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Show Theatrical. New York, 10. It is announced that Cirlotta Palii h;s signed an engagement en-gagement to vioit New York, San Fr-inciBCO and Australia next full. The negotiations attempted with Adeliua Patti lor an American tour failed. She wanted $3,0)0 nightly, and SliO.OGO paid belore embarking. Theodore Thomas denies the story of a serious rupture with the Cincinnati Cincin-nati managers and his probable return re-turn here. He came here to arrange concerts and rehearsals of the New Yo'k and Brooklyn Philharmonic sociaiet", which ho will personally conduct. Fauuie Davenport and her sister Florence, en route to San Francisco, expect to return here in Semplembr and start on their tour. It is rumored that Fannie iB to he married. Mttda-nie Zelika gavo her lirrt concert con-cert in Steinway Hall on Wednesday night. It was rather poorly supported, sup-ported, but 1 lie performance was considered con-sidered creditable. M'idjeskft lias been playing "East Lynn" with fair success at the Graud Opera dining the past week; visits Providence :ud Hartford next week, sailing lor Europe on the 2'2d. The children's "Pinafore" matinees at Wallack's during the past week have been a pronounced success. Mademoisello Aimers " Petit Due," at the Park, has drawn fairly during the week. It is slated that Coghlau goes to Loodon at the close of the Wailack KDgagement. remaining there probably next season. FrauK M&yn also goes to London to play "Davy Crockett." lioucicault begins his engagement here on ihe 19th. Ada Kehan, who recently played wiih Fannie Davenport, has taken Emily Kigl'a place in "Losuamoir" at the Olympic-. The opening spectacle at Niblo's next teason, under Ned Gilmoro'a management, will bo under the directorship of Imre Kiralfy, with a foreigo ballet and an Eoglisb dramatic company. The Englidh papers speak of Mdlle. Nevada, the new American star from the west, achieving a triamph in the Vienna ialons under instructions of Mailame Maroheai, Her name is Miss Wixom and she is from Wisconsin. Wis-consin. Tho Madison Square Theatre ia to be rebuilt this summer and enlarged lo the size ot the old JTilth Avenue. Mackaye reopens on the first of cop-lumber, cop-lumber, taking Ihe present company, in Iho meantime, to Chicago and other western cities. Robert Stoepel, musical director of the Lyceum theatre, London, revisits America this summer, bringing several sev-eral musical novelties. Broadway theatre will be entirely reconstructed during the summer. The parquette will be lowered to the level ol tbe sidewalk, and new gallery entrances open on Sixth avenue. George Knight's attack on John Rickaby is suppjsed to be caused by the latler's wish 10 cancel tneir engagement. en-gagement. Rickaby'a atlidavit alleges ho was assaulted from behind wheu seated. He was found unconscious in his room. K .light declares Rickaby began the assault. Alex. Henderson, Lydia Thompson's Thomp-son's husband, and manager of tue Strand, Londou company, ia expected bore to arrange for a professional tour for his wife next aeapon. Chicago, 10. McVicker's stock company disbands after today, he having beeu obliged to give up his cheriahed schemB of a Branding company com-pany because of the groat abundance of traveling combinations of superior attractions and excellence. He regards re-gards it a good financial move for himself him-self but a bad plan in the abstract to depend on itinerant talentralher th in on a regular company. Maggie Mitchell alter a moderately successful two weeks' at Hooleys, will be succeeded by Kate Claxton in "A Double Marriage." Booth unit-bed a two weeks' searon at McVicker'e to-night, which has been the least successful of anyone any-one given hero by him, although his support has been excellent. The cause of the semi failure is attributed to the exceedingly good bills at other houses rather tuau to a decline ol the legitimate drum a. The Warden ud Buirymoro "Diplomacy" "Diplo-macy" company give a week at Mc-Vicker's. Mc-Vicker's. Burrymoro has just recovered re-covered from the etlecta of the Texas desperado's attack. Toe Colvilie Foily Company had a fine week at Haverly's and remain with the burlinque of "Pinafore" pantomime company, at Hamliua. 1 Letter Wailack, at Cincinnati, boa, beeu received with entnuaiasni. |