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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
The Red River Drainage showing.

The following is the regular monthly re-.
port Of the chief engineer, and makes a
gratifying showing for the time spent in the
4 field: go q :. :
q The work began July 30 in Polk
county at the junction OF the Sand Hill
river with the Red River Of. the
North. The plan Of prosecuting the work
IS by tracing tho section lines east
4 and west, recording elevations at each Sec
tlon and quarter section corner, and such
Intermediate points MS may scein OF value.
The four instrument men start from n
common point and level on parallel sec
ton lines usually checking on each other
at the close OF the day by means of tie
4 lines, thus determining the comparative
value and correctness OF each man g work.
A field map is kept i'll Connection with the
survey, which is corrected and filled in as
( work proceeds. The map shows that
the east side OF the marsh near Beltrami
Is ninety eight feet above low water mark,
OF the Red river. Across the marsh iron,
the railroad there is q fall OF thirty
feet in ten miles toward !, the wesf.
This slope is uniform and 4 the
minimum fall will not be less than
two ieet per mile, and probably can be
Initde to reach tho full average OF three feet.
East OF the marsh tho lines OF drainage a re
not toward the stream. but parallel Will,
It's The lower Sand Hill Seems well adapted
in size and fall for the outlet OF this district.
II has number OF tributaries which terini.
nate at the west edge Of the swamp, and
which can be made available Tor drain age
outlets. Few. IL any spots in the marsh
Indicate an alknli soil, and the surface wf,-
ter is sweet and suitable for drinking. The
sod is fifteen inches deep, below which is a
black soil eighteen inches to three feet IN
depth. Snbsoil is. clay, and il from three,
TO six feet below the surface. The facts so
far developed Indicate that plan can be
found IDr the successful Drainage Of tho
Sand Hill country. -
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26

The great Minneapolis Industrial
position, which opens August %,
md closes October 2, will attract
vast numbers Of people from various
sections Of the Northwest, and there.
I Us no fear that any visitor. will 90
away dissatisfied, after behoIding
the magnificent edifce IN which it il
held and its remarkable gathering 81
rnrious, beautiful and useful articles
Those who have charge Of The en-
terprise realized from the first,
the Imperative duty and necessity
lei providing az exhibition that
"A would surpass any thing Of the kind
ever opened id this section III the,
co1ntry and 81 equaling any other,
save the Philad Iphia Cen ennial, and
II u not too much to say that they
Saye been equal to their resp nsibilis'
ssties There me tens Of thousands Of.
people III the north Invest, both old and
young. who never beheId anything that
approa ches the ders of the Mime
Apoiis Exp sition. tits agreatacho oI
of The arts that cannot faiIof inpart.
ing, not o1iIY ertainraent but
lnseful knowledge that viii be Of last.
i1g benefit toS every beholder. Ths
rheap rates md numberiess aytracss
tions At and about Minnea oils are
Inducements TO excursionists chat VIII:
not adisreSa rdsl
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
The Measurement Of Earthquakes.


Speaking Of. the measurement Of
earthquakes, how is the extent Of tile,
vibrations determined p'' asked a re-
porter. .3Ss} 5s
The vibrations are measured in q
very simple manner. If The extent Of
the vibration Is desired without any
great accuracy, tnmbler is filed with
Ink and placed on q table. During the.
earthquake the ink will be agitated to
and fro and stain the sidesSof the tuln-
bier. n The height of the stain will be-
some gauge to the extent Of tile vibra-
ton. But the scientific way. Of meas
liring earthquakes Is BY means of the
earthquake pencil. This is simply :a
pencil inverted on q tripod. The PEN
~ is arranged to oscjllate with the.
greatest freedom. During an earth
quake the pencil sways like ID pendulum
and leaves q mark on d piece Of white;
paper which stretches across The bot \
tom Ct the instrnin ent. The friction Of
the pencil on the paper is accounted
Tor n: the calcui ton. The length of
the line made 8by the pencil is m accu-S
rate measurement Of the extent Of
intensity of tho vibration. These pen-
ellis could be, without much cost, dis
tributed at the signal stations, princi-
pally In earthquake and volcanic
regions, sand observations Of internal
disturb Dances Of the earth tai eii al the
same time rs the other Weat ers obser-
yations. and with little dtiftionaI .trou-s
pie. - San francisco Chronicle.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
General News Condens
Me1ioan vlow Of tho Cutting Case

