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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
CONDENSED NEWS.
Revival s. Mlnlnr cra.. Is San rr.ucl,eo.

San Francisco Special to the Chicago
Tribune: During the last month consoli.
dated California & Virginia, which is the
leading Comstock security, has advanced
rom " to SOP q share. and the other
stocks have proporttonately increased in
value: Thousands have been made by
men who, Q lew months ago, regarded
2 perpetual poverty as their most pro-
pable lot. "A barkeeper at q down.
the 9th inst, by giving him notice to quit.
~ have more money than want, - said he
in explanation. FOUL" exclaimed the en-
ployer. with q glance OF alarm at his till;
but his suspicious broadened into dumb
founded surprise when the bartender showed
him a statement just received from
his broker, showing that the
sales Of Consolidated California, Ophir
and Best q Belcher placed to
ms credit amounted to. S122, 900. Ayoung
california street bookkeeper cleared 81 o.
600 recently, 6 I've his family $4,000
and sent them east to see their relatives,
and then went back and invested S14, 900
in Best 4 Belcher with Greenbaum &
Strauss. The young bookkeeper was one
OF the crowd OF victims who stoon out
side Greenbaum & Strauss office and
ionged for. recurrence OF the days OF
lynch law. A policeman named Hus-
sey is said to have cleaned up S27, 900
Dan Leahy. the ex-champion oarsinan
OF the Pacific coast, had $50 shares
Of Consolidated California and sold
it all before the rise, but at the commence.
ment OF the boom took his salary as
policemen. invested it in Ophir, and was
$40, 900 ahead. He is much poorer man
tonight. An illiterate miner from Virginia
City, who has satday after day in the board
since the boom commenced. is credited
with having pocketed $4,000 by quick
TURNS, and psSlclaims that he will hold on
till Ophir reaches 500 q share. The en-
ployes OF q Market street upholstery es-
ablishment formed q pool and made $1O,-
goo on Best q Belcher.. Convinced that
they were all born SPECTATORS they at
once threw up their positions and will be
fixtures around the stock board till the
usual late Ssersskes them mo city hall
OF Hale & Norcross, for which. he would
have readily accepted 5000 q few weeks
ago. He recently plunged in again,a and his
coin is now among the assets OF R. G..
Hooker.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
THE COMING CARNIVAL. ];

cams for tbs Great Event beginning to As
4 sumo Form Details OF the Ice Palace-Or-
ganizaiions That VIII Assist In the Car-
nivai Fest:vitiea 81 '3 i YIN { Sfzss5 IS
The building has the general form Of q Latin.
cross, covering over Az 600 square. feet In
area, and is 217 feet long by 1914 feet wide.
It has central tower octagonal In form,
and 80 feet In diameter. From the outer
angles of this tower there are radiating and
flying bnttresses projecting sixteen feet from
the body Of the tower. The buttresses are
stepped backe at the height of 55
feet from the ground and terminate in
small thanking turrets; These are carried up
three feet above the body OF the tower, which
is 1O1 feet high. The turret at the southeast
angle of the tower is somewhat larger than
the others, and Is carried up fourteen, feet
above the main tower, and termina rates in q
pointed roof made Of evergreens, and is sur
mounted by q flag post twenty feet high,
which will carry the carnival. flag and also
serve for the weather signals {; The total
height from ground to ball on flag post is
1876 feet The body Of the tower is grit by
belt courses of projecting arock ice" at %
feet 43 feet, 60 feet and 80 feet from the
ground. Between these belts there are small
windows In what might be called the second,
third and fourth stories There is no roof to
the tower nor to my part of the building. The
first intention was to roof over the large
court on the south side of the main tower
and use 1t for carnival meetings, dances and
like purposes, but this idea has been aband-
oned as impracticable, and the building will
stand as a monument only. There is q cor
nice composed Of four courses Of Ice, each
stepped OUT several inches beyond the
course under 1t, and is sur,nounted by o
crenelated bettlement The walls Of the
tower md those Of the whole building will
be composed Of courses Of solid blocks of Ice,
twelve to eighteen inches thick, and varying
from two to six feet in length At the base
of the tower the walls are five feet thick
The tower stands In court formed by q
wall pierced with narrow, elongated win
dows, or slots" This wall Is twenty three
feet high, and is similarly treated as the
tower. having cornice aud battlemcnt At
each angle formed by the walls Of this
square or enclosure there are circular and
square turrets of different designs, corniced
and battlemented and surmounted BY
q fagpole designed to carry the
national colors of England, France,
Germany and Sweden. From the four sides
OF the square spring the arms Of the cross
The entrance at each Of the terminals Of
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
Tho Muskoda Disaster.
he coRosra's VERDICT T

