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WAR IS
DECLARED
IN The Annexed DISTRICT!
At LAST THE RESCUE
FROM EKT0RTI0H BY CAS- BAROAs
The CONFLICT
Between the Standard and Gen.
trail Companies Brings Re-
Iisf 10 Thousands!
TIE STORY OF PRODUCES OF
WORK Blythe NEW COMPANY!
TIE STORY OF PRODUCES OF
WORK BY THE NEW COMPANY!

within 80 hour Is a remarkable feat, Such was
the great performance Of tho standard Gas Com.
iany last week. when hrsliy It's, long. fought.ior
permits to la main were won.
This great main gave STANDARD gas to the An
Moved District, where tn" Contral Company has
reigned supreme and collected tl.6o Tor gas.
whereas consumers south q the Harlem Bridge
pay 81 25. Not alone this, but It has exacted
pa ment for running services and for meter con-
%nections. whilst the ether companies make no
The fight q the STANDARD Company for admis.
sion into the field has been rrotracted and Bit
a battle for the people NJ the Annexed District.
and every fro,h legal laurel Of this s,anch and
heroic corporation was a blow struck for the de-
iirerNnc-- Of a hong suffering people.
With tn" sound Of the calklng hammers upon
tr"mhl.t in the balance. and as Wagons en-
scores OF wr-kmen and their tools for setting
meters, dashed up before the new once, No.
$40 T9ir! ann, it ;sLI from 81 60 to 81 q.
lior has ehnc 10 pass. and now the Central Conn
nauy rs as sv"ct and tendcr az a June morning.
and ashs ito rosn"d constituents 10 forgive and
forget some listen 70 the Establishment. but tbs
orervhelminG majority turn TO the brave r7scuers
AMI OFFER their support In return for the money
and energy lavished in tn ,ir behalf.
Tho unusual brightness IL Third avenue at might
has been commented upon. 1t H. due 10 the
charge ~ me storekecpers from a low to a high
candle power gas.
Not alone does tho STANDARD Company sell tbs
extends to It's customers the courte5Ies Of a great
and generous concern In contrast to the ststs-
meht thal W" nave narn'N hhrneFH enough Tor
our own Office n new COMPANY carefully re.
places with new s1d modern burners the old
vorn.out ones free Il charge. The saving in gas
hiiis thus 'r"ated l. 10 small consideration. Be-
sides. all buildings arc connected without charge
and meters are set and connections furnished at
no cost whatever to the consumer.
4 great shop is NOW in full blast at $500 Third
avenue. ard It IS significant to no;e that the
that Of the American Mr'rF t'OmU90y and hear
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THINK She HAS SMALL POX.
A Pupil Taken from the Van
Norman Private School.
IL" Rod Employees TO he Vac
ciunted, IC-Morrow.

There is but little doubt that pestifer-
Gus smallpox has made is appearance
in the Van Norman private school at
- West Scvcnty-itrs; street.
one Of the students Of tho select school
adjoining to deception Hospital at the
foot Of East Sixteenth street.
Dr. Alvnh ~. D"ty. the chief Of tho
bureau OF Contagious Diseases. would
there was a case reported from the
school. He said it was only a patient
who had been taken from the Van Nor
man SChoul for observation.
The name Of the student II Miss CHAR
lotto DObbins. and she l.. eighteen years
Oh. II was not learned this morning
v 3. thor Miss DJbLina'a parents reside in
She will he detained in the Reception
Hospital until II 10 fuily known whether
or not sne Is a vicim OF the m4!ady.
Hrother Island, ana placed in Riverside
II lspital.
The case WAS reported to the Health
DEPARTMENT last night, Inspectors were
man School. Sufficient ., violence was
found that Miss D'bhins's case might BE-
smallpox, and 81" was removed.
Tht vacc!rators and fu'nigltors thcn
gated ET t t the S"Y bu Gf"Rni an" and 4"]S H@tsSeinHXte fHm aii
tn students, who would submit.
me van Norman school Is conducted
by Mrs, Amelia Van Norman. There is
a hoarding-house attached to the school.
Or. Doty. with a staff OF v~aCC!natorr,
Will start in tomorrow on the elevated
road employees Arrangements To that
effect have been made with General
Manager +. X. Hahn and Surgeon Field.
The physicians win start at . a. NJ.
at the northern terminus. and as each
train arrives viii attack the engineer,
fireman AID guards.
on the completion Of tho train crews
each station VIII DO visited and the
ticket-sellers, choppers and platform
hands Will b." vaccinate1. 1t Is expected
that the work will consume the rest of
the week.
To-day the STAFF Of v~acclnntors visited
the Frank Leslie's printing establish
ment. Ehret's brewery, Beck d Co.'S
and Burnharn. Buckley & Co, and vac
r.natcd the employees.
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PAID $780,, BUT COT NO STOCK
Never Has Blumenthal Arrested
for Grand Larceny.
lie Was to Receive shares m which
lie Gould Borrow Sl.1Oo.

