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BUFFALO BILL.

The Keokuk opera house was filled last night with the admirers of Buffalo Bill, there being scarcely a vacant seat- down stairs, while the gallery was packed. The play presented was "The Prairie, Waif," a sensational border drama, with Mr. Cody in the leading role. There are plenty of scouts, Mormons, soldiers, and genuine īndians in it, with dramatic tableaux, and although the play hasn't very much plot and the company was composed of rather poor material, the audience cheered themselves hoarse at any particularly thrilling portion of the play and gave the singers hearty encores. The special scenery was good, and Buffalo Bill's fine exhibition of fancy rifle shooting won for him the hearty plaudits of the audience. No matter what the merits of his play or company, the genial and noble scout will never fail to draw a crowded house. Probably the poorest of the company was Lone Deer, who was killed in the first act. He didn't even know his lines, and a sigh of relief went up from the audience when he was killed by a Danite.