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'*«ras b^^ss^mws'A& SHISS^JM^SISS VOLUME NUMBER •swhmtfm '»TV OLDBOB M&-- £M' tiuiniiiii 8. BAD LANDS COW BOY,' *R ,«•" S BY A. T. PACKARD.' ^"HE Cow Boris not published for fun, but fop $2 per year. .. AdrertlBlntjJlgtcs made known on application. .^.Standing Advertisementspayabloqaartorly. Transient Advertisements and ail Job work, mon »«y in sight ',-,-. Addroes all communications to fy J. THE BAO LANDS COW OY, MEIKRA,DBAKOTA. Entered attUepoet-offlcoat.aiodora, ak .,&**<* pnd class mall matter. A D. CARPENTER, ATTORNEY, |t? DiOKINSON, DAK. JJ^JSTERN STAflR, & DIOKIN8ON, DAK MONTGOMERY'S SALOON, f-X *t BEUFIELD, OAK i|(* deals oxchwIVelv.in first-clas* goods. Ills SpJiv.-ll. .TVlltmla Am tn%'Uttil In m!i«a klnt A rtall $f£grvni ^&V0,r£ RIVERSIDE HOTEL, MAX BAS8i DAKOTA.- ^^^.t^^Onaof the neatwt houwson the lino of thoN. Onlj a fowstepn from the depot. 2 cte r" si ffik----^---,^ i|| F. E. BENJAMIN, £J Jeweler and Watchmaker, MANDAN, DAKOTA. J. A. F1VEEZE, .'4® jftMr Contractor and Builder iuTTLE' MISSOURI, DAK. All kinds of Carpenter Work dons with t„». ||||p i-hW noatness and dispatch. donee Cantonment SBLXRD,Trestdent: Cashier. N. I-AKo, Vlce Prorfldunt JffiST NATIONAL BANK Paid-up Capital,,/ $50,000 'pif"i ^'Surplus, $10,000.' interest paid on Tlme.I)#»im6lt», Oenerdl llanklng and Fxchsaco Bafilnets^lonc. St J&KEXZIEm "'LITTLE MISSOURI, DAKL, Work douct neatly anil promptly. ~i ToxVAJun. t--V BoDsvirr. ®(^MAHAR"k DRURY'S mcM 35 MANDAN, DAKOTA. rt ^The tnpflt popular resort for a qulot irame o^tU* "--ds or pool. ITio bc«t of evfirythina and the finest bar In the dtyi^ a, M. KLINE, —SCAUR I*— SM0K1NC & CHEWING TOBACCO 'A- And Soiokeni* Articles, MBQ ?^e*pwf*ritt*ntio£ %rw'~ ix?* ri 'mm %y Goods, ^3Ready-Made Clothing, HATS & CAPS. BOOTS & SHOES, »A GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, ROCKET BOOKS AND COMBS, 41 Little Miswurl, Dak. »,}t FOE SALE ISie N f. RcfHg*r«i«c Car C^:,( Jiftofbriiml^rwle tt«Ir«Uni lot ol .ss^, STOCK HOUSES, Nfonstaing.ftt 00 auttM, «bmt IB two aad three "Woldi, 3» yearUM eolto, io Amerkua M*rea !«dj 8utUona, one St. which la a'ihorott$hbr«d '|ytl«dAle, qwt Norwan and qm ICftnMrJv Me*r rt )..rj~.it/'\ r|S t-VW'-*- ^"H|^5NER^, SpfevSfWj.' %'*.%$ =t&* -t STORE I'Ofvq&i&h OF THE-: MEDOnSl 'DAKOTA, (W JA J^fSAv- pR0^r,'y **. ktt HAS A COMPLETE LINE OF ifev Vrf 1 -J BELFIELD,,- A-t ffl£ %. -. '-'V' T: -v^"Repairing of all kinds promptly cxenutetl Orders from out oftowm receive BIT pc atad.careful attention. Vf READY-MADE CLOTHING, Hats, Caps, •t0j^ CANNED GOODS, my& Harness, WM "l- .M fM-t jfc 1 Saddles, J'?1 W «W G" Tobaco, and Cigars, im FELXSHOES, "if OVERSHOES, *1X ft |J''LAKGE 8TOCK*OF, FZOUJt and FJfEI.\ m#r fa*#* Iff.factalino^ tvefythine 'uble' ODD SITUATION! i"» Wll Uk« Limited NaralMr «f, them JMtp^ihf And wrejft Sood ^ttaiuloniu TOrio »f q»«tl ^•a Aiure» gM.Mju) reut^RVH oolownwN.0. anyone needs|^il The bnsinew donjr ia Whotowlo and' ^c«- toil, am Mace pajrclmsera bare .the benefit 6Uotf prtsi WESTERN A I1 ..... ... iiif«:^»-'.4^ri .. ''i t} 1^/t li HOUSE, ,1 ^'V lA-fJi1/-!, Tfl Vifr rf i* N. iR. tCfl.. 5 f'tobacco 5%* ^nf"/-^-,^."'--,\.full lino of all kinds of—i SMOKERS'ARTICLES, *i' 64 MnEn Street.^ BISMARCK, DAK. THE ELK J-f ®VH Jt*0- ff THE FINEST GOODS.1 COURTEOUS TREATMENT. -i "LITTLE MISSOURI.V' 5 -CHOICEST BRANDS- MEDOKA LITTLE MISSOURI, ,C -4 Little Missouri,xDciHs' tffi 1 Ttarsient^ates"perTTayr$iT5o 4 £t* 'I,w if n, Regular Board per week, 6.00 AiWr&Vr 1\* I 1 I.' X^*"5 r* o. $ A FINE BAR -y 1 ^5 f-T }»f iy personal Dry Goods, _5i 'SC i-J%* -1-'-' -J' ',2*.ti.