Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-07-02
g. BISMARCK d. T, MONDAY JULY g. 1877

elevenths Of all the taxes paid into the
Territorial treasury, the exact amount of
the assessment being $566,o6o,75 for
Northern counties and $6,1444f,o94.25 for
Southern counties. Every dime of the
road appropriation apportioned to North
ern Dakota was disbursed to citizens of
that section. The members elected to
the last legislature from Northern Dako-
ia were all clever gentlemen, and those
from BWleigh county were enabled by
the votes of Southern Dakota members
exclusively, to procure the removal ofthe
United States court from Fargo to Bis
marck. ,assz zass LS& .as4
Apropos of the Black Hills route ques-
ton, there is another matter that may be
mentioned to show the uniform good
treatment extended to Northern Daketa
by citizens cf this section. We refer to
the fact that severa. months ago, after
beng repeatedly importuned by our peo-
pie to secure mail communication be-
tween Pierre and the Hills, Delegate
Kidder went before the post Office au-
thorities at Washington and asked for
service on two routes from the Missouri
River to Deadwood-sne from Bismarck
and the other from Fort Pierre, and when
informed that there might be difficulties
in the way Of putting service on more
than one route, he refused to state his
preference, and although both sections
were finally used alike, Northern Dakota
was the first favored. How many citi-
zens of the Northern country would have
taken like position with respect to this
section?
We could recite more to sustain our
position in this matter, but we believe it
unnecessary at this time The editor Of
the Bismarck TRIBUNE is doubtless fool
enough to think it incumbent upon him
self to attempt to combat what, we have
already said; but we advise him to let
the thing drop. His neighbors, who have
much the advantage of him in the pos
session of good sense, should intercede to
invest him with little wisdom. We have
been repeatedly assured that the TRI-
BUNE does not represent popular, SEMI
ment in Northern Dakota; but the peo-
pie of Bismarck tolerate it's editor as an
official and patronize the paper with great
liberality, and hence it must be regarded
as representing what they deem their in
terests. Lounsberry is himself maiig-
nant and slanderous liar and an ungrate-
full whelp; but we can do nothing better
than deal with him as an integral part Of
his community.-1anktOn Herald.
Referring to the above the TRIBUNE
has only this to say: A Yankton paper
stated that Mr.. Hutchinson, the sub-con-
tractor, had discontinued the mail SER
vice, and we believed it, particularly as
the mail for Fort Pierre commenced COM
ing by way of Bismarck We saw it sta
ted in St. Paul paper, and again in
Brainerd paper, and was informed by q
railroad man not connected with the
North Pacific, that the tickets were with
drawn as stated, and we believed it. If
misinformed in either case we regret it,
for the TRIBUNE would not knowingly
misreprec mt dog much less rival in
terest, b.: il we ever 60 back on our own
town or fall to abusing rival editor be-
cause he stands up for his, We hope some
friend will send the fool killer around and
ask him to prepare material for first
class funeral. In conclusion: the pest
master at Bismarck has no means of know
ing how he is regarded as an official but
he does know that the people Of Bismarck
appreciate his Newspaper work and ex-
tend patronage accordingly. The editor
of the TRIBUNE believes he is too much
of gentleman to use such language as
that employed by the editor Of the Her
aid in the above article and thinks the
Yankten editor is already ashamed of
himself or ought to be for its use. One
word more: the resignation Of Mrs.
Slaughter in favor of the present post
master at Bismarck Is on file al Washing
ton and we state without fear ofcontra-
dietion that terresignation was not fore
ed or solicited, nor was her resignation in
favor of the present incumbent asked or
expected. She resigned for domestic
reasons and Il the editor Of the Herald
was the gentleman he pretends to be he
would not seek to cast reflections upon
her by intimating that she. was or could
becrowded out Of her position. ma
DR.. L. NJ. Roy. Surgeon U. S. A., ar
rived here on Monday from Tongue
River, having left there on Friday morn.
ing 29th ult. Hereports the Yellowstone
as still at good stage for boating, but
falling. On the 18th ult., when the Os-
ceola was about mile below the mouth
of the Powder river, she was struck by
hurricane, and the whole Of the upper
deck and pilot house were swept off, and