Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1885-11-06
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NEWS SUMMARY,

NEWS SUMMARY.
Bakery and restaurant in Larimore,
OAK, burned.
The smallpox epidemic has cost Mon
treal $4,000 cash.
Miss Anna Lee has been appointed post
mistress in Clifton.
The illness of the duke of Abeycorn de-
fies the skill of the doctors.
The last boat of the season out from Du-
luth, leaves November 14th
There are 1,os7 houses in Montreal on the
book of the isolation committee.
Miss Nellie Craiger has been appointed
postmistress of Elizabeth, Dakota.
Official returns show thirty-six deaths
IN Montreal from smallpox yesterday.
A voluntary assignment of the Racine
Seeder company was made yesterday.
The first meeting OF Balkan conference
took place in constantinople yesterday.
The Minnesota & Northwestern will no
longer accept shipments of sheep in double
deckers.
The cost of conducting the revenue ma
rine service for the past fiscal year was
$819897
Fire at Fayetteville, N. c., destroyed the
Fayetteville hotel, three story building.
Loss, $4,000.
St. Paul & Duluth earnings for October
were the largest in the history of the COM
pany, being $181 900.
A Deadwood special says: "But for the
IIomestake ring the constitution would
have been defeated here"
The rape case of Lizzie Cole vs. George
Woodsan at BOzeman, Mont, resulted in q
verdict of not guilty.
Forty bodies await the completion of the
furnaces of the United States Cremation
society, of Fish Pond, l.. |.
Hon. VIM. E. Smith, of New York, has
been appointed assistant secretary .of the
treasury in place of G. E. Coon, resigned.
Horticulturists estimate that at least
One-third of the apple trees in Illinois were
killed by the cold weather Of last winter.
Telegraphic advices report number of
severe wind and rain storms along the At
lantlc coast, from Nova Scotia southwark
A Pioneer Press special from Fargo
says: Redmond and Young are ahead in
their respective districts for county COM
missiOnerS.
A dipatch from Tacoma states that
Chinatown" situated near the lower
depot and wharf of the Northern Pacific
railroad, has been burned by mob.
The coal sheds Of the st. Paul and Paci-
| fc coal company at CannOns point, near
Duluth, caught fire last night. 1t is esti-
mated 1000 IONS OF coal were consumed.
Two railroad companies of Vienna have
been quietly ordered by the war office to
prepare 2!OO0 wagons for the accOmmOda-
lion of the military transportation depart
ment
The earnings of the Northern Pacific
railway from July 1st to October 31st Of
the current year were $4,7lSlS6; for the
same time last year, $4,763,11O; decrease,
$3S4,974.
The steamer w. F. Graves and the
schooner George w. Adams are ashore at
North Manitou island, leaking badly. They
left Chicago Friday, laden with 125OOO
bushels OF corn.
A boy named Sergrin, of Hinckley,
Mimi. Monday had more legs than brains;
he stole ride on railway train, and he
now has no legs, but it is to be hoped he
has more brains.
Smith Bros, of Eau Claire. Wis, have
taken contract with the Duluth Lumber
company to put in l5O,0OO.00o feet of stand
ing pine, with four to five years to COM
plele the contract.
A private telegram from member of the
dominion parliament at Ottawa, states that
the cabinet has decided to appoint com
mittee of medical experts to examine into
Riels mental condition.
The monthly summary of fire losses es-
| Inmates the fire waste in the United States
and Canada in October at ss5,750000, which
is less by S2,250000 than the average of
October fire losses for ten years past.'
Lambert HinkIes left Dubuque, Iowa, to
visit his wife's family, few miles from
the city, and word was shortly received
that he had shot himself. Many a man
would rather die than face his wife's fam
lily.
Commissioner Sparks Of the general
land Office believes, from reports received,
that large part Of the homestead entries
in Dakota are fraudulent. The commits
sioner says he will not certify any entries,
until convinced they are regular.
A Brainsrd special to the Pioneer Press
says it is reported from Washington that
the interior department has declared itself
in favor OF opening Leech lake, Sand lake
and Mile Lacs reservations and concen-
tration OF the Indians at White Earth.
The annual report of the commssary
| general shows that the total amount to the
credit Of the subsistence department for the
fiscal year ending June Both was $4O.431.-
81, and the total expenditures S3O5l, ,765.
leaving 1891 1866 OIL hand at the end of the
fiscal year.
Governor Abbott of New Jersey, has is
sued proclamation reciting the noble
qualities of the late General Mcclellan,
requesting the citizens of the state to sus-
pend business the day of his funeral and
ordering that state militia to wear mourn
ing Tor him for six months.
First Comptroller Durham, of the treasury
department, i'll the case of the employe of
the government at Helena, Mont. has de-
cided that person engaged in the govern
ment service and receiving a stipulated
salary, is not entitled to pay from the gov
ernment for extra service rendered outside
of regular duties.
The pope has two kinds of SEALS The
first, used in apostolic briefs, private let
tiers, ETC.. is called the fsherman's ring: the