Il Trovatore was staged at the Opera House and ‘The Rag Picker of Paris’ and the social scene had two projects going on, one was a new Methodist Church being built, and the other was a fundraiser to give Mrs. Hayne a Silver Brick. Apparently miffed at the church mongers, Sam spilled the beans about the surprise brick for Hayne. — A fire at Topliffe’s Theatre was put out before it could be catastrophic. — August 4, 1863 —