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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
Tho Rev Governor Of Wyoming.

Z. A Washington friend OF his says: One OF
the mostt fortunate men I ever know is
George WI Baxter. He was always a man
OF grentSpers on@ magnetism and most
pleasing address. His father was Judge
John Baxter OF Tennessee, whose. brother
was governor OF Arkansas during the
Brooks. Baxter imbroglio. Young George
entered West Point in 1877 and graduated,
being ordered immediately to the frontier
where he was engaged in several lively
brushes with the Indians. Before he left
Tennessee he was betrothed to the daughter
OF Col. Charles MCGEE ono OF the wealthiest
men OF the South, and president OF the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia rail
road. After graduating from West Point
he married her and took his vile to Wyonl.
ing. He resigned from the army in 1889
and entered the cattle business, in which
he made an independent fortune. His per-
sonal qualities made him popular all over
the state, and when he called on President
Cleveland Us an applicant for the govern. r
snip Of Wyoming he had the backing OF the
entire state, the Tennessee delegation and
Attorney General Garland. He is true
Democrat and stauch man. ss5 =
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18

The United States has an area OF
between 500, 900 and 4oo, 900 square
miles ofcoal fields, loo. 900, 900 tons
Of coal being mined from these fields
each year, or enough to run a ring
around the earth at the equator Eve
and 9 halffeet wide and five and half
thick, the quantity being sufficient
to supply the whole world for period
OF ], 500 to 1000 years. q.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
Enjoyed the Treatment.

Old Nelson Bettrage, while working
in the woods, was bitten BY rattle.
snake. In much alarm and in great {
pain he ran to the house "a physician.
who happened to be near at hand, was :
summoned.
Old man, said tho doctor, Moth
ing but whisky and d great deal Of il !
can do you any good. !, I55s
4 But, doctor, am q temperance
man: haven't touched d drap Nv
liker furi thirty years. =
"All the better The Whisky, viii 1
have more effect.
a boy who had been dispatched will,
9 Jug, soon returned and the old man. Il
r much against his viii. began to idrinkg
whisky He was slow at first, but al ter
g while he "swig eyed it with the appe s;
5tite Of an old timer. IS
s5S' Vell said the doctor, you have
had enough whisky now. aDon,s
drink any more. z IS
Think I've got 81 plenty r
~ es. q knoWit i. 800
Don't Syer think tbar's er leetle Nv 4
1 the pizen hangin' round the corners 81, rs
S o. ! think rot, arc all right. 4,
Don Z think that 4 leetlc, Jest ernuff \
1 W y ter bother mo airter while, has
so 'rt settled down u my feet
3. =
IsvtyEat g2EE, .s4Ss !.
az, now, dock pose We take III
drink jest for good luck. &
any more. &
he old fellow sighed. looked III tie
jug and asked: lVhut's become; ~
the snake P''
One Of the ts boys killed il, a the doc.
tor replied. 5 ~
I'm sorry said the old man. 81
Sorry! What forpi',
d, y. Cause wanted IT ter bite: me-
,ergin. - rkaasaD 1ray,ellsr. ''9ss.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18

Florida IS onsiderable larger in
area than the state Of New York. and
stretches the long way from north to
south ss1t i over 400 miles, but New York
will remain the empire state for
Il some time to come, without regard to
area Or any thing else.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18

= writer ny !. In !, Gasselrs liagasi,se SIMS.
s. ma.triswho u no break st.aater must
s,'ti BE 9 heavy snppsr-eater orIin &
paa e!S state ct health a person Who re..
CURES the atimulus Of 4 cup ii ia 81
any y. Other stimulus whateYer. before,
p : q mild food Is not ID heath.
y NE y 70 see q man have Ills breakfasl
nrst, and then feel around for biz cuy
% codee. ten or chocolate.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
Bad Cutlook

Citizen lto farmer How are things
ont your way. Mr.. Hayseedp 81 sssI
NJ. Hayseed gloomily y: They
3 Gco g be much Wass. Ny wife and
three COWS are down with pleuro pnou.sS
ma l,'li refused hundred dollars.
apiece Tor EN- only last wesk. Hid.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
Instha Second Rhode Islam:

Insthe Second Rhode Island district,
where there were four candidates in
the field for congress, none OF them
chad maj ffty Under the laws Of
the State 9 plurality does not elect.
but another election must be had and
ct this election a majority is sufficient
to elect. y: ;.i
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
WEALTH. OF III AsToRs
An Estate Worth Fully Three Hun
Il! dred Niillionssof Dol liars.


