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by Saint- Saens (Paris, March 5), succes cFestime. 

 In Germany : " Gudrun," by Klughardt (Des- 

 sau and Berlin) ; " Sulamith," a Biblical drama 

 in five tableaux, by Rubinstein, text by Julius 

 Kodenberg, after the Song of Solomon ; " Unter 

 Raubern," comic opera, by the same composer, 

 text by Ernst Wichert (both in Hamburg, 

 November 8, conducted by the composer) ; 

 "Antonius und Cleopatra," by Wittgenstein 

 (Gratz). 



Comic operas: " Lakm6," by D61ibes (Paris 

 and Frankfort); "La Princesse des Canaries," 

 by Lecocq (Folies-Dramatiques) ; " Konigin 

 Mariette," by Brull (Munich, Leipsio, and Nu- 

 remberg) ; " Die vornehmen Wirthe," by Scholz 

 (Leipsic, March 10). In England : " Colomba," 

 by Mackenzie (London, Drury Lane Theatre, 

 Liverpool, and Edinburgh). 



Operettas: "Mam'zelle Nitouche" and "Le 

 Vertigo," by Herve (Paris, Theatre Renais- 

 sance) ; " Madame Boniface," by Lacome (ib., 

 Bouffes Parisiennes) ; " Die Afrikareise," by 

 Suppe (Vienna, Hanover, and Gratz) ; " Eine 

 Nacht in Venedig," by Strauss (Vienna and 

 Pesth). 



1884. Operas: "Sigurd," in five acts, by 

 Ernest Reyer (Brussels, January 7); "Manon," 

 in three acts and six tableaux, by Massenet (Par- 

 is, Opera-Comique, January 19) ; " Pedro de Za- 

 lamea," in four acts and a prelude, by Godard 

 (Antwerp, January 31) ; " Sappho," in two 

 acts, by Gounod (Paris, April 2), first produced 

 in 1851, in three acts, now rewritten ; " Der 

 Graf St. Megrin," by Flotow (Cologne, Janu- 

 ary 10); " Hammerstein," by Jules de Swert 

 (Mentz and Magdeburg) ; " Sakuntala," in three 

 acts, by Weingartner (Weimar, March 3) ; " Der 

 Trompeter von Sakkingen," in three acts and 

 a prelude, by Nessler (Leipsic, May 4, then in 

 Hamburg, Darmstadt, Bremen, Dresden, and 

 Strasburg). 



Comic operas: "Die Studenten von Sala- 

 manca," in three acts, by Bungert (Leipsic, 

 January 28) ; " La Nuit aux Soufflets," in three 

 acts, by Herve (Paris, Theatre Nouveautes, 



September) ; " Princess Ida," by Sullivan (Lon- 

 don, Savoy Theatre, and Boston). 



Operettas: "Gasparone" and "Der Feld- 

 prediger," both by Millocker (Vienna, January 

 26 and October 31) ; " Rafaella," by Max Wolf 

 (Munich) ; " Pfingsten in Florenz," by Czileul- 

 ka (Vienna, December 20) ; " L'Oiseau bleu," 

 by Lecocq ; " La Cosaque," by Her v6 ; " Le 

 Chateau de Tire-Larigot," by Serpette (all in 

 Paris at the Theatre Nouveautes). 



1885. Operas: "Die Kaiserstochter," in 

 three acts, by Willem de Haan (Darmstadt, 

 February 1) ; "Das steinerne Herz," by Reh- 

 baum (Magdeburg, February 13); "Fritlrjof," 

 by Hopffer (Schwerin); " Wittwe Grapin," 

 posthumous opera by Flotow (Pesth, June 7) ; 

 "Tabarin," by Emile Pessard (Paris); "Le 

 Chevalier Jean," lyric drama, in four acts, by 

 Joncieres (Paris, March 11 ; Cologne, Novem- 

 ber 26) ; " Le Cid," by Massenet (Paris, No- 

 vember 30), obtained a brilliant success, and is 

 considered the composer's best effort in the 

 field of opera; "Nadeshda," romantic opera, 

 by A. Goring Thomas (London, Drury Lane, 

 April 16), libretto by Julian Sturgis; " Ny- 

 aga," by Ivan Hallstrom (Stockholm), libretto 

 by the Queen of Roumania; "King Stephen," 

 by Erkel (Pesth, March 15) ; " Uriel Acosta," 

 by Madame Sszerov (Moscow), libretto after 

 the drama by Gutzkow. 



Comic operas: " Myrtille," in four acts, by 

 Lacome (Paris, Theatre-Gaite, March) ; " Une 

 Nuit de Cleopatre," by Masse (Opera-Comique, 

 April 25) ; " Marion Delorme," by Ponchielli 

 (Milan, March 18), libretto after Victor Hugo; 

 " The Mikado," by Sullivan (London, Savoy 

 Theatre). 



Operettas: "Die Zwillinge," by Gen6e and 

 Roth (Vienna, February 14) ; " Des Matrosen 

 Heimkehr," by Supp6 (Hamburg, May 4); 

 " Don Cesar," by Rudolf Dellinger (Hamburg, 

 Pesth, Berlin, Leipsic, Vienna, Gratz, and Mu- 

 nich); "Der Zigeunerbaron," by Strauss (Vi- 

 enna, October 24, and Pesth) ; " Le Chaperon 

 rouge," by Serpette (Paris, Theatre Nouveautes). 



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NEBRASKA. State Government. The following 

 were the State officers during the year: Gov- 

 ernor, James W. Dawes, Republican ; Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, H. H. Shedd ; Secretary of State, 

 E. P. Roggen ; Treasurer, Charles H. Willard 5 

 Auditor, H. A. Babcock ; Commissioner of Pub- 

 lic Lands and Buildings, Joseph Scott ; Attor- 

 ney-General, William Leese ; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, W. W. W. Jones. Su- 

 preme Court : Chief- Justice, Samuel Maxwell ; 

 Associate Justices, Amasa Cobb and M. B. 

 Reese. 



Finances* The financial condition is highly 

 satisfactory, as is shown by the following offi- 

 cial statement : 



Balance on hand Nov. 80, 1884 $442,81 6 99 



Amount received in the following two years. . . 3,323,844 10 



Total amount received $3.766,601 09 



Total amount disbursed 2,822,808 83 



Balance in treasury, Nov. 80, 1886 $944,852 76 



The amount of State indebtedness as report- 

 ed Jan. 6, 1885, was $499,267.35. This has 

 been reduced by payment of the $50,000 State 

 relief bonds that matured March 1, 1885, which 

 were, as provided by law, paid from the sink- 

 ing fund, leaving a present total State indebt- 

 edness of $449,267.35, consisting of twenty- 

 year bonds, maturing April 1, 1897, and draw- 

 ing interest at the rate of 8 per cent, per 

 annum, payable semi-annually, representing a 



