Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-17
Slaughter News.

SLAUGHTER, N. D., July 13.-[Special.
Last Saturday night we had a terri
BILE rain. It poured down in regular
cloudburst and continued all Sunday
forenoon, one shower after the other.
During that time it filled all ravines
with water so they looked like flowing
rivers. A number of gophers we're
drowned. After the water ran off they
could be seen lying here and there in
the long grass. If the rain and heavy
storm which followed did some harm it
also did some good. One can hitch up
to a mow and cut hay almost anywhere
except in the sloughs. They are full of
water and look like small lakes glitter
ing here and there on the prairie.
The citizens of Bismarck should take
a trip out here and see the crops. Every
thing looks pretty, wen the bachelors
and the girls seem brighter and more
lively than usual.
A strong whirlwind swept through
this section Saturday night and did con-
siderable damage. Mr.. Oscar ". Eek
lund's new house was lifted from it's
stone foundation and moved sixteen feet
away, but nothing in the house was
broken except a few dishes which stood
on the table. His coal shed was blown
down and scattered all over a patch of
wheat he had sowed on the west side of
his house. He has moved the house
back Co it's place.
Miss Josephine Backman had a grand
banquet on her birthday, the 10th inst.
Axel H. Olson went to the capital city
Saturday to buy a new wagon.
Charley A. Benson is working for the
Ecklund Bros.
Messrs. John Erickson and Erick
Backman are putting up a house for
John M. Anderson. It is almost fin
ished, so 500 it will be improved with a
good lively dance. The boys say there
will be no luck unless every one that
builds a new house gives a dance before
they move into it. They say that is why
MI. Ecklund's blew off the foundation.
Justice A. P. Anderson has been plow-
ing frebreaks around school house
No. l..
School commenced in No. l, Monday.
Miss Fannie Dunn is the teacher. She
is we'll liked by all and has a fine
school, commencing with fourteen on the
roll.
VIM. Asplund bought a new wagon a
few days ago.
Mr.. Olsen commenced haying in a "a
vine in Grass lake, but the food took it
away, some of it four or five miles.
John A. Lind is building on his barn.
With the assistance of Ole Markusson it
will soon be finished.
Mrs. and Miss Amelia Hansen are
visiting friends and relatives at Slaugh-
ter. They contemplate taking a trip to
Ashland, Wis, for a visit.
Miss Carolina Peterson of Bismarck
has been visiting friends and relatives al
Slaughter.
Miss Ward, the school teacher at Grass
Lake, was.here this week.
The overseers of the highways have
completed their work and the roads are
in fine condition.
Haying will commence as soon as il
dries off a little. The first sown grair
is heading very nicely. ky ZEFFs.
AS there is no royal road to learning
so there is no magical cure for disease
The effect, however, of taking Ay err
Sarsaparilla for blood disorders Gomez
as mere magic as can be expected of any
meer human agency. This is due to its
purity and strength.
-~r Lost.
Gray mare, dark name and tail
weight 800, 8 years old, slit in one ear
Branded on left hip.
ELMER FIELD,
Bismarck, N. ID.