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Buffalo Bill-He Intends Gunning After Captain Jack.

Hon Wm. F. Cody, better known to our readers as "Buffalo Bill," is in our borough to-day, the guest of Col. Guss, to whom he is related.

As many of our readers are aware, Mr. Cody is now the leading star in the celebrated play entitled "The Scouts of he Prairie," which is delighin all Philadelphia a present. In conversation with this noted scout and hunter of the Western wilds, he has informed us that he is about to take up his residence in West Chester, or rather he will locate his family here. He has rented a fine brick dwelling on Washington street, between Walnut and Matlack streets, into which he proposes moving his family at once, they being now stopping at New York.

As for Bill's personal self he informs us that after he has filled his dramatic engagement which expires on the 28th of next June, he will again return to the war path after Captain Jack, in the employ of the Government as Chief of Scouts, under General Sheridan, to whom he is very much attached. We rather think our hero entertains the idea (and we trust it is well founded) that he can trap Captain Jack. One thing is certain if he gets within anything like a respectable range of him with his rifle (which he calls "Lucrena Borgia"), that somewhat prominent Indian individual will more than probably bite the dust.

Bill looks better than when last he paid us a visit, which would prove that his new sphere (that of the stage) is congenial both to his physical and mental make up. We wish him the success he deservedly merits on whatever stage of life he may be called upon to act his part.

THE PRAIRIE SCOUTS.

This play was presented by its famous delineators, Buffalo Bill (Hon. W. F. Cody), Texas Jack (J. B. Omohundro), and Ned Buntline, supported by a powerful company, at the Opera House last night, to a large and enthusiastic audience. The play was preceded by the comedietta "Jenny Lind at Last," in which Miss Bessie Sudlow gave some of her capital burlesque acting, bringing down the house be her graceful witti cisms, songs and dances, while the comicalities of Mr. G. C. Daven port were equally appreciated. The main feature of the entertainment, "Prairie Scouts," in regard to its acting at least, must be pronouned a splendid success. It is well put upon the stage, with first class scenery, every part is taken by an artist, and the genuine Indians give a novetly to the performance. The talents of Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack seem to be illimitable, for they are as much at home on the stage as on the war-path, and the perfect ease with which they lassoed live Indians and carried them off the field with one hand was refreshing to behold. In the character of Cale Durg, the trapper, Ned Buntline shows himself a most accomplished actor as well as novelist, and Miss Bessie Sudlow, as Dove Eye, was excellent. But the most beautiful and artistic acting was given by Senorita Eloe Carfano, as Hazel Eye, combining with physical beauty rare powers of elocution and dramatic talent. The comedians of the play, G. C. Davenport and Walter Fletcher, in their respective Irish and Dutch characters, kept the house in a roar, and received repeated encores.

AMUSEMENTS.
"THE SCOUTS OF THE PRAIRIE."

The Grand Opera House, last evening, was crowded with an eager, interested audience, all anxious to gaze upon those famous heros -- Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack -- and upon the writer whose facile pen has so thrillingly depicted their daring expoits -- Ned Buntline. There curiosity was gratilied by the presentation of the thrilling drama, "The Scouts of the Prairie," in which all three appaered, the latter as Cale Durg, the Trapper. The play was presented with life like accuracy, and Texas Jack lassoed the Indians as vigorously as he ever did upon the Western plains, while Buffalo Bill, blazed away with as much energy as he ever did among his savage foes. The audience cheered and applauded tremendously and lovers of the sensational drama had their desires fully satisfied.

Original and Aboriginal.

Advice to the manager. Give us a show for our pile.

Miss Laura Matilda wont go to a show where paw-knees are a feature.

Lo, the poor Indian does not travel with the Buffalo Bill crowd; them fellows are all rich, large stock of paint on hand and feathers paid for.

Some of the locomotive drives of the Reading Road are angry because of the auricular appendages of the Aborigines have styled injun ears.

A man who is behind in his water rates refused to go to the show last night, because being an indifferent scholar he read on the poster that Taxes Jack would appear, and he did not want to see the collector.

In reply to a dorrespondent, we explain that a bunt line is a rope stretched arcross a ship to trip up the steerage passengers going aft and the after ones steering forward.

The report that the Pawnee Indians appear on horseback at Union Hall, originated in the fact that they were seen sitting on saw-horses behind the scenes, waiting for their call.

Small boy says if he can't be a duke or a clown in a circus he wants to be a wild Indian with a show so he can travel all over the country and go on the warpath for grub at swell hotels.

The famous Buffalo Bill has bought a house in West Chester, where he proposes to locate his family, and when his dramatic engagements are concluded he intends to return to the war path on the Plains, as chief of the scouts, in the employ of the government.

Prairie Scouts.

