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AMUSEMENTS

The Boom of the Showman is Heard in the Land.

He Commences the Attack Upon Evansville Innocents To-night.

BUFFALO BILL.

To-night inaugurates a round of amusement attractions such as Evansville has not known for many a year. The candidates for public favor, patronage and appreciation this season are not only prolific, but above the average in excellence. To-night Buffalo Bill, the famous scout, guide, Indian hunter, and now acknowledged excellent actor, appears at the opera house, and the mere announcement is a signal for the building to be filled to the doors. Everybody remembers the monster attendance on the occasion of his last visit, and there is hardly any question but to-night will be a repetition of the "preserves."

His new and singular attractions that form so strong a combination, cannot be denied as one of the best drawing cards that visits our city. The rough, wild border life he illustrates, aided by genuine and untutored savages, is not without specific attracting power. The dramatic company, composed of some twenty odd people, are above the average that generally comprise a traveling organization, and sustain the different roles assigned them creditably. No doubt, this appearance of the combination, will be greeted with a packed house, as it has been awarded with crowded houses elsewhere.