THE  NEW  YORK  CLIPPER  ANNUAL.
 

Moosup, Ct., Opera House dedicated, when "The
Whitecaps, or the Avengers," by A. L. Fanshawe, was
originally acted.

19—Eden Musee, Lincoln, Neb., ojjened......Lily Rowley

made her professional debut as Juliana in "The Honey¬
moon" at the Atlantic City, N. J., (Jrand Opera House.

-----Ned Morrell and Matilda Shaler (Alice Gilmore) mar¬
ried at Jertersonville,,Ky.

20—Burns' Variety Theatre, Rondout, N. Y., burned......

Benson Sherwood and Charlotte Napier married......

Paul Lindau's "Die Beiden Leonoren" acted for the
first time in America at the Stadt Theatre, Milwaukee,
Wis; first in New York, April 4, at Amberg Theatre;
originally acted at the Berlin, Ger., Theatre, Dec. 26,
1888

21—"Corporal Jack," a German adaptation from the
French, by Robert Misch, seen for the first time in
America at Amberg's Theatre.... "McNooney's Visit,"
a revised version of Edward Harrigan's "4-11-44,'
acted for the first time undet- that title at Harrigan's
Park Theatre......"Honor Bright," by Mrs. Allen Ar¬
thur, originallv acted at the Madison Square Theatre.

22—City Opera House, Dover, N. H., dedicated.

23—Archie and John O'Brien made American debut with
the Barnum-Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden.
......Fayette, Mo.", Opera House dedicated.

24—Billy Gould and Nellie Burt married at Hurley, Wis.

25—C. Wm. Macdonald made professional debut at Taun¬
ton, Mass......."Joseph's Sweetheart," Robert Buch¬
anan's dramatization of Fielding's novel, "Joseph An¬
drews," acted for the first time in America at the
Bo.ston, Mass., Museum. Originally done at Vaude-
deville. Theatre. London, Eng., March 8, 1888 . .Dido
Rankin made her professional debut at the Grand

Opera House, Rochester, N. Y......Smith Centre, Kas.,

Opera House dedicated.

36—MM. Erckmann-Chatrian's "Le Juif Polonais" (the
original of "The Bells") seen for the first time in

America at the Star.....Miss Kinharvie, an American

actress, made her debut at Terry's Theatre, London,
Eng., playing the title role in "Young Mrs. Winthrop."
___"The Red Rouble," by H. Grattan Donnelly, origi¬
nally acted at Herrmann's South Broad Street The¬
atre^ Philadelphia, Pa.

■>7_Union Square Theatre dedicated, when "A Woman's
Stratagem" (Eugene Scribe's "Battaille des Dames")

was seen for the first time in New York......Helen G.

Bishop divorced from W. I. Bishop in this city.

-----Royce Alton Jr. divorced  from Posey  Ferndale at

Springfield, Mo.

■i8—"Robert Elsmere" acted for the first time on any
stage at Ilawes' Opera House, Bridgeport, Ot.; first in

Xew York, April 29, at the Union Square Theatre......

"Samson and Delilah," Aug. Daly's adaptation of
Alexandre Bisson and Jules Moinaux' "Le Conseil
Judiciaire" (originally acted at Vaudeville Theatre,
Paris, Fr., Nov. 9, 1886), seen for first time in America
under that title at Daly's Theatre. A German ver¬
sion was done at San Francisco, Cal — "Le Voyage de
M. Perrichon," by Eugene Labiche and Edmond Mar¬
tin, seen for the first time here at the Star Theatre.
An English version of this play is recalled as "Pea¬
cock's Holiday," and another as "Papa Perrichon."

i9—"Jean Dacier" (the original of "Gaston Cadol"), by
Chas. Lomon, acted for first time in America at the
Star Theatre, as was also "The Silent System," a one
act comedietta adapted from the French of R. Drey¬
fus, by Brander Matthews......People's Theatre, Can¬
ton, O., burned......Derry Depot, N. H., Opera House

partially burned.......City Opera House, Alton, la.,

burned.

