Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-01-13

and Sheriff BinCenheimer chased him
but on investigation it was found that the
cause OF the fall was the slipperyness of
| the ground and not the deadly bullet. 1t
is safe to predict that White won't see
much of the outside of the Jail before court
meets.
| Fargo Forum: Arthur BasSett, chair
man of the legislative committee of the
| North Dakota Firemen'S association, al
nounces thai there will be a meeting of the
committee at Bismarck about Jan. 81, in
the interests of the association, and re
| quests each department to send a delegate
to attend the meeting of the committee.
1t is also advised that President j. NJ.
Edgerley. of Bismarck. call a meeting OF
the executive board.
DR.. De Vaux' of Valley City is in Bis
marck interviewing Governor Shortridge
relative to the action of the new admins
tration on the quarantine service. The
quarantine law passed by the national
government provides for an efficient SER
vice for each state with the latter's co.
operation, ana 1t is for the purpose of
securing proper legislation in the matter
that the doctor visits the capital at this
time. Since the Manitoba smallpox scare
DR.. De EauX. as state superintendent of
health, reports 800 emigrants as having
entered the state and ninety persons quar-
antined. Governor ShOrtridge is said to
feel especially interested in the matter and
approves the superintendent plan of
action.
Col. W. II. Brown of Grand Forks, writes
to have the TRIBUNE sent to him. He
wants to keep posted on the senatorial
razzle dazzle. and ADDS: Il figure the SEN
atorial situation a free fight for all, and
after due consideration l don't believethey
have hit the right man yet. SO If you run
across any one who is a friend of mine that
las a vote that he has not promised to any
to vote for. l will come down and open up
headquarters with a barrel full. l won't
say OF what. but it shall be full"
A correspondent of the TRIBUNE. writ
ing from Kentucky to inquire about the
climate here. states that the thermometer
was S degrees below zero on the 2Sth of
December. The extremes of the tempera-
ture on that day in Bismarck was Is below
and II above zero. or a mean temperature
of l below zero. That is not a bad show
ing Tor a locality in so much higher a lati.
tude than that OF our correspondents home.
The weather in North Dakota this winter.
taken as a whole. has compared favorably
with that of almost any of the northern
parts of the union. 1t is a good state to flee
to in order to escape the terrible storms of
New York. representing the east and Colo
RADIO. representing the middle states.
Senator Mccormack: l see in the &C.
count of the completion of the Great North
ern road that the great enterprise of build.
ing the Pacific extension was started Fri
day, October 20, 1890, at Harvre, and con-
tinued from Spokane, Friday. July l9,
1892, and is now completed OF the same
day of the week, which caused Mr.. Shields
to say Friday is the Great Northern's lucky
day. This calls to mind some incidents OF
twenty-five years ago. Jim Hill started
out Captain Griggs for the Red river from
st. Paul on Friday in the summer of 20 to
build a steamboat. The contract for build
ing the boat at McCaullyville was let on
Friday to Frazee and the building was be-
gun on Friday: the boat was launched on
Friday: started down the river on Friday
ana there never was a more lucky boat
than the little Selkirk. She made a hun
dred thousand dollars for her owner. Yes,
Friday is Jim Hills lucky day.
The Washington Post publishes in full
the TRlBUSE's article of some weeks ago,
relative to the queer history of one Jacob
Barry, and adds the following from the
wife Of the man who died alone and among
strangers: Mrs. Barry, who lives at 42a
Fifth street northwest. says: Il am hearty
thankful to those kind friends of the west
who have so generously interested them.
selves in my behalf, and who have
forwarded me all the papers, letters in my
own hand writing and pictures from my
dead husband. and which are fully identi-
fed; and particularly to Mr.. Barrett. city
clerk Of Bismarck, n. D., and the Daily
men who forwarded their own afidavits
to Mr.. Barrett, through whom they were
sent to me. And as a soldiers widow.
further desire to thank those brave
soldiers, Generals Rosencrans, Kelton and
Raum. who voluntarily aided me in my
darkest hours"