Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1882-10-20
Dickinson's DoinEs.

lively here nowadays: Everybody seems
to- be on the double quick. There's a
hurrying TO and fro-fronl early morn, till
late at.night. Building, @pfowing,, hunt.
ing Gland and game) and a general good
feeling prevails with all hands. There
are over thirty carpenters at work mere on
business and dwelling houses, and more
are wanted. Thirty new buildings have
gone up here in the past two months.
Mr.. A. j. Van Duzee has been here
selecting land to break. He owns sever
altthousand acres about here, and; will
break 1900 acres in the spring.
..1he other day "Red Cloud" one of our
b Caters, came in with three fine elk--a
wagon load. He drove to the depot, sup
posing he would ship the meat east. but
hotel and boarding house keepers took it
all at and cents per pound. The three
set of antlers he sold for $25. His load
brought him 1926 cash. s......-.,
Z Not long ago three hunting parties
came in the same day, having torty-five
deer and antelope. Last week Will Davis,
John Clough and HoYt, went out and got
seven antelope in one day. Walt Davis
got his first antelope the other day.
4 Messrs Pike, Grant, Hughes, and anoth.
er gent, came in to-day with y large load
Of buffalo bulls heads. They have been
hunting in this vicinity for a couple OF
weeks, and make Dickinson their quar-.
ters. Messrs Pike and company are
wealthy English gentlemen. and are hunt.
ing for pleasure, and here's where they
get it. They brought in some buffalo
meat and tongues killed yesterday. They
report at least Is, 900 buffalo only twenty
five miles south from here. They saw
Them this morning short days ride, out.
81 Starbuck and party took look at sew,
seral hundred buffalo hides piled up al
Aud s. Hoyt's store, and at the big but
fal0 heads at the depot. A band of 300
or 400 antelope was reported little way
|sup the road, and some of the party went
sover to the Pioneer store and bought a
z$14 Sharps' rifle and a lot Of cartl ldges
|SSure enough, the special had not run far
when large band OF antelope were seen
Eahead, and near the track. The train
was stopped, almost among them, and
! bangitY-bang, whang- bang, a hundred
shots or more, and one antelope bit the
5dust and was brought on board-to stuff
[-and he stuffed. -. '-.'~a
We are to have the railroad shops here
at Dickinson. One is being built now.
This being the end Of the Missouri ahd
Yellowstone divisions a great amount OF
railroad business IS transacted here. The
large new section house is up and shin
gled. ~ T. a.. ~. a,.7..>e..s..
Nose Lemuels is building a new dwell.
ing and stable near his coal mine only q
short distance from the depot trs
+. Judge Gibbons is having his two-story
business house finished as fast as posi-.
BILE. s =..5@.ss.'
Mr.. Hanley has just moved into his
new boarding house.
Miss Eva McDonald's school IS in d
fourishing condition. Abo ut twenty
eight scholars attend s$a -
Cuskelly & Bro. have moved into their
new building, and are enlarging and i'm
proving their old one tor another business
house. ~, @ ~.
d The Clough restaurant is open day and
night, and is acknowledged to be the
squarest meal house on the road.
Tomorrow morning Sam Bierline takes
out II party of. hunters. Mr.. Stark goes
alorg with his team: They will bring in
,butl;l hides and meat. The Pike party
are going back to their camp among the
bis, !. in the morning. Four teams go
out Tomorrow after buffalo. 3
Will Davis will be in from the north
in a day or two with load Of deer and
elk, and islhen gong to drive out a party
of "buft y hunters. There are no Indians
within hundred miles of Dickinson.
l$9,Ez 81. MATA! KAsHEPA.