New York Clipper (Feb 1896)

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B'bBBUABT 29. World ^Players — J. H. llatnll'OD, bunlneni mmgtr 01 Dkmll- loB'a 'Trip to Ihearcui" Co., «illu: "BIII7 IIIII, pnpertf miin, imd LoniM Mmmtt, olionia (Irl tod extm ot ay coopiD}, *|>pc«rtd In Bquire Dodo- bse>a court *t WllknitwrTe, r«., Feh. U, uid nude no kUtcliinciil agalDM llmnllton'i "Tilp u> ■ CIr CDB" Oo., for MTtntT'Ove doiiirn, ^even vmIw ultrr, u IhB; cUlnen. I txtillilted In cniirt m n- ulpt for ptimenl larull for mII mUrlcHdun 10 d*i«, Mtued l>> Mr. IIIII ud Hlu Rdmundii, on Haturdar, P«b. a, Rt Wllkuliarro, hut ilm ourl would not rtcnfiiAtt It, or anj other Uir, no vo pnli the rUlin witli ooat*. W« «rept>|lnR in innd bunltioM even- wlicre,ud*rolK>nklnR KhM. Wehtve noiroulilnm PfDUilnnlt getilni nur Ci.irriKii rmularlj. Tlis ro<lerli: Jtines B. McKeown, wile pruprloior; Col. Qtorio lUoilltoD, nitnaiirr; MI.Ku lltruilnn, Arlioe Dlaliiltr. Petri Ii«;, I/iurt Jolntr, pikcIw Ckrmi, Kilt dtr Wbllcort, II. It. Iltown; Thomtt Monti, iMder or btnd tnd orcliutrt; lloicb far- rtnl, 9. AdtDi, W. I. Turner, W. Bmllli, M. Urtm, B. E. Utj, llowtnl KewloiliHni: A. J. Iiortli?, H»t» mntier; Wm. U. Uirlilie; KlilioMrlrnm. Jatiilir; Wm. Ue 0110, l«iip«r tnd wIrAwtllier; Ijife Uillcr, cIawd; l>lonrllo Hmthem, tiTrntitiH; Fiuiutlu Uht, rIdlDg tcl; I'rof. Wm. Andiiin tnd lilt educHt«1 tfiok; fhndj, tBo IrHlned ti^lllon; Htmej. Irick dnnkej; JIdi tnd CnriT, ediictteil dnRii; Ulnnle Tnome, Wm. I'tut In tuvtuw. Wo intvel In i>ur ■pedal ctr. — Jack 8rDi'>ndB,of llir<'Ho>iih Dororsllie War" Ci., fell on ilio lc« In UiiiTalo, la«t week, tod ■prtlDtd hit tukle Iwdljr. Frank II. While Joined tne cfimptny »t Newark, N. J-, HOd la piajlog Yonoi Rpb. — UraoD Ollirord vrlut thtt kla httllh It ImproT- fnK, tnd tlutt be htadlapnud n( Ma two pitja, for tin UoUed Hittti and Canitilt. In Pellk Arnold. Toeir Uilea tre -Oiit 01 the HIil" tnd "Aulunin L*aret." — Hantner dec. ttnrj hat ongtRed tho followlog In lupport of Hiidge Bjrl, who la 10 tlar In t roper* tiiiT «r pUja: L. I. Ureeno. II. II. rtlRO, Horace Ptino, 0. L. Okiier, Jm. II. Aliwn, (Jir>la UulOum, Nellie Dttila, UcnDle l>ftn. K.<tinj l/iula, U l- uteene, titgo manager; rrof. Uttrtol, niualcti dl rector. — W. II. Weaver la nwntRing the Calllcotle Om- edj Uo., now pltjlog un ludeOnlio oogagoment In Poelilo, Vd. — "aonej to Bon," t farce cnmedr, I17 Oiu. T. Kindt, mantRer of ilie llunia apet> lloute, IUtoo. port, la., WM prudui'od fo^ Uio Orat lime on toy ■Uge hj Ihe Maile Wcllotlej Co., tl that bouie, P«b. It. — Hamutl Honier It with HicUiou'i) "U. T. 0." Uo. — Tnc> Kerr wtliea thti On la not wllh Rllln wood'a najcra, lUough bit name appeared lo Ihe rotter of tbat compaoy. — We HTO la receipt 01 preat nnllcet rovlewing Alei. BalTlnl'a coontpllnn of Uie chtracler of Han- let. ney cnmpllmeiil iljetciorfnribe Terr wonhj aod direct manner lo which be llluaimtet the char- acter. — "The Kanir Kina" bi the otmo of a nowfoor aot roelodmnii, bj Klltgerald Muiiibj. Tne nltj detliwllb tbe preteoiRold mlnlnt craze, anil Ihe loeoee are laid In Orlpple Ureek, Ool. (whcra the author tpent Iwo moiitlia), Ihe Trantvial, Bouth Af- rln; Loudon tnd New York, — Notet from tbu Qllherl Opera Co.: The Olarkt burg, W. Va.,l)ninutloOlulieutenaliied Ibe mem- ben of the Ulliierl Opeiv Uo. at Ihclr now roonu, afier tbe perfumitnoo ou Feb. 18. Una of Iho pleat- anleal fealurea of the erenlnR wna Iho fact that Ibe menibera of Ibn company were not called upon lo coDirilinlo 10 Ibe pnigrannio, llio meiulirranf Ibu club doing all Iho eolenuliiluv, itod royally. 100. — l/)Ulae Uuntmie and John World Joined Tomp kloa' "Ulaok Umok" In I'hlbidalphla,!'»., aa Uarllne and Ouppo, Uadolltw Uartball nii'l Hbenuan Wado lellrlUR irooi ibe citau — Jrneph lit worth and Rlobtrd Ullloy htro lieeo - ponding a few wotka ploaannily aa Riirala of P<nprlebirllHwnrtli,ortlieCinmllluiel.(ta«Uloe,U. Tbe cloalng of Mine. Uodjoaka'a luur onaUtd Ibeui 10 enjoy a Tacailoo. — 1*401100 Aahford Lynda proaeoled her buibtnd, on Feb. 16, wllb a litby iKiy. — WeiUey Manlcll uaa Joined llaaiy Rivt.' "A Wild Oooio Ubato" Uu., playing Iho part of I'rof, Nervine. — Mtnagen NKoa .v /Immermin, nn Feb. 11, oloaed t ouDlnot with Jnhu \V. AllmiiRb, otvprlolor ot Ibe new Lafayotle Hqiiara Upera llouae, watb- lnR(on,l). <J., by wtlnh that bouae paaiee under tbelr mauagement, Tliln glvea them ibealraa lu Pmiadelphla, lltlabuig, lUlllmoro, Wtahluilou and Brooklyn, and enablte ilium, wlili Itio co-opomllou or Mettle. Al. Ilayman, Oliarka Kiohnian and Itlob h llarrit. lo (onii a oomhiiuiiloo conirolllug a ulr- oult ol nearly Ihinjr leadln> playbouaoa lu alinoat all tbe pilnolpal clllnfroni lloalonloHinKranclaco, — WUIIam llean Unwell, Ibe niirolla). It cobtbor- atlsg wllh Paul Keater, Ihe dmiualbl, n bu la adapt- ing Mr. Ilnwell'a "Toe lllae nf HUaa Lapham" 10 Iho tlHte for Wllilani II. l^rano. — W, II. nonipaon hat Iwen eniagtil by Joaepb Brooke for tbe American Tnealrlcal Byndlrale map- pear In Ibi Ont produullon. at tbe Fifth Avenue Ttieaire, Htter Ibo aaatno of lliiie. I,oula llnrrlaon baa lieeo eoRtgcd by llio tymllcale to play tbe lead log role In iho new miulo rpora, by Ubcever Hood- wrn and Woolton Hone, which la to bo produced tt HoVleker't Theatre, Ulilcago. — Judge Jnhiumn, In Ihe Denver, C«l., Illalrlcl Ooun, ou Feb. IT, appnivi-<l an onler rciiultlOR hidiM lo remove tliolriiHia, iHinnota, iir other |ian. nheraalla fiuin their hernia during iwrfonuanrua at Ihe TUlKir Umod Onvna Itnuau. Tno Ihcatru la at prvient