Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-19

companies wasted much valuable energy
in travelling about six blocks before the
harmless character Of the blaze was
o. j. Lyon of Fort Ransom, vas yes
appointed by the governor as a
member of the board of trustees of the
soldiers home at Lisbon. to fill out the
unexpired term of w. w. McIlvain, vino
resigned upon his election as commander
of the home.
The plan suggested in the TRIBUNE
some time ago, that the owners of
stations and blooded horses have a
some afternoon, has been carried
out in Cakes with great success. The
Bismarck horsemen seem laggard about
their stock.
Henry Newton will assume the place
Of bookkeeper at the mill, the position
made vacant by the resignation of Paul
Remington. Henry is an old-time Bis.
marck boy, fully qualified for the
position, and is to be congratulated upon
his deserved promotion.
The "Brevities From the Wires" end
of the Fargo Forum has it that the
Fort Berthold Indian agency will soon
be entirely removed to a place further
up the Missouri called elbow Woods
and that a new ~postofice will be es-
tablished there to be called elbow
Woods"
There was trouble in the engine room
at the capitol Monday, a wrong valve
being turned by mistake and a goodly
portion of the water being allowed to
u out of the boiler. 1t is said the
state officers were somewhat frightened
for a time until matters were finally
righted.
jamestown Alert: Colonel Shain's
bus is again in the city, ready for use
this summer by picnic parties, etc., but
will not be nj to trains at present.
Colonel Shain went to Bismarck after
his bus and team, and drove home by
easy stages, arriving here yesterday
afternoon.
The decorative ability of Farmer
Wallace has been again recognized and
Col. P. B. Groat, general emigration
agent to the Northern Pacific, has en-.
gagged him to remain with the Northern
Pacific exhibit in the transportation
building at the Worlds Fair during the
remainder of the fair.
E. S. Taylor, wife and five children, a
destitute family from Sheldon, WASH,
endeavoring to reach Union county, KY,
arrived from the west Sunday evening.
They were taken to the Banner house
and cared for, and several church COL
lections donated them. They went east
on last Mondays tram.
Fargo Forum: Mrs. Governor Burke
fell from a chair one day last week while
cleaning house and sprained her ankle;
while not seriously injured the disloca-
ton is painful. Tue governor came up
from st. Paul this morning, but returns
tonight to attend the reciprocity con-
vention meeting tomorrow.
jamestown Alert: Arrangements for
the observance Of Memorial day, May
3Oth, are practically completed. Hon.
Alex. Hughes of Bismarck, has been Be-
cured by Seward Post, G. A. R., to de-
liver the annual address, and Rev. J. D.
Whitelaw will preach a memorial SER
mon on Sunday, the 28th inst.
The parochial school will close on
Wednesday, May 3lth. The early clos.
ing of the school is brought about by
the number of scholars who will in all
likelihood attend the Worlds Fair. The
commencement exercises will be held in
the Atheneum on May 31st. The full
program will be published in a few
days.
Grand Forks Herald: Auditor Porter
has cleared up the work confirming the
leases of school lands OF this county, and
has spent a day or two in the land Office
consulting the files with reference to
preparing a set of plats which are
urgently needed to properly conduct the
business of the university and school
land board.
Shoon Lay, who operates the laundry
on Fourth street, takes a pretty cool
view of the Geary law. "Don't Aet,'
said John, Wednesday. "Melican man
dive Chinee out of this country, China.
men dive Mclean man out of his
country. Heap Mclean man, heap
property in China, and Mclean man no
lkee be dllvep out"
A special from Chamberlain SAYS:
The government snag boat Mcpherson
passed up Monday. It will clear the
river of snags between Pierre and Bis
marck until the spring rise commences,
when it will return to Yankton and stay
there until summer, when the river be-
comes lower, 81 snags can more easily be
seen and taken out.
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