%S 4; Il dred Millionssof Dollars.
No one family ntheg country has SO
kept its wealth within itself as the
lAstors, who intend TO continue the
financial policy originated BY old John
Jacob Astor about the beginning Of the
century. It Is commonly supposed
that he made the bulk Of his fortune In
furs. He formed q gigantic project Tor Z
extending the business from the north
western lakes to the Pacific BY means
of various trading posts, by ablishing
q central station at the mouth @0f the
Columbia, and then By making d depot
at one Of the Hawaiian islands to supply
China and India directly from the Pa
cifc coast. The project was partially
carried out, but 4meanW bile MI: Astor
saw greater opp rtunities for making
money in city real state than in the
fur trade. He began to buy extensive
II, and the growth Of the town was so
rapid that in some cases the property
increased o hundred fold. When he
died, nearly forty years ago, he was /
estimated to be; worth 500, 900; 900 He
left to his son William B. Aston, the!
bulk aof his estate, to be managed in
the interest Of the family " illiam B.
left it in turn to liis son, Ohm Jacob,
and now John Jacob has intrusted &c to
his son Ibis sole child, indeed William
Waldorf Astor. This virtually amo cunts
stosan entail, and prevents the wealth
from being scattered, though there IS
small danger Of that. the Astors
being noted for conserYa tism and
prudent thrift. They have Galwaysi in
vested in! real estate. buying few bonds
or stocks, and have eyinced great care
and discretio in their investments.
Their constant increasing surplus they
have, SO to speak, put into the ground,
reaping aordinary profits thereby
They never sell; they arc ever sbdying,
buying. buying, but kee ping their tram
sactions as secret as possible. No one
but themse lyes and their agents have
any idea ot { the vast blocks 81 real
estate ia their possession. They own
thousands of business houses s. and
dwellings. They never touch unim-
proved property, and now add each
year two or three hundred houses to !;
their immense holding hen It Isl re-
nlen,bered that swealth doubles Ssim-
pie interestins less Il han seventeen years,
and in much; less time rested in
real ESTATE. III - easy to und erstand5
how theirs must have grown lin the pastS
NINETY years: One of the advantages
of;such inyest ments is that they increase
with the value Of the city They are
not confined. Us bonds and similar se-;
cnrities are, to a fixed rate 81 interest.
Certain lots pure chased thirty odd years
ago would pay to-day what is equiva-si
lent to 40 or 80 per cent. per annum.
There is little doubt that the Aston
estate is BY far the greatest here Or in
the country. It can not be much short
Of $500, 00o. 600, and BY the close Of the
century, if managed as zit has been, &c /
will j be nearly doubled What vii pre-.
vent them in another hundred years
from owning most Of Manhattan islandp
Is H. ReU York Cor. Boston Advertiser. ;#
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18

The report Of the Illinois State SUI
permit endent OF Public Instruction, is
nblished. 1t shows That the school
revenues Of the State from all sources
for the year ending June 80, 1886,
were $12, 442,3O7.77.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18

y requires q peculiar talent 70 canvass /
Song reaslonai district ectualty. Some men
who b. on tho stump, talking for drinks. I'd
l,nos g e CANVAS 4 ham. ass 0slsans Pica.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
Aimaost Riallt.


81 Chicago special: There has Been q coils.
Ion near the Ashland avenue bridge be-.
tween q crowd Sof strikers and Il i small
squad Oh Infantry men. The bridge was
guarded by twely men from the Second In.
iantry under Lieut.. Mcmillan; the
vicinity 81 neighboring packing housess
sThe crowd OF strikers and sympathizersi
numbered about i've hundred, and Vas de-
termined to prevent packing house efns.
pioyes from crossing the bridge on their
days work. The crowd Wa charged by
the squad several times and forced to rs,s
tire temp orarily but jncransipg numbers
added to its pcrsistency and d serious
conflict seemed immin ent. Finally Lieut.
". Mcmillan gave the order TO load With ball
cartridges. The crowd thereupo ion speedily
dispersed and the en- oyes vent Oh their
way without further nnolesta Eion. No ne
suffered serious injury. Il,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
CHR B. BAD \ ! LANDS COW BOY,
4. 2. pA.otlKARD, Publisher. !

