The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-30
/ NOVEL ENTERPRISE.
Carrier Pigeons to be Used to
Cary Press Dispatches
FROM THE ISOLATED POINTS
r,rcIcsraph stntions-How the News
From the Last Bunhlo Hunt
that viii Ever Take Place
is to be Received.

cn,c,co, April 20.-To NEr. Clinton
S,owien, editor of the Chicago
=. T.,,, mustb be yielded the unquestioned
..Ii, for conceiving a modus opaa"di
s' s,nbtaiping news, which at first sight
.",sars ~ almost startling. 1t had been
DprJ Ip,rpoo..J that when the telegraph and
S+fF 'Lf locomotive had been brought into
I ',.s ,be acme Of rapid and faithful gath
In, - If news events had been reached,
snJ ,bi. still holds good where these
,,.i,i,ies are easy Of access. But when
.a~. centres are hundreds Of miles dis
.a,t fpm telegraph or railway stations,
,bs opestion Of transmitting events rap
;IIy and reliably becomes a matter of
.ams concern. Relays Of horses have
L,sr brought into use and even balloons
Ssys @ hern pressed into service. Both,
IowaTr have elements OF uncertainty,
s"J in the latter case great danger. ut is
aor .oa NJ proposcd to utilize the winged speed
agS aUT Ilg the almost human intelligence Of
tbe carrier pigeon as
NEWS MESSENGER.
And not less novel and interesting is
.bo o,co,ion for which these birds are
70 be used. An expedition has been
o,,,rized, the object of which will be to
ssye 70 the world what numbers remain
~ the once numerous bison family OF
,bo yreat plains. II has been deter
mined nI tliat Of the millions which once
rnamed the prairies Of the west only
ssvrnty.fye or 100 remain, and these To-
Gated in the extreme southwestern por-
ti0n OF Texas, hundreds OF miles from
the nearest habitation OF man. This ex-
naditiou. which is to start in few days,
will he under the leadership of @. ].
Tones. or Buffalo" Jones, rs he is called
ANN his earlier habits in connection
Win the biz monarch OF the plains.
The remainder Of this band will be com:
posed Of six experienced plainsmen and
COWBOYS. Shepherd dogs and several
blOodhounds will accompany the party
whose business it will be to keep n
yirilant watch on the buffalo after they
have been rounded up"
TIE LAST BUFFALO HUNT.
The leading purpose OF the expedition
is to perpetuate species Of animals
which is thoroughly typical OF American
animal life. one of the controlling ideas
Of the trip being to kill none OF the an
imaIs while corralling them, or after
their capture. A representative OF the
Tims will accompany the expedition,
and his duties will be to reduce the
latest occurrences to writing on the thin
nest of manifold paper, attach it TO the
feathery messenger and bid il IN
atFectionate goodbye and safe and
speedy journey. The pigeons will
have been hOmcd at telegraph station
nearest the seat OF war;" and owing to
their instincts they will at once make
correct fight for this point, no matter
where they are freed. Arriving at the
station the birds will be relieved OF their
burden by the telegraph operator and
the news will be wired to the Chicago
Time, and through the medium Of the
Associated Press to all quarters Of the
globe, telling the sad story Of the last Of
the butFaloes, and describing the last
brfr,l, buut that aynr will ha