3 Il Il d
The Diario Official, the government or
gan OF the city OF Mexico, contains an i'm.
portnnt document regarding tho Cutting
rase, including the full text OF the decision
81 Judge Zubia, at Paso del Norte, which
shows clearly and Enthusiastically the court
held Cutting for crime begun on Mexican
soil and continued simultaneously in Texas
and Mexico. This puts a new phase on the
case, ms it shows Judge Zubia regarded
the case as one continuous act.
Judge zubia lays social emphasis on the
iact that Cutting actually circulated on
Mexican soil his renewal OF tho libel pub
lished in Texas. This renewal OF libel pub
lished in Texas is an offense, and were the
case reversed, would be punishable under
tho present code in Texas. A. P. Gushing,
an American lawyer, sums up Zubia's decis-
ion thus:
Cutting was convicted OF repetition Of IL
bel, first published in Mexico and reprinted
more violently in Texas papers, which
he then brought over and distrib-
uted in ~ Mexico, \ and It was the
distribution in Mexico Of the second
libel, and not the printing OF the Same in
Texas, for which he was convicted, the libel
having been read by three Or more persons,
as required by statute OF the State OF Chi.
huahua, Cutting pleading in the bar to the
Jurisdiction OF the Mexican court that the
paper had been printed in Texas. He did
not, however, deny that the paper had been
circulated on the Mexican side, which was
a fact numerous copies having been seized
there by order OF the court. Il
This aspect OF the case takes away the
phase Of conflict OF law Of the two coun
tries. The publication OF the full text Of
Judge Zubia,s decision is regarded as put
ting the case out OF the International con
troYersY. " 60 n! go ....!...-.- n
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26


The populars vote in Ireland at the
late election shows that one-t third 81
the people are opposed to home rule.
There were popular contests for only
Sone-t third, or thirty five, OF the seats
ITO. which Ireland is entitled in the i'm
perial parliament. OF the remaining
sixty.nine consti tuencies, sixty.slx re-
turned nat1onalists and three conserv-
atlyes unopp posed. OF the thirty
hive in which there wero contests the
Nationalist secured eighteen and the
unlonists seventeen. But the most
noteworthy feature Of the returns is
tie fact that the unionists polIed i Oh, 4
$50 IN the thirty five contested polls
to only 96, 1853 for the nationalists.
The significance Of this is that in one
third Of the Constituencies Of Ireland, !;
contested with the bitterest energy:
the unionist voters ontnumbered the
nationalist BY 692. This means
sthatin one third Of Ireland, at least,
the home rule idea, as representa- BY
Gladstone and Parnell, is not the
choice Of the mai ority Of the people.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
Look ont for Bad Rollsru.

Chicago News: In states where inspection
OF boilers is not thoroughly made and
careful examination OF en- gineers insisted
on, it is not wonderful that terrible explo.
sions occur. The writer last fall spent q
day in the office Of the state boiler inspect
or at st. Paul, Mimi, and heard the an.
swers given by men who had been running
threshing machine engines, and who want
cd license under the new law to continue to
run them. The utter ignorance many OF
them displayed made 1t matter ofwonder
that there had been SO lew explo.
sions. Many Of these applicants when
asked what they would do il tho " ater
ran low in their boilers while the fires
we're burning, answered that they would
pump cold water into the boilers, and
when asked il this was q perfectly safe
thing to do, answered that they
guessed it was;" that they had nj
ways done it, and never had had
trouble. The only means OF avoiding,
or OF making infrequent, such terrible dis.
asters as that which occurred near Jeffer-
son, Wis, recently, is frequent and cure
fnl inspection OF all boilers and rigid en-
forcement OF laws prohibiting incompetent
persons from having charge OF engines or
boilers un der anycircumstances.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26

