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Hon. W. F. Cody, renowned as "Buffalo
Bill," arrived at the Burtis last evening,
and will organize his dramatic company
here. The members, most of whom were
with him last year, are expected from New
York to-morrow, and eight Ponca and Pawnee
Indians, from Montana territory, will
arrive on Saturday. Monday evening the
company will present the thrilling drama,
"The Knight of the Plains, or Buffalo
Bill's Best Trail," and repeat it Tuesday
evening. To-morrow Mr. Cody takes a
drive out to his old home at Walnut Grove,
and will visit the tomb of his brother Samuel
in the cemetery at Long Grove. He
will return to the city by way of LeClaire,
where he lived three or four years, and
visit the place where he was born, several
miles south of that city.