THEATRICAL CHRONOLOGY FOR 1889.
 

COMPILED EXPRESSLY FOR THE NEW YORK CLIPPER ANNUAL FOR 1890.
 

OSeSMBSR, 1888.                        #

10—Master Delraar (minstrel) made professional debut at
Pittsfleld, Mass.....Charles Ray and Carrie E. Fow¬
ler (non-professional) married at Syracuse, N. Y.

-----Academy of Music, Allentown, Pa., sold and turned

into a business house. It was the first theatre erected
at Allentown—built in 1871.

11—"Brown's Grocery, or Life as We Live It," by Daniel

Ryan, originally acted at Music Hall, Flint, Mich......

The first matinee performance ever given at Tyler,

Tex.,  occurred at Opera House.......Lottie Wilson

(Mrs. Lottie Squires) and Alexander Sandison (non¬
professional) married.

12—Academy of Music, Oswego, N. Y., burned.......Chi¬
cago, 111., Opera House partially destroyed by fire;
reopened 24.

14—Old London Street leased to a clothing company......

Love's Opera House, Fremont, Neb., dedicated......

James McDonald (George C. King) divorced from
Polly McDonald (Mary A. King) at Kansas City, Mo.

17—Eva A. Perry divorced from Eugene Feralto at Grove
Hill, R. I..... Plattner's Opera House (Broadway The¬
atre), Council Blutfs, la., opened......Libbie Firman

made professional debut at Grand Opera House, Bur¬
lington, la......Los Angeles, Cal., Theatre dedicated.

......Rose Evans and Will H. Bray married at San

Francisco, Cal.

19—Prof. W. E. Skinner and Miss H. B. Simons married

at Boston, Mass......Bruce's Opera House, (.anastota,

N. Y., dedicated.

— Flower City Museum, Rochester, N. Y., dedicated.....

Alice Stone and John Rowell (non-professional) mar¬
ried at Cleveland, O.......Unger Opera House, Selma,

Cal., opened.

20—Allie Alden divorced from Steve Sarsfield at St. Louis,

Mo......."Deadwood Diclc,  or the Sunbeam of  the

Sierras," originally acted at Salem, N. J......D. Stan-
wood (Dominique P. Barbe) and Theresa Boehm (non¬
professional) married at New Orleans, La... ...Henry's

Opera House, North Baltimore, O., dedicated.......

Rose Lysle divorced from John Hughes at Trinidad,
Col.

21—Harry Smith and Annie Calderwood (non-profession¬
al) married at Tyrone, Pa.

22—Nestor Lennon divorced from Lizzie McCall Lennon at

Syracuse, N. Y.   .....Gertie Richie (variety) and Ah

Bach (Chinese actor) married at San Francisco, Cal.
.......Grace Porter (Mrs. Campobello) made profes¬
sional debut at Irving Hall, San Francisco, Cal.

24—Wells' Museum and Bijou Theatre, Bloomington, 111.,

dedicated......Mile, Lile and the Onger Sisters made

American debuts at Grand Opera House, San Fran¬
cisco, Cal......Star Theatre, Buffalo, N. Y., dedicated.

......Reta Gough made her vaudeville debut at Tony

Pastor's Theatre......Casnovia, Mich., Opera House

dedicated.

25—Olympic Theatre, Ashland, Wis., burned......During

an amateur performance at Austin, Mo., Walter
Webb, a farmer, played the villain. In crossing the
stage his foot caught under a loose board, and in fall¬
ing his knife pierced his heart, killing him instantly.

......"Ole Olsen," by Gus. J. Heege, originally acted

at Aurora, 111.

-----Ralph Bechtel divorced from Gypsy Graham.

28—Tyler, Tex., Opera House burned......Forrester's Hall

and a skating rink. Lake, near Chicago, III., burned.
.... .New Deremer Opera House, Pueblo, Col., opened.
......South Weymouth, Mass., Opera House opened.

29—Edward S. Temple and Mrs. McOann married at New

Orleans, La......."Chamillac," by Octave   Feuillet,

acted for first time in America at tbe Baldwin The¬
atre, San Francisco, Cal.; first in New York, March 1,
1889, at Palmer's; originally done at Theatre Fran-
cais, Paris, Fr., April 9, 1886.

30—Rosalie Lucier and Fred D. Straffin married at Boston,
Mass.

31—"The Kitty" seen for the first time in New York at

Dockstader's......."The   Upper  Hand" seen  at the

Windsor for the first time in this city......The Players'

Club House formerly dedicated.......The Four Carles

made American debut at Boston, Mass.; first in New
York, at London, Jan. 7.
 

JANTTARY, 1889.

1—Margaret Mather played Peg Woffington for the first

time in this city at Niblo's.......Harry Alberti and

Carrie  Fisher  married  at  McArthur, O.-------Opera

House, Hicksville, O., burned____. .Richard Ganthony

and Bonita Koerber married at Findlay, O.

2—E. E. Brainard and Fannie E. Woodward (non-profes¬
sional) married at Elkader, la.
 