^T('1- iconnected with the lionpe. t- -EDICK BROS,,^ Srannfacturers and Jobbers In v-. -kx Jfaptifoctuj Cigars kmm 3^i AND Th& Deserted Claim. Up whero the snow shlii4s clear and white On the peaks thatpotyjtto the summer sky,' Cp in the golch by the enen&g light I saw, as we travelled slowly ty, A claim deserted and left alone, ^,r A shaft flank in the xnoantain side, A roofless cabin of logs ltragh hewn, And tho coyote cries the- flight bouip drear Thrfre are unknown foott^tMr^oXtiy^c^eVp^c Xiflfnyn+nAf Stlllhe dreamedf^'^ftw h& done befor^l'V. -. As others ehalfpo tn fllB days.to come, •pt anomgwejath'W unbounded store, And joyfolly bruglng^c treasure home But fortune is chary- whin all is told— Her smiles are harden on earth to gain, And where one Is £avoi$l with shining gold/ A thousand other? max toil in ain Thus I rit and muse in camp-lire glow, While the welcome opening meal is spread, And tho sound of the b&ok comes soft and low, And tho stars shino bii|Uantly overhead For my heart is saddo^esil as day by day Wo pass in sunshine jir drlpping rain, That frequent sod-matron our way, ,f,v A desertod, desolatefoinlng clalin. ^V%) Tliere is dange^df a flood at Mandiuv ns ^ater from tl^ Missouri is already backing up into jtho Heart The river broke at Maadan ^esiterday, however, and what danger tliere^iTwiil soon begone. Amass ot ice six miles long and frozen solid passed Glen&vb yesterday floating down the Yellowaione. I£ in its present condition it should strike the piers of the Bismarck bridge, short work ^ouli be made of it. '3?, TT.—: S4.ts3. yfiiV •iu ViW-'st THE PIONEER SALOON T-d. Ls& LIQUORS & CIGARS. HOTEL! DEMORES, G. W. FITZGERALD, Prop. spy* jaltv. THE BEST HOTEL IN MEDORA,DAK. Transient Ratesr, per day $2.00 Regular Board, per week 6.00 1 Located centrally, but asfew $tepS from the depot. ilVfiRY STABLE AND BAR IK COX SECTION WITH THE HOUSE. I« A little squib im the Mandan Pioneer to the effcct that" travelling man from Bismarck was bracert up againsc a bar and forced to waxtlo a few select tunes to the accompaniment of six-shooters in the hands of Wiri^jjloberts and friends is creating considerable comment here. Snch articles ma^ do well enough to fill np when located ib.imaginary places, but the easily give a jilace a bard repntation even when they axe as devoid of founda tion as was the air^cle above referred to. The Pioneer is assured that there was no truth in the article^aud for the future we hope to see no mcH^ p! thorn. i.#±v$yms 4 Johnny Goodall is'at tlie Ox Bow ranch to brings in beef cattfy for Flanglitcring. The cattle are in sploiultd condition and are COT«TC1with great layers of fat. No eastern man would believe that range cattle which have not'iieen fed it spear of hay or any grain and jvhicli have had no protection except thaf furnished by the biAtesaml coolies wpuld be in any con dition cicept the worst: On the other hand they'are as fit for butchering as a ay. stock-fed cattle in the States. The Refrigerator Car Company are constant ly receiving orders forbeet All the cat tle killed have becn.:these range cattle and ei eVy order has given perfect satis faction.:' Messrs. Boice and Towers came in too late last Thursday ^for tis to make any fomment on tlie ronnd-np meeting to be held here April'6.' In fact, we had to take the forms off the press to insert the notice pnblisbcd'in last week's Cow BOY. Sinco our last: issue, however, we liave spoken'with a number of cattle men and there is no doubt that there will be a large turnout to the meeting. The meeting for the Bad Lands associa tion can be thoroughly canvassed at this time aud thus servo & double purpose. It is