Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1885-09-25

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Ireland has decreased 100000 in forty-ive
years.
There were 65,O0O elephants killed in
Africa last year, and 1,875,0OO pounds Of
ivory shipped.
Owing to the long continued strike, the
supply of nails is smaller now than for
twenty years past.
The french government has caused to be
built cot in which live 400 trained car
rier pigeons, ready for use in time of war.
The Young Ladies' Literary society, of
Blissfeld, w. T., have destroyed two sa-
looms, and mobbed two wife beaters, SO far
this year.
The last visible supply statement showed
a decrease Of 117,OO0 bushels of wheat, in
stead of 100000 bushels increase, as pre-
dicted by the bears.
A Missouri paper says: GAS for the nude
in art and the nude in nature, we think
there Is an attempt to make distinction
where there is no difference"
A computation made at the treasury de-
partment today, shows that the bullion
value of standard silver dollar according
to the London rates of silver is 70 7-1O
cents.
Mr.. Cauldon, of Yankton, Dak, is at
Washington to press the claim Of the Mis-
souri, Transportation company against the
government for $4,000 for carrying army
medical supplies to Fort Benton.
The carriage used by the Czar Alexander
H., ON the day of his murder, has been pre-
served just as the bomb left it, with the
rear part torn to pieces. It is a strong and
constant reminder to the present czar.
Although the St. Louis exposition direct
ors excluded the nude-school pictures "Pot-
iphar,s Wife" and "Eva Zuleika," they have
accepted sBorgia SAmuse," a suggestive
piece of art excluded from the Paris salon.
Cynthia Cleveland, of Dakota, has asked
admission to the bar of the supreme court
of the District of Columbia, and her appli-
for the purpose of examining into her legal
qualifications.
Pioneer Press: News has been received
of large fortune being bequeathed by a
Swiss nobleman to Victor de Kerber, a
young man recently in the employ of the
Minneapolis cigar factory, who went from
here to Dakota.
A Buffalo woman last spring received a
telegram announcing the death of her hus-
band, who had deserted her. In the sum-
mer she married again, and the other day
was distressed to see her first husband re-
turn, proving her bigamist. He had sent
the lying dispatch himself, to get his wife
in trouble. ..
Besu is the name of Georgia blacksmith
who is said to be the strongest man in the
state. He is six feet, ten inches tall, and
can hold 120 pound anvil with one hand.
Sometimes for pastime he holds out cart
wheels by the spoke, or snaps chains that
horses can not break. He is much respected
in the community in which he lives.
An American actor, now III Germany.
has put upon his bills that he with great diff
fculty secured leave Of absence from
President Cleveland to play in Austria one
month. To this some American wag added
foot note saying that, while President
Cleveland reluctantly granted the permis-
. sion to go, he peremptorily refused to give
him permission to come back.
The following card signed "Wives of the
militia" appears in the jamestown Capital:
To whom it may concern: Whereas, Our
husbands, without just cause or provoca-
ton, have left our bed and board and taken
up their habitation elsewhere, we hereby
give due and proper notice to all, that we
shall no longer hold ourselves responsible
for any debts of their contracting, and
warn all persons to give no credit on our
account. ..-..
Chicago Inter Ocean The Philadelphia
Record thinks the 415,OO0 population of Da-
kota entities her to no consideration in ap-
plying for statehood. The Record shouts
out, Look at the population of Pennsyl-
= vania or New York! Well, why not look
at half the other states in the Union which
came in with a less population than Da-
kota has? Give Dakota a chance and she
will soon outstrip many older states, both
in wealth and people.