TOMMY HARRIS (McGuigan), one of the very few men left capable of playing the old-time nigger acts, made his first appearance at Fox’s Theatre, Philadelphia, in 1875, with a partner, whose name was Ward; the team name being Ward and Harrison; subsequently they played an engagement in Philadelphia with Skiff and Gaylord’s Minstrels; late in 1876 they separated. His next partner was Jack McNeil; joining Fattie Stewart’s Company, the team was accidently billed as Harris and McNeil; and Harris it has remained ever since. In 1879 they joined the Three Arnold Bros. Minstrels, and while with this company they dissolved partnership; McNeil died about 1902. Mr. Harris then played variety engagements with his wife, the team being known as the Harrises, until 1889; he then taking a stock engagement at the Odeon, Baltimore, remaining there 10 years. A season with his son and daughter, known as the 3 Harrises followed; then he worked with his daughter Laura (now of Cartmell and Harris) for about four years, after which he joined Lew Simmons for a season; then a brief season as one of the 4 Cartmells, after which was Smith and Harris. Tommy Harris was born in Philadelphia, February 3, 1855. HARRY KENNEDY (W. H. Kennedy), the well-known ventriloquist and song writer, played many minstrel engagements, notably with Haverly’s Mastodons. In the Fall of 1884 he was associated with Billy Birch with the San Francisco Minstrels. Harry Kennedy was born in Manchester, Eng.; he died in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 3, 1894; age 39 years. CHARLEY REED. “Just the Plain Comedian” he was termed, and he _was_ a comedian, as anyone who remembers him will testify. Charley Reed’s professional career began and ended in white-face, but the major portion of it was given to minstrelsy, where he was always a star. About 1872 he went to the California Theatre in San Francisco, where he became successively call-boy, prompter and low comedian. In 1873 he joined Maguire’s Minstrels at the latter’s opera house in the Western metropolis. August 31, 1874, he opened for the season in Philadelphia with Simmons and Slocum’s Minstrels; the following August he joined Emerson’s Minstrels in Cincinnati. In 1876 he returned to San Francisco, and for the next three years he continued there with the minstrels at Maguire’s Opera House and comedian at the Bella Union Theatre. July 7, 1879, with a variety company under the management of Martin Simon, he sailed for Australia, remaining away for more than a year. On February 7, 1881, he began an engagement with Thatcher and Ryman’s Minstrels in Philadelphia.