Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-02-03
on VARIOUS THINGS
Writes The Tribune Correspondent,
For the Edification of Many
Readers.
Beginning of the Fifth Week Of
the Legislature and Its
Fruits.
Mr.. Portner Dies at the Lamborn
Hospital Last Evening
Other News.
Matters Legislative.

Matters Legislative.
Yesterday marked the opening Of the
fifth week Of the legislative session. The
members rested pleasantly over Sunday.
and all of them who were not excused or
otherwise absent. answered to their names
in roll call. They looked bright and
CHEEKY as they sat in their cushioned seats
and ate popcorn and apples. and seemed
at peace with all the world. Some Of
them, l noticed, had quite severe colds.
They were very atfectionate colds, and
they stayed by the members closer than
brothers and refused to be shaken off.
There are many remedies for colds. but
one of the most generally used and
which seems to afford the greatest
satisfaction and relief is composed of quiz
nine and whiskey.-one grain of quinine
10 a quart OF whlskey, the quinine for ex-
ternal and the whiSkey for internal use.
This remedy never fails to do away with
both the cold and the whiskey. A great
man! people are charming snakes in the
%poorhouse this winter who will furnish
oS ~ SnS
of whiskey in many cases.
notice that a great many of the letters
which the members of the legislature
are sending out to their anxious con-
stituents, bear upon their snow
white surfaces the Columbian stamps
OF which SO much has been
cent cause Of more Comment than anything
within my recollection. They are very
beautiful things, the Columbian stamps.
combining the more marked characteristics
of the porous plaster and the circus poster,
and at the same time preserving their iden-
tity as postage stamps. They were in
vented by Columbus and Postmaster Cen
eral Wanamaker. Mr.. Columbus furnish
ing the facts upon which the designs are
based, and MI. Wanamaker furnishing the
consent Of the government to their produc-
ton. The stamps are Of different values.
and each denomination has a picture of
some one of the happenings in the life of
the GenOese discOverer.
These pictures are nearly life size. and
would, If framed. pass as oil paintings. l
do not think Columbus had anything
directly 10 do with getting them UP. but
both he and Mr.. Wanamaker have oh
tanned a great deal Of notoriety out of the
transaction. The rumor that the stamp
windows in the various pcstofices would
have to be enlarged, to permit Of the pass
ing out Of those new stamps has been
Indignantly denied by the postOfice de-
some one who has a grievance against the
federal government.
Last evening as l stood in the center Of
a coterie of brilliant and gifted person
ages, and watched the intellectual
faces of the solGns as they fitted to and
fro, my attention was called to the marked
resemblance which exists between Senator
Vnhn HlIrRo nf pnIo orG 1JatrS11r y.r-,
For the benefit Of those who are not ac-
quainted with him, it may be stated that
Mr.. Henry was gentleman who made
speeches while the revolutionary wal was
in progress and said, Give me liberty or
give me DEATH" After he died he became
quite famous. and q great many first
readers now have his name in them, to.
Burke is not quite SO old as Mr.. Henry,
but he has the same caste of features, and
some of his features are almost identi-
cal with those which Patrick used
y to carry around in his valise when he went
around and made speeches in the Metho-
dist CHURCHES and the white heat of excite.
ment. OF course, MI. Henry never served
in the North Dakota legislature, and in
this Mr.. Burke has the great advantage o.
him, but Notwithstanding all these differ
ences, old timers say that t. look at Senator
Burke is almost like having Patrick Henry
among us again.
The weather is somewhat colder this
week than it was last. l learn this from
careful consultation Of the thermO etel
and of my left ear, the present condition OF
which leads me to the belief that it has
been out in some very cold weather.
The members do not affect the neglige
attire which was so universal last week
A great many of them now affect over
coats and gloves. the thermometer went
dnUn tn III h0Inuy StrnNop nnrr,s 1-l nj
latest reports had not come up yet. It is
said that several senatorial candidates
have been already frozen out of the race
but l am inclined to disbelieve the rum0r
There is a great deal of money in the
city. at this present time, other thar tina,
which W myself. l was allowed Sun.
DAY night, by a person who was almost a
gaze to rest for a few moments on severa!
thousand dollars in cold. hard, greenbacks
1t was a solemn scene. In the presence OF
so much money everyone who was presen,
was dumb. Two newspaper men whC
rushed in upon us unexpectedly, tainted
bills: | reached out my hand, just to touch
the little pile and stroke il soothingly
down the back. But the owner pushed
me gently, but firmly away, as though he
feared | might absorb a portion of his
wealth. THE RoMANcEE.
Mrs. Standish's Father Dead,
Word was received by the family of At
tornev General Standjsh yesterday morn.
ing, OF the sudden lcath of the father OF
Mrs. Standish, Thos. w. Seward of Utica
n. Y. Mr.. Seward was a man in the prime
of life and health. but was suddenly
stricken down with apoplexy. Mrs
Standish left on last evenings train fOl
Utica. to attend the funeral.
A Sad Decease.
Mrs. Hiram C. P0rtner, who arrived in
the city some weeks ago, tor medical
treatment, died at the Lamb0rn hospital
at s O'Clock last evening.
Mrs. POrtner was the wife of II. G.
POrtner, the auditor of Logan county, and
a daughter of Gen. j. X. Taylor of Reeds.
vile, Pa. She had been married but 0ne
short year. and a resident of North Da.
kOta but a short time. One OF those kind
and lOvable women. who are always and
by all beloved, she possessed, in her home
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