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Buffalo Bill.

The play going people of St. Joseph
were last night entertained by Buffalo
Bill and his magnificent combination.
The attendance was fair, but the acting
deserved a better patronage. Those who
were present enjoyed the play very highly.
The thrilling new drama, founded on
the late Indian war and written expressly
for Buffalo Bill, by Col. Prentice Ingraham,
entitled "The Red Right Hand," or
"Buffalo Bill's first scalp for Custer," was
well put on, and the various
characters were very well sustained. Hon.
W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, and Capt. Jack
Crawford, the Poet Scout, portrayed the
Western border life to perfection, and the
"Wild Irishman" who is also stepping
in at the most ludicrious periods, is very
laughable. On the whole, the entertainment
was a very pleasant one, and all pronounce
it a dramatic success.