sslM ,l-lS IL DAKOTA,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18

The management of the Rapid City
Republican changed, Q. E. Bishop, the
present editor, retiring, and j. w.
McManus assuming the editorship and
control. q &
Yankton Special N. ia. Day, r..
n. Ziebach and other leading Demo
Gratis are Of the opinion that the sue I
cessor of GOV. Pierce viii NOT BE as
pointed till after the adjournment al
the legislature. Mr.. Pierce is be rfectly
familiar with the affairs 81 Che terri
tory, and toput a new man into the
executive char would only impair; the
present needs OF the whole territory.
Black leg has made its appearances
am among the cattle 4 rs s q county.
In court 81 Z ank ton, before Judge
Trip, the tier Of the disbarment
Eof =. \. True; attorney Of Hntchin.
son county, was submitted to The
Jury, who found against True. The
court prom ltlced sent ence, suspend.
ing True from practice for two wears.
with leave at the end OF six months
20 make application for reinstate.I
ment, provided he clears up certain
other charges pending.
q Aicial returns from every ORGANIC ,l1,
5s & county ia Dakota give Clifford a.
600 fnajoritys sss{ I3S,5.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
WILL FIGHT.
Greece Resolved to Fight Turkey-The
War Spirit at Athens.

Greece Resolved to Fight Turkey-The
War Spirit at Athens
ATHENS, May s.-All the foreign minis
tiers have embarked on the vessels of their
respective nations to depart from Greece.
The powers have given orders to the fleets.
to blockade the Greek ports. The soldiers
at the garrison here received with cheers
the orders to march to the frontier. Tewfk,.
the Turkish minister, when he departed
hence to-day, and with him all the members
of the staff Of the Turkish legation, caused
his retinue and their personal effects to DO
removed. The secretaries of other foreign
legations will remain in an unoificlat
capacity for a time at least The
Russian minister did not leave when
the other ministers departed, not having
been instructed to do so. The PelepOnesian
army has been ordered to ThesSaly. The
movements OF the Turkish army threaten
to make Thessaly the scene of the first.
warlike operations. Indications now point
TO 3 Turkish advance by way of LaTissa-
The Greek reserves at Volo and Valestiho
have been pushed to the front. The regi-
ment designated the ''King's Escort" is
ready to start to the front The Govern
LHcuG IldS duuOuilCCu lbS HtCuAAOA VI
Tending Greek territory against any and all
advances by foreign soldiers.
Later-TwO battaliOns of the Athens
garrison have already started for the from
tier. The soldiers went out with great en-
thusiasm. They will embark at Laurium
in order TO avoid blockaderS stationed to-
cover other portions of the routes. The
pOpulace is enthusiastic over the prospect
of the war with Turkey. Soldiers are pa
radiDg the streets and singing patriotic
songs. They are everywhere cheered, and
are at present the most popular persons in
the city. A large number of soldiers re-
main here. The foreign squadron has re-
turned to Suda bay. The Greek fleet has
left Salamanis, and it is believed has gone
to POrOs. 1t is not believed here that Rus
Sia will take any share with the other pow
ers in the ulterior work of coercion against
Greece.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
THE WYANOOTTE WRECK.

Arrest of Two Men For Causing tho Dis
aster on the Missouri Pacific.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May S.-Sheriff Fer
gusOn arrived in Wyandotte last evening.
with Robert Montgomery and j. W. Max
well, two men arrested on suspicion of
having withdrawn the bolts from the rails
en- the Missouri Pacific track near the iron
bridge in that city, thereby causing
the disastrous wreck on the morn
ing of Monday week last in which
the fireman and brakeman lost their
lives by being buried and crushed beneath
the capszed locomotive which ran over the
bank Of the kaw with four cars behind it
The sheriff procured a warrant from Just
ice Cobb and proceeded to Greenleaf, de-
pot on the central branch of the Missouri
Pacific railway, about 200 miles west OF
this city. The men had, previous to.
the strike been engaged in the
round house at that point, residing
near by, and the sheriff arrested
them at midnight on Thursday
Conveying them to AtchisOn yester-
day morning he placed them in the Jail
there until the departure of the three o'clock
evening train, when he continued the jour-
ney to Wyandotte and landed them in the
county Jail. Tie prisoners will be taken
before Justice Cobb this or Monday morn
ing, when it is said the evidence to convict
them with the crime will be forthcoming.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

