Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-04-19
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MANDAN MELANGE. ts'
The Citizens Meet land Organize =
Towniite Votes.

/ TOwnifte AssOciation---NOte
/ Special Correspondence of The Tribune
/ MASDAN, April 15.-Things in Mandan
begin to look little livelier. The hotels
and saloons are doing a good business.
Callahan has over one hundred men
boarding there all the time. We have no
stores here as yet, but there are several
nearly completed . A 's2.# 49, *.
!. Tuesday prospecting party, under Mr.:
Dobbin, started for the Yellowstone. The
party consists of two wagons and eight
men. 45a@&1 4e a54: ,#
The N. P. office has received coat of
paint. 5s4 aao&.83 .}l (;
Mr. and Mrs Milan Harmon are happy.
It is a bright little girl, and gained a resi-
dence Monday night. Milan says it is a
bouncer. This is the first birth in l[andan,
Monday night the Hotel de Callahan
was the scene of a robbery Some one
walked away with the bumpers pocket
book, containing ten dollars. #@.e
Mandan is improving every day. Maj
Mitchell is setting out trees on Main St.
in front of his building, and says he is
prepared to line Main street with them at
fifty cents apiece. ti.a*l an@ .,..ta-5t I.
In your last you stated that there had
been a shooting scrape here. Allow me
to contradict that, for as yet we have not
even had common street fight. a1ai ,s,gEn
Frank j. Mead has set up law Office.
j.. H. Foster, M. d. is about to hang out
! his shingle Doc. IS from Minneapolis
and is good pill roller" aaAt~." }
The Jumpers" don't seem to be fright
ened at the papers received from Sheriff
\ McKinzle q short time since, for they are
finishing their buildings as fast as they
can. Notably among them are Downs d
Larson, Cor Main and Billings Ave, and
Geo. Washburne, next to the N. p: office,
who are waiting for their fronts to come,
when they will each be filled with a stock
of goods. f..s Is s.ls35.,lai s..s...aa a:.s l
From present appearances we are to
have ''Pleasant Point'' on this side of
! the river at the steamboat landing. There
is one saloon there now, and another fast
approaching completion. a@sz
| Bruins & Finkle commenced their build
ing yesterday, and brought their material
and carpenters with them. n Ms ID, sG5
| Yesterday the ferry brought over the
last load of piles and bridge timber for
the N. p, also two loads of hardware for
Geo. Peoples new store. To-day she is
bringing lumber and goods for the clti-
zens Weaver s. Co. have about twenty
car loads of lumber on the other side
waiting to be transported. oa 2ya Is U#
| Something is wrong in the manage
ment of our post office here, as the mail
that arrives at Bismarck in the morning
we do not get till night, and sometimes
not at all. It needs looking into, for there
is no reason why we shouldn't get it here
/ in the morning. o&.rE a. Graa w. y
The citizens of Mandan held a meeting
last Saturday to effect a townsite organiza-
! ,tion. The following officers were elected
and resolutions passed :a5saa 10 a4Ft t,4ia1--
Hon. Edmund Hackett was elected
president of: the Association, w. w. Arm
strong, secretary, and Col. James 'Math-
ews, treasurer. ~ ,i.,'. ''.,-.
/ WHEREAS, lnasmuch as the townsitc Of
Mandan was selected and laid out into
blocks streets and alleys, and settled up
onisfor the purpose of trade and COM
I merce, plot OF the same being now on
file for record in the Office OF the register
Of deeds Of Burleigh county, - ..... =.
7 Res0zyed, That the president Of this as
sociation be instructed to circulate a peti-
ton asking the judge Of probate to enter
in the United States land office at9the city
OF Bismarck for the occupants Of the
townsite of 'Mandan, according to their
respective interests, plat now on file in the
office of register Of deeds, and have the
I land entered as q toWnsite according to
law.
I Resolced, That all persons wishing to
locate in Mandan and improve vacant lois
will find 1t to their interest to consult
| with the president of this association. d,
| And be it further. resolved, that all per
sons are cautioned against purchasing aor
paying money to irresponsible persons, as
the title to lots is still vested in the gov
ernment of the United States. e ss9 s..ss
Rssozced, That a copy Of these rcsolu-
tons be published IN TIE BISMARCK BIss R
TRIBUNE and CkaaaQioa. .ss..iatzg 81
DARE DEVILS.