Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-06-10
AROUND THE STATE.

AROUND SfAIE.
|. The mailsack, thrown off at Wheat
land, from train No: l Thursday morn
ing, was robbed of money orders and
| other valuable papers.
Secretary Noble has rendered a decision
in favor of Hon. w. E. Purcell, Of Wah-
peton and against the Northern Pacific
railway. Purcell took a track of land
under the homestead law within the
Northern Pacific indemnity limit and
the company sought to GUST him. He
has made a long, expensive fight for the
land. His victory is a notable one.
A New York gentleman, who was on.
the Northern Pacific train which came
in from the east at 6 o'clock last even
ing, said that when the train was at
Staples a vote of the passengers as to
their preference for president was taken.
There we're forty-eight votes cast, twen-
ty-three were for Blaine, nine for Harri-
son, eleven for Cleveland, three for Hill
and the rest scattering.
jamestown Alert, June l.: The case
of tho State vs.. Lillethum, of Valley
City, was heard yesterday before Judge
Rose. 1t was a case of the usual blind
pig variety. The defendant was charged
with selling liquor, and upon a hearing
before M magistrate the case was dis
missed. The defendant being again
| o1orra1 with thu cor,a ofFnrco woc
brought before another magistrate but
claimed he could not be held in bail for
the same. %otfense by a different magis.
trate. Judge Ross decided otherwise,
and the defendant was bound over to ap-
pear for a future trial.
Fargo Republican, June 1: At 9
o'clock this morning the case of Florence
, H. Buckley VS.. Patrick M. Buckley was
:, called in the district court. G. A. Pol
= lock is attorney for Mrs. Buckley, M.
, A. Hildreth for defendant. Mrs. Buck
= Icy sues for an absolute divorce from
. her husband and for the custody of their
. only child and for one-half of the pro-
= :, perty which is said to be worth about
- $4,000. She desires a separation on
' the ground that Mr.. Buckley is given to
. intoxication, that he abuses and NAL
' treats her and refuses to support her.
This case has been hanging fire for some
time. There was nothing especially in
teresting about the testimony to-day, but
= it is rumored there may be tomorrow,
It is said that about half of the business
men of Bufft'o have been s%ubponaed as
witnesses.
H. G. Southland in Fargo Argus: ]
q have not resigned as president of the
. Worlds Fair board, and do. not Intend
to do so yet awhile. As to that affair o.
RuckeH, you can say that the letter Sent
to the Forum was false in every particu,
20 lar so far as it referred to myself anc
was simply the malicious gliding which
is to be expected from that source. With
70 their usual courtesy at SUCH times the
i proprietors of the Forum sent a copy o.
20 yesterdays issue to my house. I regre
- beyond measure that I should have beer
implicated in a scene, but I do not SET
b that anyone can be considered in faul1
because a stupid rowdy chooses to abuse
.. him in a public place. It was evidently
a pre-arranged affair. Rucker arrived
on the morning train and shortly after
~ wards called me over to a corner ani
charged me with having got him into
trouble with Senator Mccormack o
Grand Forks over the introduction O
~ the Worlds Fair bill. Without any I'm
9, necessary delay he informed me VIVA
he thought of my character in blanl
verse. Before I had time to get world
70 fairly out of my mouth, e%mbodying m.
estimate of his veracity, I found mysel
thrown to the floor, with the honorable
~ gentleman on top, where he lay quietl.
81 until he concluded to get up. There
70 we're no blows struck. I did not strik'
him or his valuable hat; he did no
~ strike or attempt to strike me. He sim
10 ply threw his whole weight unexpected
ly upon me, bearing me to the floor an(
then evidently waited for som one t.
tear him off. Rucker returned at nigh
- and I assume accomplished everything
he had in mind Wien he went there. I
- was a silly, disgraceful farce, and ye
- nothing which I could have avoided.
have said nothing of this before ant
i, would not now had it not become 81
public already.
Announcement.
10 STERLING, May II, 1892.
70 To the voters Of Burleigh county:
hereby that I will be
candidate for county superintendent
1e Of schools at the election June 21st.
TO FRANK E. RAWLINGS.
A Bismarcker sends the TRIBUNE tn
=, following account of the Montana stag
IL robbers, which occurred on the I'd and 81
: insts. The tri-weekly stage, which run
between Billings, and Great Falls, wi
= T,ovino ond .TThot moo hold nm loo