Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-06-03

II Tor the reason that / think BlRin
would hardly last out his term, aud the
We would be sure Ut a democratic presi
dent. See?
l.. A. Davis, the Dickinson under
taker, was in the city Wednesday, negoti
ating for the purchase of a hearse. Mr.
Davis drove from Dickinson to Mandan
to which point the hearse will b,
shipped; from there he will drive Il
Dickinson.
Pierre Capital: Up to the present the
river ut this point has shown no signs o
rising. This time last year it was be
tween six and seven feet above low
water mark and continued high, varying
from six to ten feet from that time up tc
the first of July. On account of the
cool spring experienced the rise will be
later than usual.
Senator Judson La Moure is in the
city-of course. what would a session
of the state legislature he without the
Tall Sycamore OF the Pemblnas," said
one of his many friends yesterday. All
the past winter Mr.. La Moure has beer
on the Pacific coast and if rnmor quotes
him correctly he has made 1t both pleas
ant and profitable.
Frank Burt, of Teller. came in Wednes
day. after Sheriff Donnelly, to arres.
some one whose name could not be
learned, who tried to commit suicide al
that place. The one who made the
suicidal attempt was partly insane, and
did succeed in shooting himself through
the lower jaw. Sheriff Donnelly left
Wednesday afternoon to get the wounde
person.
The case of the United States VS.
George Earl, postmaster Of Hull, n. D..
charged with pilfering from the mails
was heard before United States Com.
missioner Allen, Tuesday. A large mum.
Der Of witnesses were examined by the
United States. but the case was still un-
finished yesterday afternoon. and was
continued until 10 o'clock this morning
Stanton Pilot: The Mandan Plone.1
threatens to move the capital from Bis.
marck to the Red River valley all on &C,
count of the shabby treatment of the
West Missouri delegation at Grand
Forks. We hope that the Pioneer will
reconsider the hasty decree issued
against the wicked city as the Missouri
slope must hold to what they have got
and reach for more.
H. w. Bates: Prospects in Dickinson
are excellent. 1t is seldom you see
fewer than six teams, laden with wheat,
on the streets. A number of houses are
in coarse of construction, and the town
is CALMING a good solid growth. OF
course, had not the spring been so wet
aud backward, the wheat acreage would
have been extraordinarily large, but as
1t is the acreage is, l think, almost as
great as the average.
Observer Fallon: I have just been
figuring up the amount Of work that has
been done at this Office since the organi.
cation of the state weather service, and
| find that there have been 1901 circu-
lar letters, 1885 monthly weather
bulletins and 1850 weekly crop reports
issued. A total of 1896, and this repre-
sents 11,lS1 separate impressions, as each
of these weather and crop reports con-
tains several pages.
Emmons County Record: There will
be a social gathering at the Glencoe
church on June 8, to which every one is
invited. Fancy articles will be sold for
the benefit of the church. Father Sloan,
in his pleasant and interesting way, will
relate his experience at the battle of
Gettysburg, which is sure to be very in.
teresting and instructive. Father Sloan
was with Mcclellan during and after his
p%eninsular campaign.
August Dohoman, the young man
who shot himself through the lower jaw,
in q supposed attempt at suicide, was
brought to the city Friday by Sheriff
Connelly, pronounced insane by the
board Of insanity, and taken to James
town last night. Mr.. Donnelly says
Dohoman asked him to take him Do-
homan) out and shoot him, and that he
would never give him away if he would
do it. 1t is a sad case.
Sioux City Journal: The Missouri
river has commenced to recede again
and is carrying with it great chunks of
Covington and Stanton realty. The
bank has been falling in all along the
river front during the past few days. In
Covlngton it has been necessary to move
the handkerchief buildings back from
the river, and the white house annex
will have to be moved in a day or so if
the encroachments continue.
The jamestown United Workmen
have arranged to occupy the second floor
of the new opera house block when it is
completed, October j. A lease has been
secured from the Messrs. Lloyds at $500
per annum, and the order proposes to
furnish it's lodge-room in trst-clase
shape. Besides the hall, there is to be 8
banquet room, ante-room and closets, all
conveniently arranged and nicely fitted
up for social purposes.
George Walsh: 1 deny the statement
sent out over the wires a few days ago
that l was going to introduce an Gle.
vator bill in this session. l am irving
to enforce the law as ! find it. Ny ex.
perlence has shown me that the present
law is defective in many particulars and
should be amended, bat it is for the leg.
islature to take this matter in charge
not me. II any person wants any point.
ers on the law go to our annual report
The crop prospects for the state are
becoming encouraging. The Mayvillt
Tribune says that thousands of acres O.
future No. l hard is now above grounl
in Trail county, looking exceedingl,
promising. 1t would be expecting tot
much to look forward to such a r a!
was harvested in 81, yet the condition.
we're not as flattering last spring as the,
are to-day. The ground is prepared {,
give unprecedented yields if the weathe