If there was needed any evidence of the drawing capacity of the Prairie Scouts, the packed Opera House Saturday evening would satisfy the most incredulous. The dress circle and parquette were well filled, and the gallery presented a sea of heads. The first piece went off in a very spirited manner, introducing BESSIE SUDLOW. G. C. DAVENPORT. and Mr. WENTWORTH in characters particularly pleasing and adapted to each, they carrying the audience with them throughout, eliciting frequent and hearty applause. The greater demonstrations however were reserved for the most sensational of all sensation plays the "Prairie Scouts." From the rising of the curtain on the first act to its going down on the last, the various scenes were watched with intense interest, and at the crowning point of some thrilling situation the applause was deafening. There is much good acting in the play where the parts require it. But if all the characters were taken by professional artists it would in a great measure destroy the naturalness and mar the effect of the play. Border life is not supposed to be very refining or attractive to cultivated tastes, and the more natural it can be presented, the better idea is obtained of its real character. There can possibly be none more capable of representing to the life all the varied scenes of border life, as these whose lives have been spent as brave and active participants in its perils and dangers. They do not pretend to be actors, i.e. "Buffalo Bill" or "Texas Jack," they simply present to the view of an audience scenes in actual border life, similar to those through which they themselves have passed. It requires no stretch of the imagination, the real personages are before us , with their wonderful coolness, great courarge, marvelous strength and powers of endurance. Finer specimens of physical manhood are seldom seen than those presented in the persons of Hon. WM. F. CODY, "Buffalo Bill," and J. B. OMOHUNDRO, "Texas Jack." The name of NED BUNTLINE is so well known he needs no introduction; people were anxious to see the greater writer, and hear him speak. In the Prairie Scouts he makes Temperance one great point in the drama, and his speech to one who is adicted to the vice of intemperance is one of the most eloquent appeals we have ever listened to. It was received with tremendous applause. BESSIE LUDLOW as "Dove Eye" and Senorita ELOE CARFANO fully sustained the reputation that had preceded them and added greatly to the success of the play. DAVENPORT and FLETCHER were perfectly irresistable and kept the audience in the best of humor throughout. The same programme will be presented this evening. Those who saw it Saturday evening need no urging to attend; those who did not will miss seeing one of the greatest sensations of the day if they do not go to-night. The seven Indians accompanying the party perform their pats, it is said, true to life (except the real killing of course.) We haven't been on the border to see, but if that is the way they perform we don't know as we care about going. We rather see it at the Opera House. Ugh! Big Injun.

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Wikednokemonahed told us yesterday that he has only felt like home once since he bade adieu to the Far West and that was at the Reading tavern where he stopped. The hash was so full of nice light hair that he felt all day as though he had scalped a whole family of young boys and girls.

Except those who have become bald reading about Captain Jack of the Modoe band, all the fellows in town got their hair razeed to quarter of an inch when they heard of the Indians coming with Buffalo Bill, and some of them have had their scalps done up with pumice stone and oil, to turn the edges of the scalping knives.

"Ugh! Big chief me, take much scalp; kill warrior heap; eat thousand pale-face pappoose. In Setting Sun land got plenty lodge, plenty squaw, plenty dog, big chief me, boss the whole caboose dam. Down to Allentown put up at hotel, corner street around, make both ways; big-bugs stay there too; me big bug, nother kind, --see? me wanted to sleep in bed with other big bugs, but they eat big chief. Not big bug; no: what you call bed-bug, yes, dam, Ugh!"

The Prairie Scouts.

A very large audience came out on Saturday evening to witness the novel entertainment provided for them by the famous Ned Buntline, or as he is less known, Col. E. Z. C. Judson. The performance was like itself and like nothing else ever produced on the stage. It was full of strange and thrilling situations and startling effects and all produced by characters who themselves have passed through somewhat similar scenes in real life. Hon. Wm. F. Cody, or as he is better known, "Buffalo Bill," and J. B. Omohundro or "Texas Jack," splendid specimens of physical manhood were very prominent in the play and so pleased the audience that they were brought before the curtain and, the first named made a brief speech. Ned Buntline's termperance speech is one fo the best things in the play and would make a man's fortune on the lecture platform. No one can wonder at the immense success of the pience or that it creates such an excitement where it is produced. Bessie Sudlow both in the first play and in the mian performance displayed much ability as an actress and was very pleasing, while Fletcher and Davenport, with their inimitable brogue, singing and dancing, added immensely to the entertainment. The Bill will be repeated this evening and those who wish to see something that they have never seen before and are not likely to see soon again, if ever, will assuredly be on hand.

OPERA HOUSE. --Last evening a very large audience witnessed the attractions there, under the auspices of Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, and Ned Buntline.

The opening operatic comdey brought out the versatile powers of Bessie Sudlow and G. C. Davenport in no ordinary manner, and their really fine singing and burlesque acting brought down the house.

"The Scouts of the Prairie," though of the ultra sensational school of dramas, is necessarily so by reason of its intent, viz: to represent the wild life on the frontier, being dramatized from Ned Buntline's story of the same name. The roles of Cale Durg and Buffalo Bill, as well as Phelim O'Laugherty and Carl Pretzel, were welll sustained throughout, and each of them evoked frequent prolonged applause. The Indian element of the play, though picturesque, is not up to the standard of excellence we were prepared to see, but was creditable and above mediocrity. The role of Hazel Eye, a female trapper, was overdone. Senorita Carfano's forte is high tragedy, in which she would excel, and no doubt does.

As a whole, the company is good, and the playing conforms well to the character of the piece. It will repay our citizens to witness it, if only for its novelty, and to hear the very excellent temperance lectures of that well known and versatile gentleman, NED BUNTLINE (Mr. E. C. Judson).

This evening another opportunity will be afforded of attending this unique entertainment.

Buffalo Bill-He Inteds Gunning After Captain Jack
Hon Wm. F. Cody, better known to our readersas "Buffalo Bill," is in our borough to-day, the guest of Col. Gpss, to whom he is related.

As many of our readers are aware, Mr. Cody is now the leading star in the celebrated play entitled "The Scouts of he Prairie," which is delighin all Philadelphia a present. In conversation with this noted scout and hunter of the Western wilds, he has informed us that he is about to take up his residence in West Chester, or rather he will locate his family here. He has rented a fine brick dwelling on Washington street, between Walnut and Matlack streets, into which he proposes moving his family at once, they being now stopping at New York.

As for Bill's personal self he informs us that after he has filled his dramatic engagement which expires on the 28th of next June, he will again return to the war path after Captain Jack, in the employ of the Government as Chief of Scouts, under General Sheridan, to whom he is very much atached.