Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-05-29

b GnTlVlnR business at Tile IanOlnR IN Gne
palmy days of river transportation back in
the '7o's and 80 and 81.
At a meeting of the fire department
Tuesday night, the invitation of the G. A
r. to participate in the Decoration Day
services was accepted.
The Missouri slope is a sure corn region
There never was a failure in this section
Last week a carload was sent to Colonel
for 81 q bushel ears for seed. o. 81. Beal
Of Bismarck raised several hundred bush
els last year ana this spring sold it for 81
a bushel.
James l.. Brigham died at Menokeu
Tuesday morning. For a long time Mr.
Brigham has been a sufferer of the dread
disease consumption. He was an old res
ident, having settled in Burleigh county in
1882. he leaves a wife and two children.
The remains were taken to his old home
at Templeton, Mass, last night, for inter.
ment.
The Washburn Leader pays Miss Jen'
nette Ward the following neat compliment
yesterday was the last day of the Wash
burn school for the spring term. Both
teacher and scholars are glad the vacation
has arrived. Miss Ward has proved her.
self a most excellent teacher, and heI
duties have been discharged to the entire
satisfaction of the patrons of the school.
". D. Gorsuch, who left a Burleigh coun'
ty farm to "lOok around for something bet
ter" out west, writes from Wardner, Ida
no, as follows: TELL your readers that Da.
kota IS a good PLACE to stay in: The west
Sokane is the deadest place on the west
slope. l shall be back to Dakota in the
neal future"
G0f,rIo1,S, E,o eborror 90 o,or o,o hall
inch of water was not needed, yet it ranks
among the blessings. The storm at this
place was about twenty-five miles in width
and, to all appearances, widened In its
southern course. 1t is the country south
of here that is most in need of rain, and no
doubt crops in that vicinity were greatly
benefited.
Corporal John Mansfield passed through
the city on No. l, Thursday, in charge of a
company of recruits for Fort Yates. John
was for a time connected with the state
~LeavenWOrth last fall and was promoted
to corporal, having served one term before
III the regular army. He is now stationed
at Minneapolis in the recruiting service.
7. MCGOWAN received a telegram Tues
day from Henrys Whitney, Centralia,
Wash, stating that Pat Byrne had been
killed and asking as to the whereabouts of
his family. Mr.. ByrDe will be remem-
bered as a former resident of Bismarck,
where he had many friends. The particu-
lars of the death will be found in the tele-
graph columns.
Colonel Magill in Fargo Argus: When l
was out at Menoken 1 took great
interest in perfecting some varieties of
six successive crops. To-day we received
a carload OF the Burleigh county, Dakota
white flint corn, averaging fifty bushels to
the acre. We are sending out some lots
OF this corn for seed to various sections of
the state.
1t is understood that members of the Ma
sonic order of Bismarck and Mandan are
talking of getting up an excursion and pic
mic for st. Johns Day, the June annlver-
sary of one of the leading lights of the
square and compass fraternity. Charter
ing one. OF the many rOOmya and cOmmOdi-
Gus boats now running on the river is
among the possible features.
George Robidou, while under the influ-
ence OF some 'oh-be- joyful" Thursday, per-
sisted in driving a team up and down
Main street, until finally he ran up against
a post and badly damaged the wagon.
Amos RObidOu called upon Policeman
Marsh to quiet him, and a badly swollen
finger and a night in the county Dastile
tells the rest. Robidou was confident he
could whip Marsh if he vas sober, but that
wasn't the point at issue.
Senator McGillivray was down from
Dickinson Wednesday for the purpose of
lodging a complaint before the state board
of railroad commissioners. The senator
alleges that by the board establishing a so.
cent ditferential rate on Dickinson coal it
has virtually ruined his mining business,
unabllng him to compete with other coal
dealers. The new rate, he believes, was
made in the interest of Morton county. He
IS satisfied with the old rate and wants it
to continue.
A. E.. Frank has sufficiently recovered
from the injuries sustained in jumping
from the train while temporarily insane
to be able to resume his journey to SpO-
kane Falls. He leaves on the train this
morning. BE feels very kindly toward the
citizens of Bismarck for the careful treat
ment given him, and especially to the Sis
tiers of the hospital. Mr.. Frank is a well
educated gentleman. and hopes to forget
his past troubles by beginning life anew
on the Pacific coast.
The TRIBUNE is in receipt of a paper
containing the notice of the marriage Of
Mr.. Clark Craven to Miss Maud johnson,
at What Cheer, Iowa. The Reporter adds:
The wedding was a very quiet one, the
only guests from toWn being the immediate
relatives of the contracting parties. There
were, however, some guests from abroad.
Perhaps the most welcome of these was
Clark's father, Il. NJ. Craven, of Bismarck,
North Dakota, who came in unexpectedly
to attend the wedding. Mrs. j. W. Rogers,
the groom's sister, also OF Bismarck, was
in attendance.
The following item from the Minneapolis
Journal of the 2lst, regarding a former
Bismarcker, will be read with. interest:
The Reuben Smith who shot himself in the
back on Stevens avenue night before last,
turns out to be joan r. Smith, travelling
man for Jenny, Semple & Co., in Montana,
and a man well known in Minneapolis
business circles. He says the shooting
was accidental and could not have oc-
Cured had he not been drinking. He was
loading the revolver and it was discharged
through his nervousness. Smith was for
merly in business in Bismarck, N. D. He
is a brother of George Smith who died of
heart disease about a year ago. The two
were in the hardware business on Wash
ington avenue. The injuries are not fatal.
A good joke is told on H. s. Ball, of Me-
noken, who thinks he is quite a checker
player. A gentleman by the name of Ev-
ans, from Gladstone, was travelling through
that community recently and wished to
StnD Ovpr NIGHT with Mr. Rail Whn nhioot-