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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

Referring to the second blowing up
by dynamite Of Cyrus w. Field $ mon
lument to Andre, the New York Sun
says there is q very simple way to pre-.
vent al further efforts to destroy it,
viz: Efface all existing inscriptions
andsengrayeuponit these words: This;
stone marks the spot where John
A AZ q British spy, was deservedIy
hanged by the order Of Gen. George
Washing From American patriots
his men1dr merits neither respect nor
commm y.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED,
Fate of a Ballot Box stuGer.

The supreme court, in session at Ottawa,
H., affirmed tho decision OF the lower
rourts in the case OF Joseph g. Mackin Tor
perjury, At the last senatorial election Of
illinois, it was discovered that large
number OF spurious ballots had been
printed and cast in favor Of Rudolph
Brand, for state senator. In the inyesti-
CATION which followed sufficient evidence
was producedt to convict Mackin OF the
crime, and he was sentenced by Judge
5Blodgett to two Years in the Spenit entlary
md the payment OF a fine OF So, QUO.
Mackin's attorney at once carried the case
to the supreme court OF the United States,
before which it,now. is. Following his con-
viction in the United States court for tam.
porting with ballots, Mackin was indicted
by the state grand jury for perjury in
swearing he had not ordered or received
the spurious ballots. or this crime he was
convicted as above stated, and will no
pay the penalty.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

The present population Of the Unit
ed States, based on the ratio sof in
crease as shown by the decennial CEN
sus Of 1880, and the partial census of
1852, is fully fifty-six millions IAN in
crease OF twelve per cent. in five years.
Twelve per cent. added to tifty7six mill
ions would give US the population in
1890, if the increase were continued at
the same rate, namely sixty-two and
Sthree-quarters millions.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

Judge 5Blodgett Of Chicago refused q dis. 3
charge to James Baker, decoyed there rom
Ohio, that he might be arrested Tor emoez.
element: 81, Ut; n. ES$
In an alteration at Louisville with O.
stranger named Roy, N. "A. Storm, was
fatally injured by being struck with gun
in tho hands 81 Roy. fi!7 a
A Near Ghesteryille, Dearborn county, Ind.
Joseph Chance and his uncle, Charles Gable,
renewed anSold quarrel in the road near
Cables residence, which ended in Gable be-
ing killed. Hi ;$S n NJ &
kpnrtinl investigation Of the books Of
John NJ. Carroll, treasurer Of Stanton,
Va, who, disappeared in September, dis.
closed "a deficit Of Sit ), 900. This amount
may be increased. NJ
A sensational seduction suit was recently
decided in the circuit courtin Vincennes;
Ind. The Jury awarded the plaintiff, Miss
Emily ~ offron, 81, 900 damages. The
5betray yer. is Emery Smith, Appointment and
wealthy farmer. i 81 81 NJ
Henry C. Bodley, chiel clerk to Lee w.
Foster & Co., Butte, Montana, committed
suicide by taking morphine. An inyestiga-
ton OF his accounts revealed the fact that
he had lost $54S OF the FIRMS money in
speculationan q special deposit 5of 5000
in gold. III Z RI * Il n .l$
l
In Baltimore, William z. Stone shot hif
wife, Julia, and then himself. They Were
| taken to the Maryland university hospital,
when Mrs. Stone was found shot through
the hend, from the effects Of Which'she died
in q short time; Stone was 81 shot in tht
face. The wound ininot necessarily fatal
Quite q sensation haa been created ii
Davenport and in Rock Island by the ar.
rest Of William Norris, a well know
! and highly connected young man. &of Rocl
Island, for passing sconnterleit money
which he had mantifaetllred. The coinwas
in the shape Of dollars only, and a very
4 good and eceptive imitation. rs
Che I All Jow, who was found guilty o
4 impersonating another Chinaman in q Ger
n titicate issued under the Chinese restriction
act; was sentenced by Judge Hoffman d
the United States district court Mt San
Francisco, to pay IL fine Of IS, 900 and be
imprisoned Mt San Quentin for five years,
i A stay was granted for u few days. N
Later developments in the case Of vii
bur F. Norris oi Rock Island, arrested fol
counterfeiting, implicate another highly
q connected young man Of that city, George
!. Hakes son OF q wealthy and we'll known
citizen. Both arc river engineers, and have
/ put in their spare time in the last six
months in manufacturing copper moulds,
from which the bogus coin was made.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
ADeserted Husbands Vengeance.

