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Show I THE BLACK HILLS. j Preparing fop Bleak Winter Brighter Prospects Some of tlte Needs of iho Millers. Galena, Nov. 1st, 1877. Editors Herald: The stillness of autumn baa settled down upon ua as quietly as- day dons its night robes and hushes the busy world to sleep, and as if summer had ripened into yellow (milage. Everything Every-thing seems waiting that husbandman 'whose name is winter. The chariot of time bringing life's Bhorting with change of season, has also brought marked mvl ranid changes in tbe general iifpeet and outlook of this regiou, both in mineral and agricultural production. Hand-mortar Hand-mortar theories have taken practical, substantial shape in tlin pnnderous stamp mill, and the flckln goddess Iiub proven that she did nut i-.llure with lhat which glitters bul in not gold, While ttiey who planted have gulnen d an abundance, proving that the genu of the harvest have not departed but dell here in the rich soil of tha valleys val-leys to gladden the sower with the tilade, Hie ear anil the ripe ri-sldh, and to bring bak j.mrmuoiirt of other days and oilier homes; of sniihug "epuda" and blushing pumpkins. pump-kins. Ab light and incongruous matter thrown together gradually assume a solid, so matters on a whole are settling down to a more natural 1 r,H o1,H Koo.n A t II "" ""Din, uu ..uu I Jjuy men are Bilently stealing away to seek other and new fields in which to. startle men with their wnnden'ul judgment. It seems a piiy that au oversight should have occurred in the creation of this class ot men, in making mak-ing them no larger than ordinary mortals physically, for the stature of man is too small to contain such positive knowledge and leave room lor a possible mistake. It is a current cur-rent and well-established philosophy among moneyed men that on dollar has great affinity for two other dol lars, and the fact that both eastern and western capital being invested in mines and mining machinery is an evidence of such affinity. The building build-ing of larger mills and the increasing of working capacity in the old ones are evidence of the richness and permanency of the mines, to say nothing ol the aspect of more mature years, which the country coun-try already beginB to wear in iu neat and comfortable residences, its large stocks ot merchandise and business habits. - Galena still lives and tne muffled echo from tbe hillsides is evidence of depth gained and encouragement to we can only olaim for our district one gold mill and a reverberator? furnace knoWD as the Balbach furnace, fur-nace, which I am sorry to say is not in operation just at present, but will soon be according to Madame Rumor's slate. In ber foot notes she has: want ot finance, arrangements east, can't smelt without ore, takes money to buy it, etc. A test wag made producing a few bars of bullion aud proving tne practicability ol smelting the ore with pitch - pine wood. In fact the heat was entirely satisfactory and exceeded the most singuine Jhopes. We expect at no distant day to take our soup with a silver spoon and contest wilh our neighbor, Ddadwood, the champion ship iu the production ot the precious. Politically we are in our first fever, over the election of county officers The law of D-ikota regulating such matters would make our regular eleo tion for county officers on November iuiu, ioo, nut oy some learnea read-j read-j ing of tbe law our nolons have called I it lor the 6th of next month. Spee'cn making and party organizations are iQe order of the day, with a fair pros pect for a lively trade in whisky. , What we most need now is a railroad rail-road to give us cheaper transportation And inaugurate an export of products in lumber, coal, ore, etc. Perhaps, however, we can boast of the most wonderful and rapid development in the history ot tbe west, and no doubt shall enjoy the benefit of rail mads in the near future, for it is now beyond a question that the Black Hills are no gorgeous bubble to-pasy into nothing-; ness at the slightest touch, b it a substantial sub-stantial facL Winter is slowly sliJing dowif upon us, wita a. better outloolc-tlian -hiet. i'rovisionB are pleutilul and at tair figures; employment and labor bear a more equal ratio than then, aud finally we may suy that matters have assumed a shape of perm tneut success, suc-cess, with the fear only of thesd and, sickening occurrence of the-murder I ot settlers by Indiatu, winch will come with returning spring to check ! the development ol our agricultural resources and cist addition tl shame upon govern in eut, who are moving the Sioux to comfortable fending quarters (or the wiutjr to allow them to wander at will again iu Ido spring It is a farcical aud inhumane policy, and &s fruitless of good as the prayer for Mr. Indian will be which the mighty conventiuu down at the Hub are Lrying to introduce in the prayer book. "Meu aiu but grown up children" is a slander on iunoceot childhood. It is unkind ol Mr. Injun that just when he is tbe subject ofso much pioue solicitude he wants a change ol religion, but if he is as ignorant ot nis jpiritu.il wants a itiey ot the cast he is io be pitied, ind let us give him more rpligiou to prepare pre-pare him for the next world U. B. MuULTON. |