not only a privilege, but a duty of every cattle man in thb Bad Lands to at tend the meeting of April 5. Upon the initial meetings will depend in a great measnre onr future success in making this point a cattle headquarters. Every man is interested in round-up meetings for his section, and every one who at tends this meeting most be made to fully appreciate the value of the Bad Lands and Territorial The Sontheast Dakota Live Stock and Breeders' Association has -been organ ized, with headquarters at Mitchell. Rep resentatives were present from sixteen counties and everything points to a very successful organization. The avowed purpose of the association is to develop the quality and facilitate and encourage' the raising of all kinds of live stock in Southeastern Dakota. The list of mem bers includes most of the prominont live stock men of SontheraDakota. Right here is the explanation of the difficulty brought forward in otir.last stock meet ing—Howto get all Dakota cattle men: interested in a Territorial organization? The enthusiasm displayed at the Mitchell meeting seems to prove Mnelnsively tliat tho association would'join with-the Bad Lands and other associations to form a Territorial associatipnv There is no need in arguing the advisability of this plan. Stock growers' interests ore getting so strong in Dakota that they demand a Territorial organisation so that their rights may be ^ffecjuaUylidd before the legislature and citizens at large. Espe cially for the reason that considerable legislation must be passed by the Terri torial legislature, it is hecessary to em brace alt classes of aive-stoek men in the Territoral organization. Of course, the raising ot range catHe ifl Jmknown in Southeastern Dakoti, int an interchange Fu^t^lasS'A^iQttodaiioosforAIL ofviewsbetwcfii And.rang^- Wa s'tsra^r^-:- Where some on« had jUtbored til! hope had dled And later on, when our camp was made,. And the white tontfjUtcbed for another night, While the pine trees wildly tossed and swayed/ In tho cheerful glow of xmr camp-fireUghfc When merry voices nag In the air« And smiling faces flashSd in* and outs^vr Xthought of thocabin^ nHe andbare-^^KJ? .Of its owner who labored tiHidpe'ali&dasbi.^ He had come, perhape/fsvm some eastern iiome For epoedy wealth, to this.w^etern d£m*. h^ And homesick, and weary,-aW all alone, DH» had faithfully toiled for some friendly sign Cold moans the wind thTpttgh tho canon de^p. hr !3^®i' DAK., MARCH 27, 1884^ pb® stock raisers will- be wonderfully bene ficial to both To a grcat extent the in terests of both classes would be Identical and the united action of snch a list.of men as will compose the Territorial asso ciation must have great weight in carry ing a measure for the general interest of all. The territorial organization will soon be a matter of vital ^interest and every means should be tried to induce all cattle men of the Territory to join it. The sncecss of the Mitchell meeting is a guarantee of the success of flu .larger organization, WeTidyS feceival-nGticeojt th'eannnal meetingor the DawsonConnty Live Stock' Association, to-be held at- Gk "jdive, April 7 and 8. All stockmen are cordially in vited to attend. Business of importance -will lie transacted, such"as ^pointing of foreman of ronnd-lip committees, place of'ronnd-np, etc.- On the evening of the 8th there, will be a- grand stockmen's ball and banquet Those wishing to join the association are requested to send in their names to the secretary, C. J. Nea!, of Glendive, some time before the 8th. We want credit for items taken' from this paper. We are getting tired of fur nishing brains for a number of territorial papers, and if the practice is continued those papers which'transgress will be dropped from our exchange list.