roaoagoil uj aMilunuva uuder dlruollooa noDi Ibe Illalrlcl Uoiin, and ilila rrcoiil inle uiailo br the aailgiiefa had lo rvcelvo iliu lunual conaeni of the tjoiiri befuro It c<uild Iw unfoioi-d. — Hem*. Jeoniugi .1 Uravoa, »f llarUonl, O. will atanme iho lattie of Pruuior't Tlieniro, lluii olty, oujunul. — Lolia baa bren engagod lo play l.ury, tnd Julia Hailow-Tabi-r lo pl>y Lydla l.augulali, lu "Toe lUvtIt," hy the alar caal hiuded by JnaephJeirer- lon. — no Ar«li SIroct Theatre, I'blladelphia, I'a., la to be tiild at auoiluu Manli 'Jft. — II laau»ouuco<l thai Manager Henry 0. Minor, ol llilacliy, and Aoule U Nnlll ate I» lie raanled In Hay. Mr. Mliiur baa cunHriuotl Ibe auni)uuceuiciii. — A lilll baa been lDiru<luc«d lu ilie Leglalature oltbia HIaiewbloli pinvhlca iliat Ibcalm lu iheir newaiiapcr adverilaeiiienlH ahall alalo Ihe Inrtllon of Ibo iheaiiv, tbe Hint of iliocmnuieoi'eiuoni of the performanoe, and ihu price or ndnilaalun. It alto provldoa thai no jiennn or cnrpurailoa abnll aell Ibeatie llokott at an advance or mlveniaed tai^a, violation of which la iiade a mledenieanor. — Klaw ,t Krlanger liavo acuured Ibo rlghu to "Jack and the llvaimulk," II. A. Ueuiiel'a iiiualcal eximvaflinM, which waa produced tiy the Uoal'm Otdeti,>'al>.e. — Kiully (lorlnide Ljding (iion profomloual) bae lieon grauied nu atwiuio divitrcu from Ueorgo lading. Tlio decree wat graotwl lo Iho Supreme Oduit of Ibin 9utia, aud given pcriulatlon lo reauuie her maiden nann of Lan-runcv. — The Baltiuauca, N. Y. Upon llouae waa de- alrojud by tin Feb. 10. — Ura-ni. Klaw.% f>langcr. on Feb. It, acQUlrcd from Frank lluwoa iKinnoralilp loloreal IDihemaii- •genrnt of Ibe Walmt Biroot Turaire, riilladcl- phht,ra. — U. J, W, Koe haa been eugagrd 10 do Ihe ad- vauni lor Minnie laiallo uu her BpiiOR tonr. — Lorin J. Howard, manager of tbe Howard Cornell; (K, Iwglnt Ulatotaon tt IVjuilac, III., March 3-4. cnat tl.Aiiuden haa breneiiRtged aa burl- n^aa inaiMRi-r, and U, K. llunwh aa advance r«- ntvaviiiallvo. Canilliie Clatv huiI llilpb Dliiauinre Join Ihe runipauy iva nlDglng and daucUig aoubivUu and rharaciercomcdlHu, retpocih'ely. — Tho lluiiie iliinimliice on IMIonla, on Feb. IS, gave a hparlug 10 a ninnlior of iilaywrlRhla autl oiliora Iniemiiedlu tlieCiiiuinliiaabliltiiilfenglhen tbe ci>iiyilRhl lawa. Tbo uoiunililee waaaddroawMl hy Meaaia. A. M. ralmcr, Hrunwn lluwaid, llar- naou (Iroy Fiato, Uliarlni Klrln, Fraokllu Fylc* and Juilgi- liliienborirr, i>C Kew York. ~ .Soioafioui tne tieo. U firrgorr rnntniuluo Co.: Wo tipcuvil at tho Aiiilltitrliiiu, lUrlfunI, Ct., Fob. 114, wllh the alrougcat aupporiing ouuipany Mr. UrcRorj ever had, liichidliiK: <lc<i. L. Uireoiy, Al. fiunrdler, c^ir auil Tuirgvo. Klaaoll and HuMana, JmIv Hlii'liell, Ylckrra, UnTliI anil Nnrrllo Hi|o. Marilna, Harry Oanlnor. I.cah Ia Mom and Jennie tlirgi'iy. staRo aclllURa aud wanlmlio an> all now, and priiilliig of Ibu brbi. Ttio company will play allthreo nlghl aud weirk aianda, and la under ibe maiiagcuieiit III Harry H. Vlchrie. — THnguay tXiinedy >'otea: Harry lloirman U wllh ihle company ae bualnfm maiiaRer, Wo are nlar- lUR In cniwded hoiiacii evorywhpre, and ovcrybody la well, Hand Miller, tiauahii-r of Juaqolm HlUer, IMWI and auihnr of "The liatillef," la with ua. — The "Ulil Tennr«»e«»" C.t>. wae lainqueted by Iho ptiiprteiKrof Ihe iiitn ciiy Hoiri, at Waikint, N. Y. J. I,. BombrrUmI, Ihe aiagii nwnager, waa the nvliiloni of a Iwaullliil liiilo "tpatk" from Ibt oom- paoy. —NntetfroBiMceABarloiiiaoinedlao*: Tbiali the twen^-foofib week of tbe moat pnj«perou tea- ton nice k Barton have ever enjnyed wllb tb^r coowdy, "MclModle aod Poodle," aod tbe B. II. 0. iliD bat bean dlipltyed at leatl three olgbia a week rorlbapaatflreweett. Tne luge buainnawedid In our relom datet In I/>well aod Pall lUver wtt conclotlveeTldeoce of tbe tplendid repnitilon ea- Ubllahed by tbe tbow. Oeo. B. Cbtndler Juloed Feb. 1) aod lloiteoie Dean ai. May Stewart, or the fltowart hUterm wbn laid off ooe week on acoooot of lllfltti, rtjoloa In New York. M. Bice Ji Barton are mafciog Mg prepaiatloiui fortbeir three ihowa for next teaaoD. The Bote IIIU Oo. and tbe Oaleiy Katiavaituzt Co. will play vaodevllle hooitj ei- duilvely, and ibe "HcUoodle and Poodle" Oo. It being liooked Id popular priced honiea and nigbt atanda. — u. Von Bcliolie* writea thtt he will manage tbe yonng rointnilo actor, H. V. Lennoi, and tbe epo- ilnnaltciieaa, Muriel Auallo,lo tbelrdiamt, "Kite." They will tour Ohio and Peoneylraola. Ubble Uuprte,dancrr,bBt been engaged. — Dtlle J. RuMll la npportrog Ada Van Rita In Olorlana." _ — Iieatriee Thome, of "Tbe Frogrcatlie Womtn" Ol.,. wta prtteeud hy tbe mintgen o( tbe Avon (ipera llouie wlib a beanilfui illTer mounted mir- ror while playlog a receot engagement there, Uharlet K. (jned, Cora MItcbel iniTBtby Oeotge tre receot addluenalo Ibe company. — AiraoieDeola are now onder way lor Ine hulldlogofaner Ihenire In Aibubula, 0. There laapnpnUilon ef 11,000 In the city, and oarInfnr- intnttlatet that tho clly hat long felt tbe oectailty of a new tlayhniae. Toe theatre will be bolll by ilieMoanaweClab, ofAabubula. Our coireapood- ent writi-a tbat all arrangeiaenit are now made, and variont coinmliteea tppolnted 10 path tbit playbonte.wblch will beallou ibe gmnodnoor, with one tjtlcony; aealing capacity, 1,300; very large Biage, well eqalpped, and modem In allappoloi- iiKute, — The llama Comedy Ck>. U atlll playing In Iowa, in reported good butlneaa. Hotter: J. llanrRlcb- moDd. Hal Ooodwlo, I. A. Haon. I,ewlt Rudgen, Oco. Uharllon, Harry