Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-11-12
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SdOULDEh SlhAfOs
The rumor that Gen. Sherman was about
to retire is false.
Lieut.. I. NJ. Defrees, 5th Infantry, Camp
Mcintosh, visited the city last Sunday.
Col. Elmer Otis, 7th Cavalry, visited
the city yesterday, the guest of Maj. Kirk.
Col. Merrill, 7th Cavalry, is rcputed to
be the best ''old sledge" player in the srmy.
Mrs Gen. Sherman, who has been ill
for time past, is now nearly fully recovered.
DR.. Cunningham has six months
leave of absence with permission to go beyond
the sea. @
Lieut.. Hardin, 7th Cavalry, Fort Lin
coin. and Lieut.. Pleasant registered At the Sher-
idan Tuesday.
Capt. JAS s. Casey, 5th Infantry, ar
rived from Fort Keogh Wednesday and pro-
ceeded east yesterday.
Capt: Constant Williams, and Lieuts
English and Bell, Of Fort Lincoln, came over to
the Natbal Opera Wednesday evening.
Capt. Constant Williams, TIN Infantry,
Fort Lincoln, and Iieuts Chance, English and
Bell have taken in the opera this week.
Rev G. w. Dunbar and family, the re-
Gently assigned chaplain at Fort Yates, remained
few days at the Sheridan early in the week. :
Capt. Josiah Chance avalled himself of
the Nathal English Opera several evenings. He
is yet undecided which it is Girole or Giroha.
Lieut.J. E. Mccoy, 7th Infantry, went
east yesterday on two weeks leave. 1t is ru
mored that he is soon to be married to St. Paul
lady.
Maj. w. NJ. NIaynadier arrived Monday
night and will pay Lincoln, Yates, Stevenson
and the command on the extension before re
turning.
The Army and Navy Register congrat-
ulates the signal service its prediction of fair
weather election duy, three and one-half days
previous,
Lieut.. Jas. F. Bell, 9TH Cavalry, will 60
east next NORTH. He goes into the state of mat
rimony with Miss Buford, niece of Gen. Bu-
ford, of Kentucky.
The little boy recently presented by
Mrs. Rogers to her husband, Capt. w. z. Rogers,
adjutant at Fort Yates, is said to resemble its
father most slrikingy.
Miss Roma DeRudio, theaccomplished
daughter of Maj. DcRudio, 7th Cavalry, returned
Monday night from trip east, en- route for Fort
Meade, at which place her father is stationed.
Capt. Beach, with company "D,' 11th
Infantry is now en- route to the eud of the track
on the extension. The company will keep pAce
with the building the balance Of the season,
much to the disgust OF Capt. Beach,
The Army and Navy Journal says that
Old Bctz, Sioux squnw, who died recently at
the reputed age of more than hundred years,
had been successfully, 1t is said, the wife Of an
army officer, of an Indian chief. and of Metho-
dist missionary.
Lieut.. Clark, 7th Cavalry, came in from
the extension on the special yesterday. bound
for St. Paul. he had just returned to Keogh
from an expedition to Fort Assinaboine Indian
agency Monday night when he received the sad
intelligence that his affanced, Miss Sanborn,
of St. Paul, WAS dangerously i'll. He started on
horseback from Keogh Tuesday. morning at
O'Clock and reached the end ofthe tr ack Wednes-
day at p. m. He left the end ofthe track on
the special Wednesday night and arrived at St.
Paul this morning. Thisis the quickest time
ever nude from Fort Keogh to st. Paul.