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BOWERY THEATRE.-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, Second and Last Week of the Great Actor and Scout, BUFFALO BILL. In the new thrilling sensation Drama of RED RIGHT HAND; OR, BUFFALO BILL'S FIRST SCALP FOR CUSTER. Introducing the Sioux War Chiefs, Preceded by the farce of the GOOD FOR NOTHING.
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KEOKUK CONSTITUTION
KEOKUK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1877.
The Des Moines Register of yesterday says: "Among the passengers eastward bound on the Rock Island train last evening were "Buffalo Bill" and family, accompanied by two Indian chiefs and an interpreter. They were en route for Washington to consult with the President. The chiefs were entitled "Young-Man-that-carries-the-Sword" and "Two Bears." They were clad in full Indian toggery, while Buffalo William supported a diamond as big and brilliant as a quarter section of The Policy."
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W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) passed east yesterday morning, en route for Denver. He will soon return to Cheyenne, and thence, in company with "Captain Jack," proceed on a tour of the Black Hills country.
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Plain Maria Jane!...... That word "plain" puts us in mind of the rolling prairies of the West, and, as a natural sequence, the fearless Texas John or Buffalo William rises to view. Our admiration for these vigorous actors has always been warm and sincere. That anybody should have presumed to question Texas Jack's courage fills us with amazement. And yet somebody has presumed to do that very thing. Let the traducer beware! Texas John is not the man to be trifled with-no, nor to be rifled with either. He has gone forth in quest of the villain, but he will return in good time, and, as becomes a Jack, turn up as a Bower-y star. [That is exceedingly neat when it is remembered what a big card Texas Jack is.].......
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DRAMATIC.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT. - The Buffalo Bill Combination gave an extra matinee in Wood's Theatre, Cincinnati, O., March 21, when "The Red Right Hand" was preceded by a farce. The curtain had just been raised for the commencement of the perfomances, when it suddenly descended, the roller striking the stage with tremendous force, and after a rebound descended upon the foot and ankle of Harry Mehen, who was in the act of advancing to speak the opening lines of the farce. Mr Mehen was removed to his dressing-room, and a physician summoned. The accident resulted more seriously to the men in the flies, William Miller and Harry Whitehouse being seriously hurt. Mr. Miller, who had charge of the curtain, had his arm broken at the wrist by the handle of the windlass, which turned with fearful velocity as the curtain fell. He was attended by a physician, and removed to his home. Mr. Whitehouse, who as a volunteer was assisting Mr. Miller, was struck by the revolving windlass in the face, and later, as he fell in the ankle, causing a serious fracture. He was taken to the Cincinnati Hospital. The cause of the accident was that the curtain had been raised some two feet higher than usual, and the ropes supporting the counterweights were pulled from the staples. The weights, descending, left the curtain without a counter-balance, and it fell to the stage.