Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1878-08-14
Notes and xew,,ls....

kuonO Iast Wcck.
Over million were subscribed on the 9th to
the per cent loan.
The Illinois Central shops at Dubuque, Iowa
were burned on the 9th.
Bob 1ngersoll has gone to Europe to sit down
on the hell OF that country.
Storey, ofthe Chicago Times, has returned to
business IN improved health.
Geo. NJ. Wheeler, the La Crosse banker, con.
victcd Of fraud. has been pardoned.
Absence of spots on the sun, the scientists say,
causes the exceedingly hot weather. e.
The case ofJudgc Bennett has been again dis.
missed by the department alter sd investigation.
Twelve hundred tramps crossed the bridge. go
:%K JSKiy. west N0'@ ls''Da during 'ns m0N'n o.
The damaged patent office building will be re-
paired at once. Another story for II model room
will be erected.
nc Miller and Geo. W vcnum were elected
delegates TO attend the territorial convention
from jamestown. .-
Gen. Ord's order has been reiterated and Mcxi
cans raiding Texas to be pursued regardless
Of Mexican lines.
4 severe a,od swept ov:- Washington last
week Water in the Republican olice basement
was five feet deep.
Three hundred thousand silver dollars were
drawn from the treasury last week. but the silver
certificates remain untouched.
Friendly relations between Germany and the
vactician have been resumed. The Pope and col
lcge accept Dismarcks proposals..
The wife of 5. j. Lille, of Minneapolis. put two
bullets into her head few days ago in an attempt
to kill herself in fit of despondcncy.
The Southern Minnesota wheat crop will not
average mo. c than six bushels to the acre. Too
much hot weather is what's the matter.
John Shay was murdered at Cincinnati last
week by hi. fellow actor; James Mcdonald iath'
or Of the child actress. Baby Mcdonald.
Thirty persons were killed by Connecticut
tornado last week near Walingford: Much dam
age also don. in New York and Massachue-
setts.
The southern routes got away with the dele
gates from the Hills after all by making q $40
rate for the round trip from Dcadwood to Ysnk-
ton and return.
The Tennessee crooks hal two battles with the
revcnuc 0 iccrs near Knoxville Il few days ago In
which one OF the revenue force was killed and
several wounded.
The expense of operating the North Pacific for
the year cudin. June 30 1873. Ss13. 4G7 81.
Tn: earnings were Sj79.799:H leaving the net
earnings S}67 .:H2.O3.
Two hundred and sixty-scvcn cascr OF illicit
distilns were before the L. $. courts at Charles
ton. South.Caroina last week and 100 more cases
remained 10 be taken up.
The body Of John Hall Whipplc. the 20 yenr old
son OF Bishop WnIpp!e. was found floating In the
Ohio river few days ago with bullet hole IN
the cheek. Suicide. probably.
The solicitor general. to whom the application
for the removal of Justice Bennett. Of Dakota
referred, reports no case calling Tor such &C.
ton. The attorney general cOncurs.
Col. Fred Grant If reported TO have said that
Custer caused party OF his own men to be fred
upon hy his JldicrS OecauSc th:t refused to lace
the enemy in that last terrible battle.
Butler .a:s he desires to lead the workingmer
because it will be better to nav. them led by men
Of brains rather than Dv hot heads; that he hopes
to achieve benefits for them i'll an orderly way.
President II ayes went to church in aapaca
cos, the other day which enabled him to fix his
mind on the Lord instead of worrying about the
thermometer, but fashionable society was dis
Rusted
"Buttcrmilk dispcnsarics'' arc common now in
Philadelphia. Saloon. where ladies serve the
drinks are not allowed to sell intoxicating liluora
so buttcrm,!k. setter. lemonade. &C. form the
principal stock in trade.
Col. Vim. :. King has captured two full pages
OF the Pioneer Press in which he tell! n!l about
the great northwestern exposition TO he held il:
Minn"Aprii4. commencing sept 81 ih.s iH''
will be the biggest thing i'll sight th- year.
ThI ..aWrcicc county Democratic coHv'n:io:.
Instructed its delegate, fo- DR.. &. !" Meyer. rhe
Black Hills have representation OF over one
third in the territorial convention. and the doc
tor will, therefore. probably be nominated.
The St. Paul x Sioux City company have buiit
a branch railroad to Sioux Fails. and they will
buili one to Blue Earth City during ne present
year. We may look Ioc I" nr'nch from st. lam
u Fnirmount. Also Bal .or he gran ger agitation
Blue Earth City would nave a.i road years
ago.