Wark, Wm. Htrrit, manaier; Alma Hano, HaUe Harrtt, Mlia Wataon aod Utile Freda. J. HaiTT nichmood, letdi and tiage mana- ger, leavet April le for a iiarrlug toor tbronib Ool- urado. — Lillian gllllman, eccentric comedienne for ihe paat three aeaaont with Ibe "Jolly Old Cbnnu" Uu., la In Ihia dtr rciilog. — Nuica rroDi tbe Oblok Oomedy Co., now tour- hiR NortbCarollu: Weareplaflog 10 large houaen nlRblly, under ibe management of Chlok A Lee- TiKi company conalata of John T. Chick, R. K. Lee, Chat, liordi, John L. Olenuoo, Wm. Hartell, K. harbo, AaaUo and Farwell. Anole Cbick, Mtnd lM,Joale lAvell, Ueaalt Fartell, H. r.Tell.moel- cal director; H. H. Aualln, alage manager, wllb Al. I« lUye lo advaice, — Notea from the Kmplre Stock Co.: Buuneit Ibreugh Mlchlgao baa been fair, contidering bad wealber tnd wone timet. Tbn company la com- poted of tbe folhiwlDg people: IL P. Janetle, ma- ager; 0. K. Sallabuiy, agent; F. II. Obapeel, ircaa- nnr; P. B. Kwent, tuge maiaget: A. A. Hudge, II. A. Moore, Bd. Younge, II. J. HonnM, Com lltvldaon. Madie Foi, diaia La Moat, Unle Kvana, Mm. A. A. Madge. Mrs. F. n. Ohapell and l.ltue liitatl. Young and Youog are maklog a bit wllb tbeIr mnalcal tpeoltlty. MlaaUavldioo waa iiulte terlontly III at Albion, Hloh., but loal oily one night In (be week, Mlii U Mont playing ber part at an bour'a notice. Tnlt comptny la pUying ihiee nigbtand week ataode ooly. — Belt 0. Qogoon baa been enzaged to ph»y Jiivenllea lo the nock company at the Academy of Hualo, Ullwauliee, Wit. — Active work oo tbe now theatre which It bebig built by the Scbllir. Brewing Vo., at Uliwiokee, wit., ror Hr. Hitler, hai commenced. The ibeain will. It It atld, he the Itrgeat and baodeomett In Ihe WetL The Interior will lie illuminated wllh elecirtc Incaodetceotllghia, and tbe lobby wUl be graced by an eleculo fountain. Tbe building will be called Tiio Uehlfin Tbeaire, and will open In tbe Fall. Manager Hlller alll leave for Fjirope In a couple nf wticka on boaUien concemlog the theatre. — T. tl. Howard, ageot for OIIRod A MIddleloo'e Dnmallc Uo.. baa been 111 In Bmwnavllle, F«.,tloce Feb. lit wllb fever and pneumoolt tymplomt. He baa good care tnd, wt are Informed, pitory of fundt, and a tlnbbom will ibat may poll bim through, but bla ohancea tre not bright tt preteot. — Manager John W. laham aenda tbe foDowIng: "Uoo of tbe ttoveltlrt for next tetton will be 'Ori- ental America,' wbloh will be Introduced to the public In Bret data bontea. It will be a radical de- partnra from tbowitbaibave bereiofore graced tbe Btagea of America, loatmucb aa It will be poalilvtly tne mott triltilo and meriurtoni of lit data, and will appeal to Ihe pairooa of amaaeneolt lo no nn- cerltla mtnner. The company will number over alxly people. The eceaery wlU bo rnm the tiudio ot John II. Youni, tnd the cotlumet from Utilan, the cuatun er of Union Bqiutre, N. V. lUe prioilog will be fnu Biiobridge. Tbe company la booked tolld, week aliodi ooly, with tbe excepuoo or three or four opto wcetu, wblcb I am negoilatlig fortt a pmmlnent theatre for a ran." — Uuia (lladya Laird baa bcou engaged by Oeo. 0. Ulloe for the liukeot York, In "HlcEard 111," and Fleance, lo "Macbelb." ~ Joaepb Qririaer and Pbtcbe Davlea will make a tour ol the Fadllo coaat oext aeaton wllb a nnmber of new plajt. — Nolea from llrowo'a Eitiangaou Co., playlog "UbiokFrllt lo Alrica:" UiitlncMi fair. AUmem- Iwra won. J K. WlllUmt It at bit buroe In Uarrii^ burg, I'a., atleodlog hla tick wife, but will rejoin tbe company at Tarrriowo, N. Y. A. L. Uarlnw la inanaRcr, Jamea K. Wllllama aMbilaot manager, B. I). lliigbcH treanuicr and W. R. Hather teoeml ad- vauce inaiitger. lAUrean Cbtndler la meellog wli b tucceia aloglog "Toe Ulamoud Ring." Rugeoe llobliiaou It alaatng"Tbe Deaoon Went Aiiny." 'Xlie Ulyuipla i{artrtai la ailll gettlog encoret olghtlr. Hoaler: Fred Jobnano, Frink Ulbba, Jne Bmliti, Janiet Ohapmtii, W. Jonea, W. G. U. Browne, Lo- elle llarri), JuUa II. WeUloalon, Cornelia HoMutoo, KIta M. Auderaoii, Berlha Jubilee and Ida Jleonli. We are on our lour Katt tt ftr u New York Ully, llieowlllgowett to Buffalo, then Into Ohio, Tbe company will piay all Bummer. — Klleii Vookey gave ao lutticttlog enlerUlo- luuul 10 Uie vdemiik of Ihe Boltllen' Home, Wttb- liiRiou, 11. 0., on Kub. 20. Tbe htll waa crowded, and Hlea Vocker'a recllallona and plaoo aoica were heanlly applauded. — TUua. A. McKee baa retired aa baelneta man- ager for ItobortUowulog, and liaa tigoed aa bual- iiuea iiiaoager for Uoreaka, dramallo auptano, — Kil. Audenwu'e Theaire (». will open tbe uew opera bonne at KIdell, HI., March t. — Notea of Ullck'a Comedy Uo.: During our en- gagement In Vbatiawonb, HI., Manager ailck waa |in«aented wlili a diamond aiud by the members of Ine company. Ueo Beoolie aod IUitt Burlob JiMued lately. Butloeta hat been good Ihe paat three weekt. — Ulliy Bowel* II playing Ibo Dutch comedy relet wllb Ibe Kailero "Side Tracked" <x>. — Jamea lliiroo wrtlet Ibat he will replace Wll. Ham Morrta lo the leading part lo "The Loot Fai«. diw." — Hoaler and Notea from tbe Uolon Bquare Thea- tre Cu.: Tiiut. Rarieti aod Mavme Dlugle Joined ibe ooniiMny at Uariahome, I. T. The company now cuuBiaia of Finncla Oieene, maoater: Elbert Thorn, ton, Thoa. ll:;riTll, A. U. Allen, Peirr Juuca, Alice Bunley, "Fayohe," Belle Ohlller, Hayme Dingle, aud T.T. Cluuao In advance. We have been oat aluce Uci. ai, uui, are doing aell, and, of couiw, every- body la liappr. — Hay L. Beel witlea that the U tocoeaarullnber epeolally, ami the eoceutric comedy paitor