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The Buffalo Bill Company.

There was a large audience at the Opera House
last evening, outside of the parquette, where the
prices were above the reach of the average small
boy and admirer of border life. The gallery was
virtually packed. The principal play of the evening
introduced such characters as Brigham Young
and John D. Lee, and pleasant scenes like the
Mountain Meadow massacre. The incidents were
both comical and terrific. Altogether the best
thing of the evening was the shooting by the Austin
Brothers, each in turn with a Stevens rifle exhibiting
wonderful marksmanship. The shots included
the shooting of potatoes held in the hand
and placed upon the head; the snuffling of a candle,
and the extinguishing of a lighted cigar held in the
mouth, besides other severe and apparently hazardous
tests, altogether surpassing the remarkable
fiction concerning William Tell. The entertainment
as a whole is of such a character that it will
probably draw large audiences in most places.