAN HAVE 1T CLEANED AND
w made equal TO new. NATIONAL CLEANING
COMPANY, 5l7 Jones street, iy2Su
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NAPoLEoN's REMAINs-J. II. S, East
Oakland. Cal By permission of the Brit
ish Government the remains of Napoleon l
were removed on October 10, 1910. from the
tomb at ST. Helena and embarked on the
following day on board the French frigate
Belle P0ule. The vessel arrived at Cher
bourg on November 30th. on December 18th
the body was deposited in the Hotel des In
valides. and finally placed in its crypt on
March 81. 1851
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AT BARNUM's FUNERAL-A. H. c., City.
~ Rev. l.. B. Fisher of the Universalist
denomination, who was also at the DEATH
bed, officiated with the Rev. DR.. Robert
Collyer. the well-known Unitarian pastor
of New York City, at the funeral of p. T.
Barnum, from the South Congregational
Church, at Bridgeport, Conn. (2) Barnum
not Spiritualist, attending services in the
church Of Rev g. IL. Chaplin when in New
York and doing likewise when at home in
Bridgeport.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24
OUR BUSH RIVER NECK LETTER.

Reported for The EglS.
MIcHAELsvILLE, July 2l.-A valuable mare
belonging to Mr.. John T. Lear died under pc
culiar circumstances last week. On Tuesday
ne was engaged in hauling. When nc returned
home with his team in the evening both his
horses were sick. He turned them out and one
of hem laid down. The next morning he got
the animal up and led her to the pump She
drank several mouth-fulls of water and imme-
diately became paralyzed in every joint and
muscle She lived until 2. NJ.
Mr.. Nathan Barron received dispatch, Mon
day evening, announcing the death of his uncle,
Samuel 81. Barron, which took place at Refs
terstown that day. Mr.. Barron formerly owned
Rumney Royal farm, on which Mr.. Nathan
Barron resides, but some years ago he bought
property at Reisterstown and removed tbitber.
He was II years of age.
Mr.. George Shears horse caused some excite
ment at Garrettson's Chapel, Sunday afternoon,
be rearing up and falling across the shafts,
breaking one of them.
A large scow has been fitted up at the High
House for the purpose of taking parties to the
fishing and grabbing grounds. 1t has an avn
ing over it and will carry 40 people with COM
fort.
Mr. Nicholas r. Redman, of Washing ton,
was welcome visitor TO our neighborhood,
last week. Mrs. Daniel K Bolton, of Bslti-
more is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Gallup.
Mrs. James II. Michael, of Roanoke, Va, is
visiting her daughter Mrs. A. H. Nelson
Mrs. Sarah A. Keen is at Mr. Nathan Barron's.
Mr.. Harry 8. Hyde and son are also the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Barron.
Mr. Nathan Barron takes the lead in corn In
Rumney Neck. His field is fine, the stalks be-
ing as tall as trees-that is. small trees.
The era b and fish dinner at the High House, on
10Th, is said by those who were present to have
been pleasant affair. The crowd was not very
large hut it embraced representatives of the
solid citizens of Bush River Neck and sprink-
ling OF people from other parts of the county,
al, rol dat 'hn vh fl
perch and crabs which were served for dinner
were much enjoyed. jim SANK.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24

TOURNAMENT AT HAvRE DE GRACR--A tour
nament was held in Mr.. r. F. McGaw's field,
Havre de Grace, Monday afternoon, for the
benefit OF local brass band. There was a fair
attendance, and the riding good, considering
the fact that no professional riders contested
The money prizes offered were SIS. SO, IS and
So, with the usual honors of crowning the queen
of love and beauty and her attendant maids OF
honor. Mr.. Wilton Greenway was chief mar
shal Master Harry Z. Spencer, Fred. e. Law
der ard Edward E. Baekey, heralds, and Messrs
Harry c. Lawder, Oakley p. Mitchell and W.
8. McCombs, judges. The Bayside Cornet
Band furnished the music and led parade Of
the knights through the principal streets be
fore the tournament began.
The contestants were F. o. Mitchell, knight
of Mulberry Point. who took eight rings !; W.
Fl. Rawhouser, knight of Spesutia, eight rings;
L. w. Foard, Knight of Twilight, three rings; ;
g. Roberts, Knight OF Clermont, eight rings A.
Armstrong, Knight of Carsins' Run, eight rings;
Samuel Sutton, Knight OF I-Will-It-I-Can, seven
rings Walter Brown Knight of Happy Home,
nine rings F. G. Pearson, knight of Our Beauti-
full City, five rings. After the ties had been
decided Mr.. Brown crowned Miss Opheiia Jack
son, of Havre de Grace, queen of love and
beauty , Mr.. Roberts selected Miss Sadie Bar
ron, of Havre de Grace, first maid Of honor !;
Mr.. Rawhouser selected Miss Carrie Boyd, of
Havre de Grace. second maid of honor, and Mr..
Mitchell selected Miss Annie Read, of Balti-
more, third maid of honor. Ex-Judge George
Y. Maynadier charged the knights and Mr.. VIM.
L. Cooley delivered the coronation address. The
tournament was followed by dance in payil-
| ion at the City Park.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-07-24

