Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-01-29
tNERs NOTES IND CO1fMRNTs.

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NBWs NOTES 14ND C01farENTs.
Mrs. q. s. Grant is 80 years old.
The citizens are driving the Chinese out
of Alaska. it555 .5s. E4s3 !,
Dalrymple, the Dakota bonanza farmer,
will put in 10000 acres Of wheat next sea-
son. He raised 2O1, 600 bushels Of wheat
the past season. Iii
It's said by a contemporary that Isa-
bella, ex-queen Of Spain, owns considerable
real estate in Philadelphia, and further
more is share holder in the Keely motor.
Some one remarked that the world moves,
whereupon the Boston Transcript observes
that 1t probably finds it cheaper to move
than to pay rent. This is an insult to Mr..
Archimedes. #$
Nebraska farmers are burning corn for
fuel again. This, to eastern eyes, would
seem like reckless waste, but it is really
economy. Corn at thirty cents bushelis
cheaper than wood at $12 q cord.
Sioux Falls Argus: The people Of South
Dakota will be satisfied with the action Of
congress if an enabling act is passed per-
mitting another constitutional convention
to be held, in which all should participate.
A little more parliamentary practice will
the better prepare us for the duties of state
hood.
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John A. Logan, Jr., son Of the senator, is
a young man with round and healthful,
face, swarthy in complexion, like his father
but not so dark. He says that he does not
propose to rely on the reputation of his
father, but will carve out his own fortune.
Captain Eads offered him position in his
ship railway project, but he preferred to re-
main in this country. @
The Yankton Press says that surveyors
have been running preliminary line up
through Nebraska to about twenty-five
miles from Yankton, but somewhat west.
This is supposed to be line of the pro
posed Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota COM
pany, which has been projected from Fort
Scott to Bismarck. 1t is thought that it
will become an important trunk line, and
Yankton is not to be blamed for hoping to
get it.
Captain Paul Boynton is selling his large
collection of trophies, preparatory to an ex-
ploration of Lake Titicaca, in Peru, which
is said to be the home of the descendants
of the incas, and on the island of which it
is believed the ancient temple still stands,
filled with golden vessels. The captain
believes that the lake is the true source of
the Amazon, although it is 1000 miles from
what is now considered head waters of
that river. t5
Last year Mary Boeckner gave birth to
boy child while travelling on the Third
Avenue elevated railroad, Of New York,
and gave him the name of Jay Gould, for
good luck. Mr.. Gould heard of it, and sent
the mother $50 bill. The mother decided
to use the bill for the baby's benefit, but
the father wanted to spree with it. The
mother objected, whereupon the father be-
came enraged, beat both the child and the
mother, was arrested, and is now in Jail
for three months.
The Estelline Bell perpetrates the fol-
lowing: ... 49,
"Is there a gentleman in the room from
Dakota ?" asked congressman, coming out
of committee room and stepping into one
Of the cloak rooms of the capitol at Wash
ington. t&s
eyes, sir" promptly replied three or four,
coming forward, "do you want some facts
concerning the resources of the territory ?"
mo, don't; but we are having a poker
game in here, and I've got to go and want
some one to take my hand"
The anxiety among the visiting states
men to comply with the request was 80
great that it was only decided by tossing
penny. ~ tga
Washington Herald: One of the ablest
speeches that has been delivered in tho
United States senate for many years was
that made last week by Senator Eustis, Of
Louisiana, in defense Of his silver resolu-
ton. Mr.. Eustis, though a comparatively
young man, has long been recognized in
his native state as one of the sOundest
thinkers on financial questions in the south.
He is the son of the famous chief justice Of
the Louisiana supreme court. Eustis, pere,
after graduating at the Harvard univers-
ity, came from Massachusetts to New
Orleans and entered upon the practice
of his profession. He married creole
lady, the daughter Of one Of the most
prominent men of his time, and within ten
years after his admission to the Louisiana
bar, Judge Eustis had attained to the high
est judicial honors the state could bestOw.t
Mrs. Helen Fargo Squiers, the wife Of
LieutenantiH Herbert G. Squiers, Seventh cav
airy, died suddenly last week at Riverdale,
New York, near where Mr.. Squiers is on
duty as military professor at st. Johns col
lege, at Fordham. Mrs. SQuiers, who was