Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-03-16

Uuo failure OL lOyuS Dauk. Lie amount
deposited in the bank at the time Of
failure amounted to 1858 8
The Sanborn Enterprise states that
Jacob Werth was arrested for commit
ing rape on the person of Mary Sauers,
daughter of Michael Sauers, aged II.
Werth was bound over to the district
court in the sum of $500, and failing to
get bail was committed to Jail.
Miss Emma Bates Of the State Normal
school at Valley City, addressed a meet
ing of at least 200 farmers at the court
house Saturday afternoon. She entitled
her subject "Helps and Needs" and
under these heads described farm life
BIS it is with the majority of cases in Da-
kota.
The authorities of Williston made an
attempt to capture the half-breed u
derer, Joe Goodhue, last Tuesday, but
failed. The savage has FABRICATED him
self in a shack on the prairie heal White
Earth, and armed with a Winchester,
has so far withstood all efforts to capture
him.
The place of holding the state militia
encampment has not yet been decided.
Adjutant General Topping is in hopes
that the bill giving militia the island in
Devils Lake for a permanent camp
will pass the house of representatives, in
which event the encampment Will be
held there.
The Misses Sarah and Nellie Hutton
OF Edgeley, had a narrow escape Sunday
night from being asphyxiated from coal
gas. the reservoir of the heating stove
had been filled with coal and in putting
the lid back to it's place it was not Sc
curely fastened, leaving a large opening
for the escape of gas.
The "otficial board" of the Valley CITY
Methodist church has investigated the
charges made by the Valley City Alliance
that Rev. Clifford of the above named
church, had kissed one of the young
sisters.of his flock and pronounce the
story without foundation and trumped
up for political purposes.
While States Attorney K. s. Nergard
of Rugby, was taking testimony in a
liquor case he made some remark that
Was derogative to one of Rugby's "es
teemed citizens" who at once took the
matter into his own hands and admins
tered a severe Gaming to the states at
torney, right in his own office.
OF the twenty-four cases now being
tried at the term of district court at La
Moure, eight, or one.third of the mum
Der, are for maintaining a public nuis-
ance or blind pigs; one for cruelty to
animals; three for burglary; one for
robbery, and two for obtaining property
under false pretenses. The remainder
are miscellaneous aud include n
divorce.
According to the New Rockford Trans
cript a few Of the Indians on the Fort
Totten reservation had a genuine wake
last week at which the braves became
excited and in their frenzied dancing
slashed themselves with their knives,
and one squaw to show her nerve put a
rope around her neck and passing it
over a beam in the house hung herself.
She came mighty near passing in her
checks before being cut down.
Grand Forks News: It has been sug-
gested as an explanation of the deadly
effect Of the fever germs among our
young people from 16 to 20, that they
were inoculated with the germs at a bali
before Christmas. Beng heated by the
dance they drank large quantities of
Crookston water and the germs found
congenial hosts for development. 1t will
be remembered that the young people
died without the lingering illness that
was experienced in later cases.
It is stated, says the Devils Lake
Inter Ocean, that Col. John Ely, the old
democratic wheel horse of the Mouse
river, has challenged Col. Abner Hans
comb, the chairman of the republican
county committee of McHenry county,
to cease using tobacco. The challenge
was promptly accepted upon the follow
ing conditions, viz: That if Col. Ely
should smoke or chew first he should
ever after vote the republican ticket, and
if Hanscomb should chew or smoke
first he should ever after vote the demo-
cratic ticket. Col. Ely says: 1--WE got
him sure" Hanscomb says: SWELL, he
(Col. Ely will 60 without tobacco a
long time if he waits until I vote a
democratic ticket" Some think they
will call it a draw and each take back
his anti. Others say it will be a fight to
q finish.
March to search" is the old adage. It
searches out any weakness Of the sys-
tenn, resulting from impure blood. Those
who use Ayers Sarsaparilla find March
no more searching or sven disagreeable
than any other month. This medicine