Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-19
T H E CITY.

HI l Y.
BISMARCK IN BRIEF,
AVENGED AT LAST.
a warrior, once great, cruel and brave,
NOW slumbers in his lonely tree top grave.
The bullet went straight to his wicked heart,
And swiftly performed it's deadly part.
Ont in the chilly night air
A spirit hovers DER the bier,
Avenged - cries the voice from the tomb,
who takes life seals his DOOM"
Invisible forms of the starlit main
Join in the horrible refrain.
Twas General Custer, brave and true.
Reaping the vengeance 80 many years due.
Eggs, 80 cents a dozen.
Mandan is soon to have a new cigar fac
tory.
closed.
Misses Cunningham and Doland visited
Dawson Sunday.
Merchants are getting in a good supply
VI SAAAoUludS ClctS.
The ladies of the M. E. church realized
over S58 from their oyster supper.
j.. B. Keenan,, who has been suffering
with pneumonia, is able to be out again.
Fargo Republican: 1t is said Governor
Burke will occupy the Wallace mansion at
Bismarck.
Major Dickey's recent h~ilarity may be
AftrIhutp1 IN tho fact nf thn major rpaQiv-
ing his back pension.
j. II. Thompson, formerly H. C. Watson's
clerk, is acting in a similar capacity at the
Capital National bank.
DR.. Harcourt is fitting up a coy suite of
rooms in the Odd Fellows block, where
Judge Winchester's law Office formerly
was.
Bob Roberts posted up the following in
the window of his saloon Tuesday: "Re-
ward.-$lN reward will be paid for Sitting
Bulls hide"
Johnny Peterson is getting signers to a
petition to present before the legislature.
He will be a candidate for one of the pages
in the lower house.
Several farmers in yesterday said they
good condition. Think of it, eastern read
er-the 18th of December.
1t is said the jury stood eight to six
2aaagalsfi says tss5u ] III gree.esss
gree soon after being sent out.
Senator Worst and party returned Mon
day from q hunting expedition out in
the Bad Lands country, where they were
successful in'killing fourteen deer.
Bismarck always in it. A Dispatch
says: kansas City negroes have the Mes
siah craze, being led by a voodo doctor re-
Gently arrived from Bismarck. N. D.
Four companies of cavalry left Fort Lin
coin Monday for Fort Yates and the
company from Keogh that came to Dick
inson Saturday also left for the Cannon
Ball.
close for the holidays. The scholars will
have W weeks in which to recover from
the effects of Christmas and New Years
festivities.
A half dozen families of Russian Jews
boarded Tuesdays west-bound train and
set sail for Portland. Ore, the Mecca OF
every Russian Jew that has SO far depart.
ed from the slope.
A letter from Gurley at Washington
speaks of Col. Little having a good time in
Misunderstanding with Senator Pierce
interviewing the president and-bound
for Boston on the Nth.
A big husking bee was held at Breen's
farm last week in which the %neighbors for
miles around took part, and husked 400
baskets of corn. The host served a sump.
tuous farm house spread.
Mrs. Sloan's crazy quilt prize will be dis
posed of Saturday evening at Dan Essen.
berg's dry goods store. 1t would make a
Fpra (thriStfnoS nIft on1 ba or Slp r-Io
gets it will be a lucky person.
Abe Goodkind smiled on his numerous
bismarck friends yesterday, having COM
ports business good and the firm of Wise &
Goodkind in a~prosperous condition.
Governor Miller Tuesday received a
ty asking for a gun to protect himself
against Indians. There is said to be
plenty of jack rabbits in that vicinity.
Fargo Republican: Do Bismarck mer.
chants know the holidays are approach.
ing? Have they got anything to sell :
0 can't find any record of them in the
Bismarck papers. Wake up, there.
The TRIBUNE is in receipt of a card
announcing the marriage of Edith Read
doughter of Mrs. Read, formerly of Fort
Lincoln, to Lieut.. Arthur johnson, U. S
A, at Red Rock, Pa, on the 23d inst.
About twenty teams are crossing tIie
river daily at this point, where the ice is
firm. 1t is nearly six inches thick, which
according to scientific principles is strong
enough to hold up a cavalcade Of artillery
The sprinkting of the streets Wednesday
not only cooled the air, but operated tt
keep the dust down. to the great s~atistac-
ton OF pedestrians. 1t begins to look as il
the season had changed. Not a sign oil
winter thus far.
~ Parties who peeped through the windows
of the jury Rooms on Sunday were unutter
ably shocked to see some Of the iurymen
playing cards. They appeared to be as
much interested in the gane as if it had
been a week day.
- Tuesday Anderson Healy purchased
the store, stock, patronage and good will
of H.. 2. Foster, the Sixth street grocer, and
will commence business at the old stand
1t is not known at present what Mr.. Eos
Ier's future plans will be.
Bill Merry's team started off on a ram
page Monday morning. throwing Merry
heavily to the ground and injuring his fool
badly. The horses were somewhat
scratched by coming in contact with Rob-
dou's fence. and the wagon damaged.
Grand Forks P~laindealez: There is tt
be considerable of a time at Bismarck in.
auguration day. We notice w. II. Brown