Ned Fox died at Hartford, Conn., March 28, 1875; age about 30 years. W. S. MULLALLY was one of the best and most prominent of minstrel leaders. As early as when he was fifteen years of age he was leader at a Boston theatre. His final minstrel engagement was about 1864 with Hy. Rumsey’s Company. The following year he joined the San Francisco Minstrels in New York, and continued with them about fifteen years. In the summer of 1869 he played in Liverpool, England, with Smith and Taylor’s Minstrels. He was with Charley Reed’s Minstrels in San Francisco in 1884. Subsequently he played an extended engagement with Dockstader’s Minstrels in New York, and later was with several legitimate and farcical attractions. He had composed considerable dramatic and popular music, and was the author of “Mottoes That Are Framed Upon the Wall.” He was born in Manchester, England, in 1845; he died in Westboro, Mass., August 2, 1905. HARRY PERCY (John H. Peabody) a prominent vocalist of many important minstrel companies, died at Jersey City, N. J., January 2, 1880. CHARLES GOODYEAR was well-known as a capable and clever comedian. He entered the profession when a boy, and had been prominently associated with such well-known minstrel organizations as Haverly’s, Primrose and West’s, and Cleveland’s. He was also co-proprietor of Goodyear, Cook and Dillon’s, and Goodyear, Schilling and Elitch’s Minstrels. He was especially instrumental in the planning and building of Elitch’s Garden in Denver, Colorado, and had been connected with it since its opening. Charles Goodyear was born on Staten Island, N. Y., February 18, 1845; he died in Denver, Colorado, May 13, 1897. JOHNNY SHAY, who excelled in the delineation of negro characters, began his professional career in Louisville, Ky. He was several seasons with Harrigan and Hart in New York, where he enjoyed wide popularity. He was born in Liverpool, England, in 1845; he died in New York, October 20, 1879. JOHNNY MCVEIGH entered the variety profession about 1858; he was a good black-face performer and dancer. He was born in Bambury, England, in 1845; he died in New York, January 20, 1883. “LOTTA” (Lotta Crabtree), one of the greatest and most famous soubrettes of the American stage, “blacked up” many times in her early career. In October, 1863, she was a member of a minstrel company playing Virginia City, California, at Maguire’s Theatre. * * * * * Barry Maxwell says that when he was with Spalding and Manning’s Minstrels more than four years ago, a colored boy in Columbia, Tenn., came up and asked for the boss; having found him, he inquired if he wanted anyone to “tote catalogues.” He wanted to pass bills. * * * * * WILLIS PALMER SWEATNAM, long known to his familiars as “Billy,” began his theatrical career at the age of seven years, playing comedy parts in white-face with a juvenile company called the Union Children.