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'O'Dowd's Neighbor's" placed at the
Funke on Tuesday night to pood busi.
nessforthe time of the year? Mark
Murphy is a funny men funny with
out efTort. He does not watch the audi
nce but lets it entirely alone and looks
pathetically stupid, obstinate and
homely. His characterization of the
frugal little Irishman is at once original
and consistent. W. T. Cole as McNab,
might take a lesson from Murphy and
devote his attention to the stage. The
company has been engaged in rof
garden business this summer and the
night damps have affected their voices-
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"Niggle Norcross." Minerva Dorr's eleven-year
black cat. died on August 13th.
31188 Dorr's birthday. "Niggle" and his
-white Angora- companion. "Puff Dorr."
-were well known to the profession, and
traveled always with their mlstresB.
'N5ggle"was once.lost in New York for
nearly two years, "and late one rainy night
came up to Miss Dorr and Insisted upon
being recognized. One may imagine her
delight to discover In this tramp cat the
long lost "Niggle" that she had raised
from a kitten. Six years ago. "Niggle"
was pushed from a sixth-story window
by a bell boy, but. excepting a few lost
teeth and an excusable lameness, the fall
of sixty feet was a matter of no conse
quence. "Niggle" quietly died of old age
at the Dorr homestead at Med ford, Mass.
I WALKED IN THE WOOD.
I walked In the wood one summer day
And heard a wild-bird singing.
His tender notes through the forest glades
Exultantly were ringing.
I said in my heart "That bird must be
Happy beyond all measure,
I. will seek the bird and take him home, -
He will always give me pleasure."
But alas! I found a cruel thorn
In the breast of the bird was driven.
And all that wondrous melody
Was from Buch anguish given.
I took the thorn from out his breast.
But the wild-bird's song ceased ringing,
The thorn in his breast had been the cause
O of all his tender singing. -
William Reed Dunroy.
The October number of the monthly
will contain a story by Mrs. Peattie of
Omaha.
A well known local manager last week
received the following communication
from an ambitious dramatist:
Dear Sir I own a five-act domestic dra
ma, written by a very successful teacher
of' amateur players. It is purely original
Irt conception and execution, and is en
titled: Virtue Wins at Last, and the
characters on the one side Illustrate in
their gradual development, in the most
striking and Impressive manner, those
higher and nobler virtues and traits of
character which finally culminate in the
perfect man and woman. And on the
other side the writer has surpassed him
self in his graphic description of the
gradual and certain yet unpercelved
growth of sin until its serpentine power
has transformed the man woman of
fair standing in the world into char
acters so monstrous as to cause even a
demon to blush and shudder. In short
this great play embraces almost every
V(nd of acting known to the stage, re
qulrins some eighteen to twenty actors,
.and affording food for two or three star
players. It can be obtained, or the use
of It, on very reasonable terms.
"Madame Janauschek will not go with
.'The Great Diamond Robbery. She has
been -engaged for Stuart Robson's company.
TSIr Henry Irving, it is authoratlvely
stated In London, has entered into a con
tract with J. I. C Clark, the New Tork
journalist and dramatist, whereby the lat
ter is commissioned to write for the Eng
lish actor, an American historical play
representing George Washington as the
central figure. It Is assumed, of course,
that Sir Henry contemplates enacting the
part of the flrst president, about whose
romantic career a drama of the utmost
interest should be woven, although it
Blight not be calculated to appeal strongly
to the English mind. But, possibly, Sir
tlenry means to produce It in America.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson, the play which the
tate Frank Mayo adapted from Mark
'Twain's story, is to be sold at auction on
.Sept. 1st. After Mayo's death, his son,
Edwin F. Mayo, informed Charles E.
.Evans, who claims a half interest in the
play, that he was desirous of succedding
his father In the title role. Mr. Evans,
-on the contrary, wished to send the play
out with Odell Williams in the part- Ne
gotiations then came to a stand-still and
the company engaged to support Mr.
Williams were released. Ali the original
' scenery, as well as the right to produce
ihe play, will be sold on Sept. 1st.
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Of SEPTEMBER 14
During the
N. N. & ENMIMNT
Manager ZehrungeayB the shows he
has booked for this season are better
than ever came here before. Just as
good shows have been booked by Lin
coln before but no season has shown so
many ''good ones and no poor one."
Week after next the Spooner's, man
aged by the brother of the Spooner we
know so well, will play a week at the
Funke. His company comes with the
best endorsements from the newspapers
and present a show fully up to the
standard of repertoire companies. Such
companies have greatly increased in
number on account of the hard times
and by the same token have improved in
quality.
Time Reduced
(Jreat ftocfc Island Route
Runs their
gljiliips' Pullman xcuFi
Cars to
on their fast trains. Examine time
cards and see that we are nearly
T"WO HOURS
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