Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-05-27
in command Of Company "B," at camp

in command of Company "B,' at camp
Porter.
About Boats.
The Eclipse leaves June LIST for Ter7y's
landing. 5.
The river fell ten inches at Yankton
Wednesday.
The Far West left Benton for down
river on Saturday.
The steamer Bachelor left for up river
early this morning.
The office of the Benton "P' Line is to
be painted and calsomined
The Nellie Peck is ready to launch. So
says the Sioux City Journal.
The Key West arrived at Sioux City
yesterday from st. Louis, en- route for
Bismarck
The Benton .tP" Line is to have an
agents Office fitted up at the warehouse at
the levee, that is intended to be one of
thefnest in the city.
The steamer Dacotah which left Bis
marck nearly day behind the Red
Cloud, overlook that boat short distance
this side of Stevenson.
Capt. Grant Marsh has leased the ferry
boat Jim Leighton, to the Northwestern
Stage Company for the season. He has
the Leighton in the water and ready for
business. 49,
Capt. Maratta received the information
yesterday that the steamer Big Horn ar
rived at Sioux City on the 23d. She will
arrive at Bismarck about June I'd and
will at once load for the Yellowstone.
Occasional wood-yards between Yank-
ton and Pierre sell wood for 81 per cord,
but in other places S6, and even $3.50 per
cord is charged. The price is likely to
decline as the season advances.
Steamboat men are talking of the re-
markable time made by the steamer Hele-
ma on her present trip. She left Bismarck
on the morning Of the 10th and arrived
at Buford Oh her return trip from Benton
on the evening of the Oath.
The Sioux City Journal says that moth
ing has been heard of the whereabouts of
the Key West, excepting that she has not
passed Omaha AS she left St. Louis on
the 18th she should, with the present
stage Of water, be along very soon.
A Chicago firm telcgraphs to ask if a
boat can be chartered to bring buffalo
hides out of the Yellowstone. There are
at least fifteen boat loads of buffalo robes
and other peltry in the Yellowstone, and
It is doubtful if there will be that many
trips made up the Yellowstone this. sea-
son. If boats do not bring out the peltry
it must be aoated on fiat boats down to
Glendive, and there await the coming Of
the North Pacific read.
During the two days that the wires
have been down over 800 dispatches
accumulate d at the Bismarck office, and
when a minneapolis circuit was finally
secured yesterday afternoons enough of
fetal Government business was on hand
to occupy the wires until long after mid
night, to the exclusion of the Associated
Press report and special kilograms. The
telegraphic facilities at Bismarck are no.
toriously inadequate, and the company
should provide more wires and a larger
operating force at once. The Bismarck
office has recently taken in as high as
$4,000 month cash, and yet it has not
half the facilities for transmitting and re-
ceiying that is furnished Fargo, which it
is said, does not average over 5000 q,
month cash receipts.
The Sioux City Journal, O: the Gath,
says: "The Big Horn, Capt. John Todd
master, and VIM. Perkins clerk, arrived
from Yankton on Sunday afternoon with
a fair passenger list, lot of dry hides
and some wheat for Peavey. She began
loading yesterday morning for the Vel.
lowstone and had planned to pull out
this morning, but owing to the scarcity
of teams, and the inconvenience Of driv-
ing among the cars and over tracks not
planked, or partly planked, the boat IS
not likely to complete her load before
this evening. Beside the Yellowstone
freight she is taking stuff tor Benton that
will he transferred to another boat at
Bismarck. She will make out q load
with Yankton freight........ The gross re-
ceipts of the Big Horn for her last trip
between this city and Yankton were
about 81 600. Commodore Coulson had
agreed to send the boat if $1,000 was
{, guaranteed. Clerk Perkins of the
Big Horn had the misfortune to sprain
his ankle badly on Sunday evening
after his boat landed, and Jimmy Keenan,,
clerk of the Black Hills, oficlatcd in his
stead yesterday. .s7s .
Wanted to Get Home.
The Miles City Journal says of one Of
party visiting Miles City recently; The
rom a;n,nr member NJ the nartv was