Whereupon Gonzales is bound hand and foot and carried off for instant execution, and Inez, now recovered, embraces Pedro and prepares to share the throne with him. Production of "Farinelli," opera in three acts, with libretto by Willibald Wulff and Charles Cassmann, and music by Hermann Zumpe, at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstaedtisches Theatre, Berlin, Germany. The text is partly adapted from Scribe's libretto to Auber's opera "Carlo Broschi," and partly from the drama Farinelli," by Steigmann, which was produced at the Thalia Theatre, Hamburg, Germany, about 30 years ago.-Death of Jules Pasdeloup, orchestral leader and manager, Marriage of W. Barter Johns and Mae Bruce of Ki

at Fontainebleau, France.

ralfy's Dolores Company, at St. Louis, Mo.

14. Death of Ernst Georgi, actor and manager, at Warmbrunn, Germany, aged 63. 15. First representation in New York of "Gwynne's Oath," at the Windsor Theatre; with the following cast: Sir Pearce Parker, R. F. McClannin; Harry Vesey, Herbert Archer; Jim Richards, George R. Edeson; Gussy Lambton, Ernest Carlton; Richard Welbeck, Nelson Wheatcroft; Gilbert Archer, Dan Leeson; Gwynne Archer, Adeline Stanhope; Miss Willoughby Parker, Emma Skerritt; Bessy Smith, Isabella Irving; Pepe, Bella Ross.

Production of The Game of Life," melodrama in five acts and five tableaux, by W. Howell-Poole, at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England. Production of "Pepita," comic opera in three acts, composed by Charles Lecocq, the libretto adapted from the French of Duru and Chivot, by Mostyn Tedde, at the New Prince of Wales's Theatre. Greenwich, England.- -Production of "The Friars of Whitehead," operetta by George W. Goold, at Portland, Me.First representation in America of "Pert and Her Stepmother," by Frederick G. Maeder, at the Bush Street Theatre, San Francisco, Cal.

16. Death of Frank E. Rea, veteran actor, at New York City.

-Death of Alice May,

operatic singer and comedienne, at St. Louis, Mo.-Death of Louise Hesse, comedienne and singer, at Heidelberg, Germany.

17. Production of "Russia," a dramatization by Charlotte Behrens of Henry Gréville's novel, "The Trials of Raïssa," at the Richmond Theatre, Richmond, Va.; with the following cast: Count Valdimir Olgareff, F. C. Bangs; Baron Resof, Frank Ambrose; General Zankoff, Harry Colton; General Ivankoff, M. Howard; Colonel Marumsky, G. Santini; Dr. Norroff, Samuel Glenn; Juliesky, Charles Sanford; Nemsky, Nihilist, George Riddle; François, S. Gabriel; Pierre Kreloff, L. Browning; Countess Olgareff, Isabelle Waldron; Adine Gretsky, Garrie Livingstone; Mme. Norroff, Mrs. Harcourt; Vera Norroff, Charlotte Behrens. The scenes are Russian and military life. Siberian exile and love are the themes wherein are displayed the virtue and constancy of the heroine and the valor of the hero. The piece is similar to "Zitka," produced at the People's Theatre, New York, June 21st, 1886. Production of Kiralfy's spectacular version of "The Duke's Motto," under the name of "Lagadere," at Niblo's Garden, New York; with the following cast: Henri de Lagadere, Maurice Barrymore; Duc de Gonzague, Joseph Slaytor; Marquis de Chaverny, Maurice Drew; Phillipe d'Orleans, G. F. Nash; Duc de Nevers, F. Osborne: Comte Navaille, W. H. Bartholomew; Cocarcasse, Harold Forsberg; Passepoil, W. H. Lyteil; Stanupitz, John De Gez; Blanche de Caylus, Helen Tracy; Blanche de Nevers, Mamie Floyd; Pepita, Helen Sedgwick; Angelique, Dora Fisher. Death of Gustav Bohna, singing comedian, at Köln, Germany, aged 42.-Death of Dora Stuart, American actress, at New York City.