Jemima I'rImWM, In "McUrthy'a HIabapa." — Hoaler of llaiiierUetriok Oo,: i. 0. Harper, J ak lietrick, A. J, lilobolaon, Harry Bleele, Kdgar J .'imca, Ulenn Harper, Ueorala Harper, Bnow Hank aiid Butlo fbtler,Ueorgla Harper and Jot. Dettlck arv featured. Ilaiper and Deirickare the uiana- gem. Thia company It on lit tevenih tucceauni lunr of Ibe Boutb, B. It. 0. «lgn appeared nigbtly al llarrlaburg, Ark., lia: week. — Ituater ol ibo lltmier I'bolpa Oomedy Co.: 6.0. rhrlpa. Mra. Mary U. Fbeliw, Carrie K- Phelpa, t^bat. K. I'udpa, Mabol A. Phelpa, Ueorge K. tlierg, R. B. (Iivavonur and Cbaa. A. I.e*ch. We are playing Boulberu imtuhi to fair liuslacaa. — tlhaa. Hart Inloimt ua that bo will not 10 out In "llally llo," bol wlU Join a tlock company al Clero'and, O. — Chaa. (lodatd ttatea thai tbe Knreka Tboaira I'n. will be among Ibo Buuuicr veniuiea touring Ohio. — "The iMtlSiroke," a melodimma. In four acta, oy 1. N-Uorrit, wkiaeied for tbe drat Hum on toy a'age Feb. £1, at tUe (linnd Opera llouae, SU Paul, Minn. — A ayndlcate wMcb hat uiado Duncan B. Hairi- Bon iiianaRerbaeMciired from Chariet H. linyt ibe rlgbltopix>doce"A Midnight Bell," Hr. Uairlion haa Klreaily engaged Hlgbi Bell tad Uuib Joyce Bell for leading relet, tnd Ibe tour of Ibecompau will begin thorily. — Jtiiict ntrriDgloo, of ihobualnetaabiffor the OralgbtoD neatn>, «)maba. Neb., and Deleii liwey Inon pratetatimal) weie nianted Feb. u, at OoaicU Miina, la. -BolaiKj Reed Jl5l|'R.^'Jl ,m SS'Sfe.«"'^*"'?^'^Sp»tS?- "!l«'TM'5;cket» CJ..: OIJJ- t Ftiok nardlner. Barn Porier, 5»«Vna Kaihel Kerr Oeo H. wemlly, A. M. Miller Jr., rna A II Peel HailS Mckelle, Beatrice Normao. ll^itiewite'nsBallleBielnbleo, Hnlda llalrei* and Ednr L- Davenport bat been eogaged for "1 lloa£^r(»rdt"bytK8ydoeyR««nBfiaoora^^ -Noiet from tbe Mngle-Miy O0-: Wcbard Valenilne, Uoyd Oordoo, LUIian IJier and Todd Brews Jollied tbe company In imi gijjB. D. We now have olne pUyeni, Indndlog llanr Eoglltt, jmbL"enlc!,JoEno'le (Tingle, Ida Appertey and Edna Hay, aod are playlDR to big boelneei. — W. ir Waiano, oT-'O-HooUgan-a •Ugmmde' Co., la now booking hit '"^'W" (oroeitieMn. JetneueDnm,tbe lU|iooDdBli- un, Idt RDitell, Lew Fang Boipe, Oeo. Ooo and Joe'cenlln have tigoed, tod Phil ,r«o^t»lt and Bam RoMoaon. now ahead of the "Htequwade," "h byiSiSd Of the "Wedding." *•?«,; and HIai Dopre will niUcaie lo He. Clement la ■"-l^Tne roiDor which reached n< latt week of the death of Alma Btoart Stanley wat [oriuoatety wltt_ ourfoondtUOD. ^ , , „ — Wiiilaoi A. Bindy baa aeonred from J. H. mil tbeWeaiemrtghU of "The 8i'»»lt«. *d«omrM or Hin nrown." He hte ttiaoged wllb Fddto Foy lo alar at Mlaa lliown, and the tonr will begin lu BL I/iolt. Harch It. — Harry Tbompaon bat been engaged U> apppon N. B. Wooddnring bla ttay at tbe Standard Toea- tre, Philadelphia, Pa. „ , ,„ -Nolei from Herbert * Beynard't Mnalcal Com- edy: Bluoe our opening, eight weekt ago, we have nni btd a lotlog week. At Ceolcrvhle, It., we opened to good 1>DilneaB tnd the Itet ihiee nigbu wa dlipltyed tbe B. R-O.tlgn. Al Hemphli, Mo, oar good lepnlttlon went ahead of na. and the enilie bonie wit told on oor arrival. Fred. T. Her- bert loat a very valuable greyhonod at HenpbU. Fred. O-omer cloeea Feb. a tnd Mtrie Rene Jolnaa. —W. 8. Monigomery closed bit Jonreryloga wllb John DIUOD, In "Wtnled, the Earih," ■ eb. 27, tt Amea, la. • _ ._, —Minaier J, H. Ward haa eecored Tdxie Fri- eaoza 10 plar tbe part of Trijoe In "DOmoolcot at IX." Uco. T. Winiamt tito tteumia bla old part In Ihe tliore farce comedy. OTIS HARLAN Waa bora Dec a, iwu, lo XtnetvlUe, 0. After having received • collegiate edncallon be met Obtriee B. Iloyt, who, having heard bim ting, eo. giged biro for ibe rele of ibe lever lo "A Dole In the around," In wblcb he mide hit profeislontl debut OD Ang. S, at tbe Pnvldeoce Opera nouae, Providence, H-1. Ue remained with thIa attraction tbrongboot that aeaaoo, and abnot May 14,1M9, w<a ooe ot Ihe trio aloglog "Rattle Dazzle" In "A BntA Monkey," tloog wllh OeorgeRlcbanla and Wm. F. Mack, fle left that company lo Join "Tbe Texti Siaer," ti MtJ ir Tell, but rciarocd lo aabort time lo reaume ole loimer role- Ue next Joined Frank DaoleM' company, and for foor weekt pliyed the pan of "The AUomey." Ultnextfollowlngengage- meot waa wlib Otorge Mariou. lo "Hr. Mtcaraot." The pUy wat sol tuccetaful, but Hr. Utritn, aa Awful Jag. Dade a bit. Re then Joined tba "Boyt aod Olrla" Oooipany, aod playeo lo ooe act at t Saturdty luatloee lo Boaton, Mate., and, having ttadled hla part upon toe Iralo, appeared In all of Ihe three acli lo Phlladdphia, 7a., upon Ibe fol- lowing Monday nigbi. while playing with tbli company bit aalary vrtt three tloiee locretaed wliboni (ollciiatlon opoo bla pen, and In tplte of the fact that ha btd t wrilteo contncL Fallowing thia engtgement he auccettlvely ptoyed In '-The lile of Uutoipagoe," Ueodereoo't "All Babs" aod lo ' Qloriaoa." Ifo Joined "Africa" on June 12,1893, opening al Ihe tJtlirorela Theatre, Ban Francltco. lie waaaub-aiarTed lo ihig prodnctlon, but, having Doally dliagreed with tbe management, be left tbe company and Joined Tbomaa t(. Beabrooke. In "T^- baaco," wllb wbloh bo remained fourteen weeka. He then lolned "A Black Sheep," openbig at tbe Academy of Undo, Buffalo, N. T., on Sept, 10, im, and haa alnce remained wlto that atuacuoo, wbluh la now playhig at Boyi'e Tse»tre, thli city. Mr. Uarian Cs a remarkably uocUoiu comedian, wboee acuug la exoeedlnaly drell aod whoae homor la conuglout. Ue bat met wlih mnohaoccentbtu far In bit career, and, being yet a youog mm, be thonld win mtny iriumpbi In tbe (ubire. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. WathlBgioB.—Excellent HilracUooa at onr thaalreiiaoaTally lait waah ralkd to do aarlbloenora Uian a uiodertle hualoau, aicept al iba Waablngtoo Blrthdar maliaeea, vhea all vara fUU, aod iotiia toned peopleaway, bat dill did Dot make op for ao olharalaa llRhtweak. AUACOR'aLiPAvavTaPauARBOranA llooaa advaaood tricaa for Uia four nlthla aogaaamtat of Hue. Kleaaora lu.a, nbo rnoia Uian plaaiad (he cuUorad patrona with 't^anllla," -Miada." --The Hwea" aad 'Tba nUa or Claude." ThIawaakMr. aod Mra. Wbiul, In 'Tor fair VlrglDla." Ilomnaon March Z-7. llArLrr'aNAVinRALTKaAVHK had Ptohmaa'a-'Sowlai Iha Wlod" and daMrvadbr Uie b«it tniilntaa laat Wrei frum a p«>palaT alaadpoloL Tbe aatlilacboD waa com plaie. Aliliooth 'aan hate bafon It did ont lore loiereai from rapalitloo. Thiaweek, "ATrip tot^lnatoan." Da Wolr Hopper, la "Waua" ami "Dr. Hfolai,*' 2-7. ALiBN'a OluaD OratA Uocaa -"Saperba," a panto, nliiilo apaelacia. occupM thIa hoaaa Uktwaak. TMajrcak Bire'a "LIula Obrlmopher," wIMi Tbaraaa VauibTand nulla Collier. MetfT<p«UuonrtndnprraCo.t-7. RArtara aoaobuv op Ucaio had Nail Rnreaaa Iq '*Ttae County Fair," to fair boalotaa. Piliiiroaat Veat areoo Uila weak. Hlnfa "Homaa llaina" 9-7. KaaXAR'a Lvoaou Tnaivaa bul a raiameagaaeroaal 01 Akllr A Wood'aompaay. wllh ■avaral new faatarea, iMturina Madaa BlIU. whoae aoota ware raealvad with Elal fttor. Billy EkIrMia. the Ibraa Rabaa, Dlaoa, wan aed Dtxaa, lha Ttirae Bitten Ltoa, Al H. Wllawn, tba Natloaal Trio. K. D. Bryai). Nallle PorroAtar and 0. B. MoulloQ.and tkatanlalPat RaUly. all alood out promt. Btnllrin tha laoit lolaiwitiBB bill Tbla week, Hrda'a Coronllaaii.wliliHalaea Hnia: Row UmOi>.>-7. TowBR'a let Paucb.— Tlie cRiwilvl eoDilltlon of ibe lea aarfteo at ihU placa. twlca a day all laat weak, thovHl that Indoor Ice abtlloi had loFt aooa of It popu- larity. MaaaRarTowe a (rave avaj In ooa day Qaarly a Ihoaaand pair of club akataa to porchueni of aeaitto llche'». Oo TbarMlay aTaQlOR.lr, Ihora will baa race lor a allvar cup aad tie chimploDahlpof the Olairlet of t^loiDbla,dlHaa«« two aod oae ballD)lla^or twanty-flve lipa. Kovn -tiaaaiar John W. Albaoab haa atraoiad with Klann A Zloiniaraiao Tor an aichanaa of aitiacUoaa. UaoafarAlbauiih coetii.|atha Lyceum Tlieatra la Babl nora aod tha LaGayaluSauaiw Opart llouae la thfaolty. >'aat aaaioo all altraoliooa play let Ibe NiKoo A Zlmmer- laaa drcBlt will play tha hoavea of Mr Albaugb. and vice Ttraa. The new Jaal vlrtaally amonata to pUclat the Albanphhoupeala IbaNliooAZImdtomiaoolroalt . . Tba Philadelphia Frnduee EichiOBr, whirh vlalu Waah- iBRloB aona«Ur,wllI be hcratliUwaak, aod baraiieonrBd thrve huedrfd aiau for Uia Tiieaday iiTRhra parlbnnanee of "Ltltla t:hrl«toptiar" at Allaa'a llraBd tjpart Hoaaa. A coianlllaa of thaatrkAl maoaReii and aotbota arptaiTd b»ron Ihe i:oniDillla« 00 PatoBla of lha Ualud Ruiaa IIouh of BapraaaolatlTaa. IB toajTocal* tha iaa«*«aor tha bill to praraot dnmatlo piracy. Amoaa Ihota liara waia A. U Paboar. Brooaoo Howard, llarrlaoQ dray Pitka, Nalaoa Wbeatovn. T. Ilrnry Fiencb. J. I Olarka, Pranbllo Kylaa. (marlea R)laa and JudaaDltleBbocaar. Tba bill aiaadaa aood cbaacf ofpaaalni boUibou«aa tbia aaaaloB. aa It paaaad oaa twau laat ■aMioo.and only railed la pAaalotlba nUiar for laeh or tlaia, that aaaalon balnR tba abort one. Boh Plmlnnioni haa haaa eataatd by Manitee Babmtn 10 appear wllh tba Rallly A Wood Co.. opanrnK lo Bimklya M aith t VIRGINIA. RIehmoacl.—Tbla rlly at a week lund for aoy oaaootnpaayhaanotalwaya beea coaaUarad ahtrvaat ntld. but Ibe Blklwlaa, at Iba Aeadeeiy of Huile, laat wHk. prorad ao aicapllOB. Opaalag Pab. 17, to a gon4 bouia, tha audleacw grew aacli auecvaulBR altbt, la iplta ollhaadrtflterLaat.nQtll a hiahir aatlaraetaiy raaalt wiaiwacntd. Thg parfo'maooa wai Uia tooat aotartala' IBI or Ita clawtwTar wtn bar*, aod wall narllcd tba larwa rHtronaaa beaioaed upon IL "Paradlae Alley" ooaiaa 11 iVANI|ihfaFt<illo"fa,s. Uwla Morrlaoo Mardi A,t. „lj7»Aa'e Tuaivaa (M>l4ri-0|>anlBi altbt rab-M: Nalllf. Ryan, Alice JnBaa and Onitrtw. Raaluaaa la tklr. Kora—Ibara Uaraat acilvlty at tba camp orHuotJea't Ralleoad mow, praparatorr to l» oftanlaipbar*April) AL. 0. Fiiu>iendt the following: "A "W"?. ,«r2. Ihe same, of Jtme. L. Wartasd WtW c BwWey, preaeouog a card beariog ose of tbe loX^ni ritdlog-Advance Ageot for AL Fleld'tMloilreli,'la travellog throngh ibe connlij S-mwIog money, beaUoR boidt tnd Pr<*««*"J iMople. Berepnteniedblmeelfttaoageotornlne frpTnle. at Uageritowo, Md, and at ntrritborg. Pa., he vleilmlied tbe boiel and ti»n«rer people. At -rS tS aentclrcnlarlotlereloUie chleft ot Pfllcs Bheriflfot tbe prtndpal dlles and Bui», ollerlog a rewSrt ?.» U» cSpW" of una man. I will pay $100 " aw pSeon who will fnnilib proof open wblcb hlBWiScan be convicted. 