Washington Special. Louis Somerfeld,
q policeman. aged fity-two years, shot and
Instantly killed his wife and Gottlieb
Elsenbaum at the latter's saloon in the
northwestern part OF the city. Somersfield's
wifeleft him someweeks ago and has since
been living at EisenbauIu, g. Recently
Somerfeld entered the saloon and, drawing
a revolver, emptied all its chambers, one
shot passing through Eisenbaun 8 heart,
while Mrs. Somerfield was shot in the back;
As soon as the shots were fired some OF the
the alarm, and they were both found dead.
Somerfield ran down the street toward the
navy yard. a citizen undertook to stop
him, when he attempted to kill him also.
An officer then appeared and took him into
custody He made no explanation, except
to say in broken English that his wife had
lett him and gone to live at Essen baum's,
md that she had cheaJed him out OF his
money. y En- 9 .s n sBss
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

3g Mrs. Mary Ann Liyermore is some
swhat disco uraged about progress"
in New England, but has strong hopes
iof western states settled from New;
England stock. She thinks that UNI.
limited suffrage viii first beestablished
for women in q western state, proba-
1 bly, IN Iowa: 4 81
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

The big bridge between New York
and Brooklynsis becoming very pop
3ular.s From 60, 900 to 81, 900 cross
every day in the cars, while about
II, 600 walk over. The walk Of q
mile inSthe clear atmosphere SO far
above the surface Of the river is con-
sldered promotive Of health. Any
citizen Of the United States, who goes
to New York without seeing the great
bridge, misses q wonder Of the world.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
~ : -LS sGJsl :
General News.


New ork parties are going TO; build an
immense I'm lell hotel in Philadelphia:
Alargelot OF cheese weighing 8 900 pounds
each were shipped from New York to Liver
Over $25, 900 have been thrown away n
champaign, H., trying to make sugar from
sorghum cane. v Is ~ 81 n
Capt. James Wilson, s q wealthy frnit
packer o. Baltimore was neatly bunkoed
E The Colorado state uniyersity has been
provided with scientific instruments AZ 4
cost Of So, 900. q g - - z
Seventeen Episcopal 1churches il Nav
YORK city will hold mission services d 1rinp
the tirst week in Advent. q SsS
New York Germans we're unneceasar;iv
alarmed rs the Sunday concert h 81 onns
were not closed BY the police.
Three Thousand workmen are thrown
out; Of employment by tile closing 5of q bow.
cotted New York cigar manufactor
There were 227 failures! ii, the Initial
states the past week nm Increase 81 seven.
ty.one over tho week previous.
Rev: Thomas Harrison; the boy orea cher.
Els having phenomenal 9success II, fhia mset..
ing ! at the Summerfield Method list churcl,
lMuWaukee.
The four richest men in the world are tbe
duke Of Westminster, L v Vanderbilt. Roths.
enid ana, Maekay, hose aggregate wealth
Cyrus w. Field he Is willing to erect
g monument TO Nathan Hale, the American
lssRx cnptured within the British linea ! 81
ht 5Redi in New York fin 777. ~
Hon. w !. w. Astor, Int United states
minister to Rome, has written o novel ;on
Italian life in the middle ages. which n
shortly 70 be printed by Charles scribner's
Mrs. W. &. Endicott, afry. p titan y. !. II, i.
iornia, MrB.J. r. j ones 81 Nevada. Mira N
u Palmer o. Michigan, and Mrs. d an MI q.
Hubbard were elected members 81 the hna Ii
~ anagers Mt the November meetino II
the Garfield Hospital ASA cintion ~,
Rev. Pr. Charles 0,ReilIy 81 Detroit
Mich d treasurer / Of the Irish Nationai
League OF America, has received "a iettar
rom Thomas Harrington, NJ. p 4. acknn,yi.
edging the receipt Of 81, 200 Tor tho malta.
Tor. III y = y sl, 'tr
Council Bluffs Special: Tho 70 yernment
u king u lively Tor postmas ters 4 cc,,asS
81 using fnoney.order fund.- M theis nrivo T.
nuslnesB. Postmaster Campbell III TeInnia.
ton was arrestetl and waived exa nina nv
The postmaster hit Bedford gnss ts III.
to- answer for the Same ioifenss IL
was .elested Treasurer on the Republicans
county ticket recently Frank A Sherman
[ppssmaster ut Pacific Junction. WAS y.
rested and is looking for bonds. NJ
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
s PresidenI.s, coles sueces.lor,

