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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" Middle- ton, 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 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.

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" Middle- ton, 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 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.