—[Yel lowstone Journal. The above is the undiluted essence of an unspeakable gall. All the time The Journal is' wishing and wanting, has it ever entered the mind of the editor that perhaps other papers want credit for their articles. Coming, as thei above extract does, from a paper that stole bodily a half-column article from THE Cow Bov and only changed two words, to make it apply to Miles City instead of the Bad Lands, and added a few lines at the end so that the readers of The Journal might recognize tho editor's bungling work— in the face of all this we certainly desire to know if the editor wants the- earth fried on both sides and served with cream gravy, or will he just take it raw. if apart of the solar system is thrown in? The official call for the election of del egates to the territorial Repiibliean con vention to beheld at Huron, April 23, has been issued. This convention will elect two delegates tod two alternates to the National Republican convention to be held in Chicago, June 3. The apportion ment of delegates to the different comi ties has been decided and Billings connty is entitled to one. As-this is a matter aboat.which onr' citizenaL.have thought but little, we would suggest that some consideration be given ns to who shall represent-onr. county at the Huron con vention. The Territorial central commit tee recommended that on Saturday, April 12, primaries be held to elect delegates to the connty conventions, and that on the following: Wednesday the county conven tions elect delegates to the Territorial convention. Our county is as yet unor ganized, but before April 12 it is hoped that some ono will be appointed with authority to call the meetings. The first thing then to bs done is to select a coun ty central committee which shall hereaf ter have such things in'eharge. §gg SPORTING NOTES.. Spalding's base-ball gnide for 1891 is oat .v Jem Goode and Sheriff, the Prussian, will box for $1,000 a side. The Ross-Courtney scull race takes place May 85, at Oak Point Jay-Eye-Seeand Phallas wilt take their spring training in Ldnisvilie. Phil Dwyer would not sell liis stables and retire from the tnrt for $500,000. New professional and amateur ball clubs are being organized every day. Base-ball players all over the country are reporting for April's preliminary prac tice. Lynn, Mass^ and Akron, O, will run base-ball nines on the co-operative plan this summer. Jem Mace will start for America April 10. He hasnt any idea of tackling Sulli van, however. The great and only base-ball manager, Dan O'Lcary-wilt manage the Cincinnati Unions this season. The American Association clubs will travel 88,0i miles in filling their league engagements this season. A large number of professional «irs men and ball-players ore employed as trainers by college organizations. Duncan C. Ross was considerably sur prised last week when an amateur in Chicago named Wliitmore laid him on his back after a hard struggle. There is now no doubt but that-Sulli van and Thompson wfll meet before three montlis are* over. A match has been made for $5,000, each side depositing •SOOL Matsada Sorakichi, the Japanese wrest ler, is claimed to be the sUnngest man in this country at present He is learn ing our style of wrestling and expects to make matches with Ross, Thompson, Bibby and McLaughlan. The Japanese style of wrestling eonBists.in-shoving the opponent out of a six-foot ring.' W. H. Edwards, president of the Cleve land Association, says: "This will be a rousing season of trotting. There Is more public interest