Rice's Surprise Party In "1492."

The historical extravaganza, "1492," presented by that splendid aggregation of players known as Rice's Surprise Party, was given last evening at the Detroit opera house. Coming with an almost unprecedented record, the piece was received with approval throughout, vvhile many portions of the scènes awakened the enthusiasm of the spectators. Altogether it is a clean cut example of extravaganza. As a timely burlesque of the day, its theme is unirnpeachable, serving to hold before the public in goodnatured satire that very worthy and highly esteemed gentleman who recently figured so conspicously on the government's postage stamps, Christopher Columbus, or Colombo, as some people in his own country cali him. But this satire is harrnless; it filis 'one with the same kind of pleasure that raay be found in the perusal of Washington Irving's extravagant descriptions of historica] characters in early New York. - Detroit Free Press. At the Grand opera house, Wednesday Jan. 23.