Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02

proper anu Sn6TlU DOQnolly says the
court will take active measures to separate
D. Cavanaugh, one of Montana's big
horse men, is down from Glendive. He
wants to purchase a blooded stallion and
expects to find one in Burleigh county,
Manager Falconer of the ball team has
not yet received a reply to his proposition
to The Aberdeen club. and he is wondering
If his letter was the one shat never came"
Arbor Day comes on next Monday. State
Superintendent of Schools Clapp recon-
mends that the scholars of every school in
North Dakota plant trees on that day.
"Good morning; hope you and the TR1B-
UNE are prosperous and happy" That's
the kind of a note-in the absence of the
~editor-left on the hook by Rev. Deckard
of Mandan. go.
The cause Of No. 2 on the Northern Pa
cifc being thirteen hours late Wednesday
wa the washo4t of a bridge near
Hope station in Idaho, occasioned by a
cloud burst.
"Send mt the daily TRIBUNE to Fair
haven" called out l.. N. Griffin while the
train was pulling away yesterday. II am
still interested in Bismarck and want to
keep posted"
Mayor Baker has not yet signihed his in
tention OF appointing a policeman to sue
coed Mart Marsh, and as Marsh has proven
to be the right man in the right place, it is
quite likely that Marsh will hold over.
George Hanley, whom the jury awarded
satisfied with the result. He hardly ex-
pected SO large a sum, Notwithstanding the
original claim for damages was l $1,000.
Commissioner Yeater of Emmons coun-
ty: l was going home tonight (Wednes-
day., but my team got the best of the
hitching strap, upset the wrgon and broke
the tongue, so I'll stop over another day.
Mandan Pioneer: Mr.. L. N. Griffin was
on to.day's train on his way to the coast.
He will start into business out there. In a
month he will return to Bismarck, to look
after some cases he has in the district
court.
Word comes from the Brainerd hospital
that John Wallace, Jr., whose hand was
injured coupling cars on the Northern Pa
cific, is getting all right; that his hand is
not ruined and that he'll be out in a couple
of weeks.
There are several candidates in the field
for the position Of chief of the Bismarck
fire department., to succeed l.. N. Griffin,
and the contest promises to be lively one.
L AO N1IOL ~ NO ClCCGCu ACAU i'll Nv
the twelve trustees.
Postmaster Bogue received acharacteris-
tic letter the other day from Lum Hing,
the Chinaman well known in Bismarck,
who left several weeks ago. Lum Hing in
his letter says the Bismarck people didn't
know he "Wented'' away.
George Wentworth's black mare "Gypsy'
was ratified off at Kuntz & Fischer's last
yrnnG nn1 fhA nrSun ryoc nor&,rnI NV
Col. G. B. Little. IF. PhiIbrick threw the
dice for him, making the highest number,
49. G. E. Fletcher followed with Al.
H. H. Palmer, the skilled foreman of the
TRIBUNE job rooms, was passing Havanas
among his friends Sunday with a broad,
happy smile, the occasion being the arri-
val in his household on Sunday last of an
eight pound girl.
Tom McGowan's popular hostelry on
Fifth street will soon appear in the adver-
Using columns of the TRIBUNE-as sOOn as
Tom makes up his mind how much space
he wants. MCGOWAN is doing q good bust
ness, and says it speaks we'll for the town
when its business men advertise in their
daily newspaper.
Farmer Couch, who was in town Satur-
day. says the outlook for a crop down his
way Is flattering. The ground is moist and
IN capital condition. He says the acreage
III his vicinity will be about the yearly av-
erage-more if anything. He has more in
crop this year himself by a score Of acres
than any other year.
The contest for chief engineer of the
more exciting. The forces have now con-
centrated on Messrs. Van Horn and La
Wall, with the possibility of a dark equine
IN the field. 1t is said that Van Horn and
laval are a tie at present. Both are pop
and "away up firemen."
Joseph Hare thinks that the resolution
adopted by the school board in regard to
children not being eligible to attendance
at the city schools under the age of seven
years should be modified to make it six in
stead Of seven. 1t is a good idea. Many
schools when the public schools would be
preferred.
"A journey thro' wonderland" "The nat:
ural game preserves of North America"
and IAN open door to a magnificent coun-
try" are the titles of three interesting and
beautifully illustrated descriptive books
published by the passenger department of
the Northern Pacific railroad and the Spo-
kane Falls & Northern railway. Agent
Davidson has the TRIBUNE's thanks for
copies.
Ludden Times: The Times acknowledges
the receipt Of a copy Of the laws of last
winter with the compliments of the Bis
TRIBUNE. Many thanks. The
people W. a debt of gratitude to the pro-
prietors of this journal for if it had not
been for their energy in rushing out a pop.
ular edition the public would still be in IT,
of the laws governing their
jamestown Alert: c. w. Thompson of
Bismarck was in the city Saturday, and
while here completed arrangements for
opening a coal yard where Ignite coal,
taken from the Sims mine, will be sold at
$3.50 a ton. The name of the firm is the
North Dakota Coal company, and its office
the corner of Sixth avenue ana Front
street. August Shaffer of Bismarck, has
charge of the yard.
John Yegen, who is one of the commit
tee to furnish Alex. McKenzie's seed grain,
says that a farmer came to his store and
asked If he had any seed oats. Yegen re-
piled in the affirmative. "Are they clean ?"
mo, not very" "Are they sacked ?" "No."
"Don't you deliver them to us free of
charges p" This last Interrogation was a
sumner. YeRen says he has similar ex-
periences almost every day.
The Bismarck base ballists are earnestly
practicing for their game with the Mandan
club on the Bismarck grounds Saturday
afternoon, May 8. MessrS. Adams and the
"only" Maloney, of Fort Lincoln, who cap
tivofo1 tho oopifo1 oifu oropI1o mill ~rok