Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-12-30
The $ismarek Tribnme.
CITY AND COUNTY.

CITY AND COUNTY,
A number Of recruits for the Twenty
second infantry passed through the city
on Mondays delayed train. I
Former Bismarckers. who have rela
tives in the city, are arriving daily te
pass the Christmas holidays.
The cuts of Hon. G. N. Dahl anc
John Yegen appear in the recent holiday
edition of the Grand Forks News.
The schools closed yesterday for the
Christmas vacation, and the younger
children are correspondingly happy.
A leap year party to be given by the
young ladies of the city, is said to be
one Of the social events of Christmas
week.
Very little will be done in the legis.
lature until after the election of q United
States senator, which does not occur till
the 18th.
The Mandan Pioneer has it that
Lieutenant Day has been ordered to
Fort Mckinney, Wyoming, to build a
telegraph line.
It is said that next Tuesday an appli-
cation is to be made to Governor Burke
to pardon Jim Cummings who is now
in the penitentiary.
The gamlns are enjoying this fine
weather and their school vacation to the
full in skating, coasting and hitching
onto passing sleighs.
All the water hydrants in the city
have been banked up to keep out Jack
Frost. A test reveals the fact that they
are all in working trim.
Sufficient snow has fallen here to
cover the ground and thus do away with
the old saying that "A green Christmas
makes q fat graveyard"
During the week the steam was
turned on in the new heating apparatus
in the Lamborn hospital, and the build
ing is now heated to perfection.
Leonard Bell read an excellent
essay at the high school exercises re-
Gently, on the early history of Bismarck,
which is worthy of preservation.
Invitations for the inaugural were
printed yesterday. These are for distin-
guished citizens outside of Bismarck
only. No invitations for Bismarckers.
Bob Wallace: Who will be my Sue.
cessor as public examiner? I don't know,
but I have heard it will be M. D. Will
Jams, president of the Farmers alli-
ance.
Three large boxes of grain from
Darlington, Foster county, came in by
freight Thursday, and will he taken in
charge by Mr.. Marshall, to prepare it
for exhibit.
VIM. Pennell Friday received news
from Yonkers, N. Y, of the death of his
brother Frank. Frank wa one of the
old timers on the slope, having lived
here in 1894.
Governor Burke has issued a procla-
nation prescribing %regulations COVER
ing the Importation Of southern cattle
into North Dakota, Such cattle must
Undergo a rigid inspection.
The holiday edition of the Grand
Forks News contains q cut of Miss
Jessamine Slaughter of Bismarck, and
a very clever mention of the literary
work Of the talented young lady,
Aaron H. Keene of New England City,
Heinrlck Permann Of Richvllle and Ed
ward Braddock Of Daken made home
stead entries and David Honke of
Keene P. o. final homestead proof
tetday,
Grand Forks Herald: Attorney-Gen-
eral. elect Standish is in the city, a guest
at the Northern. He leaves for Bismarck
in a day or two. General Standish will
be one of the busiest men at the capital
this winter.
Grand Forks Herald: M. L. McCor-
mack returned from Chicago yesterday.
He goes to Bismarck Sunday. Mrs. Nc
Cormack, who is now in st. Paul, will
meet him at Fargo and accompany him
to Bismarck.
Sheriff Stenshoel was up from Valley
City, Saturday, with one John Lynch,
whom Judge Rose has sentenced to re-
main with Warden Haggart for a period
of six months and ruminate over his
transgressions.
Landlord Kihm is making extensive
arrangements for the incoming throng
of members, visitors and the like, and
the old Sheridan house will once more
be the scenes of an active, bustling
senatorial crowd.
The railroad ice house is being filed
to the top with concealed aqua and will
be used next summer to cool of thirsty
and perspiring section men and Incl.
dentally to ice the refrigerator cars
bound for the west.
It would be we'll for advertisers to re-