than ever The reo ord will go down, I think, to 8:10, powt My 2OT, or between SOS and 2:10 some where. Wliat we want most to good square, trotting and no foolishness. We are bnttoning them: down pretty ciose to All Baff" t«nds cattle men and these havini ifidttip are ^frAprfl V- Sr#^ j" ^V W* •». wy,\ ,-wrihr-it* s*y ON THE RANGE. -vr NOTICE—Rou»»-U^': interest in a BAd. Lands jroond^up are meet here on the.morniziz.ef rAprili^ to arrange for an annus! nmnduj:oxtlUs region^ CALL FOB BAO \jan09 ASBOOXTRNC. .There-will be axneeting lieldafr JJIttlo Miwcuri crossing the. thlrd lionday in -Apiil (&o Slat) ior purpose of forming a psdXanda AaeocUUon. raisers of live,, stock are roquested to att^nd^ CT|Mn its organisation, buainesa of much impoi^ ance will come .before, the association and it is to the Interest of ereiy man .interested in livoetpek to attends TUB COSOUITKB. Best Amerim cattle are ^qiwted^at lS^c, dressed, weightiaiiverpool sifiast sheep at 18c. -TlieJrill gmnting ^000 for the sup pression of ihe foot aniTHflntlyUsease lias passed the senate. Jt was^trdaseed by SenatorPfrunb. -r .* It The Swaa-Iiand has fient to England for 200 foil blooded bulls for use on their ranches.—[Chey enne Democratic Leader. Stoek reports from the: north side of' the Yellowstone are very favorable: The only losses occurring eo -for have been from wolves. Wolves are qnite: numer ous in that locality and have occasioned considerable loss on young cattle.—[Hel ena, Hon, Independent Out of over 8,300,000 liead of live stock received at Chicago last year only 273 cattle, 758 hogs, 332 sheep and 21 calves were condemned by inspecting officers at the stock yards. T1& shows -wonderful sanitary soundness or tery poor inspei^ tion.—[Cheyenne Democratic Leaders An exchange give tile following as a means of detecting glanders: A bucket half full of water should be held tinder the animal's nostrils and the mucous al lowed to drop into the water. If the sub stance remains on top or spreads or dis solves the disease is not glanders, but if the drop remains nndissolved and sinks to the bottom the horse should be killed. A letter from north of the river says cattle are looking fine and horses doing well. The winter has not been as hard on cattle north of the river as in this vi cinity. We hear of some outfits close to Sidney that have lost a good .many that were put on the range late in the fall. The railroad has not killed as many cattle as it did last year, the number on the main line between Ante lope and North Platte being about two hundred and fifty.—[Sidney, Neb., Plain dealer. The department of state has received information from tho United States con sul at Birmingham, Eng., that the foot and mouth- disease is raging among the cattle in almost every county in Eng land. The secretary of the treasury has requested the secretary of state to notify the United States consuls in Great Britain not to eertify to invoices of cattle unless, after an examination of the animals by a veterinary surgeon they are satisfied no disease exists.—[N. W. Live Stock Journal. .. The New Mexico stock growers have requested the legislature of that territo ry to enact a law requiring butchers to give a bond of $1,000 to keep a record, open at all times to public inspection, containing a description of all the ani mals they slaughter and the names of parties from whom purchased also to keep the hides of slaughtered animals for a reasonable length of time, thus en abling parties to identify their property The request is a reasonable one and a law to that effect would materially aid in the detection- of tliieves, wliilo a compliance •with its provisions would entail no hard ships on the butchers.