Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-08-26
Sweet Revenge.

Sweet Revenge.
The facts which led to the purchase
of the Benjamin hotel at Dawson, which
have just come to light, are interesting.
The Benjamin hotel is one of the largest
along the line of the road, and was built
at a n original cost of $4,000. One of
the rooms was occupied by a wealthy
little German, George Knapp by name,
who, it seems, is quite fond of his beer,
as are all Germans, and believing in the
'certain ~inalienable rights which" are
born to every man, he thought, as long
as he had rented the room it was his
privilege to keep a case of beer therein,
and take a drink whenever he pleased.
He did this, accordingly, and all went
we'll until the lady of the house dis
covered the amber fend. She became
highly lncensed, and gently lifted the
whole case and dropped it out of the
window, a proceeding by the way, which
was very destructive to the beer.
She then remarked that "she guessed
she would clean up that room hereafter"
and went out. Knapp sat there and
viewed the whole proceeding, placidly
smoking a cigar the while. He didn't
say much but did an extraordinary
great amount of thinking and finally
came to the conclusion that it might be
a pretty good idea for him to "clean up
that room" himself. Imbued with this
idea, he got on the train, came up to
Bismarck and purchased the hotel from
E. 81. Wilson, the owners agent. Then
he went back, told the woman who had
wasted 30 much good beer, of what he
had done, and proceeded to GUST the
whole concern, the woman along with
the rest. He will from now forth keep
in his room just what he pleases, and
the hotel will be managed under his
supervision.
Too Bad.
Some time last spring q German
named Sohlieper, who lives up in Nc
Lean county, took up a pair Of stray
horses which he found roaming around
through his fields. He advertised them
in the Mclean county papers, and took
care of them for several months, during
which time no n claimed them. About
a week ago, however, a stranger arrived
at Schlieper's place from the Turtle
Mountain region and claimed the horses.
He said he was willing to pay for the
advertisements but refused to pay
Schlieper for having taken care of
them.
As a result, Schlieper refused the
stranger possession of the horses. That
night the animals were stolen from
Schlieper's pasture, and next morning,
when the stranger came again to demand
possession Of the animals, Schlieper
couldn't produce them. The stranger,
accordingly went to Washburn and
filed suit against him for the value of
the horses.
This placed Schlieper in a bad po-
sition, so he came down into this section
of Burleigh county to find someone with
a knowledge of legal lore sufficient to get
him out of the scrape. He found one,
finally, and advanced him SIS, as a re-
tainer, with instructions to be on hand
at Washburn at 2 p.Im., on Tuesday
last. .-r.a
This the counsel agreed to do. He Sc
cured a team and started for Washburn.
Before he got very far on his journey,
however, the team ran off, throwing him
out, and, breaking loose from the buggy,
ran like the wind toward home. The
traveller had a buggy but no team, go it
was impossible for him to proceed. He