Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-11-20
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Stock shipments continue heavy in
defiance of the cold weather.
The Abner O'Neal crew we're paid of
at the Sheridan house Wednesday after
noon
Never was the city so we'll supplied
with ~fruit-canned and fresh. Every
grocery in town has a we'll filled cellar.
John johnson has severed his connec'
ton with the Washburn stage route and
left for st. Paul Wednesday. Ole
Gradin of Washburn takes his place as
driver
M. ". Hutchinson has charge of the
receivers department in the land office
during the absence of Mr.. Fisher.
Myron has been in the office a long time
and thoroughly understands the work.
The total eclipse of the moon Sunday
night was witnessed by a great many
people, Notwithstanding the extreme
cold and wind. The sky was clear and a
perfect view of the phenomena was had
The river is frozen. There are in port
only the two Benton line boats, the
Rosebud and Bachelor. The govern
ment boats, Josephine and Mandan are
up river about five miles and anchored
near the west bank.
Claud Holley: I think that dispatch
regarding my mother instituting a libel
suit must have been a mistake. I am in
correspondence with her all the time and
knew nothing of it. Her book is enjoy
ing a good sale all through South Da-
kota.
A Vermillion dispatch says that Mrs.
Frances Holley, author of 'Once Their
Homes" etc., has sued the Republican of
that city for libel. The ground of the
charge is not stated, but if it was simply
, a criticism of the cuts in the book, the
charge of libel cannot be maintained.
Mandan Times: Friday evening of
last week some person fired seven
shots through the windows of Frank
Schurmier's house, but luckily none of
the inmates were hit, though some had
narrow escapes. The party who did
the shooting will be placed under arrest.
Sunday while a high wind was raging
at Bismarck and the thermometer
was down about zero, the Red River val
ley was being swept by a still more Sc
we're storm accompanied by a heavy fall
of snow. All threshing operations are
stopped for the time being all over the
state.
Marshal Price in Fargo Republican:
l have here a head of a mountain sheep
and Il white tailed deer. You see they
are elegantly mounted. The work was
done by Allen, the Mandan taxidermist,
and the heads were sent to me by How
ard Eaton: who has a ranch forty miles
from Medora.
Captain Sims, in charge of the Abner
O'Neal, came down from Painted Woods
Wednesday, where the Abner O'Neal is
frozen in the ice with a cargo Of wheat
on board. Manager J. M. Turner said it
would be impossible to get the boat to
this point this fall unless the ice now in
the river thaws out.
A heavy stock train left Bismarck
about 8 o'clock Sunday night. Seven
teen cars of cattle were shipped from
Mandan and eight from here. E. Cor
liss of Spencer, Ia, shipped seven cars
from here and j. M. Pace one car. En-
CINE No. IS doubled with the train from
this point to Sterling.
A dispatch from Washington says:
Hon. N. G. Ordway, ex-governor of Da.
kota territory, is quite ill in Boston. He
was taken sick a few days ago while on
his way to Washington, and the physi.
clans would not allow him to finish the
journey. He is improving and will ar.
rive here in a few days.
Emmons County Record: Last Mon.
day little Goldie, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. D. Smith, living in Burleigh
county, nea Glencoe, fell from a pony
and broke her arm. On the same day g
similar accident happened to a little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Smith
living south of Glencoe, in this county
There being no demand, and the sup
ply being SO enormous, probably one.
quarter of the potatoes raised in Bur.
leigh county this year will not be dug
nor one-half of the cabbages, turnips
beets and other vegetables, pulled. JUS
think of it--Adam Mann had over 2O(
bushels of potatoes on one-half acre O.
ground.
North Dakota, the land of plenty, will
be a paradise in the eyes of immigrants
next spring. The boom in Washington
has fallen. A dispatch from Puyallur
WASH, says: Reports that men ar.
wanted in Washington to work on new
industries, are incorrect. The money
market caused everything to shut dowr