MoohaEAD. Special Telegram, Dec 3.-Cor-
oner Darrow's investigation concerning the
death Of @. n Tennis, resulting from the
collision of trains at Muskoda, began yester-
do, the jurors going to the scene Of the dis
aster yesterday morning and returning last
evening. The testimony in the cnse began
last evening, when Conductor J. h O'Neill,
of Train No. 1, was examined The inquiry
was resumed at 1870 this morning, DR..
Darrow, coroner; Attorney ". B. Douglas,
acting county attorney, and all The jurors
being present The witnesses were G. G.
Smiley. engineer of Train No. /; Hugh Muir
ply, fireman of Train No. 1; H. H. Scoie,
engineer of No. 6, and E G. Cole,
train dispatch at Brainerd The verdict of
the jury indicates somewhat the character
Of the testimony. Mr.. Cole admits that he
overlooked very important order from
Wadena directing Train No. i to go through
to Fargo regardless of Train No. 6, claiming
the time which had elapsed since it was
given and the time when No. left Fargo
three hours and : half-and the pressure CT
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09


In the death OF ErastuB Brooks, of
Now York. Is closed the long and bril-
liant career Of q man who WAS identi-
fed With the birth and growth Of
american alism he was the
last snryivor Of the veterans OF the
New Fork press, being the contempt.
rary Of the elder Brunt, Greeley,
James Watson Webb. and Fernando
Woo, who's dect the historyoi
their time. He was born at Portiand,
Me-. III Bis, and was well known for
many years as q newspaper CORE
spondent and editor Of the New York
Express He held many official posi-,
tions, and was an able speaker.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

The census just taken ID Germany
reveals the fact that population in
tthat country, as in France, is nearly
AZ d standstiII When the last census
WAS taken, M 1880, ths population 81
The sInpire Was reported at 455, 1874 /;
900 sonIs we are now told that the
csnsts just taken shows an Increase
III al ,a25. lass than III per csnt.
This populatien ot France HIS been
stationary for soms time; Germany
now seems to- follow The example. No
Increases il reported from Spain Of
EItaly; tins, Of ell tic nations With
which rs haxs intimate relations,
Crest Britain is ths only one which
seems 10 81 ginning population, and
how much Tho gam Is ii this case vi
hhalI not know It'll ths next census ID
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

a large class in Canada has for some
time been clamoring for a new parlia,
7 ment, but the conservative premieri:
Slothto order q new election. He will
prob ably be compelled to do SO, how.
ever, before the winter is past, and
that, too, in 1.-THE faces OF an almost
certain liberal victory.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

a gentleman who has arrived in
Montreal tsays the Witness) from
Winnipeg, states that there has been
q large influx of settlers into Nanit o.
ba during the present year who have
abando ned their lands in the North
west Territories on account OF the
summer frosts which at times prevail
and destroy their crops. Farmers
are beginning TO find that in certain
parts Of the Territories grain cannot
be raised with any certainty Of the
crop being harvested in 8 good condi.
tion on this account. s
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
Ex-senator Doolittle 81 Wisconsin ,L

Ex-senator Doolittle Of Wisconsin,
made q speechsthe other day in Chi:
scago, in support Of household snf.
frage "a scheme which proposes to
give every man Of family two votes
one for himself and one for his house
hold. The distinguished ex-senator
put forth the proposition several
years ago. and it attracted some at,
tention at the time. The scheme is SO
simple and homely thatsit interprets
itself: The objections are numerous
and probably will be fatal to the new
scheme ~
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

The trial Of ex-Alderman cQuade,
sof New York, Tor receiving brides, has,
among other things, brought out the
definition Of the word boodle.' . The
public know very well what it means,
but still it is interesting to have the
word defined in open court as money
dishonesty acquired. = Doodle" is a
very expressive word, and though it
has g slangy sound, it has it's place in
the English Language, and that place
is likely to be o permanent one.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

