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BUFFALO BULL-TO-NIGHT.

At the Opera House, to-night, the renowned
Indian fighter and hunter, Buffalo
Bill, will appear with a very excellent company
in the celebrated drama entitled,
"Praire Waif," which was written expressly
for him and founded upon ineidents in
his career while chief od scouts and guide
to the United States Army. During the
progress fo the drama a genuine band of
Indian chiefs will appear and Mr. Cody
(Buffalo Bill) will give some exhibitions of
his extraordinary skill with the rifle. In
a recent interview with a Herald reporter,
Buffalo Bill told how he gained his title:

In 1867 when the Kansas Pacific road
was being built, I was in the service of the
Government. One of the managers of the
road came to me and said the men were
out of meat and asked me what I would
contract to furnish twenty-five buffaloes a
day for. I told him I was in the service of
the Government and could not work
for him at any price. The company,
however, made an arrangement with
the Government so that I got off, and
he hired me at $500 a month to shoot buffalo.
I thought $500 a month was the biggest
salary and man ever received. I went
to work, and in eighteen months I had
killed 4,280 buffalos. The "Paddys" employed
on the road as a consequence became
very tired of buffalo meat. When they saw
me coming they knew my apearance heralded
a fresh supply of tough buffalo meat,
and they said, one to another, "Bedad,
here comes "Buffalo Bill" agin; sharpen up
your grinders, we'll have more buffalo
meat now." I soon became known along
the entire line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad
as "Buffalo Bill."

The company is a good one and Buffalo
Bill is a favorite in Easton, so that the
probabilities are strongly in favor of a
large audience at the Opera House to-night.
Reserved seats may be secured at Riegel's
book store.