At the meeting 81 tfie trustees iof the
Episcopalian Theological 3 seminary AZ
Nushota, Wis, Rev, DR.. Nicholson 81 Phila.
7deiphia WINS unanim, ,uBly elected president
of3 that institution to succeed the late Rev.
SDrsG Cole. HswiI in all bility accept.
DIR. Nicholson has been since 1S48, and Is
fatpresent, the rector 81 st. MARI, 8 church
ny Philadelphia He known TO be very
gifted and hns a high reput as q mar,
and minister. He was elected bishop d
Indiana in 1883. but declined.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
THE ! !. BAD J 1. LANDS COW BOY.
VT PACKARD 4 puB.isher,
MED ORA, .;s.3 DAKOTA.
The Kansas census upon which the
slatiye pportionment is to be
made shows q total population Of =.
H268, 4a2, against g95 1853 in 1880.

The Canadian Pacific railroad is,
reaching ont for connections which will
sgireit direct connections and control
of railroads reaching Portland and
Boston, thus securing q tr,ansconti-
mental route between the seaports for
the traffic Of the Indies and the North
;x,aef ~ 53J ,5,.ss Y
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

M It Is estimated that the corn crop Of
Nebraska Viii eq'taI Isl 90, 900
bushels. This enormous product is
grown upon what only a fewyearg ago
was consid a desert. At the pres
ent price Of corn in Chicago this crop.
would be worth delivered in that city
very nearly seventy million dollars.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
\ a Tfick,on the weaker 8 !.

III Washington Special Ii 35has been the
policy OF this administration to leave post.
$mistresses undistnrbed on the ground that
q woman cannot be an offensive partisan.
Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson
discovered that y number OF greedy
men had been outwittihg him by filing an
plications Tor Offices NOW held by women.
and in the papers using simply the in
itials OF the Il present incumbents,i
In this way when 81 the documents
reached him he did not know the sex OF the
present Off cials, and ordered the removal
and desired appointments.$s The discovery;
was made in a Maryland office, and an; Of.
der was at once issued to go through the
department and arrest 8all appointments
where women were to be turned out, and
they win be retained. Where commissions
have been issued and the postoffice has
changed hands, nothing viii be done.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
Foreign News.

l. 1 T. a.. - W., nj {
seryia has decided to formally declare
war against Bulgaria. ss5 u;
Now that Riel has been hanged, the ex.
icitement in Toronto has suDsided.
An Ontario express agent who stole &c.,
900 has been traced to Council Bluffs.
The Burmese sailors couldn't stand the
British fire, and 200 OF them jumped over
board 81 = tsss$5 .t:,l ta5 s;;..,
The Canadian government has spent
| $450,OO0 this season in MD ofimmigratio
to the Dominion. y h.
Montreal business men say they have
lost S6,O00,OO0 by business stagnation
caused by the smallpox epidemic.
British manufactures approve the war
! with Burmah, as it will result in the open
ing Of new markets for their products.
Several Mormon missionaries were driven
out Of South Carolina over the boundary
into North Carolina by indignant citizens.
A refugee from Khnrtoum says after the
murder OF Gen. Gordon his head hung on q
butchers hook for four or five. days, and
was pelted and spat upon by the natives.
The friends Of Mr.. Stead the imprisoned
editor OF the Pail Mall Gazette, are already
making arrangements to hold great pub.
lie Recommendation in his honor on the day
Of his liberation from jail. q i
An order in council has been passed ap-
pointing Lieut., "a. R. Gordon. r. n, and
Capt. Thomas Harbottle OF Toronto q
court or Tribunal to hold an investigation
into the wreck 81 thu steamer Algoma. II
Dispatches from Bulgaria state that
King Milan informed the powers that Ser.
via had declared war against Bulgaria be-
cause Bulgaria arbitrarily attacked. po-
sition which the Mornva division OF the
kings troops had held in Servian territory
opposite the Bulgarian frontier. e
Lady Jano Lanpson has obtained di.
yorce from her husband, Sir Curtis Miranda
Lampson, on theground ofadultery. Both
parties were born in America. The plaintiff
is daughter OF Glib Sibley OF Sutton.
Mass. The defendant was born in Vermont
in 1906, and married the plaintiff in 1897.
Charles Allsopp. member Of parliament
Tor Taunton, while presiding at O Conser-
yatiye meeting at Burton, England, at
tempted to quell Q disturbance among the
andience, when he was violently assaulted,
His face was badly mashed and his watch
WAS stolen. A general free fight ensued.
Inc attorney general attempted to address
the meeting, but failed to get q hearing.
It has been discovered that G. P. Foyer.|
who absconded from Gilmore, Ont. with
Sly, 900 belonging to the American Express
company, oil which he was agent, wns in
Omaha, (Neb.) recently and exchanged
$4,000 in Canadian money for United
States; currency at one of the banks. "A
\; Chicago detective who was notified traced
him TO Council Bluffs, but then lost the
trail. f5 e 5{El saa::ss
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
Crimes and Cri,nijnni z

