The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-02-18
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Es,rsss Freigh Sd Glass p
Srd Glass. 100 a, m
4 H. Ds BAEENE, a gent
Nm Van riesche schas boug Itsout a. 4.
sIslck ard' 9 interest thessc oal minc.
4 c. ga. lMiglsy, epresent ings Studebak;
5er Bros. Man fg d Co.. was in hledora Fri
day
z lloyd ssRo berts retnrneds from Cave
Hills iastiinight. will start beast in Il
few days after sscattle.
Smlay Skinner was returning from
Cave III Ills but WasSt ken sicksat the HI
cam 10 in is.
M. 4. Martin returned Sunday night
from his visit to Plum Greek, Nebraska.
III IS rain the presiding gonius Of tbs
drug store. sss.; &
&; 3nVol. a. nortil -of- the Z How.
stone stock IMAM, was on the West-bouna
train Monday night. He WasST eturning
hslnesfrom an Ateilded business trip.
The river has been on a tear the last
two weeks and considerable Of the bot
tom icessslhas gone out. Unless there
should be q gorge somewhere there will
besno. danger from srtioW.
A bible class, to meet ins the. depot eve
~ Sunday afternoon at half past two
4 has BEEN ganized. with L W. Gordon,
as ssuperintent ient.au All :.sinterested are
seortiiaily Invited to attend.
Rev. YIN. Cooke of Gladstone, preach
ed.last Sunday in the depot. He will.
he here UNA week from nextt Sunday,
preaching at half past two and half-past
seven. It is hoped TIT even 4 larger con
\ grsgation will turn out than the one that
greeted the minister last Sunday
Several outfits have been gathering
cattle near ckinson, the last week.
Several. hundred were brought back into
the Bad Lands tuesday or W ednesday
and Others are now being rounded.lp.
None seem to be in very poor condition
but all have manifestly lost flesh BY
wandering away from the Bad Lands.
Relying on an authority we supposed
4 to be good, the Cow Boy Of two weeks
ago contained a statement to the effect
4 that W II. Merrifeld had taken unto
himself 8 wife on his eastern trip. On
B his return, We found that our in ormant,
i laboring under the delusion that it was
\ funny, had made up the story out Of
whole cloth. This is as far from our
idea; Of fun as black is from white and
We cannot appreciate tic sentiments 81
N anyone who can even SEE q funny side
to it.
Calamity joe was captured last Sat
urday at g Ienul lii, by Sheriff Sebastian
and Deputy Gouay Of Stark county. He
s55B cc;ame il from Rapid City to Glenullin,
Rllan word was Iiinme tliaseIy sent to the
4 Stark COUNT officers. He was found in
the post-ofice and on seeing the officers,
started to escape running through the
& back door. The officers ordered him to
stop but efused to obey As he was
armed with an ugly ooking ix-shooter,
the officers were compel led to fire on him
bringing him down with wounds in the
left side and flesily par Of the hip. the
s shot in the side breaking rib, but
e neither wound being serious. On receiy-
ing the wounds he dropped and attempt.
ed to- return the fire, but his revolver
4 refused to work and he wisely gave him.
self He was taken to Dickinson
whore he win lie in Jail until he Is able
t0nndergo his preliminary examination
probably in a week or ten days. It il
s. amusing dread in eastern papers that
ssS he was one Of the most no orious despe.
"A raiiocs and horse thieves in the entire
west. He was known herr! as quiet
peaceabls man, perhaps q trifle weak ii
the upper story, but with nothing Of Thu
criminal about him naturally. This
III weakness Is shown BY his coming bacl
ssS to the scene Of his crime, where everyone
knew him when he knew that officers
ss were searching everywhere for him. i
III had not been for his intimacy will
horsst thieves we doubt # he would eve
hays stolen horse. .is 533s