—[N. W. Live Stock Journal. White & llmilton, of the Loclmquilla ranch in Crockett county, are lambing 6,000 to 7,000 ewes by loose herding or line riding, with only two" or three extra hands. This is no new plan, bnt it is very rarely practiced, especially in open range, and we know of no large zauch in Texas that has heretofore had the cour age to adopt it. So far it is a success and will end successfully, from the com mon-sense fact that an animal' left to it self will take care of its young. The only objection to the mode is the presence of wild animals, bnt it costs considerable lees to keep a pack of good dogs and buy an ounce o£ two of poison than it does to pnt seven or eight Mexicans with each band through the lambing season. The demand is imperative for a law againet wild animals. If a fair price was allowed for their scalps, the slieep'a natural ene mies would soon be extirpifled.—[Texas Wool Grower. .',T -i. i' -"-i, -vA,. Mr. John Snodgrass, general foreman of the Bay State Live Stock Company, was in town last evening and from Mm we learn of the purchase by the JBay State Company of tho herd of Joiin F. Coad, ranging on Pnmpkin creek and the North Platte river. The price paid was $730,000 and the number of cattle given in was 23,000 head, Che outfit to be run by Mr. Coad until July first whefl- the: final transfer -pill toe made. The Bay: State Company now controls about 75, 000 eattle and is the second in sizeif not the largest in the country. It is the ei-'. pectation of the company to brand about tea thousand calves this spring, the Croighton hertl which was purchased last spring bring largely entuposed ot breeding stoek. This company now has two ranches on the Lodge Pole, near An telope, one on Hone ereek and the Coad ranch®, their rango 'covering the west ern half of tho county south 3 the river, including the heads of Pumpkin «ind Horae creeks and the Lodge Pole. The principal broad of the company wil{ be Circle block, originally the Crejehtott brand, and all the young stuck Will be branded with that bnind.H$i& ney, Neiv-Plaladeal^Trtesrapli. «SmSJ$5SSi isr & ,, *. Obit ^onfiana HUft &•&: a ftaijrfiie cattle-Wiigot ry.botprobablytfieVlea^h in the entire'West/halirig cmtrol mnchTstoek^aa-any Single individual thiTeonftftwftfe* Bis- r: amount to between $2^00glXtema! 000, vfliUe'the'^ojHrf^Btog)£ :oi'wfl hohas theexeln^ejeoWrotandinani„ ment Is over hfS^-^fd'-paluea'a over$6,000,000,L^ \^'j^or^kHir"~* 4irec|3y Interested, in r#n4 ifi Jpjc% and generalmannger Stiio le^-t^ii# 1 different stock' oigtmiziitighs in'Wyct ing, having andhenceeoBtatnii- iin-{..., --j., of grazing surface, including Hie liest1 land in the 'territory, and lying-along the Laramie, Medieiie^ow, Iforth PIa(b and other riiers. Beside tho large amount of capital imeeted In stock, of whuff this individual has Ijril eon^Vsfime of the companies liaro i^ade large pur chases of land on whieli tfiey hare eom- were done by this tattle king's imggeft tions and dircctlon^-so tthat he ihas tlio entire credit of awmmulating. maspng and controlling this iminense cpagrega tion of wealth. "XlrCT The eareer of thS*pe^n^jas fiie^r9' markable forte bfiUiEant iuBiesa fiiu.n cially. At tWenCy-tVro i^ears of age he travelled fro^t his native-place!, Green county, Fa,tolo-^locatingintiieiat» tef state on so^ie wild land when-everyo thing in tSat conunonwealth was, paratively free from the mtrusipn.ftf ilization. This was "in. 1853. A$ time he had $1,060 in his pocket as hi£ stock in trade. Alter msWng Sflme- int^% provejnents on his land he sold out at aif