Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-16
and Main streets to Seventh street, near
the railroad track. Ed. sWentworth will
use the building as an office.

A. van Horn, with Chas. Hall and w
O. Chamberlain, insurance adjusters from
Minneapolis, went over to the Riverside
ranch, Friday to adjust the recent loss
by fire.
Chas. Wacbter loaded a fine new
piano from Dwyre Bros. consigned to F.
b. Wells, county auditor Of Mclean
county, and left for Washburn Friday
morning.
Although the potato crop is unusual
ly large and the market price is but Is
cents per bushel, do not neglect to pro-
perly harvest the crop. They may com
mand a good price in the spring.
l.. G. Peterson of Painted Woods was
in the city Wednesday. He has just
completed threshing his crops and had a
yield of "a bushels per acre of wheat.
His oats averaged 50 bushels per acre.
Williamsport Record: As stated in
part of our edition last week, MI. Packer
lost 81 sheep by a stroke of lightning.
1t struck the northeast corner of the cor
raj, but killed one sheep in the south
west corner.
The idea of Professor Hancock is a
most worthy one. In no way can we be
better advertised in the east than by
sending samples of our products to
friends in the east who will exhibit
them. Let the good work go on.
A ~l3-year-old son of Henry Houghtal-
ing, who lives near Sterling, fell off a
wagon Saturday evening and had a leg
broken above the knee by the wagon
passing over it. DR.. Harcourt, who set
the limb, thinks the boy will recover the
use of it.
A letter from Frank Titus, who is run-
ming a threshlng engine in the Red River
valley, says he has worked only one day
in three weeks on account of wet
weather. It will, he says, be impossible
to complete the threshing before snow
falls.
The farewell reception planned to have
been given on Monday evening by the
old settlers society of Bismarck, in hon
or OF Miss Jessamine Southern Slaughter
on the occasion of her leaving home to
enter college at Fargo, was postponed
on account of the illness of her sister
Lee.
Pat. Moran, formerly a Bismarck plas-
terer and a member of the firm with which
Pat. Byrnes, who was drowned in a we'll
out in Washington, was connected, and
who has been for some time at Helena,
returned with his family Friday. Bis
marck is the best place after all, says
Pat.
Valley City Times Record: Hon. John
Ogden, state superintendent of public in
struction, was in the city to-day and paid
the Times-Record a pleasant call. Su-
perintendent Ogden has decided there is
no better place in North Dakota for a
residence, and hopes to become a citizen
at an early day.
H.. S. Wadeson, the Sims coal miner,
stated to the TRIBUNE while in the city
Tuesday that the Sims mines are doing
more than double the business of last
year. The Wadeson mines are becoming
more valuable as they are worked and
the coal now secured almost equals the
bituminous coal of Ohio.
Prof. Hancock: Here are two potatoes
that where sent in to me by II. Kemmer
of Menoken,; n weighs two pounds
three ounces and the other just two
pounts. l am preparing a barrel of all
the products of the Missouri slope to
send to two papers at Minonk, Ind. It
will be a good ad. for Burleigh county.
Observer Fallon inaugurated the
weather forecast by flags Tuesday af-
.ternoon. The first Indication displayed
was warmer and clear-a welcome indi-
cation. Watch the flags on the First
National bank building each day. The
change takes place about $50 and is for
"a hours.
Grafton Record: State Superintendent
of Public instruction John Ogden has
been appointed a member of the advisory
council of the worlds congress auxiliary
to the Worlds Columbian exposition of
public instruction. This appointment
will assure to North Dakota good repre-
sentation and to the committee valuable
experience in matters pertaining to edu-
cation.
A large number of friends in buggies
attended the funeral of Lafayette Lock
wood from the Baptist church, yesterday
afternoon where services we're held. His
sudden death is a very severe blow to his
young wife, and much sympathy is shown
her. Mr.. Lockwood was twenty. nine
years of age, and we'll known in Burleigh
county, as a hard working young man.
Fargo is claiming the best system of
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