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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01

The iowa legislature, at its.recent
session, passed . bill for improving the
country roads. It does away with the
old and cnmbrous system Of working
out taxes upon the roads, and permits
each township to levy tax for highway
improvements to be paid only ID money.
The township will then55let contract
for the construction and repair Of the
road and there is reason to believe
that the work IN most cases, will be
done N 8 satisfactory manner. This IS,
for the most part, the reform which two
lstate road conventions, one held in Iowa
City IN March, 1883, and one in Des
MONIES, il the present year, have rec
ommended All details as to the manner
Of performing the work matters which
have been discussed; great deal
throngh the state, are wisely left to
The township officials. The law, as it
stands, Is much like the Ohio road Law
which has given great satisfaction
through years of experience, and the
reform seems to promise only well for
Iowa.
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America the place tor Conten t,n 80 d

London Special: Rev. Moncure D. II Conway
liaa announced his resig nation Of his ministry
in London, and On intontion to return to tho
United States to settle for the remainder Of his
life. The announcement has been received
with great deal Of surprise III the clubs, and
deep regret among Ohio members Of his congre-
cation. Mr. Conway's church has been for
years Sort Of metropoit titan Mecca for English
rationnlists, and iii is feared that; the retire.
ment of the 9chapels prophet may lead to q
total loss of the prestige Of the church. Mr..
Conway says: q.
I have resigned my passionate. I have con-
Guided to finally retire from evangelical life. !
have not only retired from the ministry of the
rationalishc faitlfin London, but determined to
cease preaching altogether. Tho only reason
have for my action is that heye become CON
WINGED that literary pursuits are better suited
to my temperament than evangelical work
have made up my mind to. devote my entire
time 70 literary work hereafter. "a long and
varied experience has convinced me that man
with brains, ideas and ability for effective
work can do more good by using his talents in
the United States than he can accomplish any
where else 1t is almost imposSible for any
person who well knows America and the
Americans to be contented withslife anywhere
outside this United States. 4 returned from my
recent tour around the world with such new
visions concerning America that II find my
self disc ntented here and unable to resist the
desire to return and remain there. L have dc
:cided upon Washington as my future home.
OF all the cities 7 have visited, Washington
offers the most attractions, in my opinion, to q
person disposed to literary work Of q live and
polemic character.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01
! Ehe Popa Denor.n.,.e,.elsl,. ! =. !.

Tal.Fs Ill
Eli Rome Gable: IN an encyclical letter Of the
pope, which will be published next week, Leo
XIII lays special stress upon Freemasonr ana
the means TO be empl oyed to defend the City
OF Cod against s.the City 81 Satan The fol
lowing Is Q resume Of the letter: The plan Of
tho secret societies is no longer q mys!ery. It
3is struggle against the church, and the va
Erions popes have very properly excommnni-
Gated Freell asons. Since $50 years the secret
societies have increased frightfully. SA grave
perl thus threstens society The socialist has
his source Of. strength in Masonry. The pa
pacy is placed in an intolerable situation. & Ma
nnry does not avoW it's real Object; it deceiyes
the innocent by a I 4 3varnish n Of
7tolernton The IN 4 press, E. mar.
rage, education, the sovereignty Of the4peo.
sple,s the atheism OF tho state, radicalism COM
munism, all tend toward o return Of paganism,
masonry tlatters princes in the hope Of having
them for auxiliries. Governments should
choose between Masonry and the church, which
snstains authority and inculcates obedience.
The popo thus prescribes to bishops their du-
tics - First, by pastoral letters unniask secret
societies and make people abhor them second,
extend Christian education; third, urge agi-
sculturists and workingm en to organize Catholic
associations and conf rences of St Vincent de
Panl; fourth, witch schools and exhort the
youth never TO become members Of any society
without first consulting their priests. The
pope ends his encyclical BY emploring the aid
fof the blessed virgin.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01
for & j lden This convention is The or
ganization of Demo orats of that county, Their

