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BUFFALO BILL TONIGHT
At the Opera House, tonight, the renowned Indian fighter and hunter, Buffalo Bill, will appear with a very excellent company in the celebrated drama entitled, "Prairie Waif," which was written expressly for him and founded upon incidents in his career while chief of scouts and guide to the United States Army. During the progressof the drama a genuine band of Indian chiefs will appear and Mr. Cody (Buffalo Bill) will give some exhibitions of his extraordinary skill with the rifle. In a recent interview with a Herald reporter, Buffalo Bill told how he gained his title:

In 1867 when the Kansas Pacific road was being built, I was in the service of the Government. One of the managers of the road came to me and said the men were out of meat, and asked me what I would contract to furnish twenty-five buffaloes a day for. I told him I was in the service of the Government and could not work for him at any price. The company, however, made an arrangement with the Government so that I got off, and he hired me at $500 a month to shoot buffalo. I thought $500 a month was the biggest salary any man ever received. I went to work, and in eighteen months I had killed 4,280 buffalos. The "Paddys" employed on the road as a consequence became very tired of buffalo meat. When they saw me coming they knew my appearance heralded a fresh supply of tough buffalo meat, and then they said, one to another, "Bedad, here comes "Buffalo Bill" agin; sharpen up yout grinders, we'll have more buffalo meat now." I soon becomaeknown along the entire line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad as "Buffalo Bill."

The company is a good one and Buffalo Bill is a favorite in Easton, so that the probabilities are strongly in favor of a large audience at the Opera House to-night. Reserved seats may be secured at Riegel's book store.

BUFFALO BILL." -In Music Hall this evening Hon. Wm. F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," will appear with a strong company, and of them two exchanges speak thus:

We didn't expect to see so good a performance as we did at Rouse's Hall last night. Buffalo Bill was never so well equipped to do his many admirers' justice.

"The Prairie Waif" is a good play, and is replete with strong situations and dramatic effect. Buffalo Bill cannot help making a success of it. -Peoria Daily Transcript.

Buffalo Bill came again as usual to a packed overflowing house, hundreds turned away inable to get even standing room. "Prairie Waif," his new drama, is the strongest border drama ever produced. Bill himself shows to splendid advantage. His rifle-shooting beats anything we ever saw. The company supporting is a strong one-all are good. The Indians are the pure genuine article. Bill always performs just what he advertises and more too, hence the secret of his success. He always has big houses and justly deserves them. Come again, Bison William, you are always welcome. -Clinton Age.

-Buffalo Bill will be at the Opera House this evening, and with him will be a band of genuine Cheyenne Indians accompanied by the United States government scout and interpreter, C. A. Burgess. They will play "The Prairie Waif." The following from the Cleveland Herald concerning Buffalo Bill will interest the readers of the Standard:

In August, 1868, "Buffalo Bill" rode in twelve hours from Fort Larned to Fort Zarah and back, sixty-five miles; in the succeeding twelve hours he carried dispatches to General Sheridan from Fort Larned to Fort Hayes, sixty-five miles. From Fort Hayes he rode in the next twenty-four hours to Fort Dodge, ninety-five miles; on the next night he went to Fort Larned, thirty-five miles on foot and thirty miles on a mule; and again the next night from Fort Larned to Fort Hayes, sixty five miles. he made on horsess, mules, and afoot 355 miles, and he was in the saddle or afoot fifty-eight hours. These successive rides were made through a rough, irregular country, swarming with hostile Indians, where there were no roads and hardly a perceptible trail, which had to be followed in the obscurity of the night. Early in life Buffalo Bill made a continuous ride of 322 miles, making that distance in the incredibly short time of twenty-two hours, a wonderful feat of human endurance.

-Buffalo Bill played in New Haven a few nights ago, and Duprez and Benedict's minstrels was at the New Haven Opera House the same night. Along in the evening a stalwart Indian presented himself at the door where Mr. Duprez was taking tickets. The Indian made a sign, indicating that he wanted to go in. Mr. Duprez asked him where his ticket was. "Me Ingin. Me don't have ticket," was the reply. Wishing to have a little fun, Mr. Duprez parleyed with his Indianship a few moments longer, and found out he belonged with Buffalo Bill, but when the red skin drew himself up and said, "Me Injun, me professional," he had to let him in. so he gave him a front row seat and let him pass.