Two Nebraska gamblers quarrele,l, one
hred ~ the other, and killed nm outsider,
Martin II. Collins. e 81 Is
,rhe detaulting treasurer Of the Catholic
knights OF America was Il found guilty oil
forgery N q Kentucky court.
/, !. II. 9. Hoff man, d book keeper of Bren.
ham. Tex, was arrested and lodged ID TALL
S9n the charge q elntezzling $500. a,
Ferdinand Ward u gaining strength and
health 10 prison. He a,iys he ID trcated
I vel and has no complaint to make.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
DAK0 ia. Ter ITO IRE i N EWS,
I DAKoTA4 CROPS.
lfRsBAYNEs' REPORT.

ASAsA 0kNOEH.
i x MRss BAYNEs' REPORT
! ALEXANDRIA, DAB. !, Special telegram, Nov.
Il. stattatlclan Baynes a bis report On the
wheat crop says: 3S3
census year 1870 did not raise bushei Of
wheat thatin 1885 produced 4 900, 900 bushels
aoh. The development has been 30 rapid that
H. nos se
wheat for 1884, ae5s was
aiken this his year sss and 4 eiS!aI is
indiana ssep and illinois, crop shas ys snsa
rom Two to forty;two bushels per acre. % say
Ter The circumstances. The guess that was
It .G1 &, 600 acres while the census figures an
e. Isl 10 bushels The United States aRrisi
,ural department cut IL down to 222, 100000
bushels whereas the census puts y at 80
Ind md over 5000, 900 more than The
department officials report, In which the total
oo b tSr sH onsed
1884 to 52s, 80O, 3l3 bushels. These extrA 49,
i Doc, 900 bushels account In part for the large
TSased e.
Of 1884, as determined by the census, to figure
bit the crop Of 1885. Had It not been for thu
4 European war news that RaVea Doom TO pf1oea5
Just prior to seeding, allied with the sWeepinR
reporta OF damage to crops throughout the winter
wheat section, there would have been decrease
\ In acreage for 1895 from that Of the preceding
i year, but these conditions were
lft8S a PROMISING OUTLOOK
for the marketing Of the next crop and spurred
4 up farmers TO send more than they otherwise
4 would have done, The price ut which the c1ops
of 1885, was marketed ywass disco nrexinR 10
4 wheat producers and much of the land In the
n large wheat belt was not ploughed auring the
nam In the south and centrnl part OF the terri
i tory many acres that would have been Gown
4 with wheat with good prices prevatling.awers
4 seeded with flax. With q careful survey OF
i the field we are VI OF the opinion
that the land vi broke up In 1884
i mud a sown III to Il! crop y. for the Il drsl
4 time In ] 1856, will about Offset the decrease oil
4 acreage from the causes before mentioned. " The
| acreage $of 1885 is therefore iequa3 to that Of
1884. Tho Yield shows nearly az sreat Ianxa
as the crop Of 1884. e There were some localities
while the prevailing specially hot weather dur.
ing the middle stage also worked injury all over
! the territory. b We believe that the harvest
also ended with an average yield K Of 14A
bushels per acre. Loss before threshtng, from
rains and prairie fires, the latter being mort
| disastrous than IS was ever known before
amounted to represent over. ] 1892, 296 bushela
| when being deducted would make the remain.
| ing crop for SS5-31.O1B,lS3 bushels This
shows nearly Is, 900 600 OF wheat produced by
DAKOTA In 884 and 1855 more than was figured
fmA my calculations by statisttcians or in thu
official report Of the department OF agriculture
at Washington. 1t. PLACES Dakota in tho front
rank Of the great wheat producing states.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
YGeneiraI Nswpns,.

One hundred or the poorer ciasses have
left Tennessee for Utah ard Mornonisri.s &;
All trans.A tIantic mails from England
Will be forwarded oyer ths Canadian Pacific
road " IL
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
Wants of the Cattle Growers.

