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ONE NIGHT ONLY ! Monday, April 13th, '74 The Scouts On the Trail. ---- ASTOUNDING ATTRACTIONS ---- The Originals. Living Heroes. Links between Civilization and Savagery. BUFFALO BILL, Hon. W.F. Cody TEXAS JACK, J.B. Orhundro WILD BILL. J.B. Hickok. Will appear on the above named evening in their new Sensational Play entitled SCOUTS OF THE PLAINS! Supported by a full and powerful DRAMATIC COMPANY, and the Peerless Danseuse and Pantomimic Actress M'LLE MORLACCHI, including the popular actor, Frank Mordaunt Reseved Seats for sale at City Drug Store, commencing Thursday April 9th.
HARRY MINER, Business Manager.
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The Theatre Last Night. To any one admiring the "blood and thunder" style of drama, or literature the highly colored drama of the "Scouts of the Plains," as presented by the Buffalo Bill- Texas Jack- Wild Bill, and company must be deemed a marked success. If thrilling incidents, blood curdling situations and harrowing details generally go to make up an attraction, the manager doubtless, everywhere rests in easy assurance of seats filled and treasury box ditto. In spite of a storm of rain and wind, Strawn's Opera House was nearly filled last evening, the galleries particularly being crowded.
The plot of the play of the "Scouts of the Plains" lays the scenes all through, as the reader will intuitively know, in the far west, in the Black Ridge, and plains that stretch far and wide in either direction. The frontier home of Uncle Henry Carter has, years before the first scene opens to view upon the stage, been robbed of a little daughter by Jim Daws–a "first class renegade and horse thief", as he is designated,–for some real or fancied affront. Not content, the evil spirit of the home, Jim Daws, haunts the place, with his Comanche allies, awaiting opportunities to murder the aged Carter and his wife, and carry off two remaining daughters. Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack, deadly foes to Daws, are on hand from the first to shield and defend the Carter family. There is no lack of running fights between the two forces all through. The repeating rifles of Bill and Jack do their deadly work, and many a Comanche brave is made to bite the dust.
Without attempting to follow the unraveling of the plot,–the murder of the aged Carter couple; the abduction of the girls, Ella and Lotta, and their ultimate rescue; the re-union of the long-separated sisters, Ella and Lotta and Pale Dove; and all the exciting scenes consequent,–we will add briefly that all comes out right at last. Justice is meted out to Daws and his cowardly man Friday, Tom. Doggett, and the apportionment of the girls among their lovers is satisfactory. Even the ubiquitous Ebenzer Longlank, the Quaker missionary and Nick Blunder, the "Dutchman," escape with their necks. M'lle Morlacchi, in her ballet dance before the sleeping Jack, was the finest success of the evening. She moved like a fairy; her executions were, in a word, remarkable. Walter Fletcher, as Nick Blunder, is also a strong card.
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Wednesday and Thursday, April 15th and 16th. ON THE TRAIL! ASTOUNDING ATTRACTIONS ! The Originals. LIVING HEROS ! Links between Civillization and Savagery.
THE SCOUTS ! BUFFALO BILL, (Hon. W. F. Cody. ) TEXAS JACK, (J. B. Omohundro.) WILD BILL, (J. B. Hickok.)
Will appear on the above named evenings in their new Sensational Play entitled SCOUTS of the PLAINS, supported by a full and powerful Dramatic Company, and the Peerless Danseuse and Pantomimic Actress, M'LLE MORLACCHI, including the popular actor, ERANK MOR DAUET. The performance will commence with the peerless Morlacchi in a Comeditta, Three Beautiful Dances, and will sing Cavatina, from the Opera of Ernani To conclude with the SCOUTS of the PLAINS. Sale of reserved seats commences April 11th at Huffman's jewelry store. Prices as usual. HARRY MINER, Business Manager.
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BUFFALO BILL.
On Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next week the well known characteas, Buffalo Bill and Texas Tack, assisted by the talented danseuse, Mlle. Morlachi, will appear at the Opera House in the sensational play, "Scouts of the plains." Of their performance, the Springfield Journal says: "Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack performed marvelous feats of bravery, and met with various hair-breath escapes while attempting to rescue to lovely maidens from the ruthless savages. The interest of the play was kept up from the first, and the bloodthirsty nature of the savage was well portrayed by six or eight persons in all the war paint, and all the paraphernalia of the frontier war path. The crack of the rifle and the shrill warwhoop of the Indian rang out with all the earnestness and vivid reality of actual frontier life. The captive girls, in all the trying situations of prisoners in the hands of border outlaws, acted their parts to perfection. The burlesque of the Government Indian peace commission was admirably carried out and placed the peace policy in a most ridiculous light. Mlle. Morlacchi as "Pale Dove," or the stolen child, was a prime feature of the play, and her singing and dancing very fine. Frank Mordaunt as "Jim Daws," a horse thief and outlaw, filled the bill in dress, expression of countenance, voice and action. Walter Fletcher, as "Nick Blunder," was magnificent success."
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AMUSEMENTS. BUFFALO BILL. To night the Buffalo Bill combination consisting of the genuine heroes, Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack assisted by the great M'lle Morlacchi and a full dramatic company will appear at the Opera House in the sensational play, Scouts of the Plain, which has been drawing immense audiences everywhere for the past six months. An exchange says of the play and its presentation.
The plot of the play of the "Scouts of the Plains" lays the scenes all through, as the reader will intuitively know, in the far west, in the Black Ridge, and plains that stretch far and wide in either direction. The frontier home of Uncle Henry Carter has, years before the first scene opens to view upon the stage been robbed of a little daughter by Jim Daws- a "first class renegade and horse thief", as he is designated- for some real or fancied affront. Not content, the evil spirit of the home, Jim Daws, haunts the place, with his Comanche allies, awaiting opportunities to murder the aged Carter and his wife, and carry off two remaining daughters. Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack, deadly foes to Daws, are on hand from the first to shield and defend the Carter family. There is no lack of running fights between the two forces all through. The repeating rifles of Bill and Jack do their deadly work, and many a Comanche brave is made to bite the dust. Without attempting to follow the unraveling of the plot- the murder of the aged Carter couple; the abduction of the girls, Ella and Lotta, and their ultimate rescue; the re-union of the long-separated sisters, Ella and Lotta and Pale Dove, and all the exciting scenes consequent, we will add briefly that all comes out right at last. Justice is meted out to Daws and his cowardly man Friday, Tom Doggett, and the apportionment of the girls among their lovers is satisfactory. Even the ubiquitous Ebenezer Longlank, the Quaker missionary and Nick Blunder, the "Dutchman," escape with their necks. M'lle Morlacchi, in her ballet dance before the sleeping Jack, was the finest success of the evening. She moved like a fairy; her executions were, in a word, remarkable.