Bismarck tribune., 1884-05-30
1he Bis1ttarlk dributte.
Capital city Chips.

Capital City Chips.
The sewers are stretching out in commenda-
BILE manner.
The C,.nibear excursion Of nearly two hun
dred people is coming about July 4th.
The Bismarck base e-balists were defeated
yesterday by the Mandan club by majority of
one.
See the Hovernor's Guard on dress parade
today, and hear the Garfield Light Guard band
play.
The Bachelor arrived yesterday afternoon.
bringing 800 tons Of bullion and number OF
passengers.
The stores and business houses are expected
to be CLOSED from 4. m. until q p. m. today, "a
it ia legal holiday.
Il is believed that the demand for brick and
other building material will ba greater IN BIS .
marck this year than last.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings every.
body will attend the strawberry and ice cream
festival at the N. +. church.
The cornice was placed on the main building
of the penitentiary Saturday and work on the
south wing progresses rapidly.
MI, Hart Mitchell has opened his furniture
store on the corner of Fifth and Meigs streets.
He has very hne line OF goods.
Alderman Leo, not to be outdone by Barnum
or Forepaugh, hung white elephant above his
door on Fourth street yesterday.
An excursion of forty five persons in charge
of Excursion Agent J. r. Berrp, passed west
yesterday morning. en- route to Portland.
The straw berry and ice cream festival at the
n. E. church next Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings will be the attraction of the week.
A party of emigrants from Scandinavia ar
rived in Bismarck a few days ego and are now
selecting land in the American new northwest.
The ladies' of the M. E. church give a straw.
berry and ice cream festival in the church next
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, June 8
and 4.
On Monday II. ]. Wbitley sold quarter Sec
ton of railroad land rear Menoken to Miles
Mack, of Cleveland, O.; also twelve lots in
Steele.
Fourth and Meigs streets, in the vicinity Of
the Merchants National bank block, are being
graded and work is progressing on the Fourth
street sewer.
A train load of young cattle passed west on
Sunday afternoon. 1t seems as though the
shipment of stock to the Dakota and Montana
ranches never will cease.
On Sunday mornings train from the east
we're ffty-three recruits for Assinaboine, under
Capt. Paul, and ffty.three recruits, for Mis-
soula, under Lieut.. Avery.
Coles circus, which, together with gentle
breeze, created such general scattering and
stampe1ing in this city one evening last sum-
mer, is on it's way east from the Pacific coast.
A private letter f.om Arthur Jewell announces
that he arrived safely in Honolulu, and is now
picking oranges, bananas and pine apples from
the overburdened trees of that tropical cline.
They wandered, watched, and waited on the
quiet silent stile, aud talked about the capital
decision and on another corner were some look
ers on, the while, who softly laughed and snick-
cred with derision.
Fargo Argus: Col. w. F. Steele, the genial
and popular statesman of Kidder county, spent
yesterday in the city looking at the steam
plows, and late last night was closeted with
some other distinguished statesmen happening
here-accidentally.
Onida Journal: The Sioux City & Bismarck
line will be surveyed through the east part of
Sally county, and the Milwaukee line from
Sioux City to Bismarck, via. YanktOn and Kim.
ball. will run their survey through or very near
Onida. euch are the last railroad rumors.
Pioneer Press: Immigration travel yesterday
was larger than it has been any day this week.
Fully 700 such travellers arrived in St. Paul,
nearly all of whom went out last night over the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba. The Northern
Pacific night train had three emigrant sleepers
attached.