for s. ]. dem This convention is The or
ganisatio of Democrats of that county. Their
vote IN the past year has increased nearly one.
hall. IN .35 En- a y
phenomenal cold wave has just swept over
Switzerland and adjacent departments Of
France, doing enormous damage agriculture.
One-third Of the vintage crop is destroyed. The
damage in the Saone valley is estimated al
many millions Of francs e. SS 5;$.S,s.
Miss Maud Manning, daughter Of Chief Jus.
tice Manning, Of Louisiana, and G. W, Comp
ton eloped from Alexandria, and were married
by Rev. Marshall at his rea;dence. The couple
werc followed by the irate rother and two gen
tlemen. Tho couple managed TO elude the Wig
ilance Of the mother by changing cars three
times, but were finally caught and locked up in
o. box car on q freight train and brought to Mar
shall, Texas, only to discover that they were
man and wife. gS3$ tS 55!5 5t5Si
There has been considerable excitement
in church circles this week, ovor the announce.
ment that Manager Capel had converted and
received into the Catholic church widow with
half dozen millions. She is a Mrs Ham
mersly, and is the niece of Mrs. Ogle Taylor
one of tho most aristocratic residents Of Wash.
ington, and was member of ST Johns Epis-
copal church. When Capel came here no was
the guest Of Mrs. Taylor, who had known him
in Europe. So Is Il, SzS js5Ss d
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RaiIroad Rnrnclinga.

100 men were discharged from the Baldwin
Locomotive works, Philadelphia, on Satur-
day, the 18th. a member Of the firm said, re-
Gently, unless other work comes in, the reduc-
ton will continue until the present working
force, 5000 will be reduced to; about 600 S:5
q The New York Mail and Express says: -''.We
have received important information concern
ing the Northern Pacific and Oregon Naviga-
ton from source entirely trust worthy. f An
expert has lately been over the Northern Pacific
and Oregon Navigation lines, going carefully
into all details bearing upon the condition and
prospects Of the property. His conclusion is
!; that both properties have been very extrava-
gantly managed Outlays have been made
without due Consideration, and work has been
undertaken apparently without regard to cost
It is learned that arrangements had about
been completed, securing terminal facilities in.
St Paul for the Wisconsin Central Papers
have been drawn and forwarded to Milwaukee
for the signatures of the Wisconsin Central Of
ficials The plan is to; have the Central form q
junction with the ST Paul Il Duluth at Lake
Phalen, and from that point the two roads to
use the track into Bt Paul. The; terminal IA
cilities for the new company will be provided
by the Manitoba company. II this plan is car
ried out, it is the intention of the ST. Paul Il
Duluth company to build double track from
Lake Phalen into ST. Paul
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~ 3 - n. 777117ll.V Z Y 73iIe-ss,
Personal Points.


Clara Barton and her Red Cross relief boat
the Matte Belle, are in New Orleans IN
The bulk Of b b Hurlburts fortune, about
50O, 900, goes after his wife's death, to found
an art gallery for Cleveland
Mrs Ole Bnll will leave Boston in the SUM
mer for Norway. She thinks that her daugh-
ter Olea, now u years ole, may become as great
ayiolinist US the father. IA III
# Rev. Father Francis ]. sanchese, the only
one remaining Of the early FRANCISCAN mission
aries at Santa Barbara, Cal, is dead. Father
Ganchese went tn Ca fornia in 81 L. =
Rev John Jasper secured . contribution Of
800 to the debt Of his church, by closing the
doors Of the church on q large congregation,
and offering to give his stsun do move ser
mon If the amount was raised
It is stated that Lord Innsdowneh has totray-
81 under the escort Of government deteetiyes
4 He is at present on o visit to Montreal, and has
\ secured the services of Superintendent Sher-
wood, chief Of the government police. y MS vs.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01
THE BAD LANDS COW BOY.
4 /. All 4, I. +. PACKARD, publisher.
LITTLE q 1 i N Il URf, DAKOTA.

y 10 papers Of both parties call at:
tention to The fact that no man is eigi-
sbls:to ths:ofaoe n presidential election
who hold al other official position.
Ms sGsEed~ Alhlas both parties viii be
specially careful IN the formation Of
Electoral tickets, to select men who are
clearly eligible TO the Office. We have
had one grave; admonition on the sub
3ject, and there can be no excuse for the
nomination Of ineligible Or even doubt
full ndidates, in the face of the con
yu1Mons OF 1875 IN M
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01