Charles Blumenthal II 80 East Seven
ty-uinth street. New York CITY and who
has an Office at - fIi'h avenue. was
held for trial at IL" Gates Avenue Po-
lice Cour'. E~roDklyE. this morning. on a
charge " grand larceny.
Di"drich Meyer. 8 clerk In 'hs employ
Of Kcmyer Bros d"'ioa'cs.'1 dealers Of
MA Broadway, Brun!yn. Was the com.
pluiEant
Kemp,r Rro,hora wara DESTROYS ~ dis
posing of their business. Never wanted
to n.oDme tn" proprietor. but al not
know h.w ~ raise the $50 which vas
the pic. Kernpor Brothers asked.
Through an advertisement Meyer be-
cam. acquainted WITH Blum"uthat. who
offered to make the LOAF without any
security. q,
IN company with q man whom ne intro
duc.i As John Ehrlich, called ON Meyer,
Enrich, II - sail. expressed himself T.
b" an agent OF the N"w YORK Muil1.
BuildinG and Loan Association and tod
h" would get stOCk In thu Company upon
which a loan OF LOO would b" made.
Meyer says he paid the $40 ana re
c,ivci In return a receipt.
n" WIS told that tn" stock would b'
sent to him IL a few DAYS. Npt rc"eITint
was there Informed that neither Blum"n
thai nor Ehr.rh represented the Com
rauy in II way.
Meyer consulted LAWYER George ~
CHASER. with IL" result that the Warran
for Blumenthals arrest was isseud. Tn
man who represented himself as Ehr
Itch seems to nave dropped out Of cXis
tcnCe altogether.
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FOUGHT WITH TWO BURGLARS.
Old Mr.. Brannigan Was Worsted
and He Shouted for Hep.
The Thieves Fled and No Trace OF
Them Can BE Found.

Thomas B~rannigsn. eightv.three wears
old. who lives alone in Il basement at
~ Pearl street. Brook. II, hal "a daSr"r-
ate encounter with two burglars be.
tween . and 3 O'Clock tins morning. Tn"
old man fought with tn" thieves. but
finding the odds against him too great.
he frightened them aNay 10y shouting :or
help.
MIR. Branuigan reported the affair to
Sergt. Colgan. Of the lower Fulton
street police station, At 3 U'clock this
oned a half huur earlier by somebody
moving around IN his room. lie saw
two men in his apartment, ana while
one OF the fellows was going through
his clothing. the other tausaok"I the
bureau.
Branniran jumped out Of bed and
grappl"d with one OF III" m"n. Tn"
other mar came to his companions as
sistance and the two threw tn" odd man
to III" floor He held on to them and
they struck him several times in tn"
face. Mr.. B~rannigan then yelled FIR
help. Tho burglars ~ther"upon ran out
OF the house.
Serr,. Colgan, with Sergt. Downcy and
the reserve squad. started out To- look
for the men. Brannigan was So excited
that he was unable to describ. his as
sailHntS.
he police went to his house and
found that an entrance had been Of
foCted by boring holes IN the basement
door, through which on" Of the men
inserted his hand and pushed back the
catch.
The police say they can ind nobody
who heard the old mans cries for help.
Detectives kearney and Noonan are
still working on the case.
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BROOKLYN PLAYHOuSES.
Lend Me Your Wife" Seen at
the Park.
"The Other Man" at the Columbia
Other Attractions.

