Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1878-04-26
Notes and News.

April
P.T; Darnum has bough, Villa Park, Col. for
The strongest men are those that weak and
know 1t.
Lieut.. Ben 1srcal Butler, son of Ben Butler, has
resigned o..
Josh Billings saysmen usually put broken hearts
to soak in whskcy.
Secretary Sherman is said to own sixty four
houses in Washington.
Geo. l.. Smith has been nominated collector of
customs at New Orleans.
Gen. Sheridan has again anticipated the census
Only one OF EN- this time.
Six thousand survivors of the war of 1872 have
filed applications for pensions.
There were only 1882 arrests at Washington for
drunkenness during last quarter.
Tom Frazier, Dan IIarnc,t's old partner. sui
ciicd in California Il few days ago.
When Gem Schcnck plays poker there are Re-
publican gains.-lCourcr journal.
Baron Rothschild believes England will engage
Russia in little game of blood letting.
\ man with trade dollar feels rs if lie had II
fail moon in his pOckct.-tN. y. Herald.
The boy with pain in his stomach may well
wonder ii rccn apples grow In heaven.
The snow storm of the 10Th. in the Black Hill,
was followed hy a thunder storm on the 18th.
The Ynnktou Press and Dakotian rcioiccd on
its 18th birthday which occurred on the I'D inst
The reservation ut Fort kcough has been re-
'luccd from 10 miles square to one fourth Of that
size"
Pat Kelly'S man. 5. V. Chase. scoopcd up twcn-
iis. H'"S"" "'' ." MS recent "Trip 10 'n' 0'"'A
The storm in Iowa last Sunday killed fifteen
peoplc and destroyed one hundred thousand dol
iars worth of property.
Thc Erie Railroad has been sold under mort
ragr and is now In the hands of gentlemen repre-
>"ntiny its bOnthOldcrs.
The recent blizzard extended to Red Cloud
Agency where two feet of snow is reported 1t
ranrd. only. i'll this region.
\ Dcadwood faro bank busted about a dozen
times last week. and the president didn't abscOnd
90 and shoot himself either.
y. y. Sidway was arrested at Dcadwood few
days ago. on Il requisitiOn from the Governor OF
New York, on charge Of seduction.
County treasurer Brigham, of Dcadwood, has
been plastcrcd all over with charges and is now
h"ing tried on about dozen Of them
The Democrats of the House will investigate
tho McLin confession and cndcavor to discover
the true inwardncss of the Florida vote.
The local of the Deadwood Times announces
that he is now satisfied that no man can walk an
eight foot sidewalk with ten foot staggcr.
Bill Gay shot F. o. Forbes ut Gayvilc. Black
Hills. for alleged improper advances to his wife
on the a5th inst The wound is serious one.
Boston Post. Mrs. Hayes refuses to allow
cardpaying. in the White House. She won't
even let Rutherford stir up the fire with poker.
4 man is never so cmphatically embraced by
the spirit of economy ns when the church contri-
button box starcs him in the f.cc.-[ Fulton Times.
Russia demands to know something of Eng
I+ ir wants. otnst poWera sss nd TO oc wai
are both sick.
Somebody suggests that the Nevada congress
man may be only aWrcn now but he will be a rob
him like the rest of em before he has been in con-
grcss two years.
The recent Storm was terrible az far south as
Kentucky. Forest trees were uprooied, houses
blown down, &c. including the brick school
house at Summersct
Thn nnaduOoI hpn1Smpn n vDN
back on him, and the commissioners require
new bond in the sum Of fifty thousand dollars.
col. John was II better man.
The Bismarck folks are whoopinS 1t up lively
on their line. Monday evening they landed ~
passcngcrs and two thousand pounds Of express
ut Deadwood-[ Rapid City (Bnck Hills) journal
The Eureka Sentinel declares that "thc depth of
womnn'- love, the proportions ofa whiskry bill,
and the course OF bullet. are tn rec things which
cannot be accurately determined until put to the
test
McCoskrcy claims the letters purport to have
been written more than five years ago, and that
they are said to be good limitations Of his hand
writing: that he proposes to return and disprovc
the scandal.
dicted the great storm Of Mentor Isle Of Whit.
in whice 3OO lives were lost. This shows the vast
superiority Of the Herald over Hostctt"r's ALMA
nac.-(Oil City Derrick.
over the West states that Dakota has the finest
soil to he found in the entire country IT is
iich as any Illinois prairie, md much more easily
1t ic believed that Conklings is clear case Of
suicide. He talked himself to death. The Chi
cago Times says he looks beautiful III death. y
calm and peaceful expression rests upon his face.
