Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-07-14
burned badly, and the crop will not be a

good one.
Nels White received a telegram Tues.
day afternoon that his little son
Terry, who is visiting out in Dickinson,
had had his eye shot out by a comrade
while playing with a slung shot. 1t is
thought the injury will not be danger
GUS, but it will be exceedingly unfortu-
nate for the little fellow.
The county board Of equalization met
pursuant to adjournment Tuesday
morning. Only n petition for reduc.
ton was presented, that OF Webb Bros,
asking for a reduction in the valuation
of the lots where Whites barn stands.
The board adjourned until this morning
without doing any business.
A. n. Leslie: The Mandan Pioneer
is mistaken. l was not n Of the judges
in the horse races on the Fourth, but
had I been my decision would have been
the came as that of those who were
judges. The Pioneer is right in nj
thing-I am writing a book on horses,
but not on kicking mules or asses.
The board Of university and school
lands was in session at the capitol Tues
Gay. The principal business before
them was the examination of requests
from school districts for the purchase O:
district bonds. and about $1,000 worth of
bonds were purchased from the several
districts throughout the state, out of the
permanent tuition fund.
The dog ordinance went into effect
Monday, and, wonderful to relate. in
the middle of the afternoon a searching
glance up and down the principal streets
failed to reveal a single dog. But three
licenses have been paid over to the city
clerk, and the ordinance seems to have
a salutary effect in keeping the num-
berless CANNES at home.
Bishop Walker came in from the west
Sunday night and delivered an interest
ing sermon to a large congregation at
the Episcopal church. Confirmation
and baptismal services we're held after
the services, Mrs. P. c. Remington and
Mrs. Jones being confirmed, and the two
children Of MI. and Mrs. I. p. Baker and
the child of Mr.. and Mrs. J.. w. Lucas
being baptized.
Bishop Walker will preach and hold
confirmation in St. Georges church,
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. A recep.
ton for Bishop Walker was intended to
be given on Saturday evening in Man
dan, at the hospitable residence of Mr..
and Mrs. H. R. Lyon. On account of
the bishop not being able to be present,
at the appointed time the reception has
been postponed.
NJ. H. Kif of Tower City, was yester-
day appointed member Of the board If
management of the Mayville Normal
school vice Ole Serumgard, who re-
signed some weeks ago. Col. Jno. D..
Black Of Valley City, was also appointed
chairman Ct the board of commissioners
of the soldiers home at Lisbon. w. F.
Crewe of Devils Lake, to be district
veterinarian for the second district was
another appointment.
Secretary Dahl: We had a pleasant
trip with the railroad commissioners,
Arrived at Dickinson at about midnight
and remained there until about 6 o'clock
this morning, when we took q u out
to the Bad Lands, and took in the
sights there for about an hour. Senator
McGillivray accompanied us back as far
as Mandan. Superintendent Phelan
was with the train over his division, and
the officials we're all obliging.
J. A. Field of Sykeston, whose is a
familiar face in Bismarck, looks for big
crops down in Wells county. He ex-
poets to harvest twenty-five bushels to
the acre, and, in standardization of his
report, he tells the jamestown Alert that
Saturday night a harrow was left in the
field where he had been planting squaw
corn; by Monday morning the corn was
up and covered the beam of the harrow.
Wells county crops are no doubt as
sured.
Is your name Marsh? Or are you de-
scended from any one of that name. If
so you are invited to attend a gathering
Of the Marsh Family association of
America, which includes all the Marshes
it the country. The TRIBUNE has q card
from Col. Lucius B. Marsh, who is
president of the association, and who in.
vites all by the name of Marsh to attend
the eighth gathering and picnic at Lake
Pleasant, Montague, Mass, Wednesday,
July 26th.
Senator Worst: Crops down in EN-
mons? Well, after taking in the coun-
try around Glendale and in that neigh
borhood, I I'M inclined to think n
crops out here are all right. In some
spots our fields are burned, but as a
general thing the crops are fair. Down
on the edge of Burleigh county, on the
towns ~ Monono11 Tonooov So,1o,,