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BUSH-STREET THEATER.-Buffalo Bill and Captain Jack gave the public another of their sensational pictures of border life last evening under the title of Scouts of the Plains. Their pieces are all of similar texture, with a trifling difference of warp and woof. The present has the enviable distinction of being the first play with which the redoubted scout-who is the great star of the engagement-sought for histrionic honors. It is fairly bloodthirsty in its murderous purport, death being hardly pacified with a score of soupers, and the amount of gunpowder expended would suffice to carry on the Turko-Russian war for a twelvemonth. There is a slender thread of plot, which fails, however, to give the piece sufficient continuity to enable the observer to remember, after having left the theater, what it was all about; namely, the feud of a villain of the border with a father of a family, and the abduction of his three daughters. One of them is carried off when an infant, and grows up among the Indians. The young ladies are rescued by the scouts, who marry two of them, the fate of the third remaining uncertain. The play is good of its kind, and there is a great deal of acting, also good of its kind. The applause last evening was liberal, much of it being applause and laughter, as the reporters say in parentheses when giving the speeches of great orators. The dress-circle was wildly effusive, and the gallery enraptured. Only one matinee and two or three more evenings with the heroic scouts are possible to the people of San Francisco.
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BUSH STREET THEATER-The Red Right Hand was a varied last night by the introduction of a duel on horseback, between "Buffalo Bill" and "Yellow Hand" (Captain Jack). For a few minutes three was a lively display of a curious kind of horsemanship upon the stage, two very frightened horsed and the worst shooting ever witnessed. "Yellow Hand" on his horse, riding, mounting and dismounting and on the ground, in every way showed himself superior in agility and artifice to "Buffalo Bill," and under ordinary circumstances would have been victorious, but then "Buffalo Bill" would not have had the tag, "The first scalp for Custer." In creating a sensation in the gallery the horses were quite a bit, and did their parts well.
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Dietz Opera House!
POSITIVELY BUT ONE NIGHT!
WEDNESDAY EVE'G, JUNE 13, 1877
Only appearance of the renowned historical celebrities, the famous original and only
BUFFALO BILL! (Hon. WM. H. CODY)
Chief Scout for Generals Terry and Crook, and
CAPT. JACK (CAPT. J. CRAWFORD.)
The Poet Scout of the Plains, direct from General Crook's Command in the Black Hills.
In their Realistic Western Drama, written especially for BUFFALO BILL, entitled
"LIFE ON THE BORDER."
Supported by a Powerful Dramatic Organization of twenty-five Ladies and Gentlemen.
Admission to Gallery, FIFTY CENTS Parquette Floor, . . ONE DOLLAR
No extra charge for reserved seats.
Seats can be secured at the Drug Store of R. J. Van Voorhies & Co., corner of Broadway and Eleventh street.
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BUFFALO BILL.
He Draws a Crowded House and Satisfies Everybody.
The announcement that such illustrious and world-renowned personages as Buffalo Bill and Captain Jack would appear in our city was sufficient to draw an immense audience to Dietz Hall last evening. The audience was indeed immense, the dress circle being crowded with the elite of Oakland, who having heard of these scouts, wished to see them portray in a few hours, the experience of their border life. The balcony was completely crammed, mostly by the younger portion of our population. who, having had their heads turned by yellow-covered literature, and with innumerable ideas of scalp-hunters and their trials in hunting Indians, showed that they appreciated the famous gentlemen, by the long continued applause with which they greeted them every time they came on the stage. The support was excellent, all filling their roles in splendid style. Miss Granville, as a "true-hearted Italian girl from Cork," and W. Simms as a Peace Commissioner, were unusually good, and elicited rounds of applause. Altogether "Life on the Border" was a splendid success, and was well received by the audience.
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SAN JOSE OPERA HOUSE.
THREE NIGHTS ONLY. COMMENCING Thursday Evening, June 14th, The Renowned Historical Celebrities,
BUFFALO BILL (Hon. Wm. F. Cody),
Chief Scout for Generals Terry and Crooks, and
CAPT. JACK
(Capt. J. Crawford), the Poet-Scout of the Plains, both direct from their commands in the Black Hills, supported by a
POWERFUL DRAMATIC ORGANIZATION,
Consisting of 25 Ladies and Gentlemen. Splendid Scenery, Costumes and Effects.
Thursday Evening, June 14th, The realistic Western Drama; written especially for Buffalo Bill, entitled
LIFE ON THE BORDER
Friday Evening. June 15th. THE RED RIGHT HAND, OR BUFFALO BILL'S FIRST SCALP FOR CUSTER.
Saturday Matinee, LIFE ON THE BORDER.
Saturday Evening, June 16th, The great Border Drama. SCOUTS OF THE PLAINS.
PRICES OF ADMISSION: Dress Circle...........................One Dollar Orchestra.............Seventy-Five Cents Parquet..................................Fifty Cents
No extra charge for reserved seats at Morton & Co.'s Bookstore. Je9dtd