Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-09-14

b interests OF the state of North
Dakota. Farmer Wallace is something
Of ar agriculturalist himself and will look
after North Dakota's end of the irriga-
ton question with that ability for which
he is noted.
The water has nearly all been removed
from the First National basement, and
the steam pump has been taken of.
The work Of repairing the area walls,
and fixing up other damage will begin ct
once, and it will be some days before the
repairs a be completed.
According to the new time schedule,
there are no changes in the way freights
between jamestown and Bismarck. As
heretofore, passengers with tickets will
be allowed to ride on the rear section of
freight train No. IS. No other freights
are allowed to carry passengers.
During the storm Thursday night a
boy, son of Andrew Poeppel, a farmer
living south of Glen Ullin, was killed by
lightning. The boy had just got to a
corral with the cattle he had been herd
ing when the lightning struck the boy
and his pony killing both of them.
States Attorney Register has been do
ing some improving up about his home,
and now has as neat and comfortable a
residence as can be found. An addition
has been completed, several new rooms
added, and the place has undergone a
repairing which has improved it notice
ably.
Mandan Pioneer: Miss Helen L. Will
son of Bismarck has received LAO
stamps for the little Gunderson girl,
from a friend in Indiana, Pa. The in
terest shown in the, work was in the way
the stamps were sent. Each denomina-
ton was firmly tled-up in bundles of 100
and every stamp uniformly trimmed at
the edges.
Steele Ozone: Attorney Cochrane has
moved his household goods to Bismarck.
Mr.. Q and family we'll spend the winter
in the capital city. We shall miss the
jovial Squire around town, but he has
struck an advantageous deal and we re-
joice in his good fortune. They will re-
turn in the spring and resume their resi-
dence here.
A sad case down at the hospital is
that of a tramp, who was placed there
yesterday by order of the county. The
man is from St. Paul, and is suffering
from the effects of an abscess of the
lungs. He has no friends, to the knowl-
edge of any one here, and to-day he is
reported in a bad way-will probably
not recover from his illness.
James Murphy, who was one of a party
OF hunters to visit Long Lake a day or
so ago, reports Russian cactus thick in
that neighborhood. Fields are hedged
with it in places, and along the old 500
grade, it is Furnishing l%uxuriously.
Some of the plants are three feet in
height, and as large in diameter, and
the prospect is bad, unless measures are
taken at once to eradicate them.
A case was OF in Justice Chase's court
Wednesday, wherein John Boyle
complained of John Pollock for assault.
Several witness testified in the case, and
the defendant was discharged by the
court. 1t was claimed by the plaintiff
that the defendant had laid violent
hands on him, but no evidence of anger
or intended injury was shown, in the
opinion of the court, prior to the alleged
assault.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred bennett we'll known
in Bismarck arrived at Milton from
Washington, D. G. last Thursday, and
have spent the week delightfully."- renew
ing old acquaintance and making new
ones. Mrs. bennett will remain four
weeks when she will 60 to South Dakota
to visit relatives and friends at Pierre,
Chamberlain and neighborlng towns.
Mr.. bennett will remain in North Dako-
ia until congress in December,
The Hon. Budd Reeve is quoted as
saying: "There is no let up, no devia-
ton from the straight track, and I pro-
pose to demonstrate that there is one
democrat in North Dakota. The cam
paign will open as soon as I an notified
my petition is on file. This will be a cam
paign all virtue and no Doodle. The
first official order will be issued to Major
General Dennis Hannain, commanding
the department. of the Missouri slope, as
soon as we are prepared to move."
There is oil galore on the troubled
waters in the vicinity of the STANDARD
Oil warehouse. During the storm OF
Thursday night, the water rose to the
depth of three feet in the warehouse
There was one full tank of oil and one
partly full, and as the water ran into
the tanks, the oil rose to the top and ra1
out, and in the morning after the storm
both tanks we're full-of water, and
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