Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-01-12

insane asylum. Between 20 and 80 from
that county are still in duress.
W. A. Hamilton's four-year term as
postmaster of Devils Lake, will expire
February 14th, and there are said to be
hive candidates for the position.
At Grafton, the Robertson Lumber
company, announces that the coal trust
is "bust." They sell the best hard coal
at 80 per single ton, delivered.
Comptroller Eckles has ordered Re-
ceiver Benton to pay a dividend of 40
per cent. to the creditors of the National
bank of North Dakota at Fargo.
Stockmen and ranchmen in the west
ern part of the part are importing stag
hounds with which they hope to clean
out some of the numerous prairie wolves.
Postmasters appointed: Golden Lake,
Steele county, J. T. HOLDEN, vice ". H.
Ullensaker, removed; Praha, Walsh
county, Felix Ruzicka, vice W. Ruzicka,
resigned.
The mandamus suit brought by the
Fargo Agricultural college board against
the state auditor, to compel him to issue
warrants for building expenses. has been
dismissed.
John Bridston, treasurer of Rolette
county, has resigned, to engage in bust
ness at Grand Forks; The county COM
%missioners appointed w. A Duncan to
fill the vacancy.
A physician says it is reported, and
not exaggerated, that there are a thous.
and people sick in Grand Forks. It is
likely that the water and sewerage have
much to do with the epidemic.
The authorities of the insane asylum
have announced that they cannot re-
ceive any more patients at present, as
the accommodations will not allow any
increase in the present number of pa
tients.
Mrs. Hincly, the old lady