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chicken, geese and ducks, besides smaller birds,
with which he can replenish his larder. Verify,

chicken, geese and ducks, besides smaller birds,
with which he can replenish his larder. Verify,
1t Is the sportsmans paradise
Large beds Of ignite coal have been discov-
cred in various parts Of the Territory, and such
as have been worked have produced q fuel
which has been found, by thorough test, to be
most satisfactory for factory and family use.
A cheap fuel is thus insured for many genera
lions, the mining Of which will prove pronte-
Bile enterprise. No one IL surprised If. in max
ing an ordinary excavation, he unearths man.
moth fossils, coal specimens Of the ingenuity Of
extinct nations, gold, or even an antideluvian
joke. We ore always on the alert for whatever
is marvellous; but I mention this In confidence,
as We do not want the whole country dug mp.
Burleigh county, deserves especial mention as
having wreSted from the competing counties OF
Dakota and Minnesota, at a grand fair, the first
prize-a silk banner appropriately inscribed
for the best display Of agricultural pursuits.
This fact has obtained for it the name Of the
banner county.
BISMARCK THE HUB OF CREATION.
OF Bismarck. its county seat and the embry-
anic capital of the Territory, wish to say few
words. There is no city in the west that pos
sesses brighter prospects. Surrounded on all
sides by a rich farming country. and situated on
the banks OF the Big Muddy, where it is spanned
with miilion-and-a-half dollar bridge by the
greatest trans-continental railroad of the uni-
city from the south and east. and one from it to
the north, Bismarck will command the COM
merce OF a vast country. 1t is the center of q
land district larger than the state of New York,
and must eventually have large mills and factO-
ries to supply such an extensive tributary. The
state buildings have been located here, and 1t is
estimated will cost half a million dollars, to be
erected without cost to the Territory. Work
has already commenced on this edifce,
and force, of five hundred men
or more will be employed continually. working
at night by electric light. $4,000 will also be
expended in .penitentiary and $4,000 in a
school house. both of which are now in process
of construction. In addition to these public
improvements numerous and costly private resi-
dences and business blocks are being erected,
and many more are merely in contemplation,
owing to the scarcity If labor and building
material, of which it is impossible to supply the
demand.
Two large brick yards are in active operation,
and third is to be established at once. 1t
would be too long a task to enumerate the
various indicia Of prosperity or the many sources
OF profit, and the valuable time of the reader
That l have already consumed precludes a
.urther trespass. or at most more than general
statement. To capital and labor alike Bismarck
holds out splendid inducements
From the facts have already stated mechanics
ana laborers can form their own estimate of the
degree OF success that would attend their loca-
ton here. As to capitalists. we like their
ao,nnanJ ways. and for their disinterested accom-
modatiOns we pay Ii per cent and are willing
to exhibit a commendable reciprocity by point
ing out investments that discount loans. We
invite them, in all brotherly affection, to visit
u.s. II only for their health, and we are confident
in the seductveness of our country to retain
them for our mutual welfare and prosperity.
j. C.. B.