The career q Joseph Pulitzer, the
pro rietor Of the New York World has
been somewhat remarkable. From
the profits derived from the World
and other investments, it is said by
one who claims to know that Pulit-
zer's personal income during this
current year will be at least $500, 900
An ind ieation Of the possession Of
property Of the value Of s., 500, 900.
This must make him the second richest
editor in the United States pretty
well, sidering that twenty years
ago he was q penniless boy in St.
!. Louis Is unable to speak the English
language and getting preearious iv-
Ing by alternately serving as stokerion
q tug boat and taking care Of agango
mules in of hours.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
a Powerful Man-of.wa

y WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-The Army and
Navy Gazette says that Secretary Whit
ney has directed the armament OF the large
cruiser authorized BY the bill passed two
weeks aso. The. plans prepared by Chief
Instructor White Of England for another
vessel will be used. These plans are for a
vessel OF greater power and speed than
any cruiser now afoat. Its length will he
335 feet; beam, extreme, 40 feet; draft,
mean, 10 feet; twin screws and a speed OF
nineteen knots per hour. 1t can carry
900 tons OF coal, and its complement OF
men will be 220. The battery consists OF
four eisht-inch and six six-inch breech-load.
ing rifles; seco ndary battery, eight 81 nm.
single shot Hotchkiss guns; two 81 MN. re-
yolver machine guns and one short Cat
ling. The hull will be ofstee1 throughout.
and the steering gear is placed below an
armored deck. The machinery viii be well
protected by belts Of coal ten feet thick.
The vessel will have five aboye-water tor
pedo.launching tubes and electric search
lights. The two sets OF triple expansion
engines have II, 500 horse power.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
Tho Great + FaiIurea ID 3 BOSTON, 4.

Boston Special: It has been definitely
learned that William Gray, r, the de-
fauiting treasurer Of the Atlantic and or.
chnrd mills committed suicide. His body
WAS found at Blue Hills. Samuel Z. Pay
son made an assignment to Samuel John
son. This y, eau, caused great surprise as Pay.
veal liiest men Il in Boston. His diff.
Guilty was caused by endorsement III
5I,nper Of E the Indian Orchard mills,
which were virtually " owned by: hin,
md his family. Gray. was TREASURER OF
this mill and Pnysons assignment is tho
natural sequel OF Grny's dedication.
sPayson has resigned as president Of the
City National Bank. His liabilities are
$3.50, 900. Payson stated TINT he thought
he had ample funds to pay his indebted
ness in full. but his affairs were in such d
condition that his property could not Sbs
realized on q decent valne at " forced sale.
The failure lis due TO slirtnknge3 in The
shares of the Indian Orchard mills. Pay.
son Is q large owner 10 tho Hallowell MOI
turing comp ny, Il
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26


Washington Special: Pho library com
mission has its plans ready to begin on the
work OF construction as soon as the land
passes to the government and it can be
cleared away ready for the building. The
houses and other improvements on the
three squares will have to be removed and
the three squares thrown into one, bound
ed by First, Second, East Capitol and B.
streets. The streets and alleys condemned
contain about one hundred md sixty thou.
sand square feet, which makes the total
available ground square thus formed $780,
900 square feet. The new building viii
occupy about the center OF this square,
with the front, 679 feet in extent,
on First street. or facing the
capitol. The depth will be SIG feet. The
center OF this immense structure will BIO
where a street now ends, and there will be
$50 feet from the building line on both the
front and rear OF the building; on both the
north and south sides there will be 100 feet
to the building line, The ground surround.
ing the building will be made attractive
with lawns and shrubbery, and will really
BIO an extension OF the beautiful grounds
surrounding the capitol building.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
~: ;s.'..,..elN The RULES
Passengers Who Paid Fifty cents s. -
u ss4ls5 n Sec q Picture. IN

