Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1878-05-17
Notes and News:

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Prof Henry, Of tho Smithsonian 1nstitut'. s
American beer Il. now being shipped to Ger
Catherine Beechsr died At Elmira, N. T., on the
18th inst. =
The wrecked Minneapolis mills srs TO Be imu,e2
diately rebuilt. G4!E3JIA. t0.tE!.!. r.E
De.dwood decided BY vote Of four TO one NO.
to incorporate. o.
Twenty three inches Of snow fell st Deadwood
during the month of April.
japan hss had 14s destructive earthquakes dur
ing the past fifteen years.
senator Don Cameron was married TO Miss LIZ
xis sherman ON the lUsh Inst ftEsr
Gen Thomas H. Dakin, of tho American Rihc
Team, died suddenly on the 18th. -----
a Texas paper claims that 1000 murderers arc
running around loose In that state.
Gen. D. B. Wilcox Is chasing American 1ndisns
who are on the war path In Mexico. i2s
Prssden. usys pa,dSnsid ~ sonylct' curing
Lieut.. H. Dewitt Moore, Co. r 18Th Infantry.
was drowned ut Fort klamoth on the 18th inst.
A Yankton dispatch says mail service was re-
sumcd ON the Pierre route to the Hillson the lah.
Major Todd, commandant q. Jefersonyille bar
racks died from the eject of fall from his horse.
A vigilance COMMITTEES has been organized In
the Black Hills and hanging will soon commence
John o,Neil. Of Brainerd, Va. married ls.t M
Norman Buck, Of winons, Mimi, has boen ap-
pointed and confirmed attorney for Idaho Terri
tory. Ez @ =. ~, .s - ~
hired negro to insult his wife, was indicted for
murder. t
There Is . scheme on foot for placing General
Grant on the retired list as lieut. gen. but 1t
wont,w0rk. L.. r,sla i.Eii s.-
Thompson has been appointed treasurer
ofLswrence county, Dakota, giving bonds in tho
sum Of $4,000 81 - 81
Duluth is prospecting again and the trade.men
A. r,sE ssE.i9 happy Business and o0o'ns nave
. The Oakes Ames estate estimated at sas. 10000
At tbs time Of his death, has dwindlcd to twenty
i've thousand. "a
Col. Rice. Of the ssh infantry, has been giving
The hoIse military committee an account o. a's
c. Conner, Past Grand Master Of the Mime
sofa Odd Fellows, is conaned in the Alabama
insane Asylumn. #tESl .fs'
Bret Harte has accepted $1,000 Office at Crefclt
BY our government. ~
An enterprising New Yorker who failed for
434.OOO has just paid his creditors eleven eigh-
teenths OF one per cent. H.
In the West, recently paid $500 for admission to
tho Northwestern Press Association.
Two horse thieves were shot u near ,G'7 Gheys1ne
river on the sidney ronte to the Black M,!" Few
The North Pacific people, it is claimed, will: not
accept the terms of their extension bill. They
are likely to extend the road, all the same, how
ever. -..
Gen. Rolon, the insurgsnt major general in
and afserward member Of tie 9th Ohio volun-
tsers.
ia. Raymond brother Of Capt. J. B. Ray
mcnd. U. $. Aarahail :, has been appointed dcpty:
collector In the Black Hills vice H. u. Jennings
resigned
Answer to correspondent: No. never wink ar:t
ata young lady on the street. true lady Will A.
her to wink hrst.
The dead body OF Chas. z. Lee, who recently
went to the Hills via Cheyenne. was found near
Dssdwood few days ago with bullet hole
through the head
Potter. on Monday, introduced the long expect
ed resolution for investigating the Florida Prcsi-
be investigated, however. gt .g:
The grssshoppcr invaders seem to have been
any portion of the west for depreciation yet this
season. Success to crops. =
A Deadwood paper mentions the shooting Of
Chris HOFFMAN. a saloon keeper Of that city. 1t
says "hc was shot twice In the abdomen and once
In he barber shop adjacent" a.