| QUEEN VICTORIA opened the Indian and
Colonial Exhibition at London on the 4th
| Miss KATE FIELD and number of ladies
were present at the hearing of the Mormon
question, at Washington recently. Mr..
West, of the Utah Legislature, and Dele
gate Caine opposed the Edmunds bill.
The German and English Governments
have agreed upon the line dividing their
Southern Pacific possessions. Tonga isl
ands remain neutral.
GLADSTONE arrived in London on the 4th
and received an ovation from the people.
THE Oregon Democratic convention has
nominated the following State ticket:
Supreme Judge, r. S. Stroham, of AL
bany; Secretary of State, B. F. Gibbon, of
the Dalles; Treasurer, George W. Webb, of
Pendleton; Printer, Charles Nickel, of
Jacksonville; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, ]. n. Bell, of Roseburg.
THE Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions has unanimously ordered favorable
report on Senator Frye's bill providing for
a Congress of American nations.
\ New YORK correspondent alleges that
ex-senator Ferry, of Michigan, is hiding
in Europe and that an indictment for for
gerry is hanging over his head.
DIR. Z. H. GREGORY, of st. Louis, has
been nominated president of the American
Medical Association. The next meeting
will be in Chicago in June, 1887.
IT was officially announced in Rome re-
Gently that the Archbishops of Baltimore,
| Quebec, Rennes and Rheims would be Gre
ated Cardinals.
HENRI RoCHEFoRT and NJ. Partalise
| fought a bloOdleSS duel in Paris recently.
| Four shots were exchanged.
| THE foreign ministers left Greece on the
9TH. The efforts to prevent Greece from
attacking Turkey had apparently failed,
and war appeared inevitable.
THE House. Committee on Post-offices
has agreed to report favorably bill to rat
! ify x-PoStmaster-G General Gresham's con-
struction of the act authorizing the read
justment of third and fourth class postmas-
| ters' salaries.
THE House Committee on Indian Affairs
has agreed to report favorably the Senate
bill to prevent tTespassing on Indian lands.
| THE President has nominated James H.
McLeary to be Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the Territory of Montana.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
A Scene of POmn and SDlendOr.

LONDON, May 4.-The Indian and Colonial
exhibition was opened at South Kcnsing-
ton to-day by Her Majesty the Queen,
with all the pomp and splendor that char
acterizes the Queens appearance in pub
lie. The weather is brilliant. The Queen
drove in state from Buckingham Palace
to the exhibition grounds, and all along
the route she was enthusiastically and re-
peatedly cheered. The exposition build
ing was crowded at an early hour by
members of the nobility, gentry and elite
of London society. All foreign princes
and diplomats were also present, while
hundreds of army officers in the gay and
attractive uniforms of their respective
regiments added variety and beauty to
the scene
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13

QUITE a sensational romance has
come to light in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The victim is A. p. Dodge, a merchant
prince of New York, and the heroine,
Miss Rose Voorhees,, daughter of
United States Senator Voorhees,, of In
diana. Miss Rose, in company with
an unmarried sister and a married sis
ter as chaperone, arrived from Florida
to spend several weeks viewing Look
out Mountain The day after their
arrival, Mr.. Dodge came to the city
from Florida and registered at the hO-
tel where they were stopping. He
seemed entirely enraptured and literal
ly dogged the lady's footsteps, hang
ing on every word She seemed an
noyed, but her rebuffs only served to
intensity his ardor, and his attentions
finally became so veXatiOus that the
ladies quietly left the city. Dodge fol-
lowed on the next train. He met Miss
Voorhees, for the first time at " ashing-
ton last winter. The acquaintance was
renewed in Florida, and it was then he
began his aSsiduous attentions. He
seems hopelessly enraptured.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. May S.-Fourteen
of the Democratic members of the Ohio
State Senate arrived in this city yesterday
in special car and are occupying their car
which now stands in the Cincinnati South
ern railway yards. They left Columbus
secretly Tuesday night and met at COving-
ton, KY, where they took the car for
Chattanooga. They left the State of Ohio
in order to get beyond the jurisdiction of
process that might be issued to
the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. They
state that they are merely standing by their
constitutional right and have no intention
or disposition to ObStruct legislation; that
the appropriation bill has been passed and
all important measures disposed of and they
now leave the Senate to preserve the cOnsti-
tuition of their State and defeat the plans
of scheming politicians. They are firm in
their determination not to yield an inch and
will femain until comprOmise'is effected
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
Drawing a Jury.

