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Comstock, who in a special contest only
killed forty-six buffalos in one day, to
Cody's sixty-nine. He was then made
scout and guide of the famous Fifth
Cavalry and was with it throughout the
West. While the Kansas Pacific R. R.,
was being built he contracted to supply
the laborers with meat and in one season
he killed 4862 buffalos, besides
deer, antelope and other game. While
there he was made chief of scouts along
the Union Pacific R. R. Other events
then followed rapidly. He acted as guide
to the Russian Grand Duke Alexis for
a western hunt, took the first scalp to
avenge Custer, was in the recent Pine
Ridge Campaign, went on the stage and
made a great success, and finally a few
years ago, in company with Nate Salsbury,
organized the Wild West show
that has made the hit of the century in
America and was equally successful in
Europe, where crowned heads, princes,
and nobility were among the spectators.
It also has made fortunes for its owners.
The "Wild West" is now greater and
more comprehensive than ever before,
special pains having been taken to make
it a feature of the year in Chicago,
where it is now playing its six months
engagement and successfully competing
with the World's Fair. Among the
many features of this great show is
John Baker the great shot, Miss Annie
Oakley who has no rival in rifle shooting,
the famous cowboy band led by
Wm. Sweeney, and others. Then comes
the military contingent consisting of
cavalry companies from the Sixth Cavalry
of the United States Army; a company
of the First Guard Uhlan Regiment
("Potsdamer Reds") of Germany;
a company of Chasseurs from France;
a company of the Twelfth Lancers of

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the British Army; and a group of Syrian
and Arabian horsemen. All these
shiw their various sports and drills and
have a grand international drill. Then
there are the hundreds of cowboys, Indians,
Mexicans, etc. All these form
the camp and dwell in perfect harmony.
Every nationality shows peculiarities
of their own in the way of arranging
their quarters. Visitors should not
fail to visit the camp before witnessing
the performance. Major John Burke
the rotund and jovial press agent is always
ready to dilate on the wonders of
the Wild West and no one can blame
him after a few hours within the big inclosure.

Manager David Henderson, of the
Chicago Opera House went to New York
this week to secure some new people, to
take the places left vacant by the recent
trouble in the "Ali Baba" company.

The crowds still continue as large as
ever to see. Sol. Smith Russell in "A
Poor Relation" at the Grand Opera
House.