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BUFFALO BILL TONIGHT
At the Opera House, tonght, the renowned Indian fighter and hunter, Buffalo Bill, will appear with a very excellent company in the celebrated drama entitled, "Prairie Waif," which was written expressly for him and founded upon incidents in his career while chief of scouts and guide to the United States Army. During the progressof the drama a genuine band of Indian chiefs will appear and Mr. Cody (Buffalo Bill) will give some exhibitions of his extraordinary skill with the rifle. In a recent interview with a Herald reporter, Buffalo Bill told how he gained his title:

In 1867 when the Kansas Pacific road was being built, I was in the service of the Government. One of the managers of the road came to me and said the men were out of meat, and asked me what I would contract to furnish twenty-five buffaloes a day for. I told him I was in the service of the Government and could not work for him at any price. The company, however, made an arrangement with the Government so that I got off, and he hired me at $500 a month to shoot buffalo. I thought $500 a month was the biggest salary any man ever received. I went to work, and in eighteen months I had killed 4,280 buffalos. The "Paddys" employed on the road as a consequence became very tired of buffalo meat. When they saw me coming they knew my appearance heralded a fresh supply of tough buffalo meat, and then they said, one to another, "Bedad, here comes "Buffalo Bill" agin; sharpen up yout grinders, we'll have more buffalo meat now." I soon becomaeknown along the entire line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad as "Buffalo Bill."

The company is a good one and Buffalo Bill is a favorite in Easton, so that the probabilities are strongly in favor of a large audience at the Opera House to-night. Reserved seats may be secured at Riegel's book store.

BUFFALO BILL." -In Music Hall this evening Hon. Wm. F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," will appear with a strong company, and of them two exchanges speak thus:

We didn't expect to see so good a performance as we did at Rouse's Hall last night. Buffalo Bill was never so well equipped to do his many admirers' justice.

"The Prairie Waif" is a good play, and is replete with strong situations and dramatic effect. Buffalo Bill cannot help making a success of it. -Peoria Daily Transcript.

Buffalo Bill came again as usual to a packed overflowing house, hundreds turned away inable to get even standing room. "Prairie Waif," his new drama, is the strongest border drama ever produced. Bill himself shows to splendid advantage. His rifle-shooting beats anything we ever saw. The company supporting is a strong one-all are good. The Indians are the pure genuine article. Bill always performs just what he advertises and more too, hence the secret of his success. He always has big houses and justly deserves them. Come again, Bison William, you are always welcome. -Clinton Age.

-Buffalo Bill will be at the Opera House this evening, and with him will be a band of genuine Cheyenne Indians accompanied by the United States government scout and interpreter, C. A. Burgess. They will play "The Prairie Waif." The following from the Cleveland Herald concerning Buffalo Bill will interest the readers of the Standard:

In August, 1868, "Buffalo Bill" rode in twelve hours from Fort Larned to Fort Zarah and back, sixty-five miles; in the succeeding twelve hours he carried dispatches to General Sheridan from Fort Larned to Fort Hayes, sixty-five miles. From Fort Hayes he rode in the next twenty-four hours to Fort Dodge, ninety-five miles; on the next night he went to Fort Larned, thirty-five miles on foot and thirty miles on a mule; and again the next night from Fort Larned to Fort Hayes, sixty five miles. he made on horsess, mules, and afoot 355 miles, and he was in the saddle or afoot fifty-eight hours. These successive rides were made through a rough, irregular country, swarming with hostile Indians, where there were no roads and hardly a perceptible trail, which had to be followed in the obscurity of the night. Early in life Buffalo Bill made a continuous ride of 322 miles, making that distance in the incredibly short time of twenty-two hours, a wonderful feat of human endurance.

-Buffalo Bill played in New Haven a few nights ago, and Duprez and Benedict's minstrels was at the New Haven Opera House the same night. Along in the evening a stalwart Indian presented himself at the door where Mr. Duprez was taking tickets. The Indian made a sign, indicating that he wanted to go in. Mr. Duprez asked him where his ticket was. "Me Ingin. Me don't have ticket," was the reply. Wishing to have a little fun, Mr. Duprez parleyed with his Indianship a few moments longer, and found out he belonged with Buffalo Bill, but when the red skin drew himself up and said, "Me Injun, me professional," he had to let him in. so he gave him a front row seat and let him pass.

HOWARD ATHENEUM. Buffalo Bill furnishes in his border drama, "The Prairie Waif," a play which appeals to the masses. Accordingly the Howard was literally packed last evening with an audience which, if it did not