Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-01-27

on prOleSSlOIal Uu>lueSs, ana returns 10
Portland shortly by way of Grand Forks.
Mr.. Lester C. Green, clerk Of the West.
ern house, was united in marriage last
Wednesday to May E. Cahill. The cere-
mony was perform d by Rev. S. F. Beer, in
the N. E. church. MI. Green has been con.
nected with that favorite hostelry for
years. and many friends will wish him JOY
in his new relation.
Louis Larson: l nave it on good author.
ity, Denny Hannain. in fact. that a roast
ing and destruction club is to be organized
next week. all memb. RS OF the suicide club
to be- charter members. The object of the
club is to roast every one who goes wrong.
members of the legislature especially, and
to destroy all the old forms of govern
ment
E. Ashley Mears in Fargo Republican:
II. B. Schafer is in the city from Mercer
county. He says his cattle are doing re-
markedly we'll. and that he has not fed q
pound of hay this winter aud his cattle are
fat. He thinks Mercer beats the world TO.
stock raising. The Knife river is a fine
flowing stream that furnishes plenty or
water for stock.
Sheriff Donnelly returned Sunday morn
ing from Moorhead. where he went to look
for the two prisoners who escaped from the
county Jail. He found his Overcost in a
saloon and restaurant, where it had been
left ty the thieves, but was unable to Sc
cure the prisoners as they had proved too
sharp to present themselves at the bank to
secure money on the deposit check which
they presented.
Grand Forks Plaindealer: George II.
league returned from Bismarck today and
Immediately proceeded to square his &C.
counts. No matter what may have been
the faults of his slippery partner. it can
be tru1hfully said that Mr.. leagues tran
sactionS. so far as the business of the
Grand FORKS P~laindealer are concerned,
have been perfectly honor ,ble. 1t seems
to be a case of Poor Tray"
Valley City Alliance: Mr.. Ell. Jennings
who was night operator at the Y. P. depot
in this city last summer and who, all the
trainmen say. was the best night man
ever placed in Valley City. is now day op-
orator at Bismarck. n is, besides. leader
OF the Bismarck city band, which position
he fills so ably that he has acquired the
title OF "Pr"f:' He desires TO be re-
membered kindly by OLD friends here.
Editor Fleming of the Mandan indie
pendent has concluded that the operation
of a populistic organ in a healthy country
like the Missouri slope is not what it
might be. and SD he has left Mandan for
greener fields where greener people are to
be found. The Pioneer says the con6ding
business men are regretting that he has no
property which they can seize upon to en-
able them to straighten out his indebted
ness.
Sioux City Journal: Captain Simms,
of Bismarck, n. D., who was run
ming the steamboat Abner O'Neal
on the upper river at the time she went to
the bottom last summer, is in the city look
ing for a new boat. and is now figuring on
the ferryboat S%tillings. If he buys her he
will put her in the grain trade. The boat
has a burden of l73 tons and will be able to
compete in carrying capacity with any
boat on the upper river.
Grand Forks News: Everybody who
goes to Bismarck returns with a bronchial
cough. 1t stems to be epidemic in the
state. 1t is heard on the railroad trains, in
the hotels and everywhere else where there
is room to cough. More mar half the
members Of the legislature are ailing with
the prevailing influenza. Mrs. Thomas
Elliott, wife of Representative Elliott, OF
Ransom county, has been seriously ill with
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at Bismarck for nearly a week.
Fargo Forum: Zach Taylor, the only
original Zach, of the Headquarters, has
been appointed assistant custodian of the
capitol building at Bismarck. E. j. Teip.
npr and others worked very hard to secure
the position and all his friends are glad
that Zach is fixed for the next two years
anyway. Zach is now in st. Paul but a
| fAIonPom u,oS Sonf him v,aeko~lo., <o11:--
him to come on, so all his friends may ex.
pect him soon with a carload of 'possums
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 81, North Da.
kota's favorite-Colonel Plummer-will de.
liver a lecture in the Atheneum for the
benefit of the local Humane society. Be.
fore and after the lecture choice solo sing
ing and instrumental music will be fur.
nished. A thoroughly enjoyable ana prof
table entertainment is assured. In addi.
ton to increasing general interest in the
for its immediate use. An admission viii
be charged, the amount to be announced
hereafter.
The members of the local militia com.
pany are just at present rather harrassed
with internal strife. At a recent election
there Is said to have been fraud and illegal
voting, and so the boys held a meeting
Friday evening and carried a resolution to
request Colonel Peake, of Valley CITY. "a
call a new election. This resolution has
been forwarded to the colonel and a new
election of officers will no doubt be called
DlssensiOn among the members is always
injurious to the prosperity of any organ-
lzatl0n, and it is earnestly hoped the boys
will arrange things satisfactorily to ali
concerned.
Auditor Aud returned to Dickinson
last week, after having prepared for intro.
duction a bill providing for the payment
of the expenses incurred in making out the
tax lists for unOrganiZed counties. The law,
While providing tor the treasurer's com.
pensatiOn in collecting and the assessors
remuneration for assessing, makes nc
prOviso for the recompense Of county au.
dltors, who calculate the taxes for these
unorganized districts. That this discrimi-
nation is unjust is at once evident, and
Mr. Aud thinks, and rightly, that auditors
should be paid for their work out Of the
taxes collected.
J.C. McKendry in Fargo Republican:
have Just returned from Bismarck, and |
can tell you there is where the boys are
having the big time. Yes, the proclama.
ton OF Attorney Standish has done the
business for the blind pigs in Bismarck and
the influence is beginning to spread. Sen.
timent is becoming more and moro strnno