Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-29
A Reminiscence or Mr.. Custer.


Al the Chatelet the dramatic version OF
Round the World In Eighty DAYS" is run
ming on 10 its i've hundredth re presen tatioa
ana found the theater still very full. There
Is one scene which, since the piece beg an
mas turned 10 irouy-that In which three
white tourists conquer and extermlnate a
picturesque and we'll armed troupe OF Sioux.
lnere are about thirty savages 10 the three
whites and the red men are ali killed. Toe
sceLe was received with silence. eNceot
~hen The Sioux chief delivered a harangus
concerning the wrongs which his race had
endured, and his etoquence ELECTED a roand
or applause. Is Is doubtful whether the
Sioux side OF the battle that followed would
not nave been represented somewhat Il Ger
entity II the piece mad been mounted since
The recent tidlngs from America. To me Az
Drought back once pleasant, now painful,
remembrance OF dinner table couvsrsatiOa
with General Custer at 81. Paul, In FeorI
airy last, when he vas on his way 70 toe
f6ntler. asked his beautiful young wife
whether she did not feel apprenensiye or
nervous at going so FAR beyond tue boriers
OF civilization? She replied cheerfully Not
10 the least" And seemed TO look forward
Win almost girlish delight an1 expectation
10 The new scenes amid which she was about
10 reside. But her husband looket grave a.
he listened 10 her answer. Toe tragedy
which has since occurred has AWAKENED =
well as England.
1t has been for some time a prevalent be-
lief among the geographical aud authropo
logical ssvaDs OF both London and Paris
that the white Americans have moderated
Tie q lfhculties OF their Indian problem. Toe
nosule Indians are said To be only a few
hundred thousand In number, but even 81
many are declared by some good Judges 70
be too numerous for determination when
their ferocity exceeds their love of life, and
when they are intrenche1 Ia wild resIous
oimcult or access.-l onctTe ID. Conway.
MINING IN THE BLACK HrLLs-Apro-
pos OF the dispatches giving glowing ao-
counts OF gold discoveries IN the Black
Hills, young Richardson, mistakenly re-
ported as Killed oy the Indians, has letter
from the Black Hills 10 the SprIngdeld Re-
publican. At Deadwood he saw perhaps
nifty claim owners taxing out from $50 To
81 600 daily in gold. Five out Of six OF the
other miners were not making expenses, aud
Two or three thousand men, VINO had invest
ed their entire capital reaching the hills, 10
the belief that they would find gold plenty
there, are without employment and with
out means 10 live or 10 get out OF the region.
The placer diegings OF the Deadwood region
are ali taken up. Quartz mining is the
only resource left, ana even that cannot be
made remunerative TO the poor man. It's
development demands capital With which to
bring In machinery and reduction WORKS.
There are too many men In the Black Hills
for the extent OF the couutrys resources.
The heavy frosts and snow will set in soon,
probably within four wee ks, and after that
The mines VIII be closed until March or
April. Richardson thinks that the region
undoubtedly has resources, but they have
been vastly over estimated. With the intro
cuctlon or proper amount OF capital, aud
the election OF the cut Threats, gamblers, and
thieves, 1t may De made reasonably pros
porous country.