Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-09-30
He Was Curious.

AroAU W tuo railway tlCk0C Clerk Inc post
master or his clerk is probably the tar
get for more questions than any other
living person. A sad eyed man, with a
wild yearning for miscellaneous morsels
of information, entered the front door of
the postoffice yesterday morning and
took his stand at a delivery window.
He paused a moment, to prepare for the
propounding of his census like inter-
rogatories, and then began:
"Mail in yet?" he queried.
mo, it isn't" was the answer.
"Train late, probably" he suggested
meekly.
"The train is due here at 1922, and it
is now 10 o'clock. I am of the opinion
that it is a little behind time" was the
reply.
"Does look that way, doesn't it?" adj
mltted the sad eyed man, with a feeble
smile. "Aay idea of what is the mat
teri" he interrogated further.
"None, except that the train is run
ming behind time" announced the clerk,
with a benevolent expression on his face
as he gratuitously impaired this bit OF
valuable information.
"Yes, I suppose so," responded the
interrogation. "Now, about what time is
the train liable to Gomez"
"About II O'clock" replied the clerk,
"juet wait a moment and I'll run over
and find out for you," he continued,
with a slightly sarcastic smile. t
"Oh, no; thank you," i~nterposed the
outsider, as the sarcasm slid from him
like water from a duck. "We won't get
any mail then until the train comes IMP"
he finally added.
"We are hardly likely to, as it is the
mail train," explained the clerk kindly
and considerably, "unless they send it
ahead by special train. If they do this,
we will let you know. Is that all, sir?"
The sad eyed man went down into his
pocket, fshed up a worn one. cent piece
and purchased a stamp. IF l put this
on this letter, and seal 1t, and it goes in
the next mail and it isn't delayed on the
road. what time will it get TO Miss Mary
Jones in Philadelphia, provided"
But the clerk had tainted, and the sad
eyed man went away with a grave, peace.
full smile on his countenance.
Crop Bulletin.
Another week of warm, dry weather
has prevailed. The temperature has
averaged daily about ten degrees above
the normal, while the rainfall was too
small to be of any hindrance to farm
work. In consequence of these condi-
tons threshlng mas been carried on un-
interruptedly, so that at date at least
one-half of the grain is in the bin, and
that not stacked safely in stack. The
warm weather has also been conducive
to a rapid ripening of corn, and n
more week of good weather will out all
in condition to cut. The only bad result
OF the long continued absence of rain is
that the ground is becoming very hard,
making fall blowing difficult, and a
slight ~sufferance to potatoes from
drought in the western portion of the
state.
The following reports of average
yields of grain are received this week:
Barnes county, Valley City: Wheat, Is
to 16; barley, IS to Is; oats, so. Benson
county, Minnewaukon: Wheat, Is to
25; oats, 40 to rs. Cass county, Tower
City: Wheat, about IL; Wild Rice:
Wheat, IS; oats, 45; barley, 80; potatoes,
$50. Logan county, Napoleon: Wheat,
6 to II; barley, 20 to IS; oats, Is to IS.
Mcintosh county, Ashley: Wheat, 10.
Mclean county, Coal Harbor: Wheat,
IS; oats, 80. Nelson county, Bue:
Wheat, 20. Ramsey county, Church's
Ferry: Wheat, l6. Richland county,
Power: Wheat, 10 to 90; oats, 80; rye,
%; barley, only about one-halt crop
though quality is very fine. Seymour:
Wheat, 10; oats, so to 70. Walsh county,
Cashel:' Wheat, 8 to 20; Edinburgh:
Wheat, 5 to Is. Ward county, Minot:
Wheat, 20; oats, 40.
Normal precipitation for the past week
about .35 of an inch. The following re-
ports of rainfall for the same period are
received: Bismarck, trace; Fort Buford,
trace; Valley City, .06; Church's Ferry,
.O7; Dickinson, trace.
The correspondent at Fort Buford,
Williams county, reports that severe
prairie fires prevailed in his vicinity
from the Goth to the 22d, which de,
stroyed a considerable quantity of hay
stacked for winter feeding near Willis
ton, same county.
The Republican Rally at Mandan,
Upon three hours notice Moaday a
we'll filled car of people from Bismarck
went over to the republican rally at
Mandan last evening. Senator Worst
opened the campaign with one Of his
/ hest offorfr ond tho u,ook;no' -, $780,