Books 38-52

The following is a complete list of nine months volunteers from Plymouth;

Marriages.

CRANDALL - STONG - In Silver CIty, Sept. 17, at the parental residence of the bride, William G. Crandall of Virginia City to Miss Helen J. Strong of Silver City.

[Generous wine accompanied the above notice. Health, wealth and happiness to the newly wedded pair. May no cloud ever obscure their future prosperity.]

MARRIED. - William G. Crandall, Esq., the active, gentelmanly and popular young stage agent of Wells, Fargo & Co., at Virginia, went down to Silver City and got married last evening. Further particulars of the affair will be seen in another column, under head of "Married." Verily, Billy, 'tis well. Strong be the ties that bind thee ever, Thy double harness tugs ne'er sever, With thee life's stage upset, no, never, But glide o'er blissful roads forever.

THE CONCERT.

Notwithstanding the bad state of the streets resulting from the recent storm, the complimentary vocal and instrumental concert at Piper's Opera House last evening, tendered to Miss Isabella Thomas, the popular and talented singer, was very fully attended, the dress circle especially being crowded with ladies and gentlemen, forming a very apprecieative audience. Of the concert generally, we can only speak in terms of unqualified commendation, as highly creditable to all the participants as well as to Professor Farini, the chief manager, to whose efforts the public are indebted for this series of unusually pleasing concerts. This last, however, was the best of all, other singers of established merit volunteering for the occasion. There was rather too much drag, at some points, for the length of the programme, thus keeping the audience somewhat later than was really necessary; 10 o'clock is late enough.

The Victoria Chorus, by Farini's class, whith solo and laughing finale, was given with admirable effect. The cavatina, Robert, sung by Miss Isabella Thomas, was most excellently rendered in every respect, unless we may say that she falls a little in the clear rendition of the highest notes. Let her attain perfection in that respect, and she will be fully entitled to the coveted appellation of Prima Donna Soprano. As a first-class ballad singer she is hard to equal, even now. Her voice is full, clear and harmonious, of good compass, flexibility and pwer. She has a fine, graceful stage appearance, sings with excellent taste, and studies hard and successfully to improve. In response to the encore she sang the Last Rose of Summer very sweetly indeed. The duet The Fishermen, by Mrs. Storer and Mrs. Summers, was also very sweetly given, and loudly encored. They responded with another pleasing duet, of the dialogue order, which was well given, and applauded. Drift My Bark, a very beautiful duet, by Miss Thomas and Professor Farini, was given with admirable effect, the Professor modulating his sometimes too pwerful baritone to perfect harmony and accord with Miss Thomas' fine soprano. Beware, a peculiarly lively ballad, was sung in excellent style by Mrs. Sauers, Farini presiding at the piano and joining in the duet portion. Being most enthusiastically applauded, Mrs. Sauers responded very sweetly with the ballad I'm Writing, My Darling, for Thee. She has a voice of extraordinary sweetness, clearness and power, especially in the highest range of notes, yet not so loud an full in the lower notes. It partakes of both contralto and soprano. The scene from the opera of Il Trovatore was well given, with Miss Thomas as "Leonora," and Mr. Fredericks as "Manrico" - invisible. Miss Belle Tausig san 'Tis Better to Laugh than be Sighing very well indeed, showing considerable improvement over past efforts, and was deservedly encored. Miss Michaelson also sang a sweet ballad or two very well, lacking confidence, however. Mrs. Storer sang Waiting very sweetly, and with taste and correctness, responding to the loud encore by likewise singing Katy's Letter, a very pleasing little gem of a ballad. The German Quartette, Fredericks, Bruckmann, Farini and Stein, accompanied by Professor Pasmore on the piano, were received with high favor in both their well rendered German songs, Michel and the Wein Galop. Both are capital and popular songs, never mind whether you understand a word of them or not. Farini sang Sweey be the Repose most excellently, encored with a jolly song, and in response to the continued enthusiams of his friends got even on them by singing Maggie May. The piano playing, by the four professors, was all first-rate, and Mr. Gill's cornet solo creditably given, but the gem of instrumental music was the flute solo of Frank Moore. He played Blue Bells of Scotland, and another fine piece with variations, in brilliant style, and was very much applauded. It certainly was the best fulte solo ever performed by any one on that stage.