The Other Man" was produced last
night for the first time in Brooklyn at
the Columbia Theatre. Although, like
most French farces. the story is inn
probable, there are many complications
that are worked out in such an anus
ing name that the performance attains
the end desired. Joseph Holland and
Henrietta Crossman were the best of tbs
cast, and several Of the others did well.
PARK THEATRE.
Lend Re Your Wife" with Roland
Rcd as Capt. Abner Tarbox. was the
Offering at col. Sims Park Theatre last
night. The role is well suited to Mr.,
Reeds peculiar style, and he renewed
the hit he mas made before in the same
character. Good support was given by
II kces Davies, lsidore Rush, Harry
Smith AMI Mary Meyers.
NEW BIJOU THEATRE.
acknowledgements" a picturesque Irish
drama, was tn" attraction at the pretty
Hijou Theatre last night. J. X. Murray
an Cldrs. Lane iilied their parts accept.
ably. and their songs were encored. A
feature. Of the performance was the in,
PRODUCTION of statues OF several notables
in fish, history. This play was finely
THE AMPHIoN.
tioyt's, clever skit. "A Trip 10 China.
TO yn,' began another enlightenment las,
night at the Amphion. All of the best
material of the original cast has beer
retained. tad a number of new songs
ard other spccialties have been added
Frank Lane as Welland Strong. Geral.
dine hc'ann As the willow, Lottie Nor.
timer as Flint and others contributed &c
the excellence of IN" performance.
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
THE Power Of the Press" was made
known 10 the patrons OF the Grand
Cpera-fiouSe last night, where the pop
ular melodrama was given with all the
original scenery and equipments. The
shipyard, with its gangs Of laborers at
work, was remarkably realistic. Char
9ctrrs were Interpreted by Louis a.
Mabb, Adelaide Cushman, May Stan
Lish' Charles II. Ricgel and others.
EMPIRE THEATRE.
,,Melodrama attracted a good sized au-
disnce TO the Empire Theatre last night,
where The Power Of Cold was Ire,
scented by Walter Sanford's company
LEE AVENUE ACADEMY.
Josephine Cameron made her initial
appearance In, brooklyn last night, open
Ing at the Ire Avenue Academy in
"Forget-Me-Not." She viii play "Ca-
mile Wednesday night and East
Lynne" Friday night.
GAIETY THEATRE.
At the Gayety Theatre a good vaude-
vile was furnished ~ Frank Bush. the
Burke brotht.s, Johnson trio, McCaie
and Daniels, senator Frank Moran, Hec-
tor and Lorra'n ne, Post ana Clinton.
Isabella Ward and others.
nat popular brooklyn resident, Billy
Barry; VIII make his first appearance In
TINS city in his new play, 1.-THE Rising
Generation.' at the Gayety next week.
NOVELTY THEATRE.
The Midnight Alarm" was given at
the Novelty Theatre last night. The pia
Is a succession Of sensational Incidents,
calculated 10 please the lovers Of that
style Of drama
THE CASINO.
The Swedish Septet. from the Column
bian Exposition; Cohen family, Peter
Johnson, Kitty Gilmore and Minnie
Schult were among those who appeared
at Huber & Gebhardt's Casino last night.
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So LODGERS VACClNATED.
Health Board Doctors swoop Down
on the Oak Street station.