Emperor William of Germany has
held his own to an age only twice
matched IN history by nonarehs who
have borne solong the reins Of sovereign
~ but the reports gather in volume and
.credence that he has begun to fail in
strength and draw near an end whose
coming will caeate o great sensation
not only in Europe but in the world. In
case Of his death the succession is amply
provided for and Bismark is in infinite
~ good health to iinaugurate it. 1t is:
ardently expected that The Kaiser's
death viii begin the constitutional Eliber-
II 90 long expected, and 50 little ex-
ereised BY Germans. but the traditions
Of imp als1n ars very powerful and
the coming emperor may prove q dis
appointment.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01

IMPORTANT 10 RRE.rA6FTpRs. 81
The Duluth Land ofaoers overruisd III
the Cominissioner OF the General Land

IHroRTAETSToR RE.EMpTpns. az
The Duluth Land ofneers overruisd BY
the Comitaisstoner Of I the General Land
ONCE. Sss 4 sfi
& Duluth; Special The land officers here re-
ceiyed from Commissioner MOI arland, OF the
general land office, o decision on the question
whether q pre- emptor can mortgage OF soil his
pre- -emption, after final proof has been made
to o party for a money adyance, being unable
: to make improvements Or payments omit Tho
case is that Of Michael sobiesky and Fredericl.
tEngel, who entered presumption here and
carried out the requirements of the
Jaw regarding settlement and; improve
5nlents. When proof WAS offered II was
shown BY the agent, W. R. Marshall, that thu
pFaof ea &eSs ad
sment Of money advanced for supplies and in;
formation furnished them Il The lind officers
here, Sept %, 1889, on this showing rejected
the proofs and claims, on the ground that pre-
eInptors did not take the land in question for
their own exclusive use and benefit The case
/ was appealed, and the following decision, over
ruling that Of the local land officers, has been
given: .Si5. B y, n Il
There being no other objection to- proof
than agreement for mortga gos, tho question to
be determined Is their; effect on homestead en-
tries n that regard you are informed it was
ruled by the honorable secretary Of the interior
in the case Of Larson, w. Weisenec ker, finyoly-
ing q Presumption entry, Cobbs " 9. vol 9,
page COZ that a mortgage issued by Q pre-emp-
tion3 entry -man prior TO final proof, to secure
money loaned him to pay the government price
Of land is not such o conveyance for agree
ment as will inYalidate his entry under the law
By analogy the same principle applies to the
case Of COMMITTED homestead entries, and it is
immaterinl as effecting entries that % part of
the money borrowed is applied in . manner to
enable M the claimant to comply with
the requirement Of the law, and for the better
ment of tho claim, asSwell as pay the govern
ment price! for the land. Therefore the proof
of the question submit Tied in support Of the re-
spechye applications to commute should be
accepted and fnnl7 certi Gates issued thereon,
and the game is herewith returned. II,
The decision is very interesting for Ill pine
land regions, as q great amount Of leaning
money by pre- -emptors is done, and this decis-
ion virtually oyerriles a great many decisions
by officers here and elsewhere and puts neN
light on the matter. Under the regime Of Elk
Gov. Marshall as government agent here, ha
was continually looking after just such cases.
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la Moure has prosperous forestry


Ia Moure has q prosperous forestry
.associat ton.
large number Of red river half
breeds passed Mandan recently %, their
way from Fort ginnis TO Winnipeg
The house of z. a. BroRneil 81 st.
Old, WAS burned with its contents.
e harles Jones, d brake man, fell from
q tsa train and vas lied near Bristol.
s9s3 Judge Palmer iinaug urated l5sI work
sa a Sioux Falls BY collecting %, G26 III
fines from gamblers. 55s,l NJ
~ + wilson 81 Dubuque ii to estab-s
llsh q national bank at Grand Forks
With with g 800 900 capital n ri ri
Il, Aurora county expects to raise 30 900
bushels Of wheat this season. s;.s
Alfred NJ. Flagg, The sienx Fails iaw-
yer, has been sent nced By District
Judge Palmer I'd four yearst imprison-
merit for embezz lomeit, N
Sheriff Brown 81 Pembina county,
3llas oftening 81 tho brain.
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Canadian Pacific Selling out.