advance, and then pushed still further oa to the frontier, again investing, in land.' Two years after his first entrance into Iowa, he returned to Ohio, -where he ptir* chased a form,, temaining in the lattec state seven- years, at. the end of whidi it time he again returned to Iowa, and began dealing in sheep ,and,cattle,buy^'. ing and selling.' Taking his brother as a partner theybegan turning their atten tion to the cattle business exclusively, beginning with a herd of ZflOQ. Tfei» herd was increased at' various times as follows, naturally tuul purchase: In 1874 to 5,000, in 1876 to 7,000, in 1876 to 10.-' 000, in 1877 to 11,000, in 1878 to 14,000, in 1879 to 19,000, in 1880 to 24,000, in 1881 to gjsOOB iondlflisag to" of the increase was natural. By this time the profits of the tw«i' brothers in the stoek business hadfceen so: great, not including the stock oil hand, that the next year (188% with sev eral other stockmen they pnrchased ai^ 000 more cattle on a range west of U»" Black Hills, merging then- two her& into one, and with other parties forming a land and cattle syndicate company, with an invested capital of $2^55,000, A. TL Swan being made president of the same at a salary of $10,000 per year, the amount of cattle numbering 115,000. Ke gotiations are now ponding for the salo of Mr. A. H. Swan's interest in this com pany at the princely sum of $750,00a Mr.Swan nextorganized four other com panies oaa similar basis, to all of which he .has been given the direct^ manage ment. One of the companies, known as the Ogallala Land and Cattle Company of Nebraska, owns 85,000 head of cattle. The latest enterprise in which this cattle king has been engaged was the organiza Hon of a land syndicate and stock yards company, which purchased 2JBOO acres o£ land adjoining the city of Omaha, Neb^ at portion to be sold in lots and the balance to be reserved far this land syndicate and: stock yards company for the slaughter-: ing and shipping of dressed beef in re frigerator cars to ejptem markets. This latter establishment is to be.ready for opwation by July, 1884, and its capacities are placed at 1,000head per day. Among the cattle tmg'a private posseaBiolis are 150J300 acres qf bnd nnder fenee, with ten houses, eight terns aad fitly canala for the branding of stock. He is also the owner of land in Iowa, forty tniiM from. Des Stoinee, valued at ^DO^OOL S-'i UT. 4w Irs •'&IM He claims to have n^ver.ftadan^liti gations about contracts, njever "M\-ing forfeited h& word to any person with whom he has had any business transac-S tions, either £a-buying or selling. In«p~ poarance he fe tall, but well proportioned and his eountenanee bears the imprint modesty, trankuess aad intelligence,: and though naturally easy in his bearing, yet he is free from tike suavity and indepen dence of actkm stt common among fron tier stockmen.—[Pioneer-Frees. 11 1 A Mr. Terry, of BugkCM, hais invenfed' a bicycle which is capable of -being con verted into a boat. "ffheS t^ed on tilb road the machine aa -ordinary rear steerer. The operation of coarertihg It into a boat is very ^mpie aOd taken bat half «n hour. AQ moftotsd, tbe ^parat q«. forms a dtaked eanoe» e0pihining ^l'l Jljo oonditions neoeraary for |ffop» bwy Ancy, even at sea. The Smayancy moreover, lasted by two air bogs,, which are attached to the' two f&3eft the upper part of the open iqaee.—[Mlf tor of American Bptalg. Wooisde-and Morgan on-'MaJf^S^ start oa their ttsns^ontineotsi r" trip from New York to San Fra Two tiwwaad dWJare ie up that __ will cover the distance in aeiseaty daj®.^ Atla«i the namee of the have been twWinheA. It to img thstthoy witt JfortUwwttyfa