Passengers Who Paid FIFTY Cents q
5S See q Picture. s
There's mouse q Yer talkins Gem,
lnens, said the porter on a hotel onr;
in Iowa, '.yo cam Z git any; drinks, IN
dis cab, not s'long as hits in the 3stato
of Iowy. Gin the rules, gemme1n,. 8
gin the rules. Sorry, cslsse we've
got some o. the best whisky ole Ken.
lucky ever: turned out right in tho
stateroom dar.s but it's gin the rules 8,
ooh! vel, replied the trio Of thirs..
~ passengers, Eve wanted a drink
pretty bad, butI guess IL have to 90
without this time. -
Awful sorry, gemmen, but it's 'gin
the rules, yo' know, in the State Of
Iow,y.3@ Like to 'commo date 70 cause.
dat whisky d max you sleep like lambs
an dream o heaven an dc angels.
Like to give yo' d taste o. 1t, Just to
show you how good dat kker is, but
it's gin de rules, gemme 1T 5 gin de
rules ''s y
ss:...iS'.Well, let's 60 to BEE, boys said
the spokesman Of the three belated pas
ssengers in the smoking chr, throwing
away his cigar; we can't get o drink,
md we may us well SO to sleep. We'll;
be in Illinois to- morro IS
Don't be in hurry, gemmen, =
said the porter, G tain,t very late yet.
As said, it's gin de rules to sell swhis.
{ ky on dis cab in tho State Of IoWy, but
I don tmind tellin 70 dat dar's q pic
5chaw q q de 'stillery where dat angel
.likker o. ours is made han gin up in de
| stateroom. Dis, is de key to the state
room, an If 70 gemmen want to go in
dar to inspeck dat work I. art I guess
Ihain''t got no 'jections. Hits worth
jus SO cents apiece all round to see dat
wonderful work O. art. Thanks, sab
thanks you'll find a decantah behind
de picchaw, an a bottle o. settler TO
de ( side down in de CO. nah O. de room,
Right dis way, gents -allus like to en-
courage folks what has q taste TO- art,
but we cam sell no whisk y-it,s gin
de rules, yo' know gin de rules. 2 -.
Chicago Herald. s5ss5s
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26

We, the jury, find the defendants August
Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielder, Albert
3 Parsons. Adolph Fischer, George Enael and
Louis LlnrE guilty of murder as charged in the
Indictment. and fix the penalty ut death. We
lind the defendant Oscar w. Necbe guilty of
murder In manner and form a. charged In the
Indictment, and fix the penalty Mt Imrrison-
nent 10 the penitentiary at fifteen years.. III
Capt Black asked that the jury be polIed.
The jurymen answered with firm voices
Capt Black said he desired to make mo-
hon for q new trial, States Attorney Grin
nell said 1t would be impossible to dispose of
the motion during the present term, but by
agreement The motion could be argued at the
September term This was agreed to by the
The $Court-Let the motion be entered and
continued until the next term, and the defend
ants be taken back to Jail Gentlemen Of the
Jury: You have finished this long and very
cradle sacrifice OF time and hardship / hops
That everything has been done that could posi-
bly, be done to make those Racrifices and hard
ships as mild as might be permitted It does
not become me to say anything In regard to the
case that you have tried or the verdict you have
Jurors ns yon have done, deserve some recoeni-
ton OF the service you have performed besides
the meager compensation you have received
The foreman OF the jury said: ia f
The jury have depnted to me the only acree-
able duty that Ifs our province to perform, and
that Is to thank the court and the counsel for
the defense and for the prosecution for their
kindly care to: make MS as Comfortable as possi-
BILE during our confinement We thank you, ] & z
The court responded very briefly. The
5prisoners had filed out during the interim
under the guidance Of bailiffa
aS3 THE BLOW FALLS HARD. h
II. II - 1xr--
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26

The foreign commerce of Great
Britain continues to go from bad to
worse, the official statistics showing a
decrease Of 81 o,75o, 900 in imports
and S., 400, 900 in exports for the
n, g Of July as compared with 1885,
although trade was considered very
dull g 2 year ago. The English export
ers are finding it more and more diff
cult to hold distant markets against
foreign compe edition, and if ocean
jfreigghts were not remarkably low
British annfacturers would find it
still harder to dispose Of their goods.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26

ia his article in the current number
of the Forum, Mr. Andrew Carnegie
points 4 out the fact that all the great
corp orations Of the country are not
80 'sl. much il the hands Of aifew rich
e. men en-, as is nonly supposed to be
thecase. The Pennsyl vania Railroad,
for inst ance, is owned by ! 9, $40 share,
holders III sums Of $50 and upward.
u The ~ New York Central is owned by
slo,4ls shareho lders, 81 whom one.
third ID are Is women and executors Of es.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
! Tho Governor of rexa. spaak..