0«>!Tn> Iron*, nawy J. mdloRt and John F. Otlrin are tbe onlf authorized Sent! o" be Al 0. FIdd Big Wolle Mlotirel».i«id a! p. BcotLWlll A. Juoker tod Jamai Weed the tatborized agente of'Dirkeji America^" TBio. A. Mgn retorned from Enrope latt week. Ue haa Imponed eeveyal npveliy acta. JAMBS RicuMOiiP It doing wel In »IWeepe^ dally over tbe Davu drcull. Mis. RIcbmood la alowiT recovering from a aerera lllneaa. pT'liMBATOORtiiB, ol tbe Rote DIM Co., waa taken tick and wtt noable to appear Ian week. Her part waa pUyed nicely by Hay fiebbeanlo too IS part tnd ij tizzle Vtn Hi »»• t)"^';'''' J Oeorgle Umonieaox clevaly did a tpwtaliy In iJliSBatchellertpUce. The bUl remains Ibe tame "wiLu'i^D Babboh did sot appear at tbeOtlety Theatre, ihit clly, laat week, tbongb they were bllkd tbert. Mr. Wllhi la Buffering torn tbroat 'T[B't''snK0i, abler of Bianlilaua Siasge, will ap- Kr al Procior'a Twesiy lblrd Street Uonae on xb 2. is a new change act nARBT Nirmi. after a four weeke' "^e" •« Oulocy, in., where be baa beenatepplog with DM old partner, Jobo Abero. now chief ot police, la again able to work, and baa accepted ao engage- ment at Turner Hoalc Ball, BurllDgtnn, la. A CABLioBAM rectlvtd frem Hr. Uozle lotorma na or bis father's death. Hr. Uoile ttatea thtt be la compelled to ctscel bU engsgemeoi with tbe Oreat Wallace Show. , , Jtnii Lxabaajaat doaedalong enRagemest at tbeO>lonbla Theatre, Hlnoeapolla, and tendered a reception to her frtendt, CommUigB and Kslgbt, Janaen,MandPlluandotben. , Val Viko wae prevented from opeslng al Faalor't TheaKc, Feb. 17, on accoont of being called to Bal- dmore, hit rather being aerlosaly 111. Beaile Searle played tbe date alone. Babton ard Rcrbofi-^ moBtcal act It one of tbe eocceaafal leaturta wllb Rice A Bartos't Roa* BUI Oo. Manaorr Otis niLL, of Ont nill'a Moveltlea, btt made several cbinget In bla comptny. He btt re- leatcd Mile. Kogene Petieaca, alto tba lonr OanlDer Brathen, and btt alrengtbened wltta HcLeod and Atbenon, tbe wieellen, who are lo meet all comen, and also two new acts, who ()peDed with tbe ahow lo Pblladelpbia Ibla week. The company an on tbeir secood encceaafol tonr West tbla action, play, mg return dates lo levenl bontea. SiSABSr. tbe eeotatlooal owcer, uaa been eS' gaged hy Haoagen Hoy t A McKee to do ber ipec laity wllb tbe raree comedy, "A Trip to Ohioatowo." Nons FBOM TSB Watson sisnns' Co.-WB opened at Ihe Lyceum Tbeane, PbUadelpbIs, Pa., to S. R. 0. DnriDg the act ot tbo Wataon Bbuen, afienoon or Fab. 18, while the electrical hrtaogle was In mo. lion, one of the tlaten did ber naual drep from her back, catching hy ber loet on a pair of rioga auaohed 10 the triangle. Tnia teat na accom- pllabed Otiy feet Is midair. Managerlenocn, at the i^cenm Theatre, waa soillled by the anthoritlea, that the elatere would not be allowed to go 00 again nnleet a net waa iprtad. The notice waa gives at Uie evenleg performance, half an boor beforetbo Blstan' mm, asd tbe managers decided to omit tbe act; afier tbe borieai|oe tbe audience woold sol leave Ihe theatre, aod calls for tbe Wataoo Blaien were made. A email net was then proonred and pot op to comply wllh the law, and tbe act went on, receiving great applauaa. MLLt. FsiasiTT, dantenas, will eall Feb. 2> to fulllll her Enrqpetn contract ootbeM'-saftTDoni' ton cirenll In Bogland, Hlul Dblmosi It wllb Nelly MoBenrj's "Btoyole Olrt" Co., dobig a new dance. Tdi tum ot Omega aod Maod Oordon baa tepa- mied temponrtly, Omega belsg with Harry Hor ria' Tweotieth Ceoiory Maids, while Mlia Oordon' with FljDO aod Sberitlao'i Big SeoaaUoo. MASrsR Albbst E. Blamrrnpisld, boy cootor- llonlit. baa elgned wllh the Oeorge W. Uall't Jr. tbow tor tbe comlog season. Uarrt Bili„ brother "f Qoa Rill, and Anl, of Aol and Ino, were manled recently In Chicago, III. Judge NeelyofnclaUog. Oaxbu Bamtobo, who appealed tbla aeaaon at tbe Standard Theafre, tbla city, In "Bonor" and "Tbe Sinhge Adveolniea of HIas Brown," irlll sooo make her debut on the melropoUtan vaodevHIe abige as vocallai. BiLLTJoBmoM, otisham'a Ootonwni, celebnted tbe twesty-nlotb aoolvereary of bla birthday Feb. ]. In A NOTi In laat week't Ou rpsR ccedli wat given to Dalley aod Wllllanii for the predactlon or a new aoL. Tba team It composed of Dalley aod .wUaoD. Au AMD Mamib andxrsor left Cblcago, IIL, ror StQ Fnocltco, Ctl., Feb. 24, to open on the Or- pbeam drculL Brbnars DTLtYN btt relorncd East after con- eluding a encceaefol eogagement over the Orpneum cIrcDit. He la flillog a dato at Ihe Avenoe Tneaire, Pltlahotg, ihia week. TBS Sunns RsiA have dlitolved partnenihlp, Hloole Rbea haa tealgoed from tbe "HctAitUiy>s HIabapa" Oo. Norts PBON Eo. K. Rcsn'8 wem Orook Co. (Weaiem)—We were anowbound Feb. SD. The train onll.W.AO. ILILwaa to leave Oaribage, N. Y,, at T,2B A. M., and Ihe next aland waa to be Ooelda, N. Y. Tbe train waa Beven houra Isle letv- mg Cartbaie aod got at rar aa Port Lydeo, N. aod waa blocked by two freight Iraloe and toow Kloaib abeid. The Ooeldi data waa mliaed, Bkirm ibea were made by Oeorge B. Toner, mtnaBtr; Sim Ooillni and Billy SMsford tor luffcbea and llqoldt, and they came back wltta an abundance ot both. Tbe train waa crowded and everybody made the beat or a bad Job. ButlneBBlsgood,ih8Bbowla excellent, and Hack backa the redwagos up every Wedoeaday. Tbe favorite CLirrsR It alwaya a wel- oome arrival. Were aeveoteen bonra mtkbig lev. inly Qve mllet, tnd arrived In Uilea at nldnlght CUBTIB AND OoBSON bavo Joloi:d Denver Rd. Smltbt Conbloailon at VaudevUle and Alhlello Blare for tbe remaloder ot tbe aeawn. Mlaa Ooidon'a bag poncblog will be ose of Ue teatuiet o( ihe company. JouN W. Kannoni (late of /amon Mexican Ftm II)) and I. Lod Suther and, at preaeaiwlib "Old Tenoieaee," have becon. ipaMneis. ATOBtLiiooraiiO., Feb. 16, Hanngcr HI Bebry bad a namw escape from what migbi.liave been a veiT aerloui accident. Be waa atandlog 00 the atage, engaged In convenatlon wllb aome or the J. AUBiOB USBir, whose name wbi loadverteol- r omliled from oar notice ct Tony Faator>a Tbtatie Ititweek. watononrtbe realares ot tbe Mil, and bit ilsglsg gained Ha coitomary reoonliloo. Be baa been engaged hy Boyt A McKee fortwo yean. Jololsgtbem ADi1le,and leaving for AuetnUa Hiy a, wllh tbe