Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-05-11
TW A AGO.
Information Gathered from the Files
of the Bismarck Tribune of
May 6. 1874.


May 6, 1874.
The sheriff of Stutsman county is ar
rested for cutting timber on government
lands The boundary survey outfit
leaves Fargo for Fort Pembina. They
60 overland from Pembina to a point on
the line twenty miles west of Buford.. !.
Maj. Dickey goes to Washington to visit
for a month or two....M. G. Kimberley,
resident engineer (now general superin-
tendent) of the Northern Pacific, is
spending a week or two at Bismarck. :.
Geo. 2. Flannery, "a young lawyer from
Fairbault," opens a law Office in the city
IA delegation Of Mandan and
Arickaree Indians in the city on their
way east to Indian Territory, to look up
lands, with a view to the removal of
those tribes. The Indians are to look
over the new lands, investigate the
new country as to climate and resources,
and then decide as to whether they wish
to move. Some of the Indians at
Berthold declare they will not leave the
land of their BIRTH. -. The Fort Lincoln
military reservation is greatly extended,
to take in certain hay and woodlands
TRIBUNE has a batch Of items
from a Wahpeton correspondent,
among them, that Sol. Lucien Marsh,
president of the Dakota Land
Improvement company has arrived, and
begins forming operations. Country is
improving rapidly, many claim shanties
are going up, and the prairies are green
and covered with flowers. D. M. Nc
Fadgen has put in considerable wheat,
oats and barley. The wheat stands two
inches high, and was the first ever sown
in the valley of the S%heyenne.. 80. Bust
ness in the city is fairly good. Raymond
& Allen report a big trade from the
military posts and send up 5000 pounds
OF goods on one boat to woodcutters
alone. Douglas & Co. report a good
trade in farm implements, and have sold
twenty Monitor breakers. Mclean &
Macnider report a good local trade. w.
ID. Simpson puts in a big stock Of books
and stationery. J. D. Wakeman reports
an immense trade the past winter. ".
b. Shaw & Co., general store, expect to
equal their last years trade, which was
$150,000. Clark & Bill arrived the pre-.
vious June from jamestown, and their
trade averaged $4,000 per month since
that time. Dunn & Co. set up a drug
store in a tent in August, 1872, and built
an 1880 store in the fall, which has
been twice extended. John Mason, liq-
uors, does some days 5000 worth of retail
business alone. Marshall & Campbell.
boots and shoes, have a lively business.
Slattery is stocking up for a big trade.
Mrs. eager, mllliner, says she can't get
goods enough. Fred Strauss is building
up a good business in the jewelry line
Assessment of personal property in
Burlelgh county in 1874 Is as follows:
Merchandise, S339,49O; Manufactures.
$1,000; horses. s9,43O; mules, $3.50:
cattle, $1,000; sheep. $40; swine, 1856;
money, s18,875; furniture, $1,000; other
property, s72,91o. Total, s~158,36o....
Warehouse being located at the river
landing ..O'Neill's place opened again.
first time since the death of Dave Null
len River is too low to do mnch
river freighting below Bismarck....W.
n. Holloway, W. b. Cahall, Henry Suite
and others are putting in crops. Work
on the brewery commences. The
Presbyterian church gets a new ORGAN
....Report of school matters in the
county shows n school district, one
teacher and eighty-six pupils. /. Charley
thompson prospects for water on the
coloners claim, and strikes it at five
Ieet, clear and cold, and in plentiful
quantity.
Notice.
Dds Will be received at the office of
the county auditor until June 2. 1894.
Tor the repairing of a certain bridge
across Burnt Creek, near the poor farm.
information may be obtained of either
OF the commissioners or at the Office Of
the county auditor. The commissioners
reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
CD. ED1cK,
County Auditor.
The Northwestern elevator at Ardoch
has burned with. $4,000 bushels of wheat.