Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-15

and those accused Of the crime were all
discharged. 1t was a singular trial and
attracted considerable cOmment-aS the
men accused of melting the murder were
prominent an~d-weaithy. ms
The Northern Pacific company ia send
ing out instruction ears along the line.
They contain representatives of the West
pose is to get the railroad employees we'll
idea.
day night. Two rivermen engaged in a
dispute over a trivial matter, when one
flashed a dangerous looking knife and the
other cooked revolver. The men were
getting ugly when friends succeeded in
parting the would-be combatants.
An old man who had been working on
one OF the steamboats,, was robbed of his
earnings by a room mate. He intended to
go to Valley City for employment, but is
He is a veteran soldier, and If the man he
claims is guilty of this d'stardly act
he should be severely dealt with.
Ladder company last Friday j. G. kapelie
presided as president. A committee OF five
was appointed to draft bylaws and con-
dltlonS to be reported next Thursday night,
The committee is composed of MeSSrs.
Frank Kuntz, Tom Heron, Harry Grambs.
j. G. RapeIje and Frank Moorhouse.
Farmer Beers: l have a binder and
header at work on my farm and came to
town this afternoon for repairs and anOth-
or man. My rye and barley is all harvest
ed n L have commenced on a field Of
oats of about 90 acres which is extra fine.
Thirty acres are already harvested. I
think crops in Burleigh county are fair.
Captain Van Dusen in Fargo Argus:
Kidder county will rave a full half crop,
and Burleigh fully as good. My crop at
the Troy farm will be fully fifteen bushels.
l had some wheat last year l did not cut,
the snow of last winter was held by the
stubble, n the volunteer wheat on this
300 acres will be over half crop and of the
very best quality.
Application is about to be made to Gov
ernor Miller for the pardon of John and
Harriet Dilley, who were convicted of
manslaughter at Glendale in 1885. Their
time is up in November, and the prison
board want to to get them out of the state
before cold weather sets in, both being
sickly.. The woman has been confined to
her bed Tor a year or more.
The Dickinson Press has the following
to say of a former Bismarcker: F. A.
Hickman, for several weeks acting train
dispatcher for the Missouri division, has
received the permanent appointment, a
fitting recognition of his ability as a handler
or trains. Mr.. Hickman has been a faith
full operator on the line for several years
and his promotion is we'll earned.
Mandan Pioneer: Mr.. H. H. Palmer OF
Bismarck was in Mandan yesterday, put.
ting forth an effort to %re-establish the Man
dan band. Mr.. D. S. Littlehales is very
much interested in the matter, and all Of
those who are DESTROYS of Joining the band
should call on him. The instruments are
here and the talent to use them, and it
seems to be a pity that the band should be
d~isorganized.
jamestown Alert: Senator j. H. Worst
the Emmons county preacher-politician
whose brilliant record in the last legisla-
tinued westward Saturday night, after
spending several days in the city. Like
all other good farmers the senator IS
thinking about making a n investment in
sheep and may purchase a bunch. He ex-
poets to be in jamestown again his week.
jamestown Alert: A number of engi-
neers have recently been "set up' or pro-
NOTED. Dave Wood, who has been switch
ing in the yards, has been given a road
the round house. has been promoted to a
switch engine; VIM. Clark, another engine
hostler, has been sent to Bismarck and
given the switch engine in the yards there;
and John Wanthnell, who has been switch
ing in the Bismarck yards, has been given
an engine on the road.
The steamer Rosebud returned from
Running Water, 40 miles this side of Yank-
ton, at | O'Clock last Friday. Said
Captain Belk: We broke the record again.
In those twelve days out we handled $50
tons Of freight without much sweating.
Coming from Pierre to Bismarck we made
the trip in less than three days-two days
and eighteen hours, which is as fast time
are no flies on us. Pierre is beginning to
look more and more like a metropolis
every day.