In Cincinnati, September 3, 1877, he formed a partnership with Albert Geyer, one of the three Geyer Brothers, doing black-face song and dances. His last appearance was at the Olympic Theatre, New York, November 12, 1877. He died in New York City, November 17, 1877. DENT. DELMANNING was one of the well-known Delmanning Brothers, a prominent song and dance team, who entered the profession about 1871. They were with Whitmore and Clark’s; Cal. Wagner’s; Barlow, Wilson and Rankin’s and other well-known minstrel organizations. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., February 4, 1901. AL. HAYMAN, of the great theatrical syndicate, was in minstrelsy, though the author has no record of his ever “blacking up.” [Illustration: MRS. JAS. BUDWORTH MRS. BOBBY NEWCOMB MRS. E. N. SLOCUM MRS. FRED BUCKLEY MRS. “JACK” HAVERLY MRS. DAN. BRYANT MRS. J. R. KEMBLE MRS. JOHN MULLIGAN MRS. CHARLEY PETTENGILL MRS. BILLY EMERSON MRS. BILLY MANNING MRS. BILLY RICE WIVES OF FAMOUS MINSTRELS.] Hiscox and Hayman’s Minstrels were organized in Australia in the Spring of 1880. For further particulars see Willis P. Sweatnam. BILLY FREAR, was an unusually versatile black-face performer, being equally proficient as a dancer, banjoist or comedian; as an end man he was especially clever. His first minstrel engagement was with Duprez and Benedict’s, about 1865; he was quite popular with this company, and equally so with Carncross and Dixey in Philadelphia subsequently. His first wife was Millie Blair, a well-known song and dance artist; later he married a Miss Rogers. He died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., December 28, 1888; age 41 years. CHARLES W. COGILL made his first appearance with his brother in San Francisco; later he formed a partnership with Fred Cooper. In May, 1877, Cogill and Cooper built and opened the Adelphi Theatre in the California metropolis, and conducted it for several months. Mr. Cogill subsequently joined George Reynolds after the death of the latter’s brother in 1878; the alliance did not last long, and again he joined his brother, together they went to Australia, where they were great favorites. They opened in Sydney in April, 1885, later going to Melbourne, where they had their own theatre, and where they remained twelve years. About 1900 Mr. Cogill returned to America, and rejoined Cooper in a song and dance act. Charles W. Cogill was born in New York; he died in San Francisco, March 16, 1903; age 53 years. JOHN M. TURNER (McTurney), a really great banjoist, formed a partnership with J. K. Buckley in a banjo act in the middle 70’s; they severed their business relations November 11, 1876. Mr. Turner was married in 1872. For several years prior to his death he had not been actively engaged in his profession. John M. Turner was born in New York about 1850; he died there September 4, 1907.