Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-02-19
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and will return soon.
But little snow is reported in the upper
Knife river valley, and cattle are winter
ing nicely.
The Fargo Republican says Editor
Winship has joined Denny Hannitin's
suicide club as one of the iucurables.
Owing to the absence of Mr.. Ecklnnd,
the meeting of the county commits
sioners was adjourned till march 7th.
Chas. H. Winston of Glascock made
proof on his homestead Thursday, and
Robert Weber did likewise on Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Martha Weller has been appoint
ed postmistress at Weller, to succeed her
husband, whose term as postmaster OK
PRED a few weeks ago.
It is learned that Lieutenant Clark
Twelfth Infantry, of Fort Yates, will
soon leave for New York where he has
been detailed on recruiting service for a
couple of years.
Harvey Harris: I got a letter Thurs
day from a party out west asking me to
sell a Burleigh county farm for him. In
less than one hour from the time I re-
ceived the letter l had sold the farm.
The Leighton estate, composed Of
seventy two lots in Flaunery & Wether-
by's addition to the city of Bismarck,
was sold Thursday at auction by Admin
i~strator Harris to P. E. Byrne at an
average of SO per lot.
jamestown Capital: A m has
been published in the newspapers that
Alexander Hughes will return to Bis
marck to act as local attorney for the
Northern Pacific railroad, and that Judge
Francis, present attorney, will be trans
ferred to Missoula, Montana.
Manager Turner of the Mandan mills
writes to Mclean county: "We hope
the boat will come through the breakup
all right, so we can do business with
Mclean county friends again." This in
answer to a query about storing wheat
at Coal Harbor for sale in spring.
Who is shipping game out of North
Dakota contrary to law? The game
warden at Chicago writes to the secre'
tary of state informing him that parties
are shipping venison and other game tc
the Chicago market and asking that the
various county authorities be notified.
J. B. Glascock: The statement in re.
gard to my treatment to dumb brutes
in part, is true. While I was detained
here John Anderson, my nearest neigh
Dor, said he saw my son-in-law, VIM
Brittin, in regard to taking care of my
horses and he agreed to take care of them
According to the Minneapolis Tribune
Indian Agent Murphy of Fort Berth
old, has filed his answer to the charges
made against him by Hon. John Satter.
lund of Mclean county and that every
thing is satisfactory to the department
It is learned, locally, that some of the
charges we're Of a serious nature, n Of
them standing in with contractors fol
seed grain," etc. The major is a clever
fellow and his friends believe he can ex
plain everything satisfactorily.
Requisition papers are wanted by
the sheriff of Langlade county, Mime
sofa, for Charles LarzeIere, formerly
county treasurer of that county but now
living in Darlington, North Dakota
Larzelere is a defaulter to the extent O.
$4,000 and has been traced for three
years-frst to Wisconsin then to Duluth
and finally, through a letter from a CIR
who went away with him, to Darlington
He will be taken back to Amigo fol
trial.
A rear-end collision occurred on the
Northern Pacific Sunday night, nea:
Apple Creek. A broken wheel on tn
first section of a freight train going west
caused the train to be stopped, and tn
second section, which was running clos
behind, ran into the first, but the speet
had been reduced SO that the train wa
running slowly when the collision oc
cured. The caboose and one car of tn
first section was knocked off the trucks
but further than that no damage wa
done, and no one was hurt.
Grafton Record: Sheriff Cropan say
the prisoners that he took to BismarcI
last week are in safe hands till the ex
piration of their term. Henry Ladd OK
poets that the people in this vicinity vii
interest themselves in his behalf an
take can to secure his early pardon
Mr.. Cronan says the prison is kept il
fine condition by Warden G. w. Hae
CART. The great difficulty is that Their
is no work fer the ifty-eight convict
now there. OF these convicts only on
is a woman, Agnes Baldwin of Devil
Lake.
Deputy Cathro: The state board O
directors of the state normal school
met Tuesday at Mayville, and listene