The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-06-04

J. a. Ferris has Just received new
stock Of hats. .i h "
DR.. II. NJ Jorgens returned to Nedora
Wednesday, having spent the last four
weeks in the Hills. i3s8
Mr.. Gordon, the genial proprietor Of
the clothing store and one Of the rustlers
of the Cow Boy took dinner with Tom
Martin up at Sully creek last Sunday.
Tom knows what the boys need about
three times a day. The kid is a pretty
good hand at Slowing away ballast too
and don't you let that escape from the
tablets Of your memory.
Some folks will rope a Texas steer.
when they get q chance and then again
some wont. Ask that cowboy who was
riding gray horse the other evening
why he did MT show his dexterity, and he
will find more excuses for you than he
would If he was on trial for his sins. 81
Miss jamie F. Hayford, class of "a o. c.,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. Il. Hayford Of No.
IS Forest street, was married on wednesday oven
ing Of this week to Mr.. A. T. Packard, who stud
led some time in Oberl;n and graduated at Ann
Arbor, Prof. u. NJ. Ellis officiating. Mr.. Packard
Is now an enterprising newspaper man of Medora,
Dakota, his paper bearing the unique title Of
.tsThe Bad Lands Cow Boy. oberlin Weekly
News. 5., 81 81 Il ST ,$ N X ~
A letter received from A. 7. Packard
this week says, .'we will leave LaPorte
for Chicago Wednesday, remain there
about a week and then start for Aledora."
Judging from the plural pronoun and
the marriage notice, clipped from an
Oberlin paper, which we take the
liberty to publish, we are led to conclude
that congratulations are in order. #
A real, Five cowboy" was a greater
object OF wonder and admiration to the
Cons and their ladies than anything else
in Medora. John Goodall, the Marquis
foreman, was the victim. He had Both
arms and one leg talked loose, was @held
Iupn for all the cartridges in his belt, and
presented a generally dilapidated appear
i ance when he emerged from the car
where one Of the Cons had invited him
1 to sample some patent lemonade.
slaughtering began at the abbatoirt
/, here Tuesday June End. Seventy cattle
were killed They dressed out yeryEer
for the early seess55Ia. The working Al
1 the abbib1atofrs Is in fine systematic shape
land every thing seems to fit in its plac,
like d set Of cog-wheels. Mr.. Foster, th'
superintendent, appears to know wha
is needed and how to use it. We cann0
h but congratulate the Marquis on secur
ing the services of SO valuable an assist
4 ant, and the people Of Medora. on TIL
additional assurance this gives Of th
ultimate success Of the business Whicl
insures our prosperity as d town. s33s
MI. Martin has received a full suppl
!. Of blanks and instructions from til
a weather bureau for making Weatfle
reports. sWhat is needed now is suppl
Of instruments for making correct obse1
B yations. These reports are publishe
T weekly in the Cow BOY by special II
quest Of some Of our stockmen. vii
4 they not use their influence with til
J, weather bureau to secure Mr.. Martin
i set Of the necessary instruments freeo
t charge. We can also probably secur
/ daily telegraph weather reports, whic
may at times be Of considerable value |
us. s8s
Marquis de Mores has this week sen
y ont hand bills Offering q reward Of 90
D per head for four horses estrayed froI
y Gallups ranch near Cave Ellis. and tn
q horses estrayed from Medora. IT I
believed that the Two a!edora horse
have been stolen and $500. reward
y offered for the thief Of thieves teiiycre
d lat Meiora. This Is 3 move in the rigf
direction, and much to be commende,
"A II is III onr opinion far better than III
81 astranglfng" committee cent out BY ti
Montana outfits sometime since
Later. The two horses strayed frol
Medora have been found but the otht
fonr are still 81 large.