-----Joan Cravan and R. E. Davey married at Baltimore,

Md.

3—Gertrude Barrett and Joseph Anderson raarriea at

Boston, Mass......Union  Park Theatre, Newark, O.,

partially burned......Music Hall, Lyndonville, N. Y.,

dedicated.......William   H.   Armstrong  and  Luella

Wright married at Findlay, O.

4—"Mein Schatz," by Frank Dumont, originally acted at
Burlington, N. J.

7—"Jack the Ripper," by Marlande Clarke, originally
acted at Holmes' Standard Theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
when Stella Raymond made her professional debut;

first in New York 21, at the National..___"A Royal

Pardon," by Pettitt and Conquest, acted for the first
time in America at the People's Theatre, St. Paul,
Minn. As "A Royal Pardon, or the House on the
Cliff," it was originally acted at the Grecian Theatre,

London, Eng., Oct. 28, 1878....."The Exiles of Paris,"

by "Paul de Belsac" (Scott Marble), originally acted
at Cairo, 111.; afterwards done as "A Royal Pass."
8—Mrs. J. B. Potter played Cleopatra tor the first time at
Palmer's......"A Woman Scorned," by Geo. S. Wheat-
lev, originally acted at D Street Theatre, San Diego,
Cal.

10—New La Crosse, Wis., Theatre dedicated.

11—"Columbus," by Geo. Dance, acted for first time in
America at Grand Opera House, Los Angeles, Cal.

12—Star Museum opened......W. C. Manning (Mandeville)

and Virginia Rennier (Sallie Johnson) married at
Little Rock, Ark.

14—"Fashions," by H. Grafctan Donnelly, seen for first

time in New York at Dockstader's......"The Runaway

Wife" seen for the first time in New York at Niblo's.

......"A Noble Son," by Leonard Grover, originally

acted at Herrmann's Broad Street Theatre, Philadel¬
phia, Pa.; flr.-;t in New York, May 13, at Niblo's......

"22, Second Floor," by Geo. H. Jessop and Frank
Stephens, acted for flr,st time under that name at Wal¬
nut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa.; first in New
York, Feb. 4, at Fourteenth Street Theatre. As "De¬
ceived" it was done by Aimee a few years ago in Cali¬
fornia; also resembles Aimee's "Miss or Mrs," taken

ti    from the French by Jessop and Gill___'An  American

Boy," by Stanley Wells, originally acted at Jackson¬
ville, Fla.

16—Salida, Col., Opera House dedicated_____Kate McDow¬
ell and Arthur Schlemner (non-professional) married
in this city.

-----Columbus, Ga., Lodge, B. P. O. E.^ instituted.......

Agnes Robertson divorced from Dion Boucicault at
London, Euer.

17—George Benglers and Hattie Jarvis married at New¬
ark, N. J......Walter S. Matthews made his profes¬
sional debut as Othello at Masonic Temple, Louisville,

Ky....."The Man Hater, or Woman's Emancipation,"

acted for the first time at Chester, Pa......E. A. Burk

and Laura Clymer married......Frank H. Tj^ner and

Edith B. McCullough (non-professional) married......

Thos. F. Kinney and Katie O'Mara (non-professional)

married at Bellows Falls, Vt......"Unser Doctor," by

Leon Treptow and L. Herman, seen for first time in
New York at Amberg Theatre.

19—"Dens and Palaces," by J. K. Tillotson, originally
acted at Lansing, Mich.; first in New York, March 4,
at Niblo's, as "Two Lives;" first under that name at
Bridgeport, Ct., 2.

20—Charles French married to Lizzie Toop (non-profes-
sionul).

21—"Myles Aroon," by Geo. H. Jessop and Howard Town-
send, seen for first tima in New York at Fourteenth

Street.....Mile. Francilia made American debut at

Koster <fe Bial's.......Grand Opera House,  St. Paul,

Minn., burned......Grand Opera House, St. Joseph,

Mo., opened.......Mrs. Langtry played Lady Macbeth

and Charles Coghlan Macbeth for the first time at

Fifth Avenue Theatre......"Running Wild" ("Going

It") seen for first time in New York'at Star Theatre,
where John Wild made his metropolitan stellar debut.

........"Austerlitz" played for first time at People's

Theatre; it is by Tom Taylor, and as "Dead or Alive"
it was acted for first time in America, at Baldwin
Theatre, San Francisco, Cal., June 1, 1880; originally
done at Queen's Theatre, London, Eng., July 22,
1872......Opera House, Ellis, Kas., dedicated.

22—   ashington, Kas., Opera House dedicated......Kittio

Ward and Charles Wray (noa-professional) married at
Belpre, O.

24—Little York, 111., Opera House dedicated.

25—Edwin F. Thorncj and Mr-^. Sam Harrison (Rose Neth-
vald) married ; divorced soma months later.

26—Bush Street Theatre, San Francisco, Cal., reopened,
nearly entirely rebuilt......"The Wells-Fargo Messea-