Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-29

jaw has a bad cash. Mr.. Healy thinks the
child was romping too close to the horses
heels and by touching them the animal let
go without knowing what was behind
him.
At injecting of the capital board Wednes-
day, the subject of additional Office accom-
modatlons was discussed, and as a result
a room was ordered finished off for Insur-
ance Commissioner Carey. his present
nook in the treasurer's office being wholly
inadequate to handle the large work of the
department.
A party came overland from Great Falls
on the trip and are bound for Casselton
They had a pony mare and colt along that
excited curiosity. The pony was no lar
ger II a Shetland and the lwo.month-
Ola COLI ABOUT the size of a common dog.
The colt didn't have to walk, but rode.
Betsy" Gray, as an attorney, appeared
sioners and demanded deductions from
personal property assessments. Gray
owns a cow. The board requested him to
put all demands and grievances in writing,
such being the rule established, but
betsy" refused to do so, and after ali Will
be obliged to pay taxes on his COW.
Fargo Argus: 1t seems that congress
annually apprOpriates $4OO,OO for the
militia of each state and North Dakota's
apportionment of this amount is stated by
Lieutenant Sharpe, U. S. A., in Frank Les.
iie's magazine for September. to be $2.81s
for the year ending June 30, 1891. This
ought to be sufficient to help the North
Dakota National guard out, and with the
payment OF armOry rent, will be a small
inducement for them to remain in the ser.
vice.
Mandan Times: There will be a good
many wild grapes and plums this year. Ii
seems as if all the wild fruits and berries
are So plentiful that only a little care is re-
CURED to grow the tame varieties success
fully. There are oceans" of bullberries
IN the woods this year and berrying par.
ties are numerous. The berries make a
pleasant acid taste and as the berries can
be had for the gathering, we say that it is
cheap and wholesome.
Steele Ozone: While at Bismarck re.
Gently we had the pleasure of meeting K
H. Copeland of the Washburn Leader. Mr.,
Copeland, or "Dick" as he is familiary
known, is an old timer in the northwest,
having worked on the Bismarck TRIBUNE
in its earliest days, and he delights now to
recall the time when he and D. r. Streeter,
of the Emmons County Record, were fell
low craftsmen in that Office. Dick knows
how to keep his friends and they are legion
in these parts who would like to see him
prosper at Washburn.
George W. Stewart, of Pierre, who is a
mtn.Jer of the board of directors of the
Pier Coal Mining and Transportation
com ANY will arrive at Bismarck on the
steamer Rosebud. AS soon as he arrives,
he, with Terril Pattison, president of the
company, will, in company with j. E.
Brition, go to Mclean county to make ar
engagements for loading coal on barges.
Mr.. Brltton came down from Washburn
yesterday with his two-seated conveyance.
or ten days. These barges will have a ca
paclty OF over 12O tons each. The first
shipment will be about 400 tons.
where he has a fine position on the Even.
ing Press, says: 81 weigh 1866 pounds aid
have a "b~ow-window" on me as large, pro-
portionately. as Frank Beals." He saws
they are wasting lots of money on news
papers in Seattle-have three morning and
two evening dalies. The latest one runs
tWenty-slX cases and sets as much tele-
graph as the Pioneer Press. Mr.. Connella
expects to leave Seattle IN a few weeks for
Governor Church's new town, Muckilteo,
on Puget Sound, where he will put in the
first newspaper. Muckilteo is the Oldest
settlement on the sound and will be the
termination of the Great Northern.
Adjoining the Central block is an old
cellar, stoned up on the sides and covered
with logs and earth overhead. In DAYS
gone by this cellar has contained MANY
thousands of dollars worth of goods-at
one time 300 barrels of apples for G. s.
Simpson. When Simpsons store burned.
this cellar was abandoned and few people
knew OF its existence. Barney FLYNN
found it Yesterday and narrowly escaped
the loss OF a valuable team. In driving
over the cellar the roof caved in and one Of
the horses went to the bottom and the
other narrowly escaped, being held back
by the wagon tongue. After considerable
trouble Doth horses were eXtricated and
neither was injured.
William Shepard of Tappen came up
from kidder county Tuesday. Mr.. Shep.
ard is enthusiastic over his good crops,
HIS wheat will easily average fifteen BUSH
els per acre and lots of it will go twenty.
IL an not Ench interested in grain grow
ing said he, "but have quite an extensive
stock farm. We've got 200 head of young
cattle, forty-siX mich cows among them.
we have but about 100 head of sheep.
The scab down there is something terrible,
ana IL scaIes a great many out OF sheep
raising. Crops in eastern Kidder county
are all right, bnt in the vicinity of Steele
there's nothing to figure on. Yes, Pve got
the name of having the best looking farm
within a good many miles. l am an old
in Kidder; have had set-backs, and
ing"