Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02

G. CRAMER
Sergeant Signal Corps. U. &. A.
NEWS COMMENTS. .; =
The section of the sundry civil appropriation
bill which repealed the pre-emption law was
stricken out when the bill came into the hands
OF t6e senate committee. ~-
Mr.. J. O. WARNooK has resumed his position
q editor of the Alert, and probably tho Capital
will now retire from the ranks of comic journal
ism and subs,de into its original torpidity. Mr..
! Warnock il one of the spiciest writer's in
Dakota.
PoMEsoY's DEMocRAT describes the physiogno-
my of MI: Tabor, the new senator from Color
sao, - being composed of two inches of fore
head and thirteen inches of black moustache.
"Hrick" has lost none Of his old-time proficiency
In the art of abusing his enemies.
The editor eff the Boston Advertiser sent word
to Gov. Butler that the Advertiser was ready at
any time to publish his views on certain mat
ter of public interest. His excellency returned
word that he hs6 no intention of becoming part
of the editorial reportorial staff Of the Adver-
tiser. That settled it.
=, WHpon went, and 20 it happens that Capt.
Castle, of the st. Paul Dispatch, for his services
pointed oil inspector uf the state of Minnesota,
an Office which pays from $1,000 to 5000.
Literature pays pretty well, after all, if you
only work it right
SENATOR FERRY. of Michigan, is now fnan-
cially ruined, politically dead, and lying in
Washington according to the dispatches at tho
threshold of the dark valley of the shadow of
death. The maghgnity of even Jay E1bbe1l
Ahould now b. satisfied. It would be in erestiog
to know if he really enjoys his revenge. ...,
The editor of the Coyote says some of the
citizens of Elk Point are thinking of petitioniug
the legislature for an appropriation to establish
. seup-h house in Elk Point. This 10 we'll. From
tbe tone Of the Cnyota mans editorials on North
Dakota the TRIBUNE in convinced that he shonld
be eating soup somewhere at the expenst OF tho
territory. Probably the citizeus a.e of tae same
opinion.
The apparent mistake in the TR1BuNE's dis
patches yesterday morning in announcing tho
nomination of Col. Tyner to be postmaster ct
Fargo is explained by an item in yesterdays
Argus, which says Mr.. Grant declines the post-
mastership, and will 20 into the who'esaling
business in st. Paul, and it was thought that
IL
at the request of his brother, the Late postmas-
ter-generaL
A spAsM of good sense seems to prevail among
southern editors just now on the subject of duel
ing. The st. Louis Globe Democrat now &C.
knowledges that the assertions of northern
journals that respect for life and law 10 lees
manifest in the south than In the north, IL we'll
grounded. The Little Rock Gazette admits that
in khna To-
and that it is mainly attributable to . lack of
moral sentiment. The Knoxville Journal joins
in and says it proposes tn "help make the pistol
0 disgrace to the man who carries il" The
south il laying foundation fer "boom." -
As THE victim of 'that terrible New Years
night tragedy" young Pierce, of st. Paul, was
kindly referred to by the st. Paul and Minueap-
oils papers ~ - Straightforward. shrewd young
business man, respected by all who knew him."
Pierce should have kept in the shade and en-
loyed the good opinion OF tho great dailies.
His astonishing return to the land Of the Using
throws over the whole affair . cold, wet blanket
of realism which il very chilling to the editorial
sense Of poetry and propriety. The result 10 that
the editors of the great dailes are rritated, and
Pierce is now referred to in those Journals ~ -
sort of sub rosa Roland, who dares and does for
glory and gore" young man not afraid of
Munchausen," "loafer" and - ''the young man
who Wa murdered and ran away to avoid be-
ing arrested for suicide" Sic t1ansit etcetera.
SECRETARY TELLER has decided most impor-
tant principlein the case of Julia D. Graham ".
the Hastings Il Dakota railroad mpany. He
holds that : homestead entry made by = soldier
the act of March Il, 1854, of lands within the
granted limits of railway grant, such entry
having been extant both 1T the date of the grant
and when the oompany's right Hereunder At
tached and was subsequently "osnceled for Con-
struotive or virtual abandonment" il prims
facie valid (although alleged by the company to
be void ab initio), and excepts such lands from
the operations Of the railroad grant; and that in
the administration Of tho homestead laws, ~
amended by the act of June 8, 1872, the soldiers
services should be construed m equivalent to all
interests and purposes, to residence for the
same period upon the tract entered.
.sNoTHna il more proud OF moro paltry than
man." This terribly sarcasticsenten of an old
Greek writer and philosopher il seldom moro
strikingly verified nowadays than it was Lat
wednesday in the quarrel between Judge Mer-
rick and COL Insersoll Especially in Mr.. In
Rersoll does the sublime and the contemplate
in human conduct seem to be perpetually mani
testing itself. He has uttered sentia ents that
have thrilled the heart of humanity with their
loftipeas and their spirit Of universal charity.
he has been the splendid orator, aud all Chris
tendon has been his audience - it has also been
his theme Yet to day the world Is disgusted
with Ingersoll's pettiness, and tho inkstand es-
capade of Wednesday strengthens the belief that
there IL at the foundat on of his greatness
something defective. It teems to provo that
InRersoll 10 . man of strong paasions merely,
whereas he has been thought to be . man Of
strorg characrer. The part of Judge Nerrick in
this unfortunate occurrence i no less reprehen-