The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-09-07
Mrs. Cen. Custer.

The following interesting news concern
ing Mrs. Gen, Caster is contained in a
private letter written ut Monroe, Mich;
Mrs Custer arrived here at her home
August /. with Mr.. David Reed, her bro
ther-in-law; her niece, Miss Emma Reed
Mrs. Yates, the widow Of Col. Yates, who
was killed with Custer; Mr.. Alfred Rob-
erts. the brother Of Mrs Yates and Mrs
Calhoun, the widow of Lieut.. Calhoun
and sister of the Clusters Their arrival
was expected, and Il large crowd had as
sembed at the depot to meet them, aud
when they landed the scene was the sad
dest | have ever witnessed. Mr. Boyd,
the Principal of the Seminary here, who
had taught Mrs Custer and had known
her all her life. was there with carriage,
and when Mus. Custer was helped out of
the car by Mr. Reed and Mr. Roberts, her
strength gave way on meeting Mr. Boyd,
and she fell into their arms, shrieking
hysterically, and had to be carried to the
carriage, and was driven away home in n
taiuting condition.
Mrs, Yates was also much affected by
her friends condition, but controlled her
self and aided in soothing the grief Of Mrs,
Custer and Mrs. Calhoun, and was also
busted i'll caring tor the three little chill
dren, the youngest of which is but Il few
months old. Upon the arrival of the party
at their home Mrs Custer was again pros
trated and her cries could be he;lrd 1hro'-
out the neighborhood Her home is
plain, square, frame, twostoried house,
surrounded on three sides by i broad yer
anda, belonging to Gen Custer, and was
occupied by his aged father and mother,
and II Younger brother. Mrs Clusters con-
dltlon is considered quite serious. and
many Of her friends believe that she will
not long survive her gallant husband. She
is confined to her bed, and requires con-
stant attention, and is 50 neVously weak
that she is not allowed to see the most
intimate of her old acquaintances and
friends, as everything which in any man
ner brings her loss freshly to mind pro-
duces a hysterical condition which further
weakcns her Mrs Calhoun who mourns
the loss of her husband, three brothers
and Il nephew, is IN much better health
than Mrs. Custer, but is still very weak
and nervous Mrs. Yates, the widow Of
Ca. Theodore Yates, during her residence
on the frontier since her marriage. has
become very much attached to Mrs. Gus
ter and has decided to take up her res
idcncc here so rs to be near her friend
She has already taken a beautiful cottage.
situated one square south of the Custer
homestead, and directly opposite the res
idence Of MIR David Reed. whose SON was
killed with Custer Mrs Yates lived mt
Carlisle, Pa, before her marriage, and is
Il daughter Of w. WILDER Roberts, the En-
gineel-in-C Chief OF the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Her brother, who came here
with the party, told me that he had II long
conversation at Fort Abraham Lincoln
with Coz. Hughes OF Gen. Terry's staff
who said that the body of Lieut. Harrng-
ton was accounted for among others, and
was identified by Col 'I'om Weir, who re-
cognizesi it by the trimmings ON his buck
Skin leggings The reason the story got
out that the body was not found was that
when the burial took place Coz Weir was
away on duty with his company, aud the
officers in charge of the work did not
know that he had identified Harrington,
SO that The body was buried without the
stick which was placed IN other graves
with the name enclosed