IS The fact has TRANSFERRED that before Duncan
Mcintyre left for England, he sold out his So
,0oo, 600 worth Of shares in the Canadian Paci-
fc at 81. Rumor has it that Angus, vice pre-
lsident Of the company, is also about to retire.
y. j. Hill, it will be remembered, disposed Of
his interest in the company some time ago.
Members Of the syndicate have found the
company has approach the most difficult por-
ton Of the line to construct, the
praire section being built, and consider that
the sooner they get out Of the company the
better. There will be no surprise manifested
If the government will have to finish the road
It is rumored here that TIE shares had been
either bought by or for Sir Charles Topper, who
from the first to the last has been great be-
lever in whath calls the tgreat national high
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There has now been q! fall of about
25scents in the price Of wheat this year,
and most 81 il within q month, and mo-
body can say that the bottom has yet
been reaches II may go up and it may
gosto still lower figures. But wheat
growers il the northwest cannot cease
10 grow wheat all Of . sudden, or until
they have had time and opp orsunity to
turn their attention to something more
profitable: Farmers farther east where
land smore costly, viii be the first to
wheat for dom thing else: North
western farmers, for the present, must
make up the difference in price by
greater prod ction, with an eye out all
the while for better fields for labor and
capital in the way Of diFersif cation.
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Indian Territory Z, s. M q,

= Washington, April q. Abill has been intro
duced in the senate BY Dawes in relation to: the
rights Of persons Of African descent living IN
the Chickasaw Indian nation. II provides that
q all such persons resident Of that nation on the
date Of the treaty Of Fort Smith, and their de-
sscendents, heretofore held in slavery in said
nation, and mentioned in the third article of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw treaty Of 1856 shall be
declared citizens of the Chickasaw nation and
entitled to all rights specified in said treaty.
Secretary Teller has decided that the Greek In
dian nation is entitled to payment for Isl 1918
acres Of land at 30 cents per acre, with interest
under provisions Of the treaty Of June IA, 1866.
over and above 9, az, $50 acres ceded BIZ thai
treaty z ri Il 49, sis S y5sss
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8 Henry Ellard, ono of the wealthiest farmers
~ II Haborsatn, Ga, was on his death bed His,
pretty laughter, aged seventeen, attending COL
lege IN Bon.h Georgia, was called ny telegraph
Entering tho room she saw that her father was
IN his9 LAST agony. Rushing toward him 5st,c
simply Inferred the word ~ ther. \ and fell ID
the floor dead Both we're buried In the same
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01
81. q "a pon,s,,so,, 1 ;.i.I (. j. 1.

" Some tina ago the custom auth orities got II
into their heads that the Canadian Pacifc rail-
way was shrinking payment of duties at Emer-
son Manitoba. An investigation followed, the
result being that q deficit OF 81, 900 was dis
port Mr.. Hickey absconded. Mr.. Bradley
was placed nnder arrest, but death went bail
for him. Since that the Canadian Pacific rail-
way authorities have held an investigation on
their own account, and it is learned that there
j. q difference between their vouchers and the
over $500, COO against the latter. This astonnd-
ing variation occurred under Mr. Spencer's
regime as collector. ls5 :;S$ isli.fs8 81 s..
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01

A large part Of salineyille, Ohio, sank in
Sunday. ..s 55s . SsSE !.
Il Fire at Alton, Ill, destroyed the Globe store.
1 Loss, over q, 600. Insured for SIG 600.
h ~ Mrs. q. G. Fillmore Of Fayetteville, n z, o
guest at the Palmer house, Chicago, who blew
out the gas on retiring, died Her husband,
who was also asphy xiated, is unconscious and
not expected to recover. ERR
z A fire at Tacoma, Wash, Sunday morning
18th inst, wiped out nine build ings and contents
in the chief business block of the city! The
losses on buildings amount to about $40, 600;
losses and insurance, exclusive Of buildings,
other losses s175, OOG 5iSS b l$8S3 q
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01

al party Of lending Democrats and friends Of
5Tilden, say that under no circumstances viii.
he ben candidate for the presidency, and under
no circumstances viii he accept II nominated.
They regard his last refusal as final, and soy
tho field is now left so far as5 Democratic cam
didates Is concerned 10 Flower and Cleveland
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a dnel with swords took place in tho Bots do
sDolougne, Paris between Joseph Casey, d
f BE- who was confined 81 clerkenWeli prison
In 1854 Of the limo u Tho astenpted explosion
there, and Capt scully m American, who was
a soldier m the Union army during the late
\ Owl war Id America, and who also fought IN
the Mexi caIi MAR. SculIy l,aa5 been suspected
+ as an hifoEmor, and the duel resulted Sctilly,
{ WAS wounded alightly Id the mock Hisaworsl
swns broken The comb tgnts were afterwards
reeonciled y n 81
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] nj6iipuai,jilillr


Wheat, No q casll, Oats, No. y. $50
sisi5 4 Lard, 's y s \ Y
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TIA Hna Ppots w
nME SIOUX REsERvATIoH..

