A Scene in a Theatre
A PAINFUL sensation was caused at the Leicester Skating Rink, on January 31, by Captain Austin, a performer, shooting his wife through the head with a rifle in front of a large number of spectators…
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New England · Pictures, dances & concerts
6 stories in New England's papers
A PAINFUL sensation was caused at the Leicester Skating Rink, on January 31, by Captain Austin, a performer, shooting his wife through the head with a rifle in front of a large number of spectators…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HE was a very little man, with a cherubic face, and a large soul, and nothing at all awe-inspiring about him. His eyes shone through his glasses anxiously, as though…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THEN the good little gentleman knelt down, and said his evening prayers. He prayed most sincerely for the Bishop in spite of that missing chop, and calmly,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PANIC occurred in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday night, owing to a slight gas explosion underneath the stage. The audience rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE ball in aid of the Hospital, held in the new Town Hall on Wednesday night was almost as successful as it was possible to be. A greater number of visitors from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AFTER all, we cannot come near the papers of America in the graphic pictures they give of life. In that free and ample country character expands without restraint, and its qualities and…
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