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FULTON OPERA HOUSE. ONE NIGHT ONLY. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1878,
Sixth annual tour of the chief of Government Scouts and historic guide,
BUFFALO BILL.
HON. W. F. CODY, and his COMBINATION, who will appear in the new Border Drama, written expressly for Hon. W. F. Cody, by Major A. S. Burt, U. S. A. entitled
May Cody, or Lost and Won
Depicting the Mormon War and introducing Cha-Sha-o-po-geo Sioux interpreter The Mexican Trick Boure, Jack Cass. During the play
BUFFALO BILL!
will exhibit some marvelous shooting, which has distinguished him as one of the greatest marksmen with the rifle the world has ever produced.
Incidental Scenery--Mountian Meadow Massacre --Brigham Young's Temple--Danites.
Prices as usual. Reserved seats to be had at Opera House Office, three days in advance.
JOSH E. OGDEN, Business Agent.
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Dangerous Amusement.
Those present at Fulton Hall on Saturday evening will remember that part of the performance where Buffalo Bill shot a potato resting on the head of Miss Cody. Thursday night, a Mlle. Volante, a trapeze performer, held an apple in her head and Jennie Folwer, known to the stage as Miss Franklin, shot at the apple. The shooter stood with her back to the mark, taking aim by the reflection in a mirror. The rifle was discharged and Mlle. Volante fell to the stage, shot in the forehead. On Sunday night she died. Now, we have no doubt that "Buffalo Bill" is a far better marksman than Jennie Franklin--and in fact one of the very best shots in the county--but we agree with the Harrisburg "Independent" that this by no means gives immunity from accident, which might occur at the critical moment, in a hundred ways never thought of by the very best of marksman. The fact is, as the "Independent" says, that such exhibitions of rifle practice should be forbidden by law; and indeed we are inclined to believe that by a strict construction they are already prohibited by the statute passed a few years since prohibiting the pointing of firearms at people, whether loaded or not. If this is the case, the law should be enforced, and if there really is no legal restraints, then the practice should be abolished by the potent voice of public opinion. Lives are too precious to be sacrificed for the mere exhibition of a marksman's skill.
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FOX'S NEW AMERICAN THEATRE, CHESTNUT Street, above TENTH.
Engagement of the renowned hero, BUFFALO BILL,
Together with his extraordinary Combination of STAR ARTISTS, STAR ARTISTS.
Also, TRICK BEARS JACK ASS, &c., JACK ASS, &c.,
In his great Drama entitled
MAY CODY, MAY CODY.
MATINEES Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Balcony reserved for ladies.
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NATIONAL THEATRE--BUFFALO BILL--MAY CODY.
A fine house greeted the "Hon." William F. Cody better known as Buffalo Bill, and his alliance last evening. The drama of "May Cody" was written by an army officer familiar with the plains, and several of its stirring scenes are from real life. "Thirty Minutes Among the People of the Plains" followed the drama, introducing real Indians, dances, bow and arrow and glass ball shooting, and fancy rifle shots by Buffalo Bill. For the kind, the show given by the "Hon." Mr. Cody can't be beaten.
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NATIONAL THEATRE. BUFFALO BILL.
In keeping with the policy of this house in presenting all the first-class artists in their respective lines, the entertainment of this week is announced with confident anticipations of a great success. Mr. Cody, as a scout and Indian fighter, has a National reputation. He is appreciated by the military authorities as the first and foremost of frontier heroes.
As a Buffalo Hunter he was selected by the State Department being the most daring and skillful, as companion and guide to Duke Alexis, of Russia, when he was in the West.
THE INDIANS THAT APPEAR ARE ALSO REAL SAVAGE CHIEFTAINS.
THE SCOUTS ARE REAL SCOUTS.
For one week only, commencing TO-NIGHT, with Matinee SATURDAY,
MAY CODY; OR, LOST AND WON.
After the drama a grand trial of skill between the Scouts and Indians lasting thirty minutes.
MONDAY--"Shakespeare's King John," with a grand distribution of its characters. sel6 6t