The Sioux City. Columbus, and Black Hills road
10 in the hands OF receiver. The bonds i..usd
in favor Of this road have boon declared void BY
the supreme court OF Nebrarka.
Migncl Sails. a Mexican half-breed, is said To
be $50 years old. Old men remember him rs
csntenarian when they were boys, and he IL mon
TONED in court records as far back as l'l2. u
The snow of last Friday exte nded from New
York to the Rocky Mountains, and az far south
a. Southern iowa 1t was only . little hurry,
however. The frost which followed did little
damage.
Fred =. winslow. the treasury robber, has been
pardoned by the President: The pardon. howev-
vr, requires him TO serve his full time less tho
time gained for good behavior but restores him TO
citizenship.
The Cleveland Leader says the McClo.krey let
tiers, on which the scandal WAS founded. have
been proyen to be forgerics and that PUBLIC sent-
@.nt st Detroit has changed ,s almost entirely In
Den. Badean's name has bocn ordered dropped
from the army register BY the secretary Of war
He has also been removed from hi. position as
consul general to London. Under the same rul.
Ing Cen sickes must also be dropped.
A dastardiy attempt to assassinate the Emperor
William made while he was riding through
II. streets o. Berlin sw dsy: ago. Several ,,,; shots
den Linden. The would be assassin WAS arrest
Geo. W. Bell was on Monday arrested at Crook
Bell disposed ofa watch having Lees name on it,
representing that TINT was his name. A day or
two later Lees dead body was found - noted
elsew hero.
Mr.. Tildeu writes a Democratic member of con-
Hress say that congress- will fail to do Its duty
Tit does not investigute the Florida confessions,
U6mOCr6IlC
to bear the evils that exist rather than developc
more Democratic rottenncss.
The scheme of Mr. Wright, of Pcnnsylvania. to
loan every homesteader In tho country sSU, with
out inherent. has been reported without reconl-
msndation by the house committees on public
lands. There is no probability, however, that
any such scheme will prevail. -
Tho story of Martin Ryan being a prisoner in
Sitting Bulls camp is officially denied by Sir Ed
ward Harrington. Of the Dominion government,
at whose instance the camp Of Sitting Bull was a.
searched The alleged fact. In the case wsreifound
to have no foundation whatever.
Flour dust confined bu, mixed with a proper
proporionNf air IL said to be Is dangerous as pow
der The Scientific American for April takes up
the whole subject. reports experiments, etc., and
to the Minneapolis explosion have occurred.
Major Henry Thomas, 9Th infantry, and Major
Thonlss p. Thornbuge have mutually applied for
Ssss sda i''sF sp 4 Is
Point, Is likely to become . Lieutcnant-C Colonel
before one Of bis class has reached the grade Of
captain. I'm "a =
Railroad graders have been throwing dirt with
IN the corporate limits Of Sioux Falls for the past
ten days. and track is now going down At the rate
@ teen nsle. from s sion1 viii wiz Se The
point reached by the care, and Sioux Falls expects
~ be sohetimc in July. "a ~
The WasLbur lost one hundred thousand dol
apolia nre: The next day Washburn gave the
State Of Wisconsin fifty thousand dollars for q
charitable institution and drew his check Tor
thousand dollars TO swell the fund for the relief o
tho families Of those Killed by the explosion.
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette: The new steam
rF Y. Bachelor, Capt. Grant Marsh, ia conccd-
cd to be tho finest mountain steamer that has
been built here this season. The boat, as we'll as
hsr outht In every particu Is frstclass, and In
her construction neither looks, comfort nor con.
Senisnce, have been lost sight Of She will be
ready to take her departure In the course Of few
days. & So ~ 81 - & q
aThe Yankton Press and Dakotaian is now
warm advocate Of the division Of Dakota. but II
wants the division made on the 1O2 meridian un
til the 46th parallel is reached then extended
eastward 80 ss to include Bismarck and the Red
River Valley. In fact 1t pledges Its newspaper
honor in favor Of this scheme and wants to har
monize with the Black Hills politicians this
basis. The idea is ludicrous and would not be On
tertained for . moment by congrees. Dakota
should be divided on the 18th PARALLEL onthe