Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-11-26
BUEoRD NEWS.

Several Fsree By way OF Change and
Ve2iesey-Tke First Snow Storm
The SsvexSh CavGlry-Steaubset
Acknowledgements
FORT BUFoKD, D. T., Nov. 1o, 1871
Very near to the trading establishment
of Messrs. Leighton & jordan is the lime
kiln. Lime kilns ordinarily are supposed
to be receptacles of stony substance,
that, after passing through the flames.
etc, finally becomes whitish powder
that is fouad to be very useful in renova-
ting the walls Of dwellings, keeping the
chickens houses free from vermin, and
furnishing many Of the great unwashed
With 4 suitable occupation. The line
kiln mentioned above has bse1 receiving
diferent article for the week or 20 just
past. 'sThe boys" had got rather inpa-
tient and could no longer, Micawber-
like, wait for something to turn up, they
began to turn up things themselves.
They first turned up Bob Little-every
enc sssvs 1sb-isdeed not to know him
10 equivalent to coniessing one's self a pill
grim. Was he not an attachee of the
Leighton Brss., yea, many years ago, in
tho Powder river country7 But, alas,
SAl6 SlllCl VI Ol\A lkAASAeD LA1N ~SuA
ruthlsssly condemned him to osnane-
ment in the lime kiln, and his ransom,
rated of course by his ability to pay "a
custom which you may have noticed "we
uns" Of the frontier towns rigidly en-
force), was very satisfactory to a nu1ner-
Gus and thirsty delegation. Attest: Mr..
Smell, the gentlemanly manag ger Of the
Club Room. 81 was a stranger and yc
took me in,' warbled Geo. Boyd, as the
efficient deputy marched him to the lime
kiln, and George having just come fro n
the seat of war, produced the necessary
vouchers, which were cashed without
any dubious references to the TR1BuNE's
telegraphic news as to Congressional
appropriations.
It would afford some Of the boys il
Bismarck untold amusement could they
see Sam O'Conneli and "Roxy' Blum
take the double time when business
brings them in the vicinity of that lime
kiln, and it IS a reasonable expectation
that your correspondent will have 10 take
heeo of his steps lest the court, after per-
using this, might, in its wrath, pass SEN
tence upon him.
WE HAVE HAD LITTLE EXCITEMENT,
caused by that treachero,.s monarch, the
fire king. Leighton & Jordan's ice
house was destroyed by fire one evening
last week. It's nearness t. the haystacks
and buildings created considerable alarm
at frs, but The prompt efforts OF the SOL
eiiers from the garrison soon leve!led the
buildings with the ground and arrested
further damage.
~.- LARGE PRAIRIE FIRE,
few nights since, also threatened the
"wcod-pile'' and, perhaps, the post itself,
with a conhagration. The entire garrl-
son was turned out about midnight, but,
fortunately, the wind changed, and the
"sk;rnishers'' retreated. It seems that
at large posts, away from civilized COM
munities, as if a fire engine Of some sort
mi sht be provided, as a few minutes
would. in all probability, at ssme time
suffice to burn up property enough to
more than pay the cost Of such a ''ma-
shine"
We have had our first snow, on the 18th
and 18th. The battalion of the 9TH cav
airy, camped near the post, got the ben
eft of this storm, and are very anxious
that the Cheyennes may arrive speedily,
and they take up their line Of march
homeward.
WE BEAT YOU ON STEAMBOATS,
this trip-one hundred and n,nety-nine
arrivals and departures from the 10th OF
April to the 31st Of October. We
claim the sshonsrs easy on the first boat,
the Josephine-and the l2st-the Rose
bud. We havn't got any steamboat
laid up on the west side, but-we. had
Joseph first, here. kEx.