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BUFFALO BILL.

William F. Cody- or "Buffalo Bill," as he is generally known- the great scout and Indian fighter, will make his first appearance in Keokuk for several years, at the Keokuk opera house, next Friday evening, presenting his thrilling border drama, "The Prairie Wait." We remember on his last visit here the opera house was unable to hold the audience that assembled to witness his play. He still continues to draw crowded houses, as the following from the Cleveland Herald will show:

The story of Monday night at the Academy was repeated last night. A house so crowded that hundreds failed to gain admittance, and an audience wholly captured by the remarkably effective performance, attested the hold it has acquired upon the affections of Cleveland theatre goers. To-day he gave a matinee, as well as an evening performance, and it may go without saying that both will draw crowded audiences. It is folly to moralize upon Mr. Cody's plays. He has captured the popular heart, knows how to keep it, and if that is not an actor's "business" we know not what that business is.