Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1878-03-21
BISMARCK, D. T., THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1878
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to tile Bismarct'7 Tribune.
.ff# LIFE INSURANCE.

Special to tile Bismarcs' Tribune.
1". LIFE INSURANCE.
ST. PAUL, March io.-Eighteen life
insurance companies doing business in
Minnesota report one thousand and four
teen new policies issued in this state last
year, the aggregate insurance on which
is one million four hundred and ninety
five thousand and nine hundred dollars.
This is marked decrease from the busi-
ness of the proceeding years, accounted.
for partly by the continued business de-
preston but mainly by the spread Of the
co operative system of insurance. .aA $50
-s.Gf .igaGr IMMIoRAEoN) f:gaTf f,Sals23z
is larger this spring than ever before
since '73. Dealers in farm machinery
and frontier supplies report extraordinary
sales. Most Of the immigrants are going
into the western border counties. l..
Lawyer Campbell, of Litchfeid, and
other witnesses for the prosecution in
the Esbyornesson case passed here this
evening gong to Milwaukee to testify.
1as...-4 TREE IF Il,Eg CULTURE, II! 1..t.I
ST. PAUL, March .21.-The. Senate
passed the bill amending the tree culture
act in terms the same as the one pending
in the House, introduced by Stewart. =.
....,.,.. . SENATOR HOWE ... .... l...
introduced q racoI,,t;on ,no,;r;rr ;n+o tho
official record of Whitaker, the judge
who tried and sentenced Anderson at
New Orleans. On this next Monday
Howe will make an anti-administratio
speech.
SITTING BULL COMING.
The Winnipeg Free Press yesterday,
publishes a dispatch from Bratleford that
a report brought in from Red Deer river,
by the mounted police to the effect that
Sitting Bull had formed confederation
of Sioux, Blackfeet and stoney tribes and
made overtures to the Grows. That when
the leaves come out there is to be great
gathering at the confluence Of Red Deer.
and Bow rivers from where Sitting Bull
proposed to make raid upon the various
settlements. This was obtained from a
friendly Cree who overheard the council
called to consider Sitting Bulls propose
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s.s "A CAMP .....s...
of seven hundred lodges Of Sioux at San-
dy Hills, slxty-fve miles from Fort Walsh,
is daily augmented by new arrivals. Four
wagon loads of cartridges were received
there one day. The half-breeds are all
leaving Cypress Hills and moving toward
Carlton. The Nez Perces, Little Blanbit,
Little Dog and Blackfeet Indians, have all
made a treaty with Sitting. Bull. The
Blackfeet are on Cedar River in force. 1t
is not known what these movements por-
tend but it is supposed
~. AN ATTACK ...s.
is to be made on Cypress Hills and Fort
Macleod. Big Bear, & in Indian, says
it is useless to try to govern the Indians
as long as they put Indians in Jail for kill
ing buffalo. ..|
Navigation has been resumed on the
Red River. ...-.1-z--l
, ,.... BOY STOLEN. .A...-,
A three year old boy Of Mr. Wilk'n, of
Winona, has been stolen.
COMPLETE RETURNS |
from New Hampshire make Prescott's
plurality fifteen hundred and fourteen
and his majority nine hundred and forty
one. The House stands Republicans 2o5
and Democrats 1Ss. f.q s...',.. 5eG arc,|
-9ai.; SECRETARY SHERMAN. ;IJ .rra|
to anticipate the resumption cay
by receiving greenbacks for, Customs
duties after October first, and argues
that he can maintain sufficient com re-
serve and pay interest in coin if allowed