shortly before midnight last night
hfty-nIne guests OF Capt. Slcvin's oak
street hotel, better known as the Fourth
Precinct police station. were thrown into
"A state of excitement by the announce
Ll"nt OF Sergt, Bell that two physicians
from the Board of Health had called to
vaCCinHte them.
1t took the combined efforts of the
reserve squad To- awakcn the dodgers
ana drive them into tine T"C"utiOn-rUOm
where the doctors were waiting. Thirty
zine able-bodicd men huddlci together
in a corner OF tho room. and ut the COM
mana of the Sergeant tremhlingly re-
m"v"d their coats and barred their arms.
Rrockwar's paddle shook with fear as
they werc approached by tho vaccine
tors. The first t., be ~inocuiat.d was Pat
M %iHE aiia% Tough Pat" At tn"
in an apparent faint.
With II" ail Of two policemen the
upon Pat arose and asked IF 1t was all
over" lie then skunk back to his board
coy. Tae other men wer" ranged in
single file and quickly disposed of.
Then cam" III" women. Among Thorn
We're such ~well-known persons In Cherry
liill %cirGlas as Hannah Hogan, Jane
lynch, Kate Flynn. Ann Smith and
twenty-five TO siXty-sevcn years. They
displayed more spirit than the male
hoardGrs, but their ghyncs9 caused "A
to have the beauty OF their plump arms
marrcd. Others asked for il stimulunt
to brace them up" When the request
was, denied they quietly submitted TO the
AT 6 O'Clock this morning, at which
hour the dodgers are turned out. they
al came out Of the station tcnderly
price made "A dive for the nearest saloon
to get a dose Of countcr-irritant.
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Alice shaw. ia belle sifieuse." vbIs.
tied AT the CaIOn Square Thes'P.
yesterday, and proved TO be a great 81
traction. The manager Of this house il
decidedly wide awake. and. In spite OF
competition, has already made n reput9.
ton for his house. The comic onera
Fra Diavolo," was very creditably pr"..
sented. and there was "a nice Va,Ide-
Vile programme. including Moore and
vivian. the W Franks. and others.
HUBER'S MUSEUM.
Wallace. the once refractory lion, again
attracted the crowds at Huber's Muse
UNI yesterday. Sir Wallace Will end his
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hlRU FIGHT WITH BUBGLAR.
Jacob fairfield Had a Bout with
Him in the Cellar.
rhsh PoIicsmsn Boyle Had . Battle
on the Street.

Policeman Boyle, OF the East Twenty
second street station, took TO the
.forkville Court to-day an alleged out OF
fokn crook" captured after a desperate
hight. The prisoner gave his name as
John Mcclure. which is believed to oe
fictitious. He aid he was twenty-three
Years old and had no home.
When the policeman ar.aignel his rris-
pner he exhibited a clay pigeon pistol,
sthe barrel Of which was fully a foot and
n half long. and said. He attacked me
with this and ! had to club him into
submission. He gave me a good night
II At about 1.U o'clock last night jacob
tfIartzfeld. who keeps a millinery store
on the ground floor of a tenement at "a
First avenue. thought he heard a strange
noise In the cellar. In company with his
lstore boy he proceeded down the cellar
ptAirs. on reaching the bottom step h.
Il Before Hart=feld had time 70 look
5around the match was struck out of his
hand by a man, and the two ~clinched;
The store boy fled out to the street ana
Summoned the policeman.
n During the few MINUTES that elapsed
THE burglar struggled with Hartzfe!l
twas running towards the street door Ia
ESCAPE when the door opened from the
outside, and he beheld a uniformed i'o-
fliceman.
II Inc SlEntC CT bOylt lHluI Ntl hlHl' w
without a moments hesitation he sprang
lat him. with the foot-and-a-half-lonE
pistol in his hand He evidently intend
to use IL as a club.
n Boyle was prepared for him, however,
land when the burglar came near enough
he gave him a blow on the head witt
his club. They then clinched, and a
hard fight followed.
: Both men rolled about the street for
Ia time. but finally Boyle got the use
1of his billy" and laid 1t freely IN the
burglar until he dropped his weapon
and, submitted to arrest.
\ He was then dragged to the station
house where he gave his name as Johr
Mcclure. He was locked up for the
night. When questioned what he was
doing In the cellar Of that house. n,
said: "a woman sent me there TO geI
some things"
An, examination of the cellar showed
that the burglar had been engage
packing up some millinery goods he
longing TO fairfield. when he was dis
! covered. His case was adjourned fol
further examination.
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WHO STRUCK M'cAULEY7
He Accuses Hehry Ronnenoerg, q
Harlem 6aioon-Keeper.

