Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-18

December 18th. It will be the finest
school building in Pembina county.
j. B. Sinclair of Bottineau, N. D., has
resigned as postmaster.
Grandin is literally swarming with
gamblers, and "sure thing" games.
VIM. Summerhouse pleaded guilty at
Grand Forks of striking Herman Wal
lace with a pair of tongs and was fined
$75.
The Dwight farm has shipped a large
amount of wheat, every car of which
has gone No. 1 hard, with two excep-
tions.
Insurance companies have declared
the jamestown fire department insufici-
ent and unless improved the rate of in
surance will be raised.
A band of 2,64O sheep have been
bought by authority of the interior de-
partment and placed on the Fort Berth
old reservation for the benefit of the In
dams.
Ringer and Jandell have just arrived
in Jamestown with $500 sheep, driven
from Idaho to Miles City and shipped
there by rail. Most of the flock are
market sheep.
The body of the little Schoeler girl
was found in the James river at James,
town Saturday. The mill dam was
opened and the current produced
brought the body to the top of the
| water. II
A German farmer by the name of
Alderman, living on the north line of
Mcintosh county lea youngstown, had
this misfortune Monday night to lose
by lightning a setting of six wheat
| stacks.
Rolla Star: Clerk of court Fritz an
nounces that he will make full citizens
out of probationers at the term of court
holden here on the 18th for $500. This
is quite a cut from Phillips old prices.
LaMoure Chronicles: Samuel Glover
had Az acres marked off to see what it
would yield-the prices having a remark
able heavy growth. He tells us he was
astounded to get 6s6::bushels,o or an average
of a trif1e over At bushels to the acre.
Judge Lauder has ordered a term Of
court for Sargent county, to begin No.
vember 3; one for Dickey county, to be-
gin November "a, and one for Ransom
county, to begin December Is. The term
for Richland county will be held some
time in January.
J.. W. Jandell, the Northern Pacific
elevator agent at Mapleton, corrects a
statement that he had instructions to
grade no wheat No. l hard. He says
that out of $4,000 bushels purchased he
has graded eight cars No. l northern and
one car No. 2 northern, the balance No. l
hard. =
Seldom Enterprise: From 152 acres
on Mrs. Karl Rudd's farm northeast of
town, Mr.. THRONES has threshed 4,14O
bushels, making an average yield of 81
bu. and 36 lbs. per acre. The greater
part of it graded No l hard and it is es-
timated that from the 500 acres $4,000
bu. will be threshed.
Foster County Independent: The first
threshing done in Foster county was on
the farm of j. G.. Duff. A fifty acre
field of wheat averaged 80 bushels and l
peck to the acre. A thirty acre field
yielded a little over 40 bushels to the
acre. All the grain on both fields was
No. 1 hard in quality.
Dawson Standards: On Saturday
afternoon, while hoisting coal in the
Northern Pacific shed, one of the young
men made a misstep and fell through
the opening left for that ~purpose-fall-
ing with the back of his head on the
track below-and was rendered uncon-
scious for some time. DR.. Stout was
summoned, and administered to his
wants. He is mending slowly.
Tom Delaney is now enjoying the
hospitality of Sheriff Heskin at Hills
boro. Whiskey is Toms worst enemy,
and last Saturday it played him a bad
trick. He had on his usual jag, and
Tom, in his usual liberal way, invited a
friend to take a pull from his bottle.
The friend not only took a pull from the
bottle, but had Tom pulled, and in de-
fault of $500 bail was committed to the
county jail. How's that for a prohibit?
Mandan Times: On Robert Welsh's
farm it has been demonstrated that ap-
pies can be successfully raised in this
country. Mr.. Welsh has a young or
chard which is just beginning to bear,
and the fruit is of a good size and fine
flavor. He has also euccoa1o1 in orou.