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AMUSEMENTS. The Drama of “Buffalo Bill” at Colerike's Opera House - John Dillon Coming.
The thrilling drama of "Buffalo Bill " was presented at Colerick's Opera-house last evening to a immenee audience, standing room being decidedly in demand. The play was so exciting as to literally throw the gallery gods (of whom there were a great many out) into ecstacies of delight, while the lovers of dime novel literature were in the seventh heaven of happiness. Twenty or thirty scalp were taken, several war dances executed and thirty or forty pistols shot off, together with a number of minor incidents, such as kidnapping, etc., etc. The audience had the pleasure of seeing the celebrated scouts, “Wild Bill,” “Buffalo Bill” and “Texas Jack” in propria personas. They are fine specimens of muscular manhood, and after seeing them, one can readily believe all of the tales which are told of them. There were also half a dozen thoroughbred Indians, who acted the cowardly, skulking savages that they are to perfection.
Tonight will be the last appearance of this troope in Fort Wayne when, in addition to the attractions presented last evening, Morlacchi, the powerless danseuse, will speak, dance and sing in the popular farce of “Thrice Married."
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The Opera-house.
An immense audience was prsent at the Opera-house last night to see the intrepid scouts Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack and Wild Bill, and last, but not least in the combination. Mdlle Morlacchi. The performace opened with Mdlle. Morlacchi in the farse of "Thrice Married," in which she sang and danced to the entire satisfaction of the audience.
But the audience was on a tip-toe to see the scouts make their appearance and slay everybody laying around, loose, and nicely they finish the job, the last man grieving that there is no one left "to chaw up," having serious intensions to commit suicide for that reason, when the curtain falls. But, seriously speaking, we do not remember having seen the Opera house so crowded for years; the attendance fully justified the stock expression, "filled from pit to dome." The scouts will continue during the balance of the week and will if any room is left draw still more crowded houses.
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OPERA-HOUSE
Saturday Afternoon at 2 o'clock and Evening at 8 o'clock
BUFFALO BILL, TEXAS JACK, WILD BILL.
And the celebrated Artist,
M'LLE MORLACCHI.
Monday evening, Little Nell, the California Diamond.
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The Opera-house. The audience as the Opera-house last night was larger, if anything, than that of the night before. Moriacchi is a most delightful appearance, and one that continually gains on the audience, and her dancing is superb. The boys - Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack and Wild Bill - are as lively as crickets, killing everything right and left. The galleries enjoy the wholesale slaughter, and only seemed to regret that they couldn't take a hand in the tustle. If the company would just elect a coroner, we think it would make the combination complete. A matinee is announced for two o'clock to day, besides the regular evening performance.
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The Opera-house.
The Dime-novel blood and thunder heroes closed last night at the Opera-house to an immense audience. There is no doubt that the heroes of the play are daring and intrepid men, who have on the stage of every-day life played no insignificant part; but at the same time the part they play on the mimic stage amounts to nothing. But as the mere names of Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack and Wild Bill suffice to draw- money, it fully accomplishes the object.
For next week we are to have "Little Nell," the preteen actress. "Fideus" or the Fire Wolf, is the inflammatory title of the piece which is expected to start a fire of enthusiasm for "Little Nell."