James McCauley, thirty years old a
salesman for A. Vantine & Co, Broad
way and Eighteenth street. Is nuringtwo
deep cuts in his head, which he says he
received in the saloon Of Henry Ronnen-
berg at One Hundred and Thirty-hfth
street and Eighth avenue.
McCauley says he went into the saloon
at . o'clock last night for n drink; He
met some friends with whom he drank
several times. After his friends left he
SAYS he remembers nothing except that
Ronnenberg struck him on the head win
a club.
He went out on the sidewalk. where
his wounds blcd freely. Policeman Pat,
rick Hayes, of the West One Hundred
and Twenty-ffth street station. sum
moned an ambulance from Manhattan
Hospital. The surgeon dressed Mccall
Iey's wounds. after which he was able
TO go to his home, l West One Hundred
and Thirty-ifth street.
R~onnenberE admits that McCauley was
In his saloon last night, but denied
having any knowledge as to how he re-
ceivcd the wounds
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ROBBED HIS FATHER.
Young Son OF a Merchant Arra'ened
for Grerd Larceny.

Frank ManEin. the eighteen-year-old
son Of Jonn NJ. Mangiu. the wholesale
dry-goods merchant OF ~ Leonard street,
was remanied IN jefferson Market po-
lie. Court this morning for examination
Thursday. on d charge Of h.vinG stolen
Sp worth OF hnGu from ms fathers
establishment.
Policemen McCatferty and Gilhocly ar
rested him on Fourteenth street last
night They say he Is inc%Crrigible. He
was discharged by his father three years
ago after having been detected repeat
edly IN acts Of dishonesty.
Sine" then he has fr~,uucnteh the Ten
dcrloin District. and all efforts Of his
family to reclaim him have proved flu
tile. His arrest is "A last recourse.
Mr., ManGin was out Of town, and
consequently unable to appear I'm court
formed the court that he had told
them he meant to prosecute the young
culprit u the fun extent of the law.
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HIS ALLEGED VICTIM DYING.
Smith Held to Await Result OF
Kercher's Injuries.

Henry Smith. twenty-five years old.
of "a East Eleventh street, was held
without bail in Essex Market Court
to-day to. await the result Of the in
turtles he is alleged to have inflicted on
Alexander Kercher, Of 377 East Tenth
street, who is said to be dying in Belle
vue Hospital from II fractured skull.
ON election night Smith and other
young men attempted to steal n gro
GERS coal box. and when kercher went
to the owners assistance he was felled
BY q blow from "A club said To have
beer held by Smith.
Smith kept out Of the way until last
night, when Detectives Donnelly and
Farrell, of the Union Market Police
Station, arrested him on IA roof Of Il
tenement, where he fed to escape.
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DERELlCT IN THE RIVER.
Canal-Boat tho Admiral Is . Menace
to Steamers.

The derclict canal-boat The Admiral
is floating around in the North River,
opposite the Pennsylvania Railroad
Ferry. She is dangerous to Incoming
and outgoing steamships. as she cannot
De seen until within a few hundred yards
edge.
The Central Railroad ferry-boat Com
munipaw came very near a collision
with her this morning, and II the sunk
en- boat is not removed before night she
may cause "A serious accident.
Later in the day the deTrlict noatrd
down the North River and was carried
by the tide against pier !, where 1t
still remains.
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ASSAULTED POLICEMEN.
Emil We'll and Lucinda Lane Made
Trouble When Arrested.

Policeman Henry Lang, ot the Firth
street station. made a charge OF assault
against Emil Well. nineteen years old, of
50 West Eleventh street. in the Essex
Market Police Court to-day. Policeman
Lang saw a crowd chasing the prisoner
In Second avenue last night. and when
he stopped Wen, the latter struck and
tripped him. We'll was held for exam
ination.
Lucinda Lane. colored, eighteen years
old, OF 80 Bowery. became enraEcd when
station. placed her under arrest, and
stabbed him twice in the right hand
with q hat-pin. In the Essex Market
Police Court to-day she was fined $40.
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DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANGE.
So Burglar Corcoran Took All OF
Mrs. Canavan's Fifty Cents.