PERSONAL MRNTIoN.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward
A. Dietrich will be pleased TO their friends al
their home, the residence of Mrs. Mary Walsh
Fair Meadows, Hartford Furnace.
Mrs. Dochey, of Indianapolis, and Mrs,
Garrische, of 81. Louis, are spending the sum-
mer there at the residence of Mrs. Walsh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jones, of Union Bridge,
Nd, sre visiting friends in Hartford and York
counties.
Miss Mary E. Smith, of Carroll county, re-
turned to her home, on Monday, from visit to
friends in this county.
Miss Lille NJ. Derickson, of Churchvlle, il
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Matte Day, of Prospect
and friends in Delta and Lower Chanceford.
Miss Keyser, of Baltimore, is visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Walker, in
Bush River Neck.
Mr.. Frank E. Gorrell, of Bel Air, has resign
ed his position as correspondent for the Balt
more San.
Rev. and Mrs. D. B. Fitzgerald, of Snow Hill
are visiting Mrs. Filzgerald's father, DR.. w
w. Virdin, of Lapdum.
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The Pic Mic at Old Baltimore.

The pic mic at "Old Baltimore on the shore oil
Bush river n;; on Wednesday, BY the order OF the
in Il beautiful grove, OH he farm of Mr.. James l.
Richardson, near the spot where the county seal
of Baltimore county, which included what is now
Hartford, was established in 1869, or earlier. A
court house and Jail may once have been erected
on the spot, but no traces OF them can now be
found.
The attendance was good every part of the coun
ty, from the Long COrnec to Havre de Grace. being
represented. Nearly al. of the candidates on the
Democratic Primary election ticket were on the
grounds, and all took advantage of the opportuni
ty to press their claims ior nomination.
The ladies were out in full force, and while they
took no part in the political discussions they en-
joyed dancing on the large platform. which wa:
prettily decorated with flags of all nations. The
music, by WrightS Band, of Baltimore was excel
lent and so inspiring that many gentlemen whose
joints have lost their Suppleness. were almost
tempted to seek partner and join in the dance.
Two Japanese acro0atS and jugglerS afforded
pleasant diversion with their wonderful feats o.
agility and skill.
Mr. C. G. Billingsea. of Philadelphia. Supreme
Commander OF the Order of the Golden Chain. de
liyered pleasant address, in which he set fortl
the purposes of the order, which are to provide
economical life insurance and sick benefits for its
members, who are pledged TO stand by each Other
for mutual assistance 10 time of death or distress
He exhorted wives to induce their husbands to joiT
| the Golden Chain and the young ladies to inSis
| that their sweet-hearts show them certificates o.
| membership before accepting them,
A game of base ball was also played between the
| clubs of Port Deposit and Havre de Grace. il
which the latter made runs to for Port Deposit
! = At night there was good display of fire works
| from vessel anchored several hundred feet from
| the shore.
The most perfect order was observed and every
| thing was as pleasant as possible. Bush Rive
| Neck hospitality, usual. was hearty and gener
| Gus.
The committee of arrangements were J. H. En-
mord, Jay +. Towner and III. A. Raymond.
The officers of the order, the headquarters G
| which are at Perryman. are as follows:
Commander, Henry A. Raymond; Collector
Louis T. Michael; Secretary, ID. w. Taylor; Tres
| surer, j. FL. Emmord.
The entrance fee is from S8to $40, according
age. and the annual expense on an insurance
5000 Is from $40 to 800 year. The sick benef
cost about IS a year to receive $40 week.
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DEATH OF REV. ALBERT E. WALLIs.-kev
Albert E. Wallis, son of the late Samuel r.
Wallis, Of Forest Hill, died at his home in
Frederick, Md, on Friday, July nth, in the
18th year of his age. Rev. Mr.. Wallis received
collegiate education and in 1869 was admitted
as member of the Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He filled accepta-
bly, various appointments in Baltimore and
Frederick counties, but was obliged to abandon
the ministry on account of failing health. For
the past Is years he has resided in Harrison
burg, Va, and Frederick city, Nd, where he
carried on large harness and leather business.
He leaves widow and one son, Albert r. Wallis,
who resides in Frederick city, and three
brothers. The latter are William r. and Will
Der F. Wallis, of Forest Hill, and Charles E..
Wallis, of Greenwich, N. j. Nr. Wallis was a
Jealous Mason, and at the time ofhis death YVES
the master of Columbia Lodge, No. S. A. F.
and a. NJ, a member of Enoch Royal Arch
Chapter, No. %, and the prelate of Jacques de
Molay Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar,
of Frederick city.