Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-01-21
!; NEWs-XOTEs.

There are severe snow storms raging
all over Europe. r. ~.
Charley Ross: father is still looking
for his son. ; ~
North Pacific stocks: Preferred, e625;
common, "a.
-Connecticut elects Gen Joseph Haw.
ley to the senate.
-Winnepeg is having the coldest
weather it ever knew. >.'&
The population of the United States,
offlcially,:is 5o,152,se6. a!
-Thos.<F Bayard has been reelected
to the senate from Delaware. 49,.
The Springfield, D. T., Times has en-
larged to a six column quarto.
The Whitaker court martial con-
vcned at New York, Wednesday.
Truth says that Col. Hadley can tell
all about the Chinese letter if he would.
England incurred an expense of $77,-
100000 by the recent war in Afghanistan.
The firm of Bruins & Finkle, Moor
head has dissolved, Mr.. Finkle continuing.
The new locomotives for the North
Pacific will begin to arrive about April
Cannon holds that the governor Of
Utah has no right to go behind the re-
turns.
The invoice of Harwoods stock is
likely to foot up 100000 instead of
The democrats of the Massachusetts
Legislature have nominated Ben Butler
for the US senate.
The government is now asked to ap-
propriate money to erect a monument to
Christopher Columbus.
"A man named Thomas King had his
eye gouged out by flying piece of iron
in the N. p. shops at Brainerd last week.
Warren Mitchell, pork trader to
confederates during the war, has been al
lowed 100000 damages by the senate.
Mr.. Conger, Michigan IS new senator,
is sixty.two years fage and has been in
public life continuously for thirty years,
Alta, near Salt Lake City, is depopu.
ula:ed on account Of recent snow-slides,
in which several persons have been killed.
Jay Gould is one of the directors of
the church recently formed by the Nez
Perces Indians, at Oakland, Indian Terri
tory.
Monday the house passed bill retir-
ing Gen Ord as majer-gcncral instead
OF brigadler. Ora was a friend of Han
cock.
An appropriation of 100000 addi-
1ional county fees, to volunteer soldiers
who served in the rebellion, passed the
senate.
True s. White, of the St. Paul Book
and Stationery company, is reported on
his last legs. Nimble card manipu]ators
is the cause.
Mr. Harwood, minneapolis bankrupt
merchant, is now in Florida, where he
proposes to live in peace on what he saved
from the wreck.
Over 1000 piano and fuaniturc work
ers are on a strike in New York, against
reduction Of wages and increase oflength
Of day from eight to ten hours.
-Sullivan's Hibernian blondes were at
st. Paul last week and the Pioneer-P Press
says: "'They are awful. Get thee gone
dizzy blondes; get thee gone
Several passengers were seriously in
.lurcd by an accident on the Canada
Southern railroad, near Wclland, Ont,
Tuesday, caused by a broken rail.
The bill to place Gen. Grant on the re-
tired list with pay of general, has been re
ported back to the house by the. commit
lee and recommended not 10 be passed.
Virginia offers to sell to the senate H.
brary committee an old portrait of Wash
ington, claimed TO have been taken from
lite. 1t claims that his f;llAiIy came into
possession OF it 100 years ago.
Mr.. Washburn introduced bill in
the house Monday appropria'ing $125,000
for a public building at Duluth and $40,-
600 for Il site therefor. The bill states
thAt the building is to be used for q post
office, custom house, land office and signal
station. ,2=.-.-.
According to the census returns the
increase of population OF Dakota during
The decade was 854 per cent. The largest
increase for any other territory was 416
per cent. in Arizona. Nebraska shows
the largest increase of any statc-2sS per
cent. Minnesota's population increased
II per cent.
The Pioneer.Press says: "a move
,nent is about to be inauguratcd in Dako.
tn Territory looking toward the organlza
1ion OF a board OF immigration. Secretary
Young, OF the Minnesota, board, yesterday
received q request from parties in Dako-
ia, for copy Of the law under which the
board was organized, and !: sketch Of the
methods ot operation, with the idea of
utilizing them in framing bill to be IN
tloduced in the territorial legislature, and
in the organization ot a board, should the
measure become a law
Weekly Weather Report.
BISMARCK, D. T., Jan. 81, 1881.
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