Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-07-03
AROUND THE STATE.

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Silver tongued Jimmy" Anderson of
Grand Forks will crate next Saturday
at Gilby.
The Valley City alliance makes the
remarkable announcement that "Marshal
Still had a CALI.
The old settlers of Trail county held a
reunion at Hillsboro last week and it is
estimated that fully $500 people were
present.
Park River is afraid the hopper pests
are coming their way and Commissioner
Helgesen has sent apparatus for their
destruction. j.
Rugby, Pierce county, has organized a
board of trade and the local paper says
the members are "full of enthusiasm and
pent up energy"
The Cass county grand jury returned
twenty eight indictments against "pig-
gers" One of them was against an
alderman of the city.
An attempt was made last week to
burglarize the store of J.. O. Sullivan at
Mandan. The plan was discovered but
the perpetrators escaped.
Pensions granted last week in the state
were as follows: Original-Ephriam
Fitterling and James D. Eaton. In
crease-John M. Wright.
Rev. Father Conaty, the gifted priest
in charge of st. Michael's church, Grand
Forks, was recently presented with a
horse, harness and buggy by his par
ishioners.
There is reason for believing that
Special Agent Mclean has selected, as a
site for the public building in Fargo, the
northwest corner of Roberts street and
FIRST avenue.
The government has approved of the
site for the new p~enitentiary at Grafton
and shortly after the first of the month
active building operations will COM
mence thereon.
Editor Britton of Washburn has been
solicited to move his plant to Park
River, Walsh county. They state to him
that with "his large outfit he would find
it a liberal town."
VIM. Higgins residence in Grand
Forks county was consumed by fire this
week. Mrs. Higgins was asleep in the
house when the flames broke out and
was burned to death.
Harry Burgess and c. L. Duff passed
the examinations at Washington last
week and will represent North Dakota
at the military academy at West point
for the next four years.
The taxes in the city of Grafton now
amount to 1924 per capita, according
to the News & Times. This is the reason
that paper is fighting the proposed bond
ing for water works extensions.
Messrs. Clark and Thornhill will open
a banking house in Steele July LIST. This
is an institution that that burg has stood
in need of for some time and they will
undoubtedly do we'll in the venture.
W. M. Grant, the erstwhile "local" fol-
the Grand Forks Herald, but who re.
signed that position to go with Quinn on
the Butte Miner, has turned up in Spo.
kane Falls and is o. the Chronicle Of
that city.
Sevort Anderson, postmaster at Belle.
vile, Grand Forks county, has resigned,
and he recommends Kent Monon as his
successor. Postmaster Smith at Hack.
cit, Barnes county, has resigned and the
Office will be discontinued.
E. M. Prouty, the we'll known stock
man of Grand Forks, claims that there is
not a sheep man in the northern part OF
the state but will put his profit the last
year at more than so per cent. and some
can show the figures for a clean 100 pei
cent.
The Walsh county papers and Major
Fleming of Cass county say that the
idea of drilling wheat and then c~nltivat
ing it, 10 being tried in Steele county
will prove a failure, as they had a lest O
the same thing last year. The result
was lots Of straw but no grain.
Hon. Ole Axvix, the leader of the las
house Of representatives, will deliver tn
Fourth of July Grafton at Cavalier, Penn
bina county. Those who we're so fortu
nate as to listen to the words of elo
quence and burning words Of wisdom
that dropped from his lips last white
will appreciate what a are intellectual
treat it will prove to be.
Farmer Underwood, Of LaMoure, ha1
invented a new pillow which seems to b
of practical utility. It is formed of Gil
cular discs, which tighten the draft, tur
over a beautiful furrow and the 1891 ca
seed the same time if he desires. Nj
Underwood has used the machine prat