The Dickinson press., 1884-01-05
OFFICIAL PAPER OF STARK COUNTY
Entered ut the postcffice at Dickinson, Stark
County, Dakota, us second class matter.
Saturday, January 5, 1854.
Pioneer Living.

The recent exploits Of the cowboys
at Dickinson seem to have infused
courage into the less venturesome of
that class in the Immediate vicinity
of the town. The new year was
ushered i'll with appropriate cere-
mony by the citizens. The holiday
was announced to have \ grand wind
up i'll the evening by a ball and sup
per at McAllister's hall. A gay com
pany assembled and "everything
went merry as il marriage bell" until
the hour of midnight drew near. when
without warming. some half dozen
cowboys burst into the hall. and with.
ont much persuasion induced the la
,iies and their courageous escorts to
leave the room. The band Jared less
luckily. as the members thereof We're
ordered to play. ut the muZZle of the
revolvers. fast and furious for the
war dance which was shortly begun.
They t'ourislled knives and revolvers
and shot at every conceivable object
in the room that offered Il favora', SIC
mark. Deputy Sheriff Dow. who has
obtained considerable notoriety from
his courageous arrest of Win Roberts
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with drawn revolver and ordered
them to throw down their weapons
and quit the field of action. 1t is not
necessary to relate how long it took
Dow to reach the middle of the street
and the revelry continued with re-
newed Zest. The doors of the hall
We're literally riddled with bullets
and the floor is honeycom5ed from
the combined effects Of tho gang and
their revnlvars. Fortunately no one
at this writing is reported seriously
hurt.
The above is taken from the Man.
dan Pioneer of last Thursday and is Il
continuous lie from beginning to end
and is only the ~ontcropping of the
jealous hatred which that sheet holds
towards Dickinson. Its motto seems
to be ''down Dickinson if it takes col.
umns of lies" New Years passed
off here very quietly and not one shot
was fired during the day or night,
The cowboys made no trouble ut all
and the dance in the hall was carried
on until a late honr when the happy
crowd quietly dispersed. The dirty
ear who wrote the above article and
attempted to SANDER our quiet and
peaceahle town has not the principle
nor the manhood Of the worst COW.
hoy that evcr straldled pony. The
Pioneer we'll knows that such arti
c|os as the above are calculated tc
give a town a bad reputation and ii
spreading such lies it rot only Injuries
Dickinson but the whole West Mis-
souri, country. If it continues tt
keep this thing up and our town is 81
bad, we would advise our citizen:
when they go below OH business, no
to stop in Mandan. else they nigh
pollnte that moral G) town with thei
w%ickedness. Nov. Tuttle, if 20,
want to keep on injuring the goo'
reputation of Dickinson by your scur
rillous. lying, sensational articles, d.
so, and III citizens will give you
town q wide berth. for all who hav
heard of your attacks on this com
munity lately, are out-spoken in thei
Indignation, and consider the STUFF
you publish must be approved by tn
people of the place where your pape
is published. The business men 0
Mandan should muzzle you.