Madame Durand's "reminiscences,
Just published, surprise the world
with something new about the First
poleon. She gives in detail his at.
tempted suicide alter The abdication
at FontRs bleau and declares! that
he rriedsthe poison Tor that purpose
IN q sachet around his neck from the
time he retreated from Moscow.
When IL failed to kill him he said,
aGod does not will, it to be.''
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

James Stephens, once notorious as
"a Fenian chieftain, and who for some
years has found an asylum in CONT.
mental Europe, where he lives by his
pen, writes from Brussels that nihil.
ism, i not dead, is speechless, and
''may kick the bucket at any mo.
ment; The avenging nemesis has be.
come the placid apostle OF social re.
form, and the most blood-thirsty nj.
shilists now gently murmur the delu.
sive theories Of German socialists.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
d. 2. PACKARD, Publisher.
Vice, President Wheeler is hopelessly
II at his home IN alone, New York
The telegraph may bring the announce
ment Of his death at any time.

resident Arthur, Charles Franci:
dams, Gov Phelps Of Missouri, and
many other people Of note have re
Gently ,.ioined the majority and il
/ y noticed that the. beginning Of winter
usually carries of many people OF ma
I tnre age. IS,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
his duties, all trains behind and all calling
for orders, caused forge stiffness, and was
not done intentionally The jury this after

LIZ 80
his duties, all trains behind and all calling
for orders, caused torgetfulness, and was
not done intentionally The Jury this after
noon rendered. thu 10 lowing verdict: sE.4
We find that said G.. M, Tennis was killed at
Muskoda Station in the collision between Trains
No. and No: 8, npon the Northern Pacific rail-
road. ~ and based nr6n the negligence and un-
the discharge TNhsirsduties We believe that
extenuatpg cincHf ices existed In the mat
ter Of seldins BY the train dispatcher
that we are not warranted in recommending that
he be held in any manner crflninally RESPONSE
be- We paIticularly Y commend the action OF E.
G. Sunley, the engineer Of Train No. !, for his
manly action in APPLYING air brakes to his train
immediately prior to the collision In the face OF
impending danger. { Is Al 4 - IS
The jurors are: John Erickson, John @.
Harp. William Lloyd, John Watson, A J.
Wright and Leslie Welter
BRAMERD. Dec BE B. Linnen died here
last night He was the railroad postal clerk
injured in the accident at Muskoda. His
wife and sister were on the way to attend
him. Linnen's home was at Lake City.
Northern Pacifc, returned TO st. Paul from Da-
kota late last night. Mr.. Odell was on the
through Train that was in collision with tho local
mail train near Muskoda, He has this to say:
$50 far as the destruction OF property is oon-
cerned the accident amounted to nothing The
killing Of Tennis and tho burning OF the remains
was horrible. The loss Of the mall matter is in
convenient and annoying. The destruction Of
property. aside from the burning Of the mail car.
will not exceed $3, 600. There was no damage
to the machinery OF the engines. The smoke
stack Was not even knocked off OF one, and mono
Of the cylinders were touched. The damage to
the TRAINS exclusive Of tho baggage car,
was one broken platform. Il Tho tenders
OF both engines were showed through the
the baggage car of one train and the mail car Of
the other; there was nothing on the track, and it
took less than two hours to pull the engines
apart after the wreckinK outfit got to work
days. The accident was caused BY the neGli-
Rence OF q train dispatcher, who, by theSmay,
was one OF our oldest and most trusted men;
patcher for number Of wears I am Mt a loss to
account for the NEGLIGENCE OF this man. Our
djspatcherH only work eight hours day, and
consequently were no. overworked. 5.a -
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
Tho Business Outlook.

