Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-07-21


Three applicants took the teacher
examination before Superintendent
Perkins Friday, Miss Pearl Braith
waite. Miss May aud Rufus Ullum.
1t is said that several dogs were taker
, up Tuesday, but each one of them a
once displayed a tax receipt, and walked
scornfully away from the dog catcher.
Governor Shortridge is contemplating
a trip to the Bad Lands some time this
month. The governor wishes to see the
cattle country of North Dakota az it is
Claude Holley's horse became fright.
ened up at the Gun club grounds after
the shoot Wednesday, and ran off with
the buggy, damaging the vehicle some.
what.
The TRIBUNE force is indebted to the
ladies of the Episcopal supper for a
freezer Of ice cream and lemonade in
abundance, for which they return due
thanks.
/ Somebody borrowed an extension lad
der-two pieces-from JEWELS residence
and forgot to return it. Now Jewell
wants to use the ladder and desires it's
return.
Rev. Walter Toole and wife of Macon,
Mo-, old friends of Governor and Mrs.
Shortridge, came in from the west last
Tuesday, and are guests at the executive
mansion.
Spring chickens are late this year,
and few are to be had in the local mar
ket. The lovers Of the toothsome fowl
has to clothe his appetite in patience
and-wait.
Two more travelling musicians, a man
with an accordion and a little girl with
Annie Rooney and several kindred songs
sought spare change on the streets
Wednesday.
According to the Spokane Chronicle,
]. w. Proctor Nong Feather) is now on
q prospecting tour of the Salmon River
mining region, Washington. He is after
a placer mine.
Auditor Porter has been fishing down
at Spiritwood lake this week with great
success, and a box Of perch, pickerel and
other fish shipped home by him is evil
dence Of his skill.
At Bishop Walkers late visitation,
there we're three combinations in Bis.
marck and vicinity. Six persons in all
received the laying on of hands. All
heads of families.
Sixth street is one of the busiest in
the city just now-and numerous teams
travel the thoroughfare with loads of
sand and gravel preparatory to the
capitol extension.
Fargo fremen received first this years
allotments of the insurance fund-and
they feel kindly disposed toward A. L.
Carey for his fundamentally in getting
them fixed out first.
One Of the circus employees had his
hand badly crushed, while loading in
Mandan, Monday night. He was in the
city yesterday, and Dr.. Kendrick dressed
the injured member.
Sheriff Eddy of Jamestown, who was
up this way with prisoners some days
ago, chsracterizes the wheat fields in
this county as being as good as any he
has zee in the state.
Alderman Patterson sold two of those
"blue- FLOODED barkers'' to circus attaches
Sunday, for s5O-which is proof that a
good bark, we'll advertised. is in many
cases a profitable thing.
The Forum speaks of Capt. Greggs
change of position and compliments him
as n of the most attentive and clever
officials about the state capitol-which
everyone knows to be the fact.
Mrs. John Merry, one Of the 1'R1BuSE's
readers in this city, has won the third
prize, offered by the Geo. H. Lain's Fur.
niture company of st. Paul, for the cor.
rect solution of their rebus "adot."
j. Lourie, who works for Austin
Logan, had his collar bone broken, Sun.
day. While handling horses in q
corral, he was crowded against a post by
a fractions mare with the above result
Little Kitty Braithwaite, whose arm
was broken by a kick from a horse some
time ago, is reported as getting along
finely, and the bone knitting nicely
The little girl has borne the accident
pluckily.
Joe, the setter, owned by A. Van
Horn, and accounted one of the best
bird dogs in the country, died Wednes.
day night. The animal was ~ years Of
age, and had done good service in the
hunting line.
Henry Yost and r. NJ. Donnelly shot
q string Of twenty-five blue rocks at the
Guu club grounds last Tuesday for q
purse of s.. Donnelly won, making
twenty-one out of twenty.fve; Yost
making twenty.