"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.
