The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-04-03

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A new barber has taken the piece Of
The bold soldier boy who has gone back
TO the defence Of his country.
Mr.. Sam English, well known to many
Of our citizens, is on his way to Medora
TO engage in business. He win be d. vel
come addition. 81
We are anxious to hear from How 2
again, and il he doesn't show-up soon we
will give him away and let the wrath Of
the community down on his devoted
head. s3,.ss :5:$j.. u
The smiling tenance Of Big Foot
Ryder haabeen beaming on our citizens
for q day or two. The gang" is resting
from its arduous labors until the gIune
freshet. .s55
Again has Frank Smith placed. our Bad
Lands museum under obligations to him.
One specimen has the. plain print Of wa
ter flags upon it, although twas found
on the top Of a high butte 55
The immigration edition Of The Man
dan Pioneer has had the good effect Of
influencing several persons to write us
in reference to the Bad Lands. From re-
cent letters we are convinced that one
at least will settle here.
The following is an extract from d let
ter written in Paris, France, to a friend
Of ours in Medora: .eTHE BAD LANDS
Cow Boy is a fayorite of mine. Be sure
and send it to me regularly. Give my
hndest regards to the editor and wish
him every success" She is the right
kind to stick to, William. ~
The knight Of the curry comb tackled
a cotton pie April 1, and in his hercnlean
efforts to swallow it and not give the
thing away to his fellow boarders, his
eyes rolled out on the bridge Of his nose
until they gazed into each Others coun:
tenances, and the boys never smiled
oh, no! 5' ::
One Of the strongest displays Of.aurors
borealis it has ever been our lot to wit
ness was seen last Friday night. Thu
usual chickering's were greatly magnified
but the climax was reached with broad
band Of Light looking exactly like a dens.
mist extending across the heavens from
the eastern to the western horizon. The
greatest display Of lights was also from
| tho 40 nr,,
Messrs. Hyde and Wilkes left Tuesday
night for Chicago to visit their families
for week or two. Mr.. Hyde will bring
his family back with him and live al
the Cantonment until his residence is
completed. Mr.. likes, though strongly
urged by number of would-be sons-in:
law, could not be prevailed upon to bring
his family back with him. Oh, George
how could You be 50 cruel2
The stockmen's ball Saturday nigh
bids fair to eclipse anything ofa the kind
held in Little Missouri. Every prepare
ton has been made. First class music
from Glendiye will be in attendance AMI
supper will be served at convenient
hour. The best Of order is guaranteed
and everything will doubtless pass Of
pleasantly. Messis. Keller and Goodal
are well known enough to insure this
4 Tickets, including supper, are only $2.5t
each. and no oae can afford to miss Thu
good time. =
We received call from Mr.. Gregol
Lang last week, and he reports that hi
cattle are in prime condition. Only {
few head have died.. and. as q. iellY=likt
substance was found about the Joints d
leach. one, there is no doubt that tht
deaths were due to the bruises the cattle
received in the railroad accident. MI
4 Lang has first-rate ranch about fifty
miles up the river and will put a thea,
sand more cattle on it this spring. HI
will soon begin to erect brick house
and when completed will bring out his
family. ;s
1 1t Will be- a: matter Of interest and
news to the most of our readers that q
NEW road has been found out of the Bad
Lands to the divide, for our freight route
It is even better than the old one and al
least FIVE miles shorter, the distance td
the divide being now eighteen miles Of
less. There was no serious need oil
bridges, but five have been put in so that
the road in the Bad Lands is now almost
as good as that on the divide. Very little
grading was required, A gang Of men
under Joe Pennell have been at work fol
several days and by tonight Of to-mor:
row, at farthest, our route will be fin.
ished and be then the most perfect one
that there has ever been or will be wssi
OF the Missouri. Considerable additional
freight has come and a trip will soon be
made. A large number Of additional
contracts have been made by Mr.. Jones'
at Deadwood guaranteeing an abund.
anee Of freighting for the whole 40
teams that will start from Medsra.
The Marquis and VI. Sleeper returnes
early this morning. They came in d
the first through train that has rnn from
Bismarck for nearly a week. The oil
track has been washed away for tw'
kmiles and = temporary track was laid Of
the prairie. Mr.. Sleeper, on being ..helt
up, stated that every thing In regard t
the company's business isWorking in sh,
most satisfactory manner. An abnnd
ance Of Ice has been put up: at all TIL
places where old-storage houses havt
been Or are nor being erected, Most d
the cold-stDraga houses are near compile
ton and: will be ready for business d
soon as the summer killing begins
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