Secretary Thompson interprcts the presidents
order in relation to offcc-holdors, to mean that
they may be as active as they choose in politics
az long as they do not neglect their duties. and
may put up as much as they like hut must not
b. forced to contribute.
1t isn't a bad argument for the Northern Pacific
folks that at the time the Cnion Pacific railroad
was buried under twenty feet of snow. the farm
ers along the N. p. route, from Red River to Ia
coma, were plowing and sowing grain.-LFlrginia
City (Mt) Madisonian.
McLin SAYS he thought he was doing right when
he gave Florida to President Haycs-hc simply
gave the republicans the benefit Of a doubt. The
confession doesn't seem to improve anyoncs
temper except Blair's. The administration and
it, friends remain serene.
Every time Kentucky politician visits Chicago
after the adoption of the bell punch. chink will go
y cents in the city @ T.,
the strong box and Chink will come that fifty cts.
out again.-[ Courier journal.
Mrs Fassct is now painting the faces of thirty
over the bar-iWas. Cor. Why. those fellows
have been painting their own faces over the bar,
for years, and not one of them has shown any in-
clination to Mis-his-Faucet.-l Phil Bul.
Two scoundrcls. occupying official position in
Florida. have confessed that they stole the vote OF
Florida for President Hayes, Measrs: McLin and
Dennis and Mrs Tllton are the shabbiest confess
credit as the motive for confession il apparent in
each case.
The Bismarck Stage Company landed Gfty-four
passengers in Dcadwood in the last forty-clght
hours. Twenty three of this number were straight
Frcnchmcn. fresh from their native heath. They
all hccl.d it is said. with the hard dollars of
our dads, which makes them just so much more
desirable inllnbirants.-I DcndwOOd Times.
The Cheyenne sun Of April 19t., reports the
death of E. c. Sweet. of Chicago. vino was killed
on the 9Th int by nia. Iii ~ p1r,E e" h"" f""s
forty miles north of Fl. Laramie. their stock and
outiits were captured, and Sweet was killed. The
Cheyennc ronte to the Hills has Frequently sut-
fcred from Indian rnid- and many persons have
been killed OH It,
The young man paced the paror.
While she wns cleaning her teeth:
And he thought of the brilliant dollars.
OF the daddy who would bcqucath.
The old man sat on the counter.
With hs head between his hands.
And rcjoiccd that his girl had lover
Who would help him to meet his demands
Both mistaken. -LWashngton Capital.
1t is reported that twenty personswerckillcd and
hundred and fifty horses stolen by thc lndan n!,I,
raiders on the Rio Grnnde. With Sitting bull
preparing for first class descent from the north,
and the Texan frontier. swarming with hostile ln-
dians and Mcxicans. it would be well for the hero
banding Of onr skeleton standing army. Such
measure would save the lives OfthOusnnds--0i lli'
dians.-[ Minneapolis Iriblnc.l
An exchange suffering with n severe attack OF
spring fever says:
Soon the bluc-bird will be twittering
Upon the budding tree:
Soon the small boy will be fooling
With the festive humble bee.
Soon the cowslips and the daisy
Mid the clover will appear;
Soon the moonlight serrnadcr
Will be walking on his car.
Soon the maiden and her lover
Will rub noses over the gate:
And for flies the lodgcr skirn~h
In the hash upon his plate.
The North Pacific bill as It passed the Senate
provides that the road be built eastward from the
Columbia river nt the rate of twcnty-iv" miles
the first year and forty miles annually thereafter
and westward scvcntv-tivc mics the first year and
sixty miles annually thereafter. until completed
The road throuhh the passes of the Cascade mts
is to be open for trains of other roads and the
portions of the road around the falls Mt two points
on the Columbia river are to be completed and
equipped wethin two years. These last provisions
were earnestly ccbatcd. but Mr.. Mitchell. OF Ore
gon, insisted upon their adoption ns the only
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