\ most peculiar defense is made by a
prisoner who WAS to-day indicted by the
Grand Jury FOR burglary. Martha Cana.
van, Of 2i3 West SiNty,tirst street,
morning 81 Nov = William Corcoran,
htirty years OIL. Of "a West sixty
first street. broke into her apartments
and stole ~ cents.
'orcoran was arrested and locked up
In tn" TOmhs. White there he wrote a
letter to the complainant In which he
he committed the burglary ana that he
did not intended to steal. He further
wrote that lie wanted to borrow % cents
and as she was asleep he took the half
dollar. it being the only money he could
find. He also says that hc did not have
the change to leave behind and so took
IL all
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MAY BE HIS LAST SPREE.
Croain Thrown Out OF a Saloon and
His Skull Fractured.

John Cronin. n laborer. twcnty-eight
years Old. who says he lives at so Lex
ington avenue, l. in the Presbyterian
Hospital with a fractured skull and may
die. The police nave under arrest and
charged with assaulting him Joseph
Navra, a saloon-keeper OF 32i East
Seventy-first street, and Frank Belesky,
an undertaken. OF 32i East Seventy-third
street.
tronin was found on the sidewalk on
Sevcnty-iirst street, near Second avenue.
li"lesky was standing beside him. Gro
min had been thrown GU OF the saloon
kept ~ Navra, at 32i East Seventy
first street.
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FOR A TWO-YEAR-OLD ASSAULT
Boat-Builder Monahhn Arrested on
a Bench Warrant.

Edward Monnhnn. a bcat-builder at the
foot Of East one Hundred and Twenty
first street, was arrested on n bench
warrant by Detectives Won Gorichten
and Trainer this morning. An indict-
ment found Nov. II charges him with
manning and assault IN tn. second de
gree. lie pleaded not guilty when AR
raigned before Recorder Smyth. in Part
!. of the General Sessions. and was COM
mitted to the Tomhs to await trial.
1he complainant. William KeHrney. Of
500 East Twenty NTH street. alleges that
May n, 1881. Mrnahau assaulted him
without ~provOcatiOn and bit his thumb.
which he afterwards had to have am
Dutatpl.
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STABBED BY HIS sTEPfATHER.
Young Burslin May Die and HIS
Aesailant Escapes.

PATERSON. ". =. Nov. 2l.-A, an
early hour this morning inmates OF 50
Paterson street were aroused by cries Of
murder which proceeded from the apart
ments OF Arnold ~Bruppacher.
Gustave Surslin. the young stepson Of
~Bruppacher. was found !yin, on the floor
bleeding from a stab wound in the back.
He said his stepfather hau quarrellei
with him, and. after stabbIng him, fed
from the house.
The police were notified and an ambu-
ance was called. which took the wound
a man to the City Hospital. There the
found was found to be Of a very dan
rous character. the knife savlng pene-
ated one OF his lungs. 1t Is doubtful
lether he will recover.
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ing week. The other features were
Oura's Royal Japanese Troupe. the wili
Of BOrneo. Annie Jones, the beard
ed woman; Amy Arlington, the snake
charmcr: Allina's boxing monkeys,
MorrlgSey and Lamar, and a double spe-
Cialty company.
HARLEM OPERA-1lOCSE.
The cute little actors known az the
I.iliputians. began an engagement at
last night, in their latest Spectacular
extravaganza "A Trip to Mars The
house was crowded. and the little folks
held the attention Of the large folks for
three delightful hOurs. Little Ebert was
az funny as ever. "A Trip to Mars had
at Niblo's.
ROSTER & BIAL'S.
Harriet Vernon. whose reception at
first rather tcpid, has become a great
avorite. she sang Il new song last
iaVOrite. She sang a new SONG
last night, and-what Is equally
important as far as Miss Yer
non is conccrned-wore a new dress.
Papuerettc. the comedicnnc: Evans and
LuXlrore. Ada Reeve. Ednee Lescot, and
the Bark Ben AChmet trOupe Of aero
bats We're other attractions.
DORIS MUSEUM.
In Theatre No. /, of Doris Eighth Az
mac Museum, the Danites'' was very
well played Yesterday, and in Theatre
No. 2. was A very good vaudeville com
pany. In the CuriO halls were PugaIs
wrestling bears, that are well worth see
ing: Lomhardis knife ~throwers. who en-
cCute some sensational featS: the three
Leopard children. who are more curious
than they are pretty, and Mora.