Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-01-26

NORTH DAKO,
county; Mrs. NJ. A. Berg, Williston; Mrs.
L. 9. Campbell, Foster county; Mrs. r.
Annie Mcbride, Pierce county.
At Valley City, Saturday afternoon,
the top blew off small heating boiler
in the bathrooms and barber shop of NJ.
G. Burke, which are located in the Kim
dred hotel. John Bro vn, barber, was
badly soalded, and the occupants of the
hotel rushed from the building panic
stricken. The floor in the barber shop
was badly wrecked.
The grand jury at Hillboro, has found
four indictments against Lowe and
Kelly, the Paulson murderers, two for
murder Jointly and separately and two
Tor burglary jointly and separately. The
case promises to be an interesting one.
The attorney for the defense, F. w.
Ames Of Mayville, is endeavorlng to
secure a change of fvenue.
Barnes county commissioners have
offered a two cents per tail bounty on
gophers. The Devils Lake News, says
with authority, that ten counties IN this
state expended between 1887 and 1889
over S40,O 900 in attempting to extermin.
ate gophers by the bounty route, Barnes
county leading with an expenditure of
8l5,0OO in 1878, yet the gophers are
still there, thick as ever.
Fire broke out in the Boston clothing
and dry goods store at Mayville, about
8 o'clock Tuesday evening, and through
the fine management and generalship of
the Mayville fire department, it was SUBJ
dued end confined to one building, the
Boston. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to be an explosion of lamp.
Loss on stock by fire, water and smoke
was about $4,000; insurance about s1O,-.
900. Loss on building about $500; Gov
cred by insurance.
Ole Field, one of the engineers of the
Grafton Roller Mills, had narrow
escape last Tuesday from a terrible
death. He was blowing off the boiler
and was standing with his hand on the
valve, when the pipe broke; he was
thrown eight feet by the escaping steam
and only escaped being scalded to death
by the fact that the steam pressure was
so great as to blow hole IN the brick
wall Of the engine room allowing it to
escape outside; as it was he was badly
shaken up.
Mr.. Sewers, the manager of the chapel
Car, "Evangel," has an order from Cen
eral N anager Kendrick instructing the
employees of the road to attach his car to
any train and carry him and companions
to any point they may wish to 60. Also
an order from the superintendent of
telegraph ordering all agents and opera
tors to transmit any messages Mr.
Sewers may wish to send. All this is to
be without money and without price,
and as fabulously free as milk in the
New Jerusalem"
Claim Agent Taylor has settled all the
claims against the company, arising
FROM the accident to the Iowa hunting
party, on the jamestown & Northern
branch, last fall, with one exception.
This is the claim of a physician, end the
most serious Or all. His spine was in
jured more than at first known, and it is
said that he will be permanently de-
formed in the shoulders. This claim
could have BEEN settled for $1,000, at
the time, but o., 600 are now asked, ow-
ing to the more serious nature of the in
jury sustained. The accident has cost
the company some $4,000, and the mis-.
hap could have been avoided had the
road bed been laid with sound ties.
Leave tho city.
Lieutenant and Mrs. F. r. Day left
the city on Sunday afternoons train
for Fort Assinibolne, where the former
has been ordered to join his regiment.
D16AdICho16 k0ucIdAAy WILL IokT0b Gu0
departure of Mr.. and Mrs. Day. The
lieutenant has been signal officer at Camp
Hancock for number of years, and as
q resident of the city has made many
friends who would have been pleased to
see him remain. Mrs. Day, also, has re-
sided id Bismarck for q number Of years.
Prior to her marriage she was the eff
cient clerk in the Office of the secretary
Of state, and as such was we'll known and
popular. Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Day
wish them happiness and prosperity in
their new home.
For the year 1893 the City of Fargo
made profit Of 83, ,525. 40 on the water
works, but Of this sum, however, the
interest on 45, 600 of bonds, amounting
to $3.50, must be paid, leaving bal
ance Of $3.50