The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-07-30

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.-.,,.'.+,7ss j. y. maxwell, Agent
{ Z. G. Cook, city attorney of Mandan,
made Medora q visit last week. ~
J.AFerris' store room will be ready
for occupancy the last Of next week.
The Cantonment property has baen
put in charge Of Fred Willard until the
trial. ~ III. ,.s5 ,.g.5 f. X gs,a..t
J.F. B, e,s started yesterday morni, 6
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder, Of Iowa, for
tie Black Hills. II. SD ,s:sS l.sio
Joe McCoul came back from Glendiye
Monday morning. His log is giving him
but little trouble; ''S W. 81; i}g.i
Il Abe Goodkind was IN Medora Tuesday
assuring our dealers That "dose Ell Mapa
Mundi cigars yOs de chief. Vat you haf'
shentlemens.n 4, 49, ~, 5s,s VS. IN; 55:
There will be, a house-warming in the
shape Of dance, in: Jos, Ferris new
store, next Tuesday evening. All are
cordially invited to attend. 4 s5S b
Pat O'Hara has sold his house in Lit
tie Missouri, formerly occupied by Mrs.
Lason. The present owner intends fur
nislling and renting it. s,. .
r. a.. Matthews, formerly foreman for
the N. P. re. Co.. has been appointed
inspector of the Montana stock associa-
ton, to be, stationed at st. Paul. Il
Prices on all classes Of cattle dropped
fifteen to twenty-five cents in the Chi
cago market during the last week, as
will be seen by our market report.
sRattlesnakes are more abundant this
year than for a long time in the Bad
Lands. From the number now being
killed it is to be hoped that we will
soon be rid Of them. AZ
Never, since the first white man came
here, has there been as much rain as we
: have had this season. There las even
I been more than is wanted as the grass
should at this time be better cured than:
it is. ;c.3=: 81 ;s=.. ne m.
No service was held last Sunday even
ing, although Rev. Schaffner was here,
owing to the Improvements going on in
the rink. Next Sunday evening service
will be held in the depot waiting room,
where all are invited. 4s31s5 s55S
Strange as it may seem, Medora has a
; larger freight, express and passenger
business than any point on the division,
AIandan and Glendiye included Fifteen
to twenty thousand dollars is no uncom-
Z mon freight business to do in a month.
Max Bass has STRUCK his gait as
agent for the, Milwaukee Brewing Co.
/. It must needs be q temperance town
where his persuasive eloqnence will not
introduce the now famous Bismarck
beer. The brewing company would have
had a hard time finding better man to
compete with soto, the spotter." We
live In hopes of seeing the two in town
together. There will certainly be room
for IN argument then. 5.a i
d. F. Barry, "Bismarck's best" in the
photograph line, has placed us under
many obligations for a number Of large
panels and photographs Of noted Indians.
Sitting Bull, Rain-in- the Face, Slow
White Buffalo. Crow Eagle, Iron Thun-
der, Fool Thunder, Standing Holy, Sit
/ ting Bulls daughter, Gaul and nephew
and others all bedecked in Indian inery
are among the number. Mr.. Barry has
/ made . specially of Indian photographs,
he having gallery at Standing Rock.
He Is thinking Of putting up a gallery
here and taking Q number Of Bad Lands
4 views.
\. II The st. Paul jobbers came in like q
cloud Of seyenteen-year lOcusts but ap-
parently with no such greedy design.
Their trip % one, more Of pleasure than
business. bnt q weather eye was always
kept open for trade. The excursion
train arrived at 4:30 and Immediately
B the Northwestern band enliyened all
4 with the first strains Of brass-band
music that have ever been heard in Me.
dora. The whole party then fell In and
Y headed by the band marched to the
4 slaughter.house.a Here the busy scene
was viewed for atfew minutes and the
u system displayed was warmly approved
on the return trip considerable amuss.
msnt was aroused BY Pete the cook. who
8 was riding i kiekinx eaynse and passing
as chief Of police. Tho only real, live,
wild. genuine, untamed e0w.pnncher
3 tiisporting on lis native heath was Fred
Willard. To look at his calm. untronb.
B led lineaments while stating to an eager
questionsr that his revolver cost tWl
I hundred and sixty dollars and other
answers ofia like tenor, one would actu.
4 ally have believed what he said If he
didn't know him. The excursionists
expressed themselves as especially sorry
not to be able to stop and learn some
thing 81 the cattle business, but this, d
course was impossible. the Trip will
Inst ten days from the time of starting
I the western limit being Butte. Tht
z trip will give the jobbers good idea 81
the growth Of the country along the Linz
as well as It's needs. Tie trip canno1
4 but be mutually profitable as this Wholt