company pUylog "A nip-to Oblni' lown." BRNTiBT and Oahiron. Who are Blllng a week^ esgtiRement at Hyde k BehmsD'a TbeaiR, Bmok. lyn, mil week, have tigoed with Dot BUI's Worid ol Novelties lor toe mt ot the seasoD, HABtr Rioa win aborUy open wllb "A Ticket of Leave Man" Co., Introdsdng hla ipecltltlet, nii irlte, Mice Rleb, baa. Hr- Rich ttji, been left tome property tbroogh tbe death ot an nnole, who died I BoeloD.HaiB, Tbb Eliotrio OiABxa bave left Ibe "Jay ouxna" Co., and are playing a ntiim date lo Oliiolnsau, 0. for thiea weeka. Tbb HARTim StsriRS oloaed a mcceiBral en Bagemeni at tbe Bocklsgham Tbeatre, Lonlaviiit, Ky., kod are playing a ntnm CDitgeDient at tin IiDpertil HobIc Ball, CInclsnaU, O. Ocstii MoRTOK, of Ibe Mortons, li ittUog at btr' borne lotbU olty, on account ot poor bealtb. Btny Horion baa lolned tbe Redan Repertory Oo, to play tbe black face parts. Ward and %bown are pbtylag al the London Thrttie, tbla oily, tbla week. JoasrH Jacrson, tor many aeaaooa with Rnatell^ Onmedlana, hti Joined Frank Hannlog, late ot Dtlleyand Manning. Trk SrRMCRR Bsoa.' sew act la a mccesa, ibey b- formiia. PROP Mabrlla, magician; F. L. Peiry, comedian and dancer, and Mlonle FartridR^ plaolat, ckiacd with Sotberlaod'sComcdlantFeb.20,aod will epeod two weeka In Mlnntapolla, Mlon. But WnuAMB, late ot Wllllanu tnd Adtmt, ai Walter MoHahon, lata ot McHahos asd Ring, hate H. 11. Wblitlar haa baaa aatand aa advartlilni annt lor car No. I. P. W. Mlodn.p latbacootrntlntaRant. Mr. HuBtlathaacniated aaambarof well hBOWBelrniia iWrdaaad pnnnlaaa aa aacallaat pafonnancw. riMaomtaaftarla. NesMilk.—Theonlyallncilon at Ibe Academy or Ma>lothllwa«k •M"r»ldlaaAllfy" which wta piwaani S!!i.\*'^!'..'*L"''"»**e*'"'ll'l***'J aadl»Boaa. Ftaak Wllla, ahlla hanylBt olT tha alatwtrlppad. ao,! In try. lay loratch himaatr fractuml hb left wilaL Tba aool- daat thoBih palBral, wta aot aarinaa. The BaidBlaa F?3*c"?7 "°° ""^ * "uhl (iJoe TnaAVaa-OrealBa Pab.M: Blaaaaad Coalhy Maliw l>a Won, DUmoad Whilloct and Jamea Jtaha. llaU a?ai: Pkraaca La Boy. 81 Laon asd McCaaleb, Hanr Bhalbr. Da Icea eiatora, Mamie Toaar, Banv. Dublorloa tad Banr, T»m Tiaat. Eaalt PamlC Cbrlitle Wd^ Owrp RImaa, WlU Smith, A. Bairia, Loola Oole tad HeairAoapaaa. Baalaaaa la ocod. niembere ot bit company, and a momest tttor be moved a heavy wdgnt tbat waa hasglng In lbs Uea fell aod alruok the door on tbe very apotMr, Ueur bad occupied but aaecoad before. NnrtS PROM HRIVILLX'S BUOU EKIBRTAINBRS.— TbiB la the twenly«coDd week of our ataios, and butlneat conUnuea excdIenL Manager Melville beUevea be baa gota mascot wllb the tbow, asd, to be aura not to lote It, baa engaged everybody ot the preteot compaoy tor oext aeatoo. At a proof tbat he hat "moooy to bora," tbe ttahle coonected with the Elm Bouie, at Norwood, Haaa., took Bn afier- noon ot Feb. 11. Mr. HelvUle had Jott ntoncd rrem a drive, leaving hla overcoat in the tuble omce, when the fln orlgtnated. The ooat and an envelope oonltlnlo^elghiy-alx dollats wan ere- "tpectre" appeared Taetdiy, mated, hot the wi at uiutl, HoKCRiRP AND BnwAitrtaave Joloed Ibe "White Crook" 00. for Ibo remaloder or ilie eeason. National Oomsot Noirs.— Bntloeaa bu been aolet lately, bol wo allll go along, Hr, asd Ure. ert Jarvia nave doted aod gone home for a reel, EanleJarvla hat become onr rautlcnldUiclor. Vt are pUvloB week itaodt, relom datet, wllb White ClouU, Hlcb,, at a Marter. Hnk Bart Dswaon, who la at her home In Octtnlo, Hlcb., pretented her bos- baod, Hanaier Dawaos, wllh a boondng baby boy on Feb. IS. Roeter: Deit Ihtwaos, maoaaer aod propridor; RareleJaivia, aciiog mnalcal direclor; Ueo. Illllmao, prepa.; Big. I>e Alma, magician, Jeonle Honon, cornet tololat; the llneka, Maud anii Eddie, eenatilnnal iketch: Dawaon asd Jarilt, mntlcal comtdbini, tnd I'ror, Ulgglni' iralned pigeont. Our new feainre la liawsou and larvla' proRreeslve itreet parade, Oarr. biDiiiT Uikmah, Mickey Keesey and tbe life Bating dog, Duke, will hereatlek be known the Uuneylalasd Trio. TBB DoKOVAiis, who are wllb .Bam Devan'a.Oa,, will open Jane It at tbe Palace Moala Hall, Umdon, aod - late tomedapattnenblp. They opes on ibe Davli cb- cnlt Kirch S, for fonr weeks, and Iken Join Rlnglloii Broa.' OlreoR tor tbe aeaios, Wb ARB INPORMBD that Adeline Maiden, prima donoR aopisno, who haa been playlog Ibe prindpal vanderille tbeatres tbe past aeaaon. Is oraaslziog a comedy, vaudeville and opem coBipany, and will open Mueli BD. Htba Datis AMD JOBtra Dowuxo are nalns with effect the eongs,' The Ooatt Qoard't Daogb- ur," by Ohariea Connolly; "Dont Tell UoUier," by Tbonias Bindley, aod the tamooa "Ben Bolt," by Kneaseasd EogUsh. Oio. B- BowARD, ot Bomrd and Doyle, comedy eketcb team, waa made a K. ot P. In Cblcago, III., Feb. 21. LoDBB Oablamd, ot Ttggsrt aod darlasd, wbo has been very sick wlUi cosgestlon ot tbe loogs, li convBleselDK. OIL8ON AND Hatbxws are pUylsg a special eo- gagtmentirlih Sam Deaanr'a Heniy Bnrieuioe Co. Norm PROM HORBI8 A OSSDRNB'a Qbbat EAsmtx Variety aod Specialty Oo.: We have bees playloR tmall towns to good batlneas and eretyone Is well, ne company la now laying off. nheaietng a new Bntpartanii afterpiece, and WlU opes In Snflleld, OL, early next month. We cany a company of eighteen people. Rotter: Morrla A Oabnrae, ade proprittore and managen: F. O. Horria, bnelneaa manager; F. F. Oibnine, atage manaRer; 0, F. Hill, maaier of propertJea and uanqonatton-,^ B, 0. Ooalet, mnsleai dlractnr; Ihe Ls Batons, Ed. and Little Marie, cootortlonlata; RoiaeDa, tmoeie; Dona- hue ud Olark, tosg and dance; Ihe