Colleen Bawn

BoucicaultVi Colleen Bawn, a three act drama, will be given in the opera house next 1 uesday aight, the eve of si. Patrick's day, by St. Thomas Dramatje Club, for the benefit of the new ehurch. The p'ay unfolds Irish life of' 100 . is interestin?, ful] of pathos and all its eharactera distinctly drawn. ni!;' and enere a ungñt ray ot poetry throwa its Bhaft acrosa the darkness oí' the plot and burnishea för the moment the odd artnor of the English of tlie day. H is unlike many a play Tnnc'i ai the heroine is already married before the curtain rises; but at the end. even if this is not lrap year, there's matchmaking whieb is as' mirth-provokina a piece of business as one ever sees eitlier on or off the stagt Eily O'Connor. the Oolleen Bawn, is t!ie danghter of the old r'opé maker cf Garry Owen and the wife of Hordress Cregan, who keeps the marriage a I . The Gregan estáte is deeply ind and will be lost unless a moftge held by one Corrigan can Ijc paid olT. Old Mrs. Cregan, who is a wiáow, is lialf inclined to marry the mortgage but is dissiiüded by her son Hordresa ?he wants Hordress to marry the rich Anne Chute and therebv stave off fortune. Hordress nightly visita his young wife aeross the lake, his onlj companion being his falthful friend Dauny Mann, the boatinan. Danny who realizes what is to happen the ('re gans if Ilordress can not marry Anne Chute, proposes that Ilardress give him his glove as a token that he (Danny) should put the Colleen out of the way. Ilordress' marriage with Miss Chute would then be in easy matter. Hordre83 is horrified at the idea, hut his mother obtaius the desired glove and tella Danny to do as he pleases. In attempting to drown the Colleen Bawn at night, far out to sea, ainid the rocks, Danny is shot by Myles-nft-Copplean and Jiily is accidentally rescued f rom a watery grave. This makes a most realistic bic of acting. For ten daya she is coneealed in the cottage of Mvles. iVJiss Chute is not in love with Hordress, bat rather with Mr. Daly. She íinds a letter written by the Colleen to her husuand, but thinks it is intended for Daly and that it is therefore Daly who visits the cottage nightly, She tries to niake Daly confesa as niucïi, but iinally eonclndes that his eradle was made out of a witness box. Eily is thought to be dead and a marriage is arranged between Hordress and Miss Chute, much to the disgust of the former. Corrigan who has overheanl Daimy's story, has Hordress arrested for murder just as the guests are asseinbling for the wedding. At this moment the Colleen Bawn is produced and lïordress and liis wife are overjoyed at seeing one another again. But Miss Chute, just think of it. has gone t the trouble of getting a veil and a u'.'(kl;ng dress aad proposes to marry someone She is gratified by the oblig"ing Mr. Daly. The FíH-hurds Murtler Case. Thcre weïe n great many people in town Tuesday from South "Lyon, Ply mouth and Northüeld, called here by tbe examination, before Justice (rib sou, of the fchree young men. Larkins Lyons and Jones, from Plymouth nrrested on suspicion of being impli cated in the murder of James Richards of Superior, some weks ;:a' ). The ex ainination lasted all day and the jus tice's oflice was sq full that the crowd extended way out into the street. There was not much new evidence elieited by the trial. Jiut thé three men evidently did not go where thej claimed they did that night, and oihe'i suspicious ciroumstances were proven Tracks around the house tallied with what these men wore on their feet, etc Messrs. Jones & Kandall of 1his city aiivi vu,u%v ui jctiuiL, ilJJJJfaLtïU lül Uit defease. whüe Prosecuting Attorney Kirk conducted the case for the people without assistance. .Justice Gibson announced that he wou ld render his decisión in the case March 18. Imperial Ouariette. The number in tlie Students Lecture association course this evening, by the Imperial Quartette, promtses to bè one of the best. A glance at the program shows that it is of a character to entertain: - ri;o ;ham. 1. Forest Song Mangold Imperial Qnarttrt. 2. Editor's Gnest Carleton Prof. W. w. Carnés. 3. Old Kcntiu-kv Home Foster Imperial Qnartet. 4. Kias Deferred Auon Prof. W. V. OarneB. 5. Eyerybody's Iïemedy M. D. Imperial Q.uartet. INTEBMI3SI0N. 0. ÖldCanoe G.F.Eoot Imperial Quartet. 7. Nicholas Nickelbv Diekena Prof. V. W. Carnes. 8. Oh, Happy Day Goetz Imperia] Qnartet. 9. Down to the Capital. ... Rtlev Prof. W. W. Carnes. 10. Song at Twiltght Malloy Imperial Qmirtct. Probate Jutlgres to Confer. Probate Judge Newkirk will attend a meeting of Probate Judges of the state, at Lansing next week. for the purpose of exchanging views. An pfTort will be made to makethe practice of the several courts more uniform, and also to arrange for the use of a uniform system of Waaks in probate courts. Studeiits Votes. Representativa Sawyer has introduced a blll provlding for the submission of a eonstitotional amendment that will permit students to vote. Miiny students at the various colleges of the state have no other home, and it seems unfair to make them lose their vote entirely. State Secretary '. M. C. A. C. M. Copeland of Xew York, formerly Western Secretary of the National Conimittee has accepted the cali of the Michigan State Committee to be State Seeretary. lle will enter upon hia duties April lst.