NEW YORK, May S.-EXtraordinary az
tention is being given to the drawing of the
extra panel of $50 jurors from whom will
be selected the twelve who will try Alder
man Jaehne, the first OF the aldermen to be
tried for bribery. Usually the panel is
drawn in the presence Of a judge OF the
supreme court and representatives Of the
sheriff and county clerk. To-day Judge
Barrett opened the court of oyer and
terminer and ordered the jury box to be
brought into open court and that the names
should be drawn from it by the commits
sioner Of jurors in the presence of the
sheriff and the county clerk in person.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13

AMONG the places in Chicago closed fo-
fear of riots by order of the mayor was the
Casino rink, where the Rev. Dwight l.
Moody was conducting revival services
SEVENTEEN members of the Bohemian
Bakers Union of New York, engaged in
boycotting Mrs. Langraf, were arrested re-
Gently.
THE London Standard, commenting on
the Chicago tragedies says the bombs and
dynamite were probably originally IT,
tended for the destruction of foreign po-
tentates. 1t would help Congress to get
out of its indifference in dealing with So
cialistic conspirators.
THE Third avenue New York; street
car strike has ended. Many of the
strikers were dissatisfied with the agree
ment, as it only stipulated for the re-en-
gagement of portion Of the old hands.
THE blockade on the Western Indiana
track at Chicago, caused by the strike, was
raised on the 7th. Labor matters were re-
ported quieting down everywhere.
THREE hundred builders and laborers in
the employ of Merit & Sons, Rochester, n.
Y, struck on the 7th for nine hours work
except Saturdays, when they want eight.
UNEMPLOYED workingmen held a mass
meeting in Manchester, Eng, the other
day. Eight arrests for disorderly conduct
were made.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
4 Pnrtr of yigIIantes FoIIed.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., May A we'll.
organized gang of vigilantes had ar.
ranged to attack the Jail between two
and four O'Clock this morning and lynch
the SheIlenbcrgcrs. The sheriff, how.
ever, having been informed of the plot,
has removed the prisoners to the peni-
Tertiary at Lincoln. 1t is now thought
that Allen Shcllenberger was concerned
in the murder of Thomas Leonard, wh1
was mysteriously killed here two years
ago, and in still another murder and 9th
er crimes. II is said that watch owned
BY the murdered man Leonard has been
found in Shellenberger' house.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13
Tho Southern Kansas Railway.

WASHINGTON, May S.-SenatOr Plumb
with several gentlemen interested in the
Southern Kansas railway called at the In
terror Department yesterday and requested
Secretary Lamar to recommend to the
President the appointment Of three
referees as provided in the act OF
incorporation to sppraise the value
of lands belonging to the Cherokee Indian
Nation in the Indian Territory, proposed to
be taken for right-of-way Dy the railway
company. The delegation represented that
they had failed TO come to amicable settle
ment with the Indians and asked for
prompt GctiOn on the part OF the Depart
ment as contracts had already been tet for
the construction of one hundred miles of
the road through the disputed territory
Secretary Lamar took the matter under ad-
yisement
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-13

REPORTS continue of labor troubles
in different parts of Belgium. En-
ployes of Messrs. Duffel, an English
firm of brick-makers, near Antwerp,
are on a strike. No wages have been
paid in nine weeks. The dairymen of
Felny have struck. The Government
Labor Commission investigating the
causes of the recent uprising of work
ing men at Liege and other towns, ap-
pointed three subcommittee to make
special reports: One on general statis-
tics; the second, the ralations of cap
ital to labor; third, tho material and
moral condition of the workingmen.