The New York Herald has the following
dispatch from Governor Ireland Of Texas:
Austin, Tex, Aug. lathe editor OF the
Herald: You ask my views OF the Cutting
case. Cutting has never applied to me. Il
may be conceded, il necessary, that Cut.
ting has been legally convicted under mod
ern law but the people and government
Of the United States can never submit to
such airule Of law. Every editor and every
other person who writes L or prints
matter in the United States obnoxious to
the views OF Mexican courts can at any
time, when found in Mexico, be I arrested
and be punished rs Cutting has been. The
person OF Cutting is not involved. Surely
our government has not made an idle de.
mand. No one wants war, and I trust no
one wants peace at theexpense Of national
honor and the rights OF American citizens.
The only way to avoid war is to DO ready
ior it. and show o willingness to accept II
il it must be. Outrages have gone far
enough and have been numerous enough,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
THE Z BAD B \ IA COW BOY.
4. 2. PACKARD !, puBsiaher,
n MEDIC Y u I DAKOTA

re word t,funds 4 menus sail as.
sources md not merely cash on han.l,5
ccording to the decision III tbs Iowa
supreme court: It is quite clear thar
has q broader me aiming, aud in some
eases should be construed to include
property of every kind, when si:eiil,
property is specially contemplated as
something to be used or applied to the
pay of debts x
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
An Editors Troubles Ended.

Once during the career of young De
1 Nyse he was made managing editor Of
the Telegram. and he was informed BY
Mr.. Bennett that the editorials for the
paper would be furnished from day to
day BY Mr.. Leyien, who occupied po-
sition on the Herald staff. These edi-
torials used to come in writing in a
number of different hands and marked
must by Levien. De Nyse became
dissatisfied with them and Imagined
that they were nursing the paper very
much, So one day lie called on fhee
proprietor. Said lie: 5s$ 4 <
Mr.. Bennett, you have made me
managing editor Of the Telegram, and
l am trying my best to push the paper to
success. But this man Levieniis ham
pering mevery much. e z
How so ~ questioned Mr.. Bennett,
looking up with some surprise. Sc
ell I don't want to Interfere
with any man who is earning his bread
and butter, but, mt the same time. i
Leyien sends in d lot of editorials every
day; that are not writ ten by himself,
aud I suppose heis getting his friends :
to do the work for him. shouldn't
object to that if the editorials were good,
q but they are simply internally bad
There is one man in particular who I
turns in about the worst rot I ever saw
in q newspaper. I haven't the faintest
notion who he is, but the stuff he sends I
through LeYien: is laughed at all over
the Office, and is so trivial that it Just
about destroys the effect Of any work i;
do in the news department. Here is /
some of the manuscript = "a
h MIR. Bennett ok up q slip Of paper
and looked at it for Il moment. Then
he said: so D you don't think this
writer ought not be allowed to put his /:
stuff in printp .:s
INC responded De N Use, frankly
4 do not tits quite evident that this
particular writer is a id fool" $ 5 b
lutte possible = said Mr. Bennett,
very quietly. Il wrote those editorials !:
myself. ...3
De Nyse fell back in his chair with
gasp. His hair fairly stood on end.
|? He started to make some sort of an
explanation, but Bennett cut him
/ short. $5 IT'D:
IN one Of that, 2 exclaimed tho pro-
prietor Of the EHerat "a !; IN ono Of that. Il
thought those editorials were pretty
good; but, rs they do not seem to inn (
press other people in the same light, +
Shall neyerw write another. Good day y
Mr.. De Nyse returned to his post
Sconside rably saddened, but lie never
had any further ed ,torials from Mr..
bennett. ~ NesO Yorh Letter. .3 n
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-26
The official tables Of the British ar.


.liamentary election show that
the majority of the coalition Of
conservatives and union liberals is
III 4 81 The last Parliament was COM
posed Of 382 Liberals, 252 Conserya-
tives and SO Nation alists. The pres
8e e It; House represents a Liberal loss Of
363, e Conservat gain Of 81, and a
Nationalist loss Of one. On June z,
when the House divided on Mr.. Glad
stones home rule measure, on the
largest diyisioneye known in che his
tory Of the British parliament, there
being only ID absentees out OF 67O
members, the vote stood 313 to $343,
9 majority against Gladstone Of 80.
This has been increased to LIS; but
with The liberal party again united
as 1T may be on measures outside OF
Irish affairs, the opposition to the
tory government has a majority Of SO.