The 8 nate PASSES tbs Great Sioux neser-g
The bill to open the great Sioux reservation
hjDakota passed The senate Wednesday, April
S16, after d brief discussion beyond I ths
amen ment relating to the poneas, the bill ;waas
not altered I
The domain affected by the bill lies between
the Missouri and the western boundary of OAK
Sota, the White River on the South and the Chey-
senne on the north Steps toward opening the
reservation were aken in August, 1882, Score
itary Teller appointing exG Gov. Edmunds, exs
Chief Justice Shannon and Territorial Secre
tary Teller ms q commission to treat with the
tribes. Assent was had from oil the tribes BY
February 's 1855, and p report made The sem
ate refused to approve Of the method Of secur-
ing signatures to the treaty, and last summer
the Dawes committee visited the tribes, the j
proper number of signatures having IN tina 1
meantime been secured. Indians of the yari-
zous tribes are given lands in seyeralty and the
cattle for their benefit The Chicago,
+ Milwaukee, q st Paul road will now push its 4
Black Hills line across tho Missouri at Chamber.
lain, and Is expected to get into the Hills this
season The NorthW stern is expected to build
lts line from 4 Pierre westward The land
opened is for the most part good. q II is open
only to homesteaders, who must live on 1t Ave I
years to get title ijsI
IN THE BIIIi ITSELF :33aa
Tho president is directed to issue patents to 4
the Indians for the lands described in the treaty.
These patents shall have. legal effect, and shall
land described in the patents, respectively, for
twenty five years in trust, and for the sole use
and benefit Of the Indians receiving rations and
annuities at the respective reservations, AT the
END Ct We twenty years the
release all to the I,frtf, caded
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Wheat No. q Chicago sp ring, s5@s61xe
Corn, cash, 81 s 1881 d, oats, caaii, 81 ScI
! u s Barley G! e EIax seed Ne q
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4 me m, Criminal Calendar.

81 Charles Frike an aged German and an old
resident Of Waukegan, murdered his wife Sun
day night by beating her brains out with club
Joseph Allen was arrested at Hamilton, Ont,
on Charge Of being the prineipalin the Crouch
murder at jackson, Mich, last fall He was
taken to Jackson s
"A young man giving the name Of William
Spencer, who ashort time ago betrayed young
lady in Cory, Pa, w.,ich resulted in her sui
eide, was arrested at St Joseph, Mo-, and will
be taken back to Cory. S. 81
Near Irving KY, 10 Finn and Bill Hale, two
desperate engagedin ashooting affray, Finn
! shot Hale throughst the heart, but before Hale
4 fell he shot Finn twice, from the efects Of
which he died two hours later. 81 a.
II: II; E. q. Latham, Memphis Dung, rich and
good looking took a deadly dose Of morphine,
went to a house Of i'll fame and died in the arms
of yirtue1ess woman named George johnson
who Ind refused to marry him. :
Walter r. Davis was found guilty Of murder
+ t Versailles, Ohio and punishment Fixed al
&penitentiary for life He with Mira Lowry
Munday, was indicted for the murder Of Mr..
Munday, the motive being to secure q life in
surance Of se7, 600 Munday died two years
ago. VIA
The Efingham, Ill, bank was closed recently.
President T. A yangassy left town Saturday,
tbs 10Th, and went to Chicago, and it is sup
posed to- Canada BE took all the money and
4 Securities in the bsnl, amounting to about $40,
\ coo. The heaviest loser is Joseph Partridge, q
merchant, who is out about s10, 00G
Henry Martin, fireman on the Chicago,
Milwaukee q ST. Paul road Mt Mitchell, Oak,
robbed an old man, named Samuel Newell, Of
1921 in Curley & Linser's saloon The parties
had been drinking together, when Martin saw
tho money when the sold man, who had be-