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"BUFFALO BILL." -- Mr. Wm. F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," a distinguished hunter and scout in the far West, has been elected to the Nebraska Legislature from Lincoln County. Our readers will remember that "Bill" paid West Chester a visit last Winter and was the guest of Col. H. R. Guss, to whom he is related. The Buffaloes and "Injuns" will be glad to hear anything that is likely to draw his attention from their trails.
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"BUFFALO BILL" AND "NED BUNTLINE."
"Buffalo Bill," of whom the most of our readers have heard or read as being the most successful and -dashing scount, hunter and Indian fighter of the day and who is attached to General Sheridan's staff with the rank of Captain in the present movements against the indians upon the plains, paid our Borough a visit on Saturday last accompanied by Col. E. Z. C. Judson (Ned Buntline) and his wife, and were the guests of Col. Henry R. Guss. Wm F. Cody, which is the christian name of "Buffalo Bill," is a native of Iowa, from which state he removed to the frontier when a boy, and at the age of twelve years he began his onslaught upon the indians, many of whom have ince fallen victims of his unerring rile. During the recent hunting expedition of the Duke Alexis, Mr. W. Cody accompanied the pary, and through his professional exploits as a hunter and his gentlemanly characteristics won the Duke's admiration, and as a token of his esteem presented him with several articles of intrisnsic value. Mr. Cody is tall and of slender build, has dark hair which he wears long, it falling down over his shoulders. His face, which is a good looking one, indicates an ' affiable disposition complete with judicious firmness. He is thirty-one years of age; is at present Justice of the Peace of the Fort McPherson district; was at one time Sheriff of Jackson County, and served, when a boy, as one of the Pony Express riders across the plains for quite a while. He is a nephew of Col. Guss, and this his first visit to "the States" was actuated jointly from a desire to see his relatives and get a glimpose of the ocean. Ned Buntline in speaking of his friend as a successful "shot" says that he is a better one uppon a horse going at full speed than most of his command, which numbers a hundred men, all hunters, are standing still. The distinguished visitors left our borough on Saturday evening for New York fo the purpose of seeing the sights of that metropolis. "Buffalo Bill" however, returned to us again yesterday, and will remain for several days. We have heretofore neglected to say that our hero is a married man, he having a wife and two children now living at FOrt McPherson.