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The Buffalo Bill combination presented the "Prairie Waif" to a large and enthusiastic audience in city hall, last evening. The play deals less in gunpowder and smoke than those in which he has heretofore appeared but is nevertheless full of the sensation of Western border life. Liberal applause was bestowed upon Buffalo Bill, (Hon. W.F. Cody), whose splendid physique and frank, open manner, establishes him a favorite with his audience at once. Mr. Cody takes the character of the scout and hero of the plains and is supported by a full company, including a band of genuine Cheyenne Indians, who appear in the fourth act in their scalp and war dances. In the second act Buffalo Bill gave an exhibition of his wonderful skill with the rifle, which was the particular delight of the gallery gods. The entertainment as a whole is a sensational one, and the scenes of the play are taken from incidents occurring in Mr. Cody's past life.