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Buffalo Bill.

At the appearance of the company of which the above noted character is manager and chief attraction, at the opera house last evening, there was a very fair dress circle audience and a particularly good gallery crowd. "The boys" were out in force, and their continuous applause testified that they were well pleased. In this respect the entire audience, went a step further than is common with La Crosse people, and gave the more noticeable situations and speeches very hearty praise. The play could not avoid being a trifle glory, and attended throughout with the incense of burned powder, from the location of the scenes and the character of events depicted; but this was what the audience expected and wanted and there was a liberal seasoning of love-making, fun and fine sentiment to make all savory to the appetite, and on the whole agreeable. But two ladies are required, Onita the Prairie Waif and Sadie the smart utility woman, without whom no modern play would be symmetrical. Miss