The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-12-18
Cigars and tobacco at Cooks.

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D Mnrquise de Mores, will return this
evening. .e.-sIl-s.s -
i c. W. Sleeper returned from Helena
Tuesday morning. E~r. -.
Mrs J. ". Anderson. formerly Of this
place, now If Dickinson, was visiting her
friends here last week. -
The carpenters were forced to knock
Of work on the new slaughter house
building. owing to the cold.
Mr. Chase, Of jamestown, was here
Monday and bought lot Of venison,
which he shipped with him. a
Russ Wilson. foreman Of the E 6rancb,
who has been here several days, started
home yesterday morning: Come again
Russ. ,,.... 49,. 5
It was quite airy around the edges
this morning. Mr.. Martins .ae nome
ter registered thirtystour degrees below
ut Z o'clock. . ~,
Gallop & Waltons outfit loalea Mon
day with Hills freight, and after "car-
mining the municipality" they pulled
out Wednesday morning. -
Il. If. Heath, Wells, Fargo's travelling
agent, made US another visit Monday.
He says that the W. F. are after gore,
and by the looks Of their express car
they are getting it. ss, e. "a
Several photographs and descriptions
OF new self-heating branding iron
have been sent to- our stock men, and
created much favorable comment. A
specimen will be son exhibition at the
Cow Boy Office in few days. ~,
Mr. Maine, a young man from Denver,
was here Tuesday, prospecting for a bus
mess opening. He readily saw the
splendid opening for boot anal shoe
business here, and thinks strongly of
purchasing stock and going into bust
ness. -
School was opened Monday morning in
the church building, Miss Finger of
South Heart being. teacher. The num-
her Of scholars was not as large as was
expected, but by next Monday it. lis hoped
that all children Of a proper age will be
in attendance. "a NJ ya::f
Word has b,en recarved from Joe PEN
nell and Tom Jones. They are still
B working on their Canadian Pacific con-
tract, and will not finish till the end of
the month. Joe writes that he is getting
homesick for Medora, and will return
as soon as possible. * H''s -
C. +. Ellison returned from St. Paul
Tuesday, and will start Immediately to
putting; up ice here for the N. P. R. c. Co.
Four thousand tons will be stored in tho
company's ice. houses here, and about
twenty Thousand tons more at different
points along The road.t,,& .:.,.s ~
IA Russ Wilson and Rassie Deffebach
went to Miles last Sunday. On their re-
& turn, it was (which and t'other" as to
who told the truth about their exper-
fences. Each insisted on having the
other given away, in. the Cow Boz, but
we have an abiding consciousness that
\ neither was responsible for his actions,
we will draw the mantle of charity over
the whole affair and say nothing
about it. - - =
Five Indians were in town Monday
looking for herd Of twenty six ponies
which had been stolen, from them. Theil
y search here was unsuccessful, but there
& Is q strong suspicion that the guilty par
ties are on the river. There has been
considerable indifference in relation t.
the arrest OF those who have stoler
ponies from Indians, and it is time fol
this to cease Indians are mot Iik'
men who Won't play even" and some in
:nocent white man is sure to suffer. Pun
ishment should besas swift and sure OF
these criminals as son those who stea
horses from white men. ft',s Z. e
careful enumeration OF our. ,popuIa
ton reveals the fact that We number
two hundred and ifty-ene citizens. Q
these i hundred and forty-six are men
thirty-nins women AMI si1ty-six chill
dred, twenty-five or more being Of.
enough to 90 to school. It will be seel
iii this estimate that only permanently res
identsi In town are counted. There is
floating population Of between fifty an
hundred working men who are not III