At the national convention OF cattle
growers held in Chicago, the resolutions
provided for a. finance committee OF five to
collect subscriptions and raise funds to
prosecute means to secure legislation, this
committee to act,under the direction OF the
executive committee OF the National Cattle
Growers association, the committee to
gather and give to the press authentic in
formation regarding contagious diseases,
SO as to remove popular misconceptions,
and third committee to urge upon con-
gress the necessity OF perfecting existing
laws, and make provisions FOR national
oversight OF cattle diseases by the commits
sioner Of agriculture. The resolutions ask.
ed for ansappropriation OF not less than
81 100000 from congress to pay for dis
eased cattle slaughtered, and also provide
Tor the payment OF experts to settle the
value OF cattle on the basis OF health before
Injection. The resolutions were adopted.
j. s. Coffin Of Iowa presented resolution
calling upon states and national legislative
bodies to regulate the sale OF adulterated
butter il traffic in it be permitted to go on.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
Hanging Of a Maine Burglar.

Thomas Wilkinson was hanged at Thorn.
aston, Me-, for killing policeman Lawrence.
He remained calm and cool as the hour OF
his death approached. He slept q ute well,
breakfasted heartily and smoked His pa
rents live near London. His father is a
tradesman. Wilkinsonwas not the prison
er's real name. He said that the folks
should never know the manner Of his
death. He wished to lie buried in the prison
cemetery. Wilkinson. escorted by, the
deputy sheriffs and Rev. F. N. Tower, his
spiritual nd wiser. issued from the western
door Of the prison and marched to the scat
fold. He walked with a firm step, md stood
upon the drop without d tremor. AS the
moose was being adjusted he said to the
sheriff: You fellows get $50 q day for
such work. He had nothing further to
for the dying. At Just 10 o'clock the trap
was sprung and he fell seven feet, dying
without struggle. ~ ~ !,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
Railroad Man Arrested for Embezzle.
TX meut.S - S y %

~ 49, - 81 j
Milwaukee Specinl: Herbert r. Jones,
the assistant claim agent for the Chicago,
st. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha railway at
ST. Paul, was arrested Green Bay by Uni
ted States Marshal West and brought to Mil.
waukee. Heis charged with embezzling 5000
OF government funds. Up to the famous
crash Ct Strong's bank in Green Bay, Jones
was his cashier, and afterward started apri-
with $40, 900 assets and $50, 900 liabili.
ties; Sc, 900 OF these had been placed in the
bunk as security for the shortage in
I the accounts OF the postmaster, J. s.
Marsh, by Marsh's bondsmen.g The post
off ce inspector, who had discovered the
shortage, designated Jones to look after
the interest Of the bondsmen. When the
bank failed Jones skipped, his mother hay-
up an st. Paul, where he took the railroad
position II sss K Il 4 ssgt NE
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

The Washington house burned at ST.
Cloud. Loss Sc. 900. - -
Thin ice near Detroit orphaned the nine
children Of James r. Gee, q premature
skater. t
Natural gas caused the burning al 4
school house at Kittaning, Pa. Loss.
$50, 600; insurance s. 90, 90 5'575s
The following men were ei,t omt,ed iat =
mine in Colorado: Con Nourse, III. 7 West.
fall, Elmer Heista, D. & w. Patton. II. De
arosslier: N. Lap oint, > ohm Lalne, George
Smith, William Strong and II. Baptistil.
They were found dead -
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26

bus in the brain was the primary cause Of
the trouble. So confident was he Of this
TACT that he asserted that il he could carry
Mccullough through thirty days without
the formation OF a second thrombus, he
could eventually be cured. Two weeks
elapsed when the second formed and death
ensued. The physicians at Bloomingdale
hospital claimed insanity from general
causes, not special. i.a {. Isl 81
The result Of the autopsy freely corrobo.
rated the diagnosis OF Dr.. Engel. The
physicians signed the following statement:
The physicians assembled find it was q
disease Of the blood vessels Of the brain,
due to blood poison, and that the basilar
artery and middle cerebral arteries were
the ones mainly affected; that the pia mater
was opaque over q large part of the con-
Yexity of.the brain and adherent especially
III front OF the $parietal region, near the
brocas convolution and fksure OF the ro-
lonlo. InS various places, in an attempt
to strip pia mater, it was fouLd that small
fragments OF cortical tissue came away
with the membrane. Neither tumor nor
nbscess was discovered.