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WHEELER OPERA HOUSE
POSITIVELY TWO NIGHTS ONLY.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, October 22nd and 23d, 1873.
THE ORIGINALS! LIVING HEROES!
Scouts of the Plains.
BUFFALO BILL, (Hon. W. F. Cody)
TEXAS JACK (J. B. Omohundro)
WILD BILL, (J. B. Hickock)
Also the "Peerless" Dansetse, M'LLE MORLACCHI, in the Comedy of "Thrice Married."
A TRIBE OF WILD INDIANS.
A FULL DRAMATIC COMPANY.
In Fred. G. Maeder's Thrilling Drama of
BORDER LIFE!
BUFFALO BILL, King of the Border Men, the Author, appearing in it.
ADMISSION- 35c., 50c. and 75c. Reserved Seats $1.00, at Bailey's.
JOHN RICKABY, Agent.
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"Buffalo Bill"-- Bison William and his colleagues, Texas Jack and Wild Bill, opened at the Opera House last night to a large audience, the major part of which was composed of the extremely enthusiastic sort, who occupied seats and standing room in the two upper tiers. "Border Life," the title of the drama presented, will not bear criticism. The plot is composed of a score of impossible situations, and the dialogue is disjointed and bad. But the object aimed at by the author is reached, in affording the "heroes" ample opportunity for the display of themselves and their powers, and the mode of warfare in vogue in savage life. The evening's entertainment opened with the farce "Thrice Married," in which M'lle MORLACHI sustained the principal parts, and with credit. M'lle MORLACCHI is a danseuse of the first order, besides being a vocalist of some merit. The same bill will be repeated this evening.
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"BUFFALO BILL."-- The scouts closed their engagement at the Opera House last night to a somewhat smaller audience than greeted their performance of the preceding evening. The troupe is in most respects inferior to those which have appeared before Toledo audiences thus far this season, and is constructed mainly for the entertainment of the "gallery gods" and readers of yellow-back and blood-and-thunder literature. M'lle MORLACCHI, who is independent of the "Injin" business, may be considered as an exception to the charge made against the other members of the organization, for she is a pains taking and pleasing artiste at all times.
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New Advertisements.
OPERA HALL.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Friday, October 24th, 1873,
The Original Living Heroes,
SCOUTS of the PLAINS,
BUFFALO BILL
(Hon. W. T. Cody.)
TEXAS JACK.
(J. B. Omohundro.)
WILD BILL,
(J. B. Hickok.)
Also the "Peerless" Danseuse, M'LLE MORLACCHI Her first appearance as a Songstress.
A TRIBE OF WILD INDIANS.
Full Dramatic Company, in Fred G. MEADER'S Thrilling Drama of Border Life, BUFFALO BILL, King of the Border Men, the Author appearing in it.
Popular Prices, 75 and 50 Cents.
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THE BORDER MEN AT FISHER'S HALL BUFFALO BILL, TEXAS JACK, AND WILD BILL the scouts and [?] of the "[?] will" appear this evening at Fisher's [?]. They are accompanied by a troupe of real wild "Ingins," who will do the required scalping, war dancing, etc,[?] to the most approved style known to bar barians. These real heroes have but lately united themselves for the purpose of getting a vivid picture of real border life on the great wesrtern prairies, and one which is destined in a few short years to entirely pass away.[?] has dramatized the cheif facts in the wild career of each into a number of stories, which are a brilliant opitome of the customary wild life they [?]. If one can find no relish in the scenes of strife and warfare preserited they certainly ought to attend for the purpose of [?] these real heroes themselves. It is said of Wild Bill himself, that he alone has in his life probably killed one hundred men while the others are not far behind him in their imaginary record. In short they are the most noted scouts in the world. All have been made subjects of more or less literary attention, and the American boy who has not heard of some one of them is indeed a curiosity. The comedy [?] with fan is good, and the whole presentation unexceptionable in every reaped. We present for them a crowded house and the most attentive and blessed of audiences.
THE BORDER MEN AT FISHER'S HALL. As we predicted, a crowded house greeted Buffalo Bill and his troupe of heroes- and some who are not so heroic- at Fisher's Hall on Saturday night. The sight of a few stray Indians and some fine looking fellows wearing sombreros on the street during the afternoon was, of itself, the strongest possible advertisement to the juvenile portion of our theater-goers, that the galleries would be crowded. But everybody went who had any love for the wild and exciting life which the past few years has witnessed on our western borders. This hardly necessary to say that the acting was all and even more than would be expected from men whose lives have been passed on a real stage of action, and not in a mimic presentation of it on the stage. Each of the real heroes as he appeared on the scene, was greated by rounds of applause, and their frank, manly actions and words at once placed the audience in sympathy with them. The scenes of struggle and death, of [scouting?] and attack were vividly rendered, and the closing tableaux called forth repeated applause. The comedy of the drama was well supported in Rena Maeder as "Kitty Muldoon," the Irish girl, and also by "Snake-root Sam;" these were good, and yet some may think that "The Old Vet," by Fred G. Maeder, the dramtist himself, was really the best comdey presented. The acting of the Misses Safford and Hudson, as the "Rose of the Plains" and the "Wild Bud," was at times truly eloquent, and was received with appreciation.
The drama itself is nothing peculiar beyond being a chain of striking pictures loosely strung together; but it serves its purpose; and few can ever expect to get a more realistic picture of the wild "border" life than was presented last night.