18. Production of "The Royal Mail," drama in four acts and prologue, by authors of "A Dark Secret," at the Standard Theatre, London, England; with the following cast: Guildford Lawes, G. W. Cockburn; Colonel Paton, George Byrne; Colonel Wade, Hugh Marston; Jack Cardwell, Richard Purdon; Doctor Dorling, Richard Hunter;

John Jones, G McCulloch; Mrs. Conway. Marie St. John; Miss Catherine Wade, Amy Steinberg; Legorra, Stella Leigh; Mrs. Lalebam, Ida Hertz; Clara, Miss Brammar; Mrs. Davis Jones, Kate Leslie. The plot turns on the evil machinations of Guildford Lawes, who had originally been a Fenian in England. In the course of the piece he intercepts letters, in which the writer gives notice that a packet of valuab'e rubies are to arrive from Burmah. He attacks the Royal Mail that is bringing the precious stones, and his capture by the police ensues. In the last act the hero, Colonel Paton, is returning home on the mail steamer which has struck off Mumbles Head. This offers the opportunity to utilize a water-tank similar to that of the " Dark Secret," and introduces other scenic effects.

Production of "Sub Rosa," operetta, with libretto by F. W. Otto and music by Franz von Blon, at Hamburg Altona, Germany. - Death of Suzanne Brohan, retired actress, at Paris, France, aged 80.

19. Death of Palgrave Simpson, dramatist, at London, England, aged 82.

20. The centennial of Mozart's opera " Don Giovanni" (produced at Prague, October 29th, 1787) was celebrated by a gala performance at Salzburg, his native town, the cast including Herr Reichmann, Herr Vogl, Frl. Lehmann. Frau Wilt, Frl. Bianchi, and other well-known artists. Subsequent anniversary performances of Don Giovanni " were given in many other cities.- -Death of Gustave Leroy, manager, at Paris, France.

21. Death of Julia Daly, retired actress, at Newfield, N. J.Suicide of Austin W. Morris, advance agent, at St. Louis, Mo.

22. First performance in America of Von Suppe's comic opera "Bellman," by the McCaull Opera Company, at Wallack's Theatre, New York; with the following cast: Carl Bellman, Hubert Wilke; Niels Elvegaard, De Wolf Hopper; Otto Funk, Harry Macdonough; Clausen Stein, J. de Angelis: Colonel Kolmodin, Charles W. Dungan; Count Blasedruff, Herbert A. Cripps; Puckel, Florence Willey; Burgomaster, A. Barbara Notary, Lindsay Morison; Countess Ulla, Marion Manola; Tronda, Laura Joyce-Bell; Karin, Josephine Knapp; Lutte, Tolie Pettit. The German libretto, by Zell and West, was adapted for the American stage by Messrs. Cheever Goodwin and William von Sachs.- Production of "Friend Bil" at Bridgeport, Conn.; with the following cast: Gottlieb Glutz, Edwin R. Lang; William Cammeron, E. B. Fitz; Sam Lague, J. P. Carroll; Augustus Looksickly, W. J. Mills; Eugene Sanger, Master James Smith; Mrs. Glutz, Viola Rosa; Lena, Lizzie Davis; Lilly, Catherine Webster. The plot is a hodgepodge of absurdities that calls for no special analysis. Friend Bill (William Cammeron) is an impecunious actor who has left his better half to look after herself. Lilly, the servant-girl, informs him on his return that his wife, Lena, has married Glutz Complications ensue at the theatre where Cammeron is engaged as stage-manager. Finally he inherits a fortune, gives up the stage, and the matrimonial entanglements of Glutz and himself are all straightened out. -Production of "Upside Down," a farcical comedy in three acts, by Thomas A. Daly and John J. McNally, at Ware, Mass.-Opening of the Lyceum Theatre, New York, after a "hot weather recess," with the seventy-seventh performance of "The Highest Bidder.". -First representation in New York of "A Grass Widow," by Charles T. Vincent, at Tony Pastor's Theatre; with the following cast: Septimus Ruffles, Julius Kahn; Harry Tresham, Percy Sage: Septimus Paw, Frank Willard; Connor Powers, Charles T. Vincent; Lillian Ruffles, Susie Russell; Mrs. Letitia Barnes, Mrs. E. L. Fernandez; Polly Slam, Jennie Williams; Erasmus Spook, Owen Westford.- - Death of Charles B. Foster, orchestral player, at Keokuk, Ia. -Death of Theodor

24. Opening of the Moulton Opera House, at Laconia, N. H.Basti, retired actor and manager, at Carlsbad, Germany, aged 57.

25. Production of "Twixt Kith and Kin," drama in four acts, by J. J. Blood, at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Birmingham, England.- -Production of " Condemned

or, £1000 Reward," American drama, by Euston Knowles, at the Theatre Royal, Castleford, England.

26. Production of "A Chip o' the Old Block," by H. H. Winslow, at Dayton, O.

Production of "Fête Champêtre," a pantomime, at the Cirque d'Été, Paris, France.
-Destruction by fire of the People's Opera House, at Stockport, England.

27. Production of "Our Jennie," a comedy-drama, by Clay M. Greene, at Pope's Theatre, St. Louis, Mo.; with the following cast: Our Jennie, Jennie Yeamans; Larry Fogarty, John T. Burke; James Walton, J. J. Macready; Jinks, Allen Dumond; Willie Wilkie, Collin Varry; Frank Farr, F. M. Mayer; Bridget Fogarty, Emily Stowe; Mrs. Farr, Kizzie Masters. The story is of an unscrupulous father who, to aid his own designs, steals his child from her mother, who is blind, and places her in the care of strangers, where she grows up a child of the forest. The father and mother are separated for years, but at last are reunited. After trials and tribulations Jennie is restored to her mother, marries the man she loves, and all ends well. Production of "A Boy Hero," a melodrama in five acts, at the People's Theatre, St. Louis, Mo.; with the following cast: Juiian, Martin Hayden; Vincent, A. W. Fremont; Skinner, Harry Jackson; Herbert Ashton, H. W. Napier; Peyton, A. S. Briggs Bently, Den Wilks; Jennie La Roche, Augusta Sherwood; Clara Bently, Nellie Irving. According to the plot, the daughter of a Southern planter, deceased, is denounced by her would-be lover and persecutor as a slave. The Boy Hero, Julian, undertakes to prove the falsity of the charge. Learning that the papers necessary to accomplish his purpose are on an island, he starts for the island in a storm, going in a sailboat. He brings back the papers, but they prove to be the wrong ones. By accident he discovers that the planter is a pirate. In the meantime the heroine has been sold and bought by Vincent, the planter, and on the discovery by the sailor boy of the identity of Vincent and the pirate he compels him to agree to free the heroine. But the pirate carries off the white slave, who is finally rescued and proved to be a free-born woman.

John A. Stevens produced "A Secret Foe" at the Opera Comique, London, England; with the following cast: Count Fedor Petrovick, R. S. Boleyn; Bogdanouve, H. Fenwick; Prince Paul, C. W. Somerset; Targeneff, Louis Sealy; Valdimir, Glen Wynn; Ruric, H. Nelson; Paola, Julian Cross; Dr. Ramuz'an, A. Alexander; Olga, Dorothy Dene; Irma, Emily Lytton; Therese, May Audley; Nadia, Irene Dudley; Madame Markoff, Carlotta Leclercq; Count Ivan Demidoff, John A. Stevens. The piece turned out to be another title for "Passing Shadows," which was produced at the People's Theatre, New York, March 14th, and proved to be a revised version of "Her Second Love."

28. Production of "From Sire to Son," drama in four acts, by Milton Nobles, at the Grand Opera House, St. Louis, Mo.; with the following cast: Mabel Armitage, wife of Alfred, known as Mabel Oakley, and Mabel Armitage, daughter of Alfred and Mabel, Dollie Nobles; Mrs. Amanda Stockup, of Yuba Hotel, Mary Davenport; Aurelia Stockup, Lizzie Jeremy; Mrs. Waldaur, May Bardell; Anna, Florence Vinton; Dr Marmaduke Mandrake, Thoman M. Hunter; Hamilton Mandrake, Maurice Pike; Peter Grimes, postmaster, Louis F. Howard; Jonas Hardy, a gambler, Henry D. Clifton; Job Cadwallader, sheriff, Charles Canfield; August Waldaur, Edwin L. Mortimer; Abe Isaacs, John II. Ready; Bud McKinstry, Willie B. Wright; Parsons, D. S. Purnell; Bill Yokum, stage-driver, B. A. Long; Alfred Armitage (John Oakley), Milton Nobles. The first act is located at the village of Yuba, Cal., in 1865, and introduces Alfred Armitage (under the assumed name of John Oakley) and Jonas Hardy, gamblers, and Mabel, the wife of John Oakley. During the first act we learn that John and Mabel have been married seventeen years. The latter, the daughter of wealthy and aristocratic parents in San Francisco, had been betrayed by a gambler when a mere child of fifteen. He soon tired of her and treated her shamefully, and finally struck her in the face, when John Oakley, who was working with