Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-08
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Information Gathered from the Bismarck
Tribune of Aug. 20, 1873.

Tribune of Aug. 20, 1873.
Capt. Seth Bonney, editor of the Fargo
Express, injured by being thrown from
Il carriage in Fargo....C ass County
Agricultural society elected following
officers: President, J. Holes; vice.presi-
dent, NJ B. Pinkham; secretary, E. J.
Keeney; treasurer, VIM. H. Teverett;
directors, A. McHench, f. Pinkham,
Geo. Egbert, S. V. Harvey, A. S. Har-
wood. Familiar names these. .. VIM.
Woods appointed sheriff of Bu1leigh
county by the commissioners. John
Mason a father-frst child born in Bis.
marck ....T The Kountz & Coulson line Of
steamers dissolve-the former making
Bismarck headquarters .... Wheat 81 a
bushel. ..Thos. Van Etten's family ar
rive and settle on the claim adjoining
town (now Flannery & Wetherby's adj
dition). August Goth. News of Gus
ter's battle with Indians on the Mussel
Shell received. Clusters horse shot
from under him. Forty Indians killed
....Red river declared navigable from
Fort Garry to Fergus Falls; steamer
Alpha makes the trip....T The steamer
MAY Lowry arrives, D. W. Maratta,
captain .... Fred Strauss sick IN Brain
erd.. 49,. Prediction is made that James,
town will become an important town.
G. A. Goodrich erects a two.story hotel.
Stutsman county recently organized
with Fl. Miller, Geo. Veum and A. w.
Kelley as commissioners LIT is also
predicted that "Fargo will now go
ahead"... First issue of the "Mechanic'e
Far Vest appears, published at Fort
Lincoln....M. H. Dimick, partner of
"Doc" Tippee, skips with something like
$4,000 belonging to Tippee... Brainerd
Tribune records the arrival of a boy in
the household of Capt. J. w. Raymond
of the Empire Clothing house, and ad-
vises others wanting babies to come to
Brainerd where "the woods are full of
'em."
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cfOM FAIt1Eh SLOANs
EDITOR TRIBUNE: The dedication of
the Presbyterian church in Bismarck
makes many incidents in connection
with the origin of that church, and in
deed with the early settlement of the
capital city.
AS the founder Of the church it gives
me lnexpressible pleasure to know that
the handsome and commodious brick
edifce, erected on the site of the original
building, has been dedicated, free of
debt, to the work of God. All honor to
the perseverance and indefatigable labor
of the present pastor. The original
church was erected in 1878.
Looking owe some notes taken of the
early years of Bismarck and a roll of the
TRIBUNE, we find many things recorded
that bring up before us the scenes and
events of those early days. We find
how nobly the minister of that church
was aided in his efforts to build and pay
debts incurred, by the ladies who were
among the first settlers Of the town. It
is an interesting item to know that the
first ladies' mite or aid society of the
Presbyterian church was organized Dec
II, 1873. The ladies composing the or.
g~anization were Mrs. VIM. NJ. Pye, Mrs.
Sang, Miss Halstrom, Mrs. Singhiser and
others. Later the society Was reorgan.
lied with a constitution and bylaws, al
which time many more ladies we're added
in membership.
copy from a TRIBUNE. of September
1874, nineteen years ago, an interesting
account of a fair held by the ladies Of
the church-probably the first church
fair held in all the territory, certainly
the first in all North Dakota
The fair held in the Presbyterian church
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday OF
last week. under the auspices of the Ladies
Aid society OF that congregation, was One
of the most successful and pleasant affairs
it has ever been our good fortune to attend
The walls were handsomely decorated
with evergreens, tables containing flowers
in great prOfusiOn, making the room re-
dolent with their fragrance. There were
tables of useful and fancy articles, many
of them the handiwork of the ladies who
presided. Refreshments were served w
at all hours during the fair. Commodore
kountz favored the fair with his presence
and contributed by his personal efforts and
liberality to its success.
In speaking of the liberallty of individ
uals we would not omit mentioning that OF
Mr.. John White, who asking II of the
ladies what she would take for all the
articles on her table, and being told SIS
promptly paid over that sum and donated
the articles back to the society.
The efforts of the ladies were seconded
by the untiring zeal of the Rev. Mr.. Sloan
lhe pastor of the chnrch;. WIS: Brown. w
B. Shaw and Capt. McCosh. The profits OF
the fair were nearly $500. Let us hope
that the Ladies Aid society may have {
long and prosperous career.
10. SLOAN.
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug, 80, 1898.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts