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MOORE'S OPERA HOUSE.
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ONE NIGHT ONLY,
TUESDAY, SEPT. 26TH.
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GREAT SCOUT AND GUIDE,
BUFFALO BILL
(HON. W.F. CODY,)
And his Mammoth Combination, consisting of
25 FIRST CLASS ARTISTS. 25
Who will appear in the new and startling sensation drama, written for Wm. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill,) by Charles Foster, author of "Saved at Seven, entitled
20 DAYS,
OR, BUFFALO BILL'S PLEDGE.
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The following Indian Chiefs, from the Winnebago, Sioux and Pawnee Tribes will appear at each performance and in the street parade: Chief Bear, Ma-He-[Ut?]-Un Kaw, Rolling Thunder, He-Nu-Kaw (the First Born), Blue Hawk, Fire Lightning.
Mr. Cody - Buffalo Bill - will give an exhibition of Fancy Rifle Shooting, in which he is pre-eminent and alone.
THE TRICK DONKEY "JERRY,"
A Donkey that Barnum cannot equal in [word?], sagacity, [style?] and fun. A Cornet Solo by Mr. Frank Thompson between 1st and 2d acts.
Reserved Seats at Moore's Opera House.
sep20wed,fri,sat,sun,tu
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"Buffalo Bill at Moore's."
A large audience in the dress circle and a packed one in the gallery at Moore's Opera House last night witnessed the evolution of "Buffalo Bill's Pledge" to its realization, and many points brought out tumultuous applause. In the first act Buffalo Bill appears to prevent an intended lynching. In the second act he digs out a man who had been buried alive in a shaft. In the third act he captures a murderer, and in the fourth he clears up a mystery and makes it plain to the audience, and thus redeems his "pledge" in the allotted time, "Twenty Days." Incidental to the piece are exhibitions of Buffalo Bill's dexterity and accuracy in rifle shooting, tricks by Buffalo Bill's trained donkey, a war-dance and singing by six Indians, a cornet solo by Frank Thompson, and a vocal and instrumental olio by Jule Keene and Sallie Adams. In many respects the piece runs much after the fashion of other pieces he has given here. From a critic's standpoint there seems to be too much of incident in Mr. Cody's pieces, and the characters are huddled in strange contrast to the prairie freedom of view in which they supposed to move. But it is not to be denied that each separate incident is quite within bounds of reality on the frontier. The trouble is not with two incidents, but with the treatment.
And it seems as if the incidents of the border must yet be the groundwork of the best American plays, when they are written. Either the writer has not yet appeared to deftly weld these stirring actions together, or they need the touch of time to soften the hardness of their outlines, Mr. Cody realizes this better himself than his dramatists, for he has never yet been entirely suited with the plays that he has paid for, and is still on the look-out for some one able to produce the play in which he would like to appear. The writer may not come in his life-time, but come he will.
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LEWIS OPERA HOUSE
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ONE NIGHT ONLY
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Wednesday Evening, Sept. 27th.
First appearance this season of the only and original Government Scout and Guide.
"BUFFALO BILL,"
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Wm. F. Cody,
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HIS OWN MAMMOTH COMBINATION!
CONSISTING OF
25 First-Class Artists. 25
Who will appear in the new and startling sensational drama, written for Mr. Wm. F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill) by Charles Foster, author of "Saved at Seven," entitled
Twenty Days; or, Buffalo Bill's Pledge.
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Indian Chiefs from the Winnebago, Sioux and Pawnee tribes, will appear at each performance and in the street parade. "Buffalo Bill" will give an exhibition of fancy rifle shooting, in which he is pre-eminent and alone.
Reserved seats, 75 cents. For sale on Saturday at Warden's.
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Opera House,
[word] DUNCAN, Manager
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 28
Great Scout and Guide
BUFFALO BILL!
(Hon. W. M. Cody) and his own Mammoth Combination [word] of -25 First-Class Artists 25-- Who will appear in the New and Startling Sensation Drama, written for Wm. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill), by Charles Foster, author of "Saved at Seven, entitled
20 DAYS; or, Buffalo Bill's Pledge.
The following Indian Cheifs from the Winnebago, Sioux and Pawnee tribes, will appear at each performance and in the street parade. CHIEF BEAR, who during the Sioux war in Minnesota and Wisconsin in 1862, saved the lives of several families by warning them of dancer and piloting them safely to the white soldiers. HA-HE-UT-UN-KAW (Flying Cloud). the oldest war chief of his nation. ROLLING THUNDER the great fighting chief of the Winnebagoes. Mr. Cody has the pleasure of introducing to the American public the Hand Finest Indian Maiden in the world, HE-NU-KAW (the First-Born), and as considered the most beautiful and accomplished Indian maiden of the whole western and southern Indian tribes. BLUE HAWK, the great Pawnee scout and guide. FIRE LIGHTNING, Galled Fighting Chief of the Pawnees.
Mr. Cody (Buffalo Bill) will give an exhibition of Fancy Rifle Shooting, in which he is pre-eminent and alone. The Trick Donkey, "Jerry," a donkey that Barnum cannot equal in docility [word] style and fun. A Cornet [word] by Mr. Frank Thompson between first and second acts.
Sale--Wednesday and Thursday, 8 a. m. and Thursday, 6 p. m.
COMING- Rose [word]