Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-04-25
NO4ES,Am NEWS.

field, Ill.
John A. Eassen has been appointed Minister
to Spain.
Counterfeit silver is in circulation at Chicago to
great extent
Gen. Btstow will probably succeed .sudge Davis
on the SapreEe beEch.
The Washinason Republican think. tie tentence Of
Najor Koao viii be modihs
Hon. Asa Foster, the Canad an Railro I'd King has
been crowded into bankruptcy.
The Packard government, It 8 claimed, is neither
seJacto nor deju'e hut defunct.
Col Gsrret Dunn, of the famous Irish Brigade,
died in New York ON the 18th inst.
Spotted Tails Indians and agency have been or
.lsred rsmoSed tos sPonoo Agency
Charley Collins newspap,r outfit for the Blacks
Hills daily WAS burne0 Oh tile Carroll.
Gen Roger A. Pryor has been invited to deliver.
the decoration address At BrookIyn May ~
Three .hurdred tons of barnaoscs were recently,
removed from the hull of the Grast Eastern.
As the Zines and Tribune, New York, were not
favored>with Yw.ed's confession bsch discredit' it.
Col. p W. Norris, of Norris, Michigan, has been
appointed superintendent Of the Yellowstone National
Park
Senator kaYaEd pledges earnest support OF PFesl-
ient Hayes as long - ne adheres 10 his present
policy.
Gen. John L. Smith, the we'll keown stump speak
er was converted under Moody,s ministra,ions in
Boston.
Lillibridge. the Minneapolis baker, will supply
,hef.lardbr.ad this department during the cur.
rent year.
Amagni6cent, state dinner Was given at Washing
ton last week the Executive Mansion in honor of
the Duke Alexis.
Mrs. HAYES objects to her husbands disposition to
eouuette with The, Lowell widow, rs Ben Butler is
sometimes called.
Anna Dickinson h2s been sued for damages grow
ing out of the abrupt termination on her psrt Of her
dramatic engagement.
Ex senator Cameron will not accompany Ek.
PrekiUent G ant OIL his European dour. Gen. Grant
will leave for .EurOke in few days.
Gen, Babcock trembles in his bouts. court mar
tial which will opeu up several very unpleasant fes-
lures in his Washington career is talked OF.
-Four hundred.cIssks were found in one Of the de-
pastmen,s at Washington who had nothing to do,
but were kept in place by congo esEonal Influence
JEFF Wilson died on the Goth inst. Prom he tes-
timoBy Of Mrs. Wilson ut the coroner'js inqu.s:
suspicion raised that the case vas one of suicide
The thief in the New York postoeice who has been
gettug away with valuable packages for some mon tie
past has beeucaught the act and Is now in custody
The troops have been ordered from Alaska as q
measure of economy As it would require 12.0OO dol
lars to replace the barracks recently Destroyed by
FIRE.
Gen. Grant will write book detailing facts Of in
terest that passed uDder his observation during the
war and during the tisae he occupied the executive
mansion.
Three hundred eEpIsyees were discharged from
the Treasury Department last week, and the dis
charge Of like number from other departments will
soon follow. .4-... ~ = l. ...
A terrific hurricane passed over portions Of Ten
nessee last week. Fb:sen houses were blown down
and q number Of persons killed and injured IN Ruth
erford county.
An oil t,nk vas struck by lightning At the Trout
i. mon Earn, Pa last week, aid destroyed many
thousand barrels Of oil, several wells and tanks and
the eu:ire village. 20
AysLkton special gives the distance from Fort
Pierre to Deadwood as l5U miles, but then 1t takes
four days by steamer &c reach Fort RieEs from the
nearest railroad point.
Boss Tweed has made another confession showing
how ,he judges OF the cour. OF appeals in New York
we're elected in the days Of rammauy frards but no
particulars made public.
There is movement on foot to secure the resigna-
ton Of Mr.. Muller, . New York Congressman in
srder to give David Dudley field chance TO succeed
him in the present Congress-. ~
A xon,ep In New York whose husband wants
divorce told = lawyers eleEk that her friend I'd.
Stokes would shoot any who annoyed her or
bothered him about that little affair.
Eighty lozges Of Cheyennsc surrendered to Gen.
Croox on the 2lt inst, They were eager for the
protection offered by The government Many OF
iEose suTrenderipg had limbs baaiy frozen.
report comes from San francisco that Blaine
will propose a-Grand Arbitration board, whose duty
It shall be to determine Hayes title to the Presidency
the several States in the Union
The opinior. obtains in army ciscJes at Washington
that the Indian war II over and troops are being
withheld from Me frontier accordingly, but It may
be discovered that there is mistake about It
=and that the Indians have gained time and strength
The troors we1e yesterday Withdrawn from New
Orleans With what esu!t our telegraph dispatches
1nll probably show. The withdrawal Of
troops was advised by the Louisiana Commission,
which has met with better success than the most
sangune anticipat I'd.
Che Washington Republican expresses tie belief
that the southern Democrats will join with the Re-
pubiicans in the organization Of the House of Rep
.rese1tatves. On the ether hand Republican papers
:areurging that Republicans jUin With the friends of
Fernando Wood ard thus secu.e his election.
Affairs seem to be passing very smoothly in
LOUISIANA. Gen Nichols and those acting With him
are do all in their power to satisfy their kepubil-
can opponents and do exact justice 10 all parties
The Packard police have been paid by Nichols, and
seve raj Democrats Lave Hkhrawn their contests in
ahe Legislature seating Republican claim ints.
David Iauk, killed by the gambler KnoElton at
Fort Pierre, was d resided Of Monroe. Michigan
knowlton pretended to be = stick dealer, when in
fact he was a prof.ssed gambler, beat the out
af his money, and killed him because he 'squealed"
when he found his true chaIAxer. Justice by
shoct cut fhould be administered i'll such cases.
Lieutenant Colonel Garrick MaIlery captain First
Infantry and acting signal officer. has published
through :he Interior Department, highly Interest
ing pamphlet or q calendar Of the DAKOTA Nation
which vas copied by Lieutenant H: T. Reed of his
company, from the original chart in the possession
Of Lone Dog, an aged Yanktonai This calendar
begins about 1871, and marks each successive year
by some symbol, all of which are ingeniously ex-
planned or guessed at by the author toget her with
much other curious information about the great Da-
kota family. The work shows how usetuiiy and
ereditably an army officer may use his time at
frontier post, and is worthy of Colonel Ma-rys rul-
iured mind and extensive experience.