30—Marion Wellennade her professional debut at Heuck's,

Cincinnati, O......Chas. H. Johnson and Regina Tog-

netti (non-professional) married at Chicago, 111.

31—Edwin French Jr. made Ids professional debut at the
Star Theatre......Laura Almosnino and W. A. White-
car married at Albany, N. Y.; James B. Barry and
AdaB. Wheatley (non-professional) married at Balti¬
more, Md.

APRIL.

1—Lockport, 111., Opera House  dedicated........Water

Front Theatre, Evansville, Ind., dedicated.....Fannie

B. Hollis divorced from J. Beresford Hollis......"Joce-

lyn" seen for the first time in this city at the Star The¬
atre.......'A- Mustard Plaster" ("Senior and Junior"

revised) acted for the first time under that title at the
Bijou Theatre, San Francisco, Cal.......Antelope The¬
atre, Fall River, Mass., opened.......Artie  Hughes

married to Annie Lindsay, a non-professional.......

Bank Theatre, Decatur, 111., opened.

2—Steariing Opera House, Birmingham, Ct., dedicated.

.......Maggie Mitchell and H. T. Paddock divorced at

Trenton, N. J.; on June 13, at Long Branch, X. J., Miss

Mitchell married Chas. Abbott.....Geo. A. Young and

Cecil Jackson married at Sioux City, la.......Grand

Opera House, St. Joseph, Mo., burned.......Sterling

Opera House, Birmingham, Ct., dedicated.......Grant

Springer married to a non-professional at Carthage,
'III... ;..."The Case Vidal," an Enu:lish version of
Adolphe Belot's French play, "Le Drame de la Rue
delaFaix," by F. Stewart Ishani, originally acted at
 

the Holliday Street Theatre, Baltimore, Md. The
French piece was originally acted at Paris, Fr., m Ir'eS.

3—Prof. Ned Hathaway {U. E. Hurd) and MargateL R.
Shields married at New Bedford, Mass.

4—Rosetta Worrell and W. F. Crane (non-professional)

married at Baltimore, Md.......Turn Hall, St. Paul,

Minn., opened as a theatre.......Neil Litchfield and

Hattie M. Trask married at Georgetown, Cal ___"The

Judge's Ordeal," by Henry Peterson, originally acted
at West Philadelphia, Pa., Drawing Room Theatre.

-----Academy of Music, Allentown, Pa., turned into stores.

.....Florence Ashbrooke and Tate Ducrow married.

7—Roofs of the Opera House and Masonic Temple, Nor¬
folk, Va., blown off         "High Tide," by Percy Wea-
don and Louis De Lange, originally acted at the New¬
market Theatre, St. Paul, Minn.

8—Mons. Cascabel made  his American  debut  at the

Standard Theatre......"Reuben Glue, or Life Among

the Bui?hrangers," Fred Marsden's dramatization of
W. II. Thomas' "The Bushrangers" and "The Hunters
of Australia," seen for the first time in this city at the
Windsor Theatre. Under this title it was originally
acted Nov. 10, 1888, in New Hampshire. As "Trumps"
it was produced some years ago by C. PI ("Yankee")
Locke......"An Iron Creed," by Cha.s. A. Stow, origi¬
nally acted at Fourteenth Street Theatre.....Pavilion

Theatre, Bloomington, 111., burned.

10—Jeanne Franko married to Hugo Kreamer (non pro¬
fessional) in this city; Flavia Colie and R. A. Dumary
married at Ware, Mass.; Laura Clarion and Louis Wal-
ther (non-professional) married at Hoboken, N. J.

11—"A Wild Idea," by iWrs.  C. A. Doremus, originally

acted at the Lyceum Theatre......Kate Howard and

Lionel Lawrence married at Buffalo, N. Y.; Milo G.
Rader and Mary L. Wilson married at Ridgeville, Ind

13—The last performance given at the People's Theatre,
Toledo, O. The building has since been used for busi¬
ness purposes.

