The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-11
a FIERY S1aHElr1.

In the evening the ice palace was bonn
barded, the spectacle Of its illumination by
the discharge of thousands Of rockets and
Roman candles used in the attack and de-
Tense, was grand and picturesque, rlvaling
in its beauty and grandeur the tabled ac-
counts Of some dazzling entertainment of
old It was a scene, the like Of which has
never been seen in the world Outside Of ST.
Petersburg, Russia, and Montreal, Ca1ada
The storming of the ice castle was the re-
suit Of o desire on the part OF s.lire King
to wrest the huge.editice from The possession
of the fee King. Ia carrying ont thissdesire
the Fire King and his foil werss storlned the
local habitation Of theS Ice King and the
latter and his loyal suAszcts repulaed the at
tack, with vigor and eject The uniformed
members sof the Iskny toboggan; sn owshoej
and skating Gibbs acted as the soldiers Of the
contending fnonarchs They, divided M.
fought well md vaIiantly, and in their en-;
thusiastic attack and defense contributed
not q little to the grand and realistic effect
of the mirnfc battle The palace was sur
rounded by the forces of the royal inmate.
early in the evening, In anticipation Of an
attack. They filed the castle and occupied
all the available positions about the towers
and battlements ~.
a sls;s A. EIGHT PICTURE
The castle and its surrounding defenders
was q picture Of quietnesa The besieging
forces marched mp to the castle, and the Fire
King demanded its surrender At each Of
the four main entrances to the castle he
made his demand, his troops following, thus
forming second circle about the castle, the
inner circle being the military subjects Of
the reigning monarch. The demands of the
Fire King are refused, and the battle begins
From the outer circle go up scores and hun
dreds and thousands of Roman candles, sky
rockets and other pyrotechnio displays The
;menbers of the inner circle responded by a
hmilar discharge Of fireworks. as did their
fellows within the castle. The illumination
of the many explosions and the red fire
within the palace made the scene one Of
ver-to- be-forgotten beauty and grandeur
The Illumination disclosed the massive Ice
palace In all its purity, and likewise revealed
the various colored suits Of those participant
ing in the sortie, either as friends or foes Of
the Ice King The sight was enjoyed by
many thousands within the carnival grounds
and by many more outside that enclosure
At last the contending kings hold confer
ence, during q lull IN the battle, and as q re-
suit thereof nm armisace was declared, and
the forces, following their respective kings,
formed into line and marched through the
principal streets of the city, the torchlfght
parade being the reverse as to its line Of
march Of that Last Monday night h
sToRhnNd OF THE ICE PALACE.
Fire and Ice, the emblems Of heat and cold,
are utterly dissfmilar and antaponistic.
Neither can exist In the presence Of the
other, and, when they come together, there
Is Q contest for the mastery which can only
end in the humiliation Of one or the other,
and the struggle between these two great
natural elements Is attended with phenom-
iena which shakes worlds and seams and
ridges the face Of continenta Such strue-
gle was symbolized last night In the storm.