q NEW YoRK, Dec. 3.-Bradstreet's Journal
will cav to-morrou u, Is
&. = 49,. = s.. 5i.:s s
special kilograms TO Rradstreets point to.
moderate gains In the movement Of general
mereha 1,hl from i Boston, New York, Balti-
Orleans and San Francisco. The gain is mostly
due to stimulated retail demand for dry goods,
groceries and notions. There is no material
change. at philadelphia Pitt sburg, Cleveland,
louisville Chieago. 81, Louis and Kansas City.
At most points q widespread confidence Is re-
ported in tho future q general trade The total
tho dented increase Of 1852 100000 over
Inst week. the total being 81, 264, TAG. 79S,
agsinsS W Oo6 COG, 5o8 aseek ago and 81 0gZ-
N5. 800 for the week ended one year ago. The
gain OF SO per cent at Ban Francisco Id explained
bY the ontbreak, OF q mining stock speculation
e. west snd
position on the pat 81 tho farmer to hold back
shfs produces for higher frfces The New YorE
stock market this week has been tbs scene Of
wild speculation In Reading, which made
considerable advance a heated specnlaS
I tfon Is j also In progress Is IN 4 mining
shares. The weeks TRANSACTIONS aggregated
Is $685. 1873 shares ssRainsts q sos ITO shares IN
the preceding week, ,908, 800 shares in tho cor
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

NJ Another conflict between representatives
soi the Sioux and Crow tribes took place In
Montana. resulting IN tho death Of four
Sionxand five Grove. As usunl, this Sioux
were attempting to steal horses from the
breed Sioux interpret lei, who, during the
Sioux war. rendered yaluabl eservtcs 70 the
government.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09
Tho Great MASSACHUSETTS, Mystery II Revealed. j.;

a dispatch says: Unable to bear the
strain any longer, Doc'' Wilson, broken
d own in health, told the great secret which
existed between him and P. T.. Moen OF
Worcester so many years. W; h.
~ am looked upon as o blackmailer'
he said, and those who believe /
have been bleeding that old man hold me
IN as much contempt as a yellow dog; but
Twill stand it no longer. 7 am more,
.sinned against than SHINING. Ny name is
not Wilson, nor am Z the son OF onas
I Wilson. Ny tai her is the man who is &C.
eusing me 81 blackmail and my name Is
Levi Moen, the law ful son OF 2. u Mocn Of
Worcester IN 358sf
ilson then went on to tell the story OF
his birth and the wrong, done him by his
father. N n 4 az 4 r..
Wilson has letters which he saws we're
written by Moen acknowle dging the relar;
tionahip, calling him .Denr Son. u
IA Worcester hfass.) Special says: The nm.
nouncement that Doc Wilson had lifted
the veil from the great mystery caused q
tremend ons sensation here. Tho million
aire manufactures was at prayer meeting
when the announcement reached this city.
and the reporters gathered Mt the door 81
the Union church to waylay him when,
he came forth. One Of them showed
pence paper containing the story, and pros
ceeded to interview him on the subject.
but he would say nothing aside frt M the;
statement that Docs story WAS Il lie.
y counsel, y he said x has ad vised me
not to talk with any Of the newspaper
men on the subject; but you can 800 that
hg is nearing the end Of his rope, j ist see
how despel ste the man is, getting up such
a story as that. Z, 4
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

these arms Is double arch SIX feet wide,
aanked by square base, tapering into q
circular turret forty-seyen feet high and
seven feet in diameter At the rear Of the
main building. and toward the north, is an
entrance composed Of large single arch
eight feet In diameter. The foot of the cross,
extending In front of the building and to-
ward the west. is also u continuation of the
main wall, ind swells into circle Of noble
proportions, ninety live feet in, diameter
The wall, and the whole building. in fact,
will be well relieved and. strengthened by
stone buttresseA These add to the stability
and cut up the asky line" as they rise. and
terminate above the wall In rough chunks of
ice that effectively relieve the otherwise
monotonous strnight lines Of the bnttlementa
The entrance proper is an archway sixteen
feet wide and fifteen feet high. This arch
way is an exceedingly thick wall (nine feet,
bat that projects only slightly beyond the
face of the circular wall The arch Is COM
posed of several courses of ice alternately
projecting and receding. The wall at either
eide of the arch tapers off into graceful
buttresses, and is surmounted by pedestal
upon which is . colossal statue Of King Bo-
realis seated, and supported on either hand
by polar bear rampant holding colored
electric light There are also two bears
couchant on pedestals at each side Of the
entrance on tho ground All of these fig
nres are carved IN solid ice. King BoreaIis.
II standing, would be about twenty feet tall
~ $40 " . T. !
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-09

