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countless murders and desperate encounters in which "Bill" particpated in and invariably came off victor, aroused the utmost enthusiasm, and as some extraordinary coup d'etat was consummated excitement ran high and burst forth in deafening applause. Powder and ball were bountifully distributed and rifle shots and bowie knife encounters agreeably intermingled. Burning at the stake, the scouts' bivouac, the savages' war dance, the hunter's cabin and other concomitants of frontier life were quite naturally represented, and gave the pale faces some idea of the character of border life. The merry Irishman in the play and the solemn visaged "broad-brim" kept the audience convulsed with laughter and maintaine the amusic portion of the programme admirably. Buffalo Bill is painstaking in his endeavors to please the public and merits a crowded house wherver he appears. Those who admire the particular class of the dramas in which he appears may be sure of a fine entertainment and a fill of the sensational in the highest degree.