Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1886-07-02
NORTHWESTERN NOTES.

The Helena council has ordered the sup
preston of houses of ill-fame.
L. Hendricks was drowned in Maple
river near Tower City. Sunday.
Dickinson voted $4,000 bonds for court
mouse building by good majority.
The Twentieth Iowa Infantry will hold
its reunion at Marion, September %.
Yankton's artesian we'll by official meas
urement is 500 feet deep, and cost $2,676.
A quarry. of fine building stone has
been opened near washington Springs:
Oak.
Two merchants at Sioux Falls have been
arrested for keeping their store open on
Sunday.
Damage in the vicinity of Grafton, Dak.,
by the recent hail storms, is estimated at
$500,O00.
Charles Mix county reports an apple
orchard which promises good yield this
summer.
At junction City, Wis, James Malloy
shot and killed stranger who attempted
to outrage his wife,
Omaha capitalists have purchased large
number of lots at Sioux Falls and will hold
them for speculation.
GrindstOne ore has been found near Rapid
City. The ore runs tWenty-Seven average
grindstones to the ton.
A recent issue of the Dell Rapids Ex-
pOnent chronicles three births, three mar
riages and three deaths.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. D. Orswell, of Nit
chell, fell from hammock on Saturday,
and both were severely injured.
A man in Kimball sent twenty-fi cents
to New York house for twelve useful
household articles and received dozen
| clothes pins.
1t is reported that the chief of the Sioux
nation has written to parties at DeadWood
that they are opposed to opening any part
of the reservation.
Two members of the city council at Nit
chell recently had misunderstanding at a
council meeting and settled their dispute
with the marquis OF Queensbury as referee.
Rapid City will enthuse July 5, not 50
much on account of the 10th anniversary
of American freedom as the completion of
the railroad and the running of cars into
that place.
The attempt to exterminate the saloons
in Edmunds county by force appears to be
failure. Roscoe has three in full blast,
Ipswich four, and the new town Of Bowdle
is principally made up of them.
A party, under direction of officers of the
United States geological survey is about to
make an extended exploration of Crater
lake in National Park. 1t will be necessary
to lower them 1000 feet down the stony
crags in order to reach water.
Bad Lands Cow Boy: Work at the
slaughter house will begin July l. Cattle
spite OF reports to the contrary from other
parts of the range country, beef seems to
be at least two weeks earlier this year than
last.
Benton Record: Leighton Il Jordan of
Miles City bought 125,000 pounds of wool
few days ago at sixteen cents pound.
Eighteen cents is standing offer in this
market and the growers insist on 20 cents
and will probably get it when the buyers
arrive.
Doland Times: Whatever opinion any
person in this territory may hold on the
question of division is of very little import
ance, as it is matter that congress con-
trolls and it has repeatedly, by refusal to
act, for the last eight years said they would
grant no division. 1t appears to us that it
would be good sense to accept results and
elect officers on the live issues of the day
instead of using corpse as platform as
is proposed by the so called state league.
jamestown Alert: jamestown furnishes
VI ldIOAo 4OA CNOAS hllu VI puUllC AHCSClHSS,
gentlemen who are known far and near as
eloquent speakers. Judge Nickens will be
the orator of the day at Steele, where a tre-
mendous celebration is preparing. w. E.
Dodge is to furnish the oratory for Sykes
ton, where they will make the Welkin ring
to Grand Rapids the 3rd and Glendale the
9Th for the same purpose.
Mitchell Republican: The Republican
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why Hon. O. S. Clifford Should not be re-
turned to congress. II the position of dele
gate is to be handed around from term to
term simply to tickle the vanity of some
ambitious politician then let it go this year
to Gen. Allen or Col. Peck or Major Some
as we believe, Dakota wants a man at
Washington who can be of service to her,
it is about time to stop this one-term fool
iShneSs
Jamestown Alert: The Alert takes
pleasure in informing the public that Capt.
S. K. McGinniS has been appointed by
Governor Pierce to fill the vacant place on
the board of asylum commissioners; The
Captain has accepted and will make an
excellent member OF the board. When
Governor Pierce does put democrats into
places of public trust, they appear to be
men who bank on something besides
having always been "dymmocrate.' Mr..
came while he was out of the city, attend
ing reunion of his old army battery in
Pennsylvania.
W. D. Washburn and his railway assOci-
ates have purchased the Dakota Midland,
to be used as branch line for the Mime
apolis & Pacific, which these gentlemen
are now building northwest from Mime
apolis to the Missouri. The Dakota Mid
land was formerly the Glendale East &
West road, and intended to run from the
Missouri to Duluth. Preliminary lines
were run from point on the Missouri,
twenty miles south of Fort Yates, eastward
distance OF 265 miles: The line, however,
has so far only been definitely located as
far east as Campbell in Wilkin county,
which it was proposed should be the june
ton point with the Manitoba. and the tenn
porary eastern terminus. Contracts were
iett build most of the line, but so far only
about thirty or forty miles have been
graded. The graded portion of the road is
in Sargent and Richland counties.