Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-03-23

cause to the sewage polluted waters of
the Red river having been used for
drinking and domestic purposes"
A queer case of remorse is that of A.
L.. Anderson, of Grafton, who committed
suicide last Monday night by taking
strychnine. The dead man received a
letter in Park River bearing his name
but intended for another A. L. Ander-
son. It contained a draft for $50, which
he got cashed. Shortly after, the owner,
a collector, arrived in Park Rapids and
inquiry led up to finding out the facts.
The matter was settled without arrest,
but it preyed upon the mind of the de-
ceased, who took strychnine Sunday
night and ended his life.
A telegram from Casselton says that
the fact that there is Ii rich deposit Of
anthracite coal and precious minerals
underlying Casselton was made mani
fest while drilling a we'll on W. S. Lind
eey's lot, IN the south portion of the
city. At a depth of LOG feet quite a
quantity of good grade anthracite coal
was brought to the surface. Six feet
deeper a stratum of clay and gravel was
struck, in which small pieces of gold
bearing quartz we're found and free gold.
The specimens brought up are rich, and
expert opinion is unanimous that gold
in paying quantities is in the vicinity.
WITH the advent of spring, their comes
a report from Aberdeen that the 500 has
been successful in floating it's bonds in
England, and that the extension from
Kuhn to Bismarck is assur-
ed. Bismarck has nothing to say, OK.
cept that is hoped the report is true, and
that the 500 will be here in the spring
or summer or ever fall, But it will take
the first toot Of q whistle on the 500 line,
as some engine steams into Bismarck, to
convince some of the more sceptica!.
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT FEE
of the Northern Pacific, sends out a neat
little brochure, descriptive Of the merits
of the Yakima valley. The older is
neat, as are all the productions of the
kind which are gotten out by the North
ern Pacific, and is interesting, as it sets
forth the character of the Yakima and
its productions.
ADv1cEs from New York say that
"Boss McKane's friends are at work" If
the sentence OF the court has been car
ried out, it is highly probable that Nc
Kane is at work, also.
HE present age is not a suspicious
one by any means but the suicide of a
bank employe is always followed by an
immediate examination of his books,
nevertheless.
The stage training of Willie Brecken-
ridge and Miss Pollard still goes busily
on.
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The Weather.
The weather bureau furnishes the fol-
loving summary of April weather com
piled from data for twenty years:
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal temperature. ~: the
warmest April was that of 1876, with
all average Of ~; the coolest April was
that of 1875, with an average of "a; he
highest temperature during any April
was 80 on the 25th, 1891: the lowest tenn
p%erature during any April was l, Gu the
LIST, 1881.
PRECIPITATION.
Average for the month. 2.22 inches: aver
age number of days with oil of an incn or
more, 10; the greatest monthly precipitation
was 5.l inches in 1878: the least monthly
precipitation was III inches in 1888; the
greatest amount of precipitation recorded
in any "a consecutive hours was 2.S5 inches
on April II, 1888.