Grand Opera House

A production of unusual magnitude will be given at tho Grand Opera House ncxt Monday evening, Jan. 14. Lincoln J. Carter's superb soenic melodrama, " The Fagt Mail." As its name indicates, it deals largely with the railroad in its incidents, but it presents an abundance of effocts that are daring in their magnitude and admirable in their execution. The steamboat is said to be a wonder of clever conception and masterly mechanical work, and the railroad scène, with its trains going at a territic rato of speed, makes the stago seem like a piece of reality. The Niágara Falls scène is wonderfully beautiful. and it maysafely be said is more elabcate than anything of the kind ever before attempted in this city. - There are a multitude of minor efteets that contribute to make the performance a revelation of realism. The whistles, bells and splashing are heard as the boat leaves the wharf. The sounds that teil us of an approaching train horald the approach of the freight and the fast mail train - the latter rushing by with people ga.ing from the window at the heroine who has just saved her lover's life by fastening a letter to tho mail pouch. The roaring of Niágara Falls is heard, and the mist that rises from it is shown vividly. The play isunder the personal direction of L. J. Carter, the author. The cast is said to be a capable one. The play is startling at times in the intensity of its climaxes, and these, when presented with all the effects of the intrioate stage settings, bring tho interest to a degree that is rarely attained even in the melodrama. A largo number of people are employed in tho production, which is in many particulars plainly thcresult of care and skill combined.