Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-07-14
TWEEN YEARS ago..
Interesting Information Gathered
From the First Issue of First
Paper In North Dakota.
A List of Those Advertising Their
Business In the "Trlbune" At
That Time.
Miscellaneous Local Matters Of
More Recent Date Put In Shape
For Tribune Readers.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

y, 1SI3-James A. EmmOns, VIM. Mer-
Ger and Mr.. Daily, commissioners, ap-
pointed by the governor. The commits
sioners desired by the citizens mass
meeting, over which E. 4. Williams pre-.
sided, we're Messrs. Asa Fisher, John P.
Dunn and John White.
Col. Sweet opens a coal vein forty
miles above Bismarck, and expects to
barge eco tons to Bismarck before winter.
The Yellowstone expedition, General
Custer in command, left Fort Rice, June
Goth, at 5 a. N. On 2sth expedition
struck by a hailstorm-one dog killed
and two men injured. Hail four inches
on level and stones size of hens eggs
fell.
One thousand tons of freight received
at Bismarck the first week the station
was opened.
Chas. Galloway .married Miss Maggie
Comeford at Moorhead, July sth.
Under date of May Is, 1873, Col. Louns-
berry writes to the Minneapolis Tribune
that he was surprised to find such a good
farming country around Bismarck. and
makes predictions of a prosperous future.
He says snow was all gone in March at
Bismarck and boys playing baseball.
Edward Hackett and NJ. Tifix are the
principal contestants for the land on
which Bismarck is located.
Trudell & Mckenzie sell the ST. James
hotel to Messrs. Geahring and Gurdike.
John Mason, Fred Strauss and Watson
& Goodhue first to put up awnings.
Raymond & Allin's sales first week
general store--s3,O0.
J.J. Jackman puts in FIVE acres of
crops.
Bismarck base of supplies of eight
regiments of soldiers operating in this
department.
Limpy Jack, a saloon keeper, at James,
town, is secretary of the Sunday school
in that town.
The Bismarck postmaster receives a
salary of So a year.
Mrs. Slaughter opens a select school.
Messrs. White & Regan, who lived in a
tent the previous winter, move into a new
frame building, Asa Fisher ditto.
By actual count 147 buildings in Bis
marck.
Mrs. Forester opens ice cream parlors.
TRIBUNE building, 22x3O, begun.
The first boat loaded for the up river
trade from Bismarck was the Perimah,
June IA, 1873. First passenger for up
river via the Northern Pacific, S. B..
Ellis, wife and daughter, of Claremont,
n. H.-to Fort Benton, on the steamer
Western, June 9th.
Tuesday, July 1st, ground broken for
the Congregational church building, 3Ox
40. 1t was finished on the following
Friday. including seating, and services
held Sunday. On Monday Mrs. Slaugh-
ter opened a day school in the same
building. The building was erected by
a missionary, Rev. H. N. Gates, without
cost to the citizens of Bismarck.
On Sunday, July 3, 1873, the first
Episcopal service was held in Bismarck
by Rev. H. c. H. Dudley, of Detroit, at
which a son Of Sergeant Alvin J. Smith
was christened, Mrs. Lieut.. Humbert
and Col. G. A. Lounsberry acting as
godfather and godmother.
July 4th steamer Esperanza returns
from Benton with 5000 buffalo robes,
1913 bales of wolf, 40 sacks of wool, "a
bales of deer and antelope hides and 16
tons of silver.
The first religious services we're held
in Bismarck, Sunday, May II, 1873, by
Rev. D. G. Lyon, Presbyterian minis.
ter, and on the 18th Rev. L. o. Sloan
organized the Presbyterian church.
Advertisements in first issue of Bis
marck TRIBUNE, July Il, 1873, al follows:
Forster & Yergen. city bakery and res
taurant.
H. Bose, brewery.
w. Z. Shaw & Co., bank and general
store.
Raymon & Allin, Empire supply store.
Dunn y Co., druggists.
+. A. Williams, attorney.
in. Roster, barber.
Il. X. MARSH q CO., Capitol hotel.
W. II. Simpson. stationery and notions.
Clark & Bill, dry goods.
O'Neai i Mullen. concert and dance hall
-"choice liquors, fine cigars and pleasant
associations"
Us. Byrnes, tobaccos and cigars.
WIS. Brown, agent U. S. express.
Fred Strauss, jeweler.
Jos. A. EmmOns, commission and whole
sale liquors.
John A. Stoyell, attorney.
Missouri River Transportation mpa
III II. Marshall, boots and shoes.
F.. 5. Snow, the "Snow Flake" saloon.
Uelamater & Beckett, attorneys.
Louis u Monroe, house and sign painters
John Mason. billiards and saloon.
Mrrt0n's Club Rooms, saloon, etc.
FaEh(ireen. "SaZerac" saloon.
;. A. Dickey, post trader, Fl. Lincoln.
j. Il. Jackson, Edwinton Lumber Co.
A-a Fisher, billiard hall.
jos. Barker. gunsmith.
Scott & Millet, livery.
Jos: DIETRICH. daily express between Bis
Marck ard Fort Lincoln.
NJ. Titfix. billiard hall.
w. ~SparenDerg, architect and builder.