Yarrtngtoni, mntlctl iketcb team: Ida, Boubralle; F, 0, Morria, comedian and vocallai; F. F, Osbnme, aerobatlc clowD,andaatnog ohoraa. TubOupaks irluanlvetrem Enrope Harch4,to open an engagement at Pnotop^ Theabe, New York, Harch a, in a novel aot Tbb Bistbis Don are Blllng an engagement al the Howard Atbenieam, Boaton, Mast,, tbla week. The; are booked tor ao extended lour In England next Btason. TBB Vrrbatilb Trio have Jnst doted a three weeks'engagemeDt In Cblcago. UL, and one week at tbe Academy In Mllwaakee,Wla. CoKXXT BROORR8 and loez Floyd bave Joined tbe White Orook" Co. AitCB FnzoiSBON, late ot the Fltiglbbon Family, asd Mamie Shepherd, late ot the Soepbetd Gleten. are so* partnera. Qcn MiLLXNS, father or Albert 0, MUlena, Ibe the- airlcal maoaBer, died Deo. i, IBM, at bis borne, lo Mllwmnkee, Wla., after a loog lllneaa. bi Albert HlUeo'a yonnger daya Hr. Mlllens tiBveled with bla compaoy and toted u maoager. A BAK<)OBr was given by the Aotora' Fmtecllve Dolon, evening of Feb. It, In bosor ot Bro. Oeo. MlltoD, who took bit departnre for Ban AnUmlo. Tex., where helaplaytngaleogthjengagemeoL A nnmberof epecchea wen made, the meat promlseot being that made by Mr. Milton. Tbe banqnet laaled nnUI Ibe wee ama' boors, and a social Hmema had by all. ROSIRR AMD Hons FROB HlLlB' Big SPRCIALTT Uo., now tontlog Wettetn Pesntylvinia, to reported Bood boelneat: Chat. Hllla. tanEy ride shot; Mlaa [III, nuhreue; Roale Bampttll, plaolat; HI Dob Harris, Iriab and Bebnw eomedlao, asd bigb pediattl dog dancer; Jon, Sampael, magldan aod black face eomedlao; Tboa. Yan, Oermas Imper lonaior, and w, w. Webb, chancier vocalist and mnalclan, Tbe man with Ibe wblle govrn mlka with tbla ahow any line you call on bim. We open our camping aeaaon April It, In Wheeling, W. Va. TbeBttoopFamllyJolonsibererortbeaeaaon. Tbe family consists of father asd eight children. PoLLia HoLMSB, Ihe "Iitsh Duohes," who spent latt week st ber home. Providence, B.I.,nndera pbyololan'a care. Improved so mndi that ebe teas able lo open Feb. 24 for a week'a eniagemeit at tbt Howard Atbenenm, Boston, Mata. EbhaMrltillb informs OS Ibat abe hat retired from tbe atage. aso-B, Harris, botlnessmaoagerat the Bottoo BowtTd Atbeoieom uo., wta a Oiippbb oaller Feb. 24, aedreporta excellent retnmsdating Ike Weatein trip. Tbe comptny Is now playing ntnm engage- menta bi the meiropdlian duirioi, helsg tbla week at Miser's Boweiy Theatre. Manager Andy Hogbea has aacured rIghiB to tbe title for nsztseaion, and la now tmngmg dttet and aecnilDg bU people. MARn FxuowR, who vras esgaged wllb tbe "RalhtKd Tie" Co. last Fall, andwsi obliged to cancel on account of 111 health, baiE Improved ao much tbat aba has signed trllh theExcelslor Star ^^LT TuioiiAM, ose of the Tindsll Blattia,. slid MIchtel 0- Lewli (non-Drofeaslonal were diantsd Feb, 12, In Jersey Olty, N- J,, Josdce Loker offlclst- ISR, It is tnnoanced that Wm. A. Uvlnctlan, protek- slonally knon aa Billy Horse, was manled to ^nlla n. Lawrence, a non-prolesalosal, Is Ttcoma, Wash., Feb, 18. • ^■ ROSFRR OP WlLDRB'8 CONCIBT AVD NOVSUT OO,! H. W. Wilder, manager; Mis. EdgapQeyer, Ireas- nrer; Edgar Oeyer, aiage manager: BiUy Alien, Ed- Btoaela, Two Oeyera, the Four Msrlatto Bios., Oeyer and Mo Alee, the Magndla Quartet. 0. A. HcOiNNB has algiied with H. & Oenlry'i Dog and Pony Show aa press agent. RHODE ISLAND. Prawldencev—At Ihe Providence Open Boose Lllllaa BaaaaU and bar coiapasy, bi rapaitoty, drew voiT lAiR* booaao, al advanced prlcat, Peb, 17-10. RIea'a "Htr'playadtratare aaRtRvaaatJ^^L Tbt bualaaai wta all tbat eoold be aipactad, IbapleeabavlnRbaan aa«a bai« BO maay timaa. For Uia Oiat half of the piwaaat weak, "flowlBR tha Wlad." tod Cor tba nmtlodar of weak, "Hla Xicallaaev." rollowad, weak at Baieb l-T, by tba JoIltllarlewa.TabarOn., la raoortoTT. galra'a Of bra Hoeaa.—Tbla beoao le. aad btt baao til Uia aeaaoo, doloR lha buaiBaaa of iba alty, aad a baltar llatoratumctloDaoRaftdibaaarar aaeo-loeallyatpoin- birprkaA TbeOtrrlob Barleaoaa Oo.. la "nrllby." ror thaflru Uma la tbIt clly, caoiaPab. 17-lL Tbaeoinpaiiy waa a Toty atroaa one, aad latrodooad loma tieallaat aptclAltlM. aod lha waak'a boalaaaa waa vaiT larxa lb- deed. Far tha praaaot weak, "la Old Ktotaohy." "Down la mala" followB. WBSTHiHSTta TsBATRB.—Web«r*a OlynpioTaodevlUe (3o., a ae* ahow compoaad of old paopla,-eaQa 17-11, aod dU a tool waak'a bualaaM. fh« Wttaoa 8lBtaia<}o.S- 0, and oa tha rnliovlaw wa*k oomat the Ladlaa Olob. LoTtiur'a oprba Hooaa—joba Waiib.aupportadby Lolbrop** flUKk i;a.. In "Iba Pitde of Klldare," came 17-a. Tba plooa waa wall aURed aad did a Rood biR waak*a bailBOaa, eoaaMarlai tba Oral weak of tba Ltalaa aeaaoo. ThIa weak, rature of the tavorlta, Kat« Dallaj^ la "Aa Aiablaa MIlbL" Kin Dallaa will be aoMOfted jy a Mlactad compaay rt<om Lotbrop Btaek. FoUowIbr Mlaa Dallaa coDaa Edward BaUaa, io^MeZaaaa'a rUrta. tlpoa." iRPAjmv DALt-On tt Rlraadt. vIollBllt, aad lA- chaaae, plaolaE, wu tlva a cooeaTt aadarlbetoaatR*- maat or wm. 11. Wlat. March a iba Anarleaa Biaaa Baud wMI tender Ibalrlaadar.D. W. RtaT«<abat«BI la ooamaawrmlloQ of tha thirtlalli year or hla laaddtablp of tbalorRaaltatloo. Iba full baoa will appear and twalia aokilau alio. I(OTn.~AlladB Pareagit baa Jolatd Lathrv*! foivaa, aad wni appatr ban.waah altar aaat..;'..Jaha Walab laavaa ob s, 10 ' * " " takeaiaa bbi part la baamib Ibeiai *4aaih(aa ^f Paradua ,Allty,'' aoB'a aav pleea, '*teaih(ae ol'pandl opoba la Mow Tork ao HtrohlB, wbla) P»vnaekat.^t the Pawtacktt Qipenk BMae, lb. It-HL -Iba Ibiaado" dU ootd* vavr mafii "A