PIPER'S OPERA HOUSE--HARDIE'S "HAMLET"--J.M. Hardie's personation of "Hamlet," in Shakespeare's famous tragedy of that name, was one of the best ever given on the Opera House stage. He evinced a well studied, fine conception of the character, excellent taste in dress, possessing also the desirable advantages of fine personal appearence and good, natural, easy style, devoid of ranting or painful straining for effect, yet, where the situation demanded, he threw into the rendition of a degree of earnest, startling force and soul-felt energy, coming fully up to the requirement, and calling forth frequent and full approving applause from the large and appreciative audience present. This was Hardie's first essay of the character, and he achieved a success of which he may well be proud. He was born in Scotland, and is but a young votary of the drama, being only twenty-four years of age, and making his first appearance upon the stage three years and a half ago, at the Salt Lake City Theater. His range of dramatic efforts has been confined exclusively to the Western States and the Great American Basinn never having appeared at the theaters of the East, or west of the Sierra Nevada. We may, therefore, claim him as a production or development of the broad land of sagebrush and alkali, and know that he will not suffer by intimate comparison with the dramatic representatives produced in older and more favored parts of Uncle Sam's dominions. The occasion last evening was Hardie's benefit, and it certainly was a complimentary one. Besides the applause freely bestowed during the piece, several bouquets of flowers were thrown to him from the dress circle, and he was called before the curtain two or three times at the close of the play, responding in a neat litle piece of acknowledgement. Mr. Hardie was well supported in the balance of the cast, R.H. Taylor appearing as the Ghost and R.H. Lindsey as the King. Colton's "Laertes" was very well and effectively given, and the "Ophelia" of Miss Sallie Hinckley was a touchingly beautiful rendition. Barry was the best and most entertaining "Grave Digger" imaginable, full of quaint wit, logic and practical skull-duggery. Altogether, the play was well and creditably rendered. This evening J.K. Emmet, the famous and particularly droll and pleasing comedian, will put in his first appearence under a four nights' engagement only, opening in "Fritz, Our Cousin German," supported by a powerful and effective cast of characters. Read full particulars in distributed programmes, and then be sure and see "Fritz" to-night.

SCHOOL EXAMINATION.

The examinations of the Gold Hill public schools concluded to-day with that of the higher department, under the tuition of Mr. H. H. Howe. A goodly number of parents and friends were present, including also A. N. Fisher, State Superintendent of Public Instruction ; J. W. Whitcher, County Superintendent of the Public Schools ; Colonel C. C. Batterman, and others. The exercises of the school and examination of the various studies were of the most pleasing, interesting and satisfactory character. In arithmetic and grammar, especially, this Department showed most surprising proficiency, answering with the utmost promptness and very correctly a vast number of difficult questions proposed at random. We certainly must give Mr. Howe the credit of showing better efficiency as a teacher in those branches than we ever saw evinced before, the evidence being the very palpable improvement and high degree of intellectual culture exhibited so readily by his scholars. There were about forty present, of the ages of from twelve to sixteen, of both sexes, and it was rather difficult on so short an acquaintance to decide which was the smartest, the girls or the boys. The exercises in Calisthenics could not well be excelled. The "wand" exercise certainly was the most perfect and beautiful we ever saw, the girls all in white dresses with red trimmings, and the boys with red stripes adorning their shirts and pants, and all bearing very pretty little red-striped wands in their hands, with which they went through various maneuvers and marches, forming a scene of beauty and interest not easily described. All kept the most perfect time to the music furnished by Mr. Howe, on the violin, and Miss Harris, on the melodeon. We feel that we have not done full justice to the subject in this hastily written sketch, but the examination was not concluded when we left. We can judge pretty well, however, by what we saw, of what proficiency would be exhibited by the school in its other studies. A vacation is now given for the next two months.