Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
7 H E CITY
. BISMARCK IN BRIEF.

Attorney Jamison Is able to be about on
crutches.
The date of the hose contests will be- an
nounced soon.
1t is rumored that Myron Hutchinson
will take a trip to California.
Ed Wood is confined to his room in the
Western house with pleurisy,
Charlie White is a recent acquisition to
the force of draymen in this city.
crossing finely under DR.. Bentley's care.
j. G. Rapelje has been out in Mercer
county looking after his coal lands.
Ed Patterson has undergone a successful
surgical operation at Cleveland, o.
John Brady, the sewing machine artist,
is down from Helena to see his folks.
Judge Winchester will hold a second
term of court in Mclean county this
month.
VIM. T. Perkins yesterday sold the
HanScOm property on Fifth street TO Geo.
w. Newton.
Ed Barrett is nursing a badly burned
hand, the result OF monkeying with treach-
erOus gasoline.
Frank Kuntz: Was out in the country
Sunday and it appears to me that every
thing is all right.
Sol Sunderland was stricken with apo
plexy Sunday evening, but he is now pro-
bounced out of danger.
Tom Fortune is back from his Fort Blu
ford contract to put up hay. He will re-
turn probably in a month.
The Northern Pacific authorities have
just awakened to the fact that the depot
platform is badly in need of repair.
Oscar WHIPS dray has received a bright
coat of paint, the handiwork of Mr.. WHIPS
faithful lieutenant, John Johnson.
Tom Gleason is getting up a gymnasium
at Jamestown. and his efforts are being en-
couraged by all the sports of the city.
There is a gentleman in the city en-.
deavoring to organize an order of the
Knights of Honor and expects to be sue
ceSSful.
DR.. Frazer: Sioux City is a great town
now. We enjoyed ourselves there ever so
much. My daughter Mrs. Webster is back
with us.
Mrs. Alderman Nichols: You ought to
send your man out to see our farm. We
have what we think the best farm in the
county.
Warden Williams has been working a
gang of prisoners on the capitol grounds,
moving the weeds and making general
improvements.
Clarence Clark, a young man formerly
well known in Bismarck, has returned
from the east to Jamestown, where he is
visiting friends.
John Ward, writing from F%airhaven,
Wash. says: "Give my regards to all the
boys and tell them 1 take a bath in salt
water every day"
Henry Tatley is a penitentiary guard no
longer. He has opened up the bar at the
Pacific hotel, which has been closed a
couple of months.
Tom Fortune has engaged in another big
contract. He will fix up the Northern Pa.
cific road from Sims to the coast and adj
vertises for men and teams.
The trees at the capitol grounds are
looking very healthy and vigorous. Those
planted along the sidewalk are nearly of a
uniform height and size.
The report of Mondays dedication of
the hose house will appear in the Western
Fireman, a journal published in Chicago
in the interests of tiremen.
Bill Wynn, who a week ago went to the
lakes of Mclean county in search of swan,
has returned to the city. The swans had
decamped during his absence.
Albert Rappleye, the canoeing Journalist,
is still in the city. He will 20 to Standing
Rock in a few days to have a talk with Mi,
S. Bull, Gall, John Grass and others.
A valuable horse belonging to Mrs.
Louis Peterson died yesterday morning
from the effects of too hard driving in the
excessive heat of the previous day.
Old-time Bismarckers will remember
Charlie White. He is at present engaged
in the arduous occupation of mixing fancy
connections behind a bar at Jamestown.
The c%oroner's inquest at Helena on the
body of William Boyle, killed by the
switch engine Sunday, July 9th eXoner-
ated the railroad company from all blame,
The Washburn Leader reports the recent
marriage of ,Nels Olson Of this city. AS
i he report is a trit1e premature, Mr.. Olson
desires the TRIBUNE to correct the state
ment.
Scott Mclean and Pat Kelly are down
from near Great Falls, Mont, where they
have been working on railroad grading
contracts. They will return in a couple of
weeks.
AnNoHS IN v "llCdU UlUuHIlt
in Wednesday was one by Chas. Chamber
lain. He says all grain put in right will
yield we'll. In other words "as We sow, SO
shall ye redy."
Jack Dwyer is down from his Stevens
county ranch with a bucking bronco that
puzzles the local experts in the profession,
Jack has a half interest in a ranch of 200
horses and 1870 cattle.
The deaf and dumb man, whose name is
Miller, was detected by Policeman Marsh
Friday night in the act of accidentally
starting a contiagration by sparks from his
pipe and was warned to desist.
Wednesday,according to the signal office.
was the hottest day this year, the Their
mometer ranging almost 1O9o above. This
is an official report. The local thermome-
tiers ranged as high as lis above.
Fargo Agus: Judge Francis of Bis.
marck, was a wise selection for parliamen.
tary leader of the johnson forces. The
judge Is an impressive talker, and created
a favorable impression with all factions.
T. M. Joslin has a tobacco plant In his
store window which shows wonderful
growth. By the way, can't tobacco be
raised in this country? In some portions
OF South Dakota it Is successfully crown
Bill Wynn, the Bismarck nimrod, has
gone out among the lakes in Mclean