14—G. Harry Whipple and Josie F. White married at
South Windsor, Ct.

15—Laurie, Lillie, Harry, Eric and C-teorge French, bicy¬
clists, made their American debuts at Madison Square

Garden with the Burnum & Bailey Circus..,,.....Mile.

Tina (bird queen) and Leoni Clarke's performing rats,
cats, mice and canaries made American debutsat the

Standard Theatre.....A. Monte Cutler and Myra Kate

Sherrill married at Denver, Col......Henry R. Simp¬
son made his American debut at Filling's World m;u-
seum, Boston, Mass.

17—Opera House, Tarentum, Pa., burned.

18—Ed. Leslie and Alice Granger married at Memphis,

Tenn......."Nervose Frauen," a German version by

Franz Wallner of MM. Blum and Toch's comedy, "Les
FemmesNerveuses," acted for the first time in'Ameri-
ca at Amberg Theatre. Originally done at Paris, Fr.,
(Jymnase, Sept. 20, 1888.

----Jennie Farron made her professional debut at the

Academy of Music, Buffalo, N. Y......."A Bad Pair,"

by Harry Malvey, originally acted at Skinner's Opera

House, Little Falls, N. Y......Alice Marion made her

professional debut at the Park Theatre, Indianapolis,
Ind.

20—Frank Cameo and Belle Eastman married; Albert
Athos and Lizzie Collins married.

22—"Jed Prouty," by Wm. Gill and Richard Golden, origi¬
nally produced at the Opera   House,   Bangor,   Me.;

first in New York, May 1.3, at Union Square......"Up

to the Times," by Henry James Sayers, originally act¬
ed at Plainfield, N. J    . "Uncle Joe, or Fritz in a Mad-*
House," a revised vei'sion of E. Coffin's "Run Wild,"
which M'as originally acted at the Strand Theatre,
London, Eng.  June 30,1888, seen for the first time in

America at the Fourteenth Street Theatre....."Cupid

and Crime" originally acted at Holmes' Standard The¬
atre, Brooklyn, N. Y.......Washington Street Opera

House, Rome, N. Y., dedicated.

23—Eugene Canfield and Sallie Stembler married m this
city.......Lawrence, Mass., Lodge, B. P. O. E., insti¬
tuted.......Wheeler Grand Opera House, Aspen, Col.,

dedicated.......Danbury, Ct., Lodge, B. P. O. E., No.

120, instituted.

24—Frank H. Chase divorced from Kittle Cha.se in this

city......Joe L. Todd and Jennie Pauline married at

Dallas, Tex......Imperial Opera House, Vancouver, B.

C, dedicated.

25—Georgia Davids made her stellar debut at Chester-
Ill., in "Romeo and Juliet;" her N. Y. debut occurred
Oct. 7, at Standard, in "The Seven Ages," she being

billed as Elaine i-.llison.......The Actors' Amateur

.Athletic Association of America—the Five A's—or¬
ganized at the Bijou Theatre.....Lynn, Mass., Lodge,

No. 117, B. P. O. E., instituted......F. M. Weaver and

Mollie Soudess (non-professional) married at Cleve¬
land, O.....Dole's Opera House, Mattoon, 111., burned.

27—"The Extra Edition" originally acted at Altoona, Pa.

28—Bob Brannigan and Sadie Steel married at Colum¬
bus, O.

29—Ford  City,   Pa.,   Opera  House  dedicated......."My

Brother's Sister," by Leonard Grover, .seen for the

first time in this city at the Fifth Avenue Theatre.....

"Loyalty," by H. Wayne Ellis, acted for the first time

on any stage at the Park Theatre......."After Taps,"

by G, F, aoU 0, C, F, Dittmar, originally acted at Kess-