HOWARD ATHENEUM. Buffalo Bill furnishes in his border drama, "The Prairie Waif," a play which appeals to the masses. Accordingly the Howard was literally packed last evening with an audience which, if it did not weep with oppressed virtue, shrieked for joy when it rose triumphant above the schemes of villainy, as, to do the drama justice, it constantly did. It is this tribute of natural feelings , unrestrained by the principles of severe and critical taste, that most powerfully appeals to to the susceptibilities of an actor. There is no restricted art in this play; the wells of pure emotion bubble up from a fount from whose brim the grasses and flowers of nature have not yet been trimmed by the keen edge of education, and all the impressions of the hour spring direct from the emotions. Buffalo Bill, however, represents something of value in his portrayal of the wild life of the plains, and introduces us to a type of manhood which will always have its fascinations for impetuous youth. The thrill of suspense when the hero is menaced by the arrows of scalp-decked savages or covered by the guns of depraved Mormons, is anon succeeded by the welcome relief of feeling when he leaps unharmed from a window, or empties his rapid revolver into the forces of the astonished foe, and although the critical mind is prone to inquire how it happens that all the bowstrings are constantly powerless and the hostile guns persistently refuse to go off, it is apt to conclude that the adventures and escapes of the scout are really not more remarkable than those of the Homeric heroes, which the whole world admires. Indeed, the critical mind is somewhat out of place here, but any one who has cause to dislike Indians or Mormons is likely to find his strongest cravings for vengence satisfied. The carnage among these unhappy beings is prodgious, and they are slaughtered right and left in a peculiarly merciless and agreeable way. The machinations of the evil constantly react upon their own heads and however severe the oppressions of the good and the just, one can depend upon their being properly rescued at the end of every act by the miraculous and unexpected interposition of Buffalo Bill. Thus the play constantly inculcates deep lessons of morality and spreads abroad a benign influece wherever it is enacted. It will continue to instruct and entertain the patrons of the Howard during the remainder of the week.

Buffalo Bill.

Buffalo Bill and company appeard at the theatre Sunday afternoon and evening. The attendance in the afternoon was fair, and in the evening the theatre was crowded as it has never been crowded before, and the reciepts were the largest ever known at the place for one night. Over 1800 people were in the house, and the pressure continued so great that many were turned away, and some of those who had purchased tickets had their money refunded, not being able to get into the hall. The receipts for the evening were $1125, the largest amount of money ever taken there for one performance, and the audience was made up of more people than Buffalo Bill has ever appeared before in any other city, and the receipts have only once been exceeded, that being in St. Louis, where higher prices were charged. The people enjoyed the entertainment, and their applause was as generous as their patronage. The play, "The Prairie Waif," is as good, if not better, than the best Buffalo Bill has ever brought here, and the company was the best that he has ever intoduced to a Worcester audience.

How "Buffalo Bill" Got His Name.

William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," came by his name in a way that perhaps but few of out readers are aware of. He told the story to a Cleveland Herald reporter as follows: The euponious title of "Buffalo Bill" was gained this way. In 1867, when the Kansas road was being built, I was in the service of of the government. One of the managers came to me and said the men were out of meat, and asked what I would contract to furnish twenty five buffaloes a day for. I told him I was in the service of the governmennt and could not work for him at any price. The company, however, made an arrangement with the government so that I got off, and he hired me at $500 a month to shoot buffaloes. I thought $500 a month was the biggest salary any man ever received. I went to work, and in eighteen months I had killed 4,280 buffaloes. The "Paddys" employed on the road as a consequence became very tired of buffalo meat. When they saw me coming they knew my appearance heralded a fresh supply of tough buffalo meat, and they said one to another, "Bedad, here comes 'Buffalo Bill' again; sharpen up your ginders, we'll have more buffalo meat now." I soon became known along the entire line of the Kansas Pacific as "Buffalo Bill." He took his first scalp when only twelve years of age and will take others at the Ansonia Opera House Thursday evening.

The coming of the Buffalo Bill company brings t out mid a little incident that occured when the company arrived a LaCrosse, recently. The Lacrosse Leader gave the following acounts of the amusing affair:
The famous horse St. Julian, which it was said would pass through he city this morning by the 7:30 train, on the way to Minneapolis, attracted nearly one hundred persons to the depot from all parts of the city to view the famous race horse, some coming from great distances. Somebody made the remark that the horse was in the special express car, and the crowd ruched thither eager to see St. Julian. They perred through the window, but the only animal that greated their view was the solemn looking donkey "Jerry," belonging to the Buffalo Bill troupe. Each one who fell victim to the joke sadly wondered his way homewards, wondering which was the biggest donkey, "Jerry" or himself.