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Lincoln, Nebraska, November 17, 1894.
Paddock, who was laid out and decently interred last time, will
probably shake off his shroud and attempt to convince legislators at
the next session that ue is still alive. He will bo a candidate for
senator.
There is talk of another term for Manderson; but there is not
much probability that his claim will be pushed with much zeal.
Manderson has most likely but 'his wheel under the McKinley car
and is looking for a cabinet office, or something about that size.
There is no decided objection to Manderson; but nobody claims that
he could be re-elected.
Governor Crounse looks upon the senatorship in much the samo
manner that Mr. Whedon does. If he decides to be a candidate he
will not let many people know it he will even keep it a secret from
the legislators.
Tom Majors will, of course, be a factor in the situation; his defeat
for governor has not changed his plans any in this connection.
And Church Howe will be in it, too.
NUMBER 988.
Mr. Joe Wittman, of the team of Wittraan &. Bing, the triple
bar artists, who have bo often pleased .Lincoln audiences with their
clever performances, was the holder of Courier No. 983 and re
ceived the first of our weekly 85.00 presents.
The friends of the various candidates for the 8500 which The
Courier is to give away Christtuan have been doing Borne telling
work for their favorite as will be seen by the ballots in another
column. Miss Carrie Wasmer, a general favorite in this citjvis still
in the lead, but her competitors are wide awake and evidently do
not intend to allow this large sum of money to slip through their
fingers without exerting their energies to capture this royal prize.
Mr. Joe Wittman, the clever triple bar artist, was the holder of
Courier No. 988. The following speaks for itself:
Lincoln, Nek, Nov. 12, 1891.
Received of the Courier Publishing Co. Five (85.00) Dollars for
Courier No. 988. (signed) J. H. Wiitman.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
One of the most important as well as the most artistic events to
bo presented in this city in the near future, will be the engagement
of Pauline Hall, in her new operatic comedy. "Dorcas to be at the
Funke Tuesday night. Dorcas," the entsrtainment offered by this
charming and delightful prima donna, is an operatic comedy in lhr-e
acts from the pen of that well known author, Harry Paul on, made
famous by the wonderful success af "Ermin.e" of which ho was tho
composer. Tho idea from Mr. Paulton took tho thread of his narra
tive is from an old German source, but that alone is
the only thing taken as tho thoroughness end completeness of the
plot all como from his own imagining. In his writing of it, Mr.
Paulton has changed tho scenes so as to make them occur in Eng
land. The music which is always properly introduced, shows that
it contains a genuiuo dramatic vein by the fact that its interest
rises and falls with the dramatic interests of the situations. Realiz
ing tho fact that no matter how strong her own personality is, that
roles place" in noncompotent hands would servo to detract from tho
tout euBemblo effect, and with that idea in view, Mjbs Hall has as
her supporting company.one whose personnel needs only to be known
as to warrant the assertion that that company hts few equals
in dramatic strength, comprisiug as i- does such well-known favor
ites of both the dramatic and oporatic world as Jeannette St. Henry,
Kato Davis, Wra. Broderick, J. Aldrich Libbey, Charles Bradshaw,
etc.
"The County Fair" will appear at the Lansing Tuesday, Novem
ber 20. "The County Fair" is an illustration of realism on tho stage
carried to extremest limits, the play depends for its success upon
the striking character of the scenic incidents. Tho four acts are in
tended to depict different phases of life on a New England farm.
The central character is Mis3 Abigail Prue, a type of tho shrewd,
self reliant and practical, but kind-hearted and simple spinster, who
is popularly believed to bo peculiar to New England. There is a
moitgago on her farm, which is finally paid by money which her
favorite horse, Cold Molasses, won at the county fair. This race
this triumph of Cold Molasses, is the grand donouement toward
which everything in the piece is shaped, and which gives employ
nient oo one of the most remarkable pieces of stage mechanism
which modern ingenuity has evolved. Besides Miss Prue there is
the cunning, skinflint farmer who holds the mortgage and who wants
to marry her, but whom she wont have; the great, awkward, un
sophisticated simpleton whom she does marry; a young farm hand
and a pretty girl, his sweetheart, living with Miss Abigail; and a
couple of waifs from New York, a boy and a girl, who provo to bo
related to the mistress of Rock Bottom farm. Out of these materials
no impressive dramatic effects are expected, nor are they attempted.
But the charm lies in the pictures presented by grouping them and
in the character drawing which the chief part permit. The first
as mentioned is the interior of a farm-house. The uoxt act presents
the exterior of the house, with tho barns just beyond, and in tho
distance the farm. The third act discloses an Dld-fashioned barn.
Real harness hangs on the wall, a real horse stands in the stall, and
on the floor is piled tho corn ia the husk. A husking beo is the
principal action in this scene and the effects are natural. The first
scene of the last act presents the incidents of a country fair, and
the last is the famous horse race scene. Five horses are represent
ed as coming Jown the home stretch of a race course in a uesperate
finish.
Miss Mamie Johnstone, who plays the title role in "Jane," is a
sister of Sybl Johnstone Bennett, the creator of this part.
The world is pretty much a game of draw. It takes a rich man to
draw a check, a pretty girl to draw attention, a plaster to draw a
blistnr, a horse to draw a cart, a toper to draw a cork, but it takes
Du-kson's chidates anl babin to drdvr trale at McCtil &
Burch's Modem Pharmacy, 1229 O street, next door to Miller fc
Paine's new store. Try them.
Tho big sale of underwear for men, women and children now in
progress at Herpolsheimer & Co. Tho prices ars a mere bagatelle as
compared with the values. See tho windows, they tell the story.
Ladies, what do you think of a nice two piece suit (jacket or
skirt). Herpolsheimer & Co. are selling the 812.50 style for 87.50 in
their special sale.