Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-10-03
THE CITY.
IN BRIEF.

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Master John Rea is is on a hunting ex-
pedition with Elliott Barnes.
Disastrous prairie fires have been gin
during the past week in the eastern part
of the county.
The way the Catholic bell was rung
Monday morning led many to believe it
was the fire bell.
According to the Washburn Mail, cards
are out for the wedding of Thomas Flavin
to an eastern girl.
The democrats of Kidder county met in
convention Tuesday and nominated a legis-
lative and county ticket.
James A. Haight will proceed to the Pa
ci6c coast as soon as Senator Pierce re-
turns from Washington.
1t is reported that mail cars will soon be
run on trains 8 and 4. This will be a great
accommodation to the people.
The carpenters are still busy on the
Presbyterian church. 1t will require two
or three weeks to complete the improve
ments. -
The Conner building damaged by fire a
few weeks ago, is almostssas good as new
at his old stand.
The mill and elevator men report re-
CClp6O VI "LCdu SLldlls al III all
have not yet finished threshing, as help
has been rather scarce.
The trees that fringe the river bottoms
and the buttes that loom up against the
horizon have dOnned their autumn hueS
and are rich in purple and gold.
Williamsport Record: Thomas Bottomly
has lost another horse. This makes eleven
head of horses that he has lost by death
since he settled in Emmons county.
Ry Branch passed through the city Sun
day evening, en- route to ST. Paul. He will
be remembered as an Old-timer. His
brother "Billy," we'll known in this city,
died at Salt LAKE City last June.
Merchants report business as slightly i'm
proving, except clothing merchants, who
say the continued warm weather is max
ing them weary. Prayers are being Of
fered up for a genuine New York blizzard.
Minnewaukan Siftings: Hon. c. B. Lit
tie, renominated in Burleigh county for
the state senate, has the distinction of
being a young man n one of the heav-
lest property owners and taxpayers in that
county.
Reports from prairie fires show that
many farmers have not taken precautions
against the spread of the fiery destroyer.
Several granaries and barns were reported
to have been burned in the country north
OF the city.
Professor Foster, the weather prophet,
predicts a mild winter, although one Of
the greatest storms ever known may be
looked for in December, and that the
spring months OF 1891 will be full of de-
structive tOrnadOeS.
Mrs. E. S. Beardsley met with a painful
accident Saturday while out driving. The
horse was hitched to a road cart and,
stumbling, fell, throwing Mrs. Beardsley
forward to the ground, head first. She was
badly bruised about the head and body,
but her injuries are not considered seri-
GUS.
Special Agent Sebring has gone to his
Darlington home to assist Honest lDave
Wellman in his race for the nomination
for state senator. Dave will get there all
right, but he wants to get there real hard
with both feet. That's the kind of a fell
low Wellman is.
Pioneer Hose company No. 1 has sent
east for a handsome gold badge, to be used
tests: None but members of the company
will be allowed to compete. BY this means
the company hopes to arouse the ambition
OF its members and make them more skill
full in the handling Of hose.
Grand Forks Department Fargo Argus:
Governor Denny Hannifn, who is So
journing in this city, is thinking strongly
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new ticket which has just been promulgat-
ed to the people of this state. Should he
consent to do so, his many friends and adj
mirers here and elsewhere fear there will
be music in the air.
Quite a contingent OF Mandan and West
Missouri politicians were in the capital
Tuesday. The situation is becoming in
teresting for both the old parties, and be-
tween the independents, the labor and al
lance factions some of the "chosen few"
are doing mighty tall thinking and saying
very few words. 1t begins to look like
anybody's race for some of the plums.
Stanton Pilot: John Satterlund will be
Mclean county's choice for representative
to the legislature. We predict that king
John" as his enemies have dubbed him, will
receive a rousing majority, not only in his
own county but in his district. Last fall
when all the machinery that could be de-
vised by political trixters was turned
against him he came within four votes Of
winning.
Ed. Allen writes from Newark, N. j.,
that he expected to be home before the re-
publican primaries were held, but owing
to serious illness in his family cannot
reach home by that time. He is a candl-
date for reelection to the office of clerk of
the court and expects all his friends to
stand by. him. He will be home in ten or
fifteen days and will try and show his
dppIcCldGlOl ny leuulIlS d uelpluS udnu 20
his friends and the republican ticket.
The happiest and best natured man in
the city at present is G. E. Fletcher, the
accommodating superintendent of the
Western Union office. And he looks
at least fifty pounds heavier. No
ticing his changed appearance, the ques-
ton was asked, what makes you look so
smiling, Fletch?" 80, it's a girl-weighs
nine pounds-born Saturday ~night-every-
body doing nicely-will you have a cigar ?"
and away he went like a bulb of quicksil-
yer on a shaky table.
Benton MONTY River Press: Sanford
Currier, who arrived here a few days ago
from Butte, has started the building of a
boat twenty-six feet long and eleven feet
wide which he will have completed in
about three weeks, and in which with five
others from Butte he will embark tor New
Orleans. 1t will be a voyage for pleasure
and if there is any other object it is as yet
a profound secret. Four OF Mr.. Curriers'
companions will be DR.. E. M. Gaddie, R.
Darnell. James Wesley and Edgar Dayton.
Erie pa Dispatch: The friends of
Capt. D. W. Hutchinson will be glad to
know that he has returned to Erie, and
taken I'm his raSi6Qpop on Vast FIauopfh