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"BUFFALO BILL" LAST NIGHT.
The visits of the renowned Government Scout and Guide, "Buffalo Bill" (Wm. F. Cody), are always hailed with delight by those fond of the border drama, and as a result the audiences that go to see him are always very large, indeed, so large that standing room is at a premium. Such was the case at the Academy of Music last evening, when John A. Stevens' new drama, "The Prairie Waif," was presented by the Buffalo Bill combination. The drama is of the border type, the scenes being laid in the far West, where Indians and white villains form a greater part of the inhabitants. The story is one in which an innocent girl is made to suffer the machinations of a villainous white \who wanted to marry the girl. In the second act is given a pretty loving making scene, in which "Buffalo BIll" impersonates the character with a naturalness that is not often seen on the stage. The last act brings every thing right, much to the satisfaction of the auditors. The exhibition of marksmanship by Mr. Cody is truly marvelous. Miss Lizzie Fletcher, as Onita, Miss Connie Thompson, as Sadie, Wm Alstadt, as Hans are worthy of special mention. The stage settings were fine, as the company carries their own scenery.
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DOLAN'S OPERA HOUSE.
Thursday ve. March 3.
A New and powerful Drama. The renowned Government Scout and Guide.
Buffalo Bill.
(HON. WM. F. CODY.)
Troup of Cheyenne Indian Chiefs.
A SUPERB BAND AND ORCHESTRA, and a STAR DRAMATIC COMPANY, making it the largest COMBINATION Traveling this season, embracing as it does 25 First-Class Artists, who will appear in BUFFALO BILL'S new drama by JOHN A. STEVENS, author of Unknown, entitled,
PRAIRIE WAIF.
A STORY OF THE FAR WEST.
In act 4th, a Genuine Band of Cheyenne Indian Chiefs will appear in their Scalp and War Dances assisted by C.A. Burgess, Indian Interpreter.
Mr. Cody "BUFFALO BILL," will give an exhibition of Fancy Rifle Shooting.
Upon the arrival of the company in town look out for the Grand Street Parade by the Indians on horseback headed by Buffalo Bill's Serenade Band Popular prices of admission. Reserved seats 75 cents. To be had at B.F. Keeslings Drug Store.
WM. F. Cody Prop. & Manager. JOSH E. OGDEN, Business Manager. HARRY SELLERS, General Agent.
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Buffalo Bill and his red devils will parade the streets to-day. T. H. McKee's fiery and graceful charger has been engaged to carry the noted scout and Indian slayer.
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Buffalo Bill.
Buffalo Bill (Hon. William Cody) and his company of artists played to an immense audience at Dolan's opera house last night. "The Prairie Waif," the drama portrayed, is a story of the Far West, made up of incoherent, disjointed and improbable events, constructed much on the plan of literary architecture peculiar to one of the Beadle's yellow backs. The play, however, gives abundanct opportunity for the...
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display of Buffalo Bill's prowess as a scout and skill as a marksman, and as suck it is a success. The troupe depicts all that there is in the plahy. Its rendition is exceedingly dizzy. The air becomes hazy with flying scalps, the stage drips with gore metapgorically speaking, and ever and anon the gallery gods rent the air with their plaudits of approval. Buffalo Bill is a character known and admired throughout the entire land, and his name is sufficient to insure a crowded house. He is the type of physical and manyly beauty and perfection, and his feats with firearms as exhibited last night were almost incredible. Taken as a whole the show is an amusing one and worthy of success.