and peaceful means To / achieve that
end 81
responded Senior Gorilla,
but there is no hope Of establishing d
republic on his lines Of action. We.
the progressive republicans, are only
lighting to-day for those liberties which
other countries 3already possess. II Is
The same thing which has occurred
over aud over again. IN England twas
for the habeas corpus, III France for mil
yersal suffrage and in Italy for unity.
We merely want the liberties insued to
Us BY the constitution OF 1859. We
must in the first place. have universal
suffrage liberty Of speech, liberty ofl
press. commercial freedom, and all the
other 5bentlts that would follow the uri-
4 yersal suffrage We have nothing to;
DO with English socialists, French an
arehists, nihilists or international re-s
Iyolutionists. No; We have not even
now liberty Of the press not the same
liberty that exists il England and
France. They imprison lie directors
Io Is tlis papers pretty frequently ii
.slt j. said, Senior zorrilla that tI,e i.
i recent rising took place premainreiv.
ana fiiat Il IL hid been d mon Il, f,,r st
! would have been stlccessfu M, "A sss
as 70 that / will not exnress 4.
/ opinion q laen a rising Is unsticnessfnT
ltts called an irsurrectio on. whan IL at,c.s
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-04-03
THE LEGISLATIVE aRAp.
Democratic COMMITTEES Clerks to Tie Rear
and Mugwumps 20 the Front.
ANNAPOLIS, April 5. 1885.

A*N NAEVAANt ~ pFa o. 1882
Mr. EDITOR Having Incidental
~ learned through mutual friend
that Mr. Geo. w. Bell, one OF the
committee clerks, bas bad the auda.
city to write against the article sign
ed "A Democrat" and published III
yesterdays CAPITAL, as we'll as the
contents and scope of Dir. Bells arti.
Gle, which is to be published in your
paper to day, ask permission to re-
ply, so that both articles may appear
at the same time.
Mr.. Bell was one of the frst clerks
to ask for The pay that is rightly due
the clerks mentioned 10 my commu-
nica;ion yesterday. But, Mr.. Editor.
nothing more can be expected OF a
man who bolted from The Democrat.
ic party and ran a few years ago
upon a straight Republican ticket for
Register of Wills, against q true and
tried Democrat--but so unpopular
was he 10 his county, that be was
beaten tea to one. / refer to the
Wicomico Delegation for the truth of
the above facts.
Mr. Bell also undertakes to defend
Mr.. Seth in bis unfair opposition to
the pay Of the clerks. Now, let me
tell Mr.. Bell that Mr.. Seth is gen.
tleman who Is perfectly competent to
defend his own battles, aud is as far
above Mr.. Bell in talent. education
and judgment as the moon from the
earth.
MIR. Bell thinks be will be appoint
ed clerk 10 Mr.. Prettymau's place
before the session is over, but "a
Democrat" will tell him that no mug
wump will be the happy occupant Of
the Chief Clerks chair, but instead, it
our respected Chief Clerk should leave
before the session is over, no one but
a true and tried Democrat will take
his place. Perhaps Mr.. Bell feels a
kindred friendship for Mr.. Seth, as Mr.
Seth also was mugwnmp in the
Legislature from old Talbot county,
few years back-defeating a regu-
lar Democrat-which will, with the
stand he has taken against the Com
mittee Clerks, defeat him Ia bis aspi-
rations for the Commander OF the
Oyster Navy, as many of the mem.
bers declare that no one but an old
time Democrat shall have the posi-
ton. Mugwumps must keep quiet
or more will be ventilated.
A DEMOCRAT,
That is still unterri6ed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-04-03
Health Giving Beverages.

The absorbing question of Local
Option, High Licepse. &c, can be
settled bv the friends Of either meas
ure resolving to drink only those
health-giving beverages drawn from
TUFTS beautiful Soda Fountain at the
City Drug Store There they will ind
that, which neither intoxicates or
impoverishes, but adds color to the
face and elasiicity~to the steps.
The proprietors of the City Drug
Store have decided to deal rather
extensively Ia mineral waters this
season. They will have on draugbt at
their fountain, addition to the delicious
Soda Water, the Natural Deep Rock,
Saratoga, Vichy and Bethesda Waters.
Bethesda Water is the most popular
in existence for Diabetes, kidney and
bladder troubles, recommended by
the best physicians in the country.
Messrs, Hodges & Co., the en-
terprising druggists Of Annapolis,
promise that their mineral waters,
like every thing else they handle,
will always be found genuine mot
artificial We would here state for the
benefit of strangers in Annapolis that
The City Drug Store is opposite the
City Hotel on Main st.