In n recent speech ut Bedford Maine. Ben Bu:
Ter said he left the old democratic pnrty becsusc
II attempted to destroy the union and ne now re
n0unccd the republican party n"causc 1t has Hc
serted its founders. the laDo:in. men,: and is
bound hand and foot by capitalists. SO Ben is Ii
grcenbncker now.
Articles of incorporation OF the St. Cloud &
Sauk Rapids railroad company have been filed.
The road vii! be constructed through the aid OF
the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee i ST. Paul
people and will connect the two nt Minneapolis.
Tho road will be built under one Of the old Min
nesota charters.
We want to be an angel
And with the angels stand;
4 wet towel on our forehead,
And palm leaf In our hand;
Then when our daily work is done,
ff no boss angel near. '-
Wrll alp outside the golden gate,
And get 6 ass OF beer.
Late returns from the wheat belt OF Northern
Dakota indicate full crop OF No. grain.
slight tingc of rust hns appeared in some fields,
but the general quality of the wheat il unimpair-
ed by the CAUSES which have proved 40 disastrous
in regions farther cust.--Prf~s and Dakotain.
The Alexandria Post con graf uIatcs the people
on the fact thar the dspLtcd Land. claimed by
both the ST. Paul Pacific and the North Pacific X.
X have bceh placed on the market through
snicable arran cement between the parties con. I:
been appointed u trnstcc to appraisc and sell the
lands
Beverly Douglas, the whisky soaked congress-
man; of Virginia go. left in the c1nvsntinn ' in
ing to drown his grici because OF the mistake OF
h,a party in consenling to the electoral commits
sion ull llOt save MN. llc suIu lie WIS II SOOcE
mnn before that but had been Oh u perpetual
drunk ever since he voted for that rchcme
4 couple of weeks ago. II large colnny, arrived at
Lake kamprska from Black River Falls. Wis. II
required live cars to transport their goods. They
are The advance guard of u colony which will oc-
cupy twenty sections In that region. All Of them
are Americans. and many OF them are quite
wealthy. They will have plenty OF all kinds OF
stock. aud will at once go to farming on a large
scale.
James s. Pettct and John r. Tottcn have been
assigned the 5th infantry rs I'd licutcnants; Louis
d. Green to the 7th infantry. and Edgar W. Howe
to the 18th infantry. Baldwin d. Spilmnn has
been assigned to the 9TH cnynlryas an additional
I'd lieutenant; Frank l.. Darlington. Chas: G.
Starr and Nat p. Phistcr. to the 1st nifty: John
C. r. Tison to the 5th; OrmcntiZ j. G. Hook to
the 18th; John l.. Cox to the 10th and Robt. n.
Getty to the I'D.
Anna C. Brackett asks in IIarpcrs: why must
we, tncn, be sad. when nature Is 80 glad!' Wen
tell you. Anna. 1t is because those hated Smith
girls wear the hantsOmcst bOnnets. and spend
Inc summer ut SuratOga-nnd the price OF bill
lizards and opera tic.:cts remain ut war prices.
To be sure much OF the sadness has been reliev-
ed recently by the reduction of beer to three cts
glass: but We don't al drink beer --VOrrist0Un
Uerad.
The report Of the Postmaster General for the
year cndins June 30. 1873, shows the total fees
collected registered letters during 1877, on T.
3iSlI registered letters. to have been S3o7 49, TO-
OA!y S3J lus5cs are reported. OcinS about one and
Oh. fifteenth Ofonc per cent The amount OF reg
i-tcrrd matter transported iJr the post office and
treasury departments. including stamps internal
rcvenuc stanpe aud muti.atcd currency. was $3.50.
6ITsI7.Ol, OF which only two packages were lost.
There is man in Montana, who has invented
All electrical automatic dog with vulcaniZcd head
brass spine. sheet iron rios. copper.toed feet,
iron Tall. gLtta pcrchs skin. and an interior
where the wne,is OF au eight day mnchinc 90
around to the tune of two miles minute. [The
advantages elaine for this dos are: l.. 1t can't
be plzened; 1t will not Kill shccp;3 3. II will
bite the childrcu; s. 1t will not introduce fees
Into tn. nolsc; q. 1t viii not ycip when its toes
ure truul.h 0u; I. 1t will not run between your
legs aud thro " you down. rs the ordinary dog
does wncn nc goes for y cowardly cat. -.ga, ~
NOTES FLeDl 3CFOKO.
Death Of SOldiers--J0sephtM fired
o,aOx K.aLiu,ls tsnd Il Recruit Kill.