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three leaders, Stephens, Gillespie and
Berry, registered at Iowa Falls this morning
and were heard from at Ackley this afternoon.
One of Berry's horses is said to be
failing. It is confidentially whispered that
all the cowboys have contracts for an engagement
with Buffalo Bill in their pockets.

Will Reach Dubuque To-day.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 23.-The cowboys
are expected to reach this city to-morrow
morning at 9 o'clock, while unreliable dispatches
say they will not arrive before evening.
Three of the cowboys, "Doc" Middleton,
Berry and Gillespie are well known in
this city, having been born and raised near
here, They worked on a railroad being constructed
near this city many years ago. A
corps of bicyclists will meet the cowboys
near this city and escort them into town.

GALENA, Ill., June 23.-Oscar Little, agent
of the Illinois Humane society, went to
Dubuque to-day and will await the arrival
of the cowboys there. Upon the condition
of the horses when they get there
will depend his future action. Should
they show signs of having been
overridden he will hasten to Galena
and swear out warrants for the
arrest of the riders. These warrants will
be served at Warren or some point near
there in the eastern part of the county, as
the cowboys are likely to keep just north of
the Illinois line between East Dubuque and
Warren. They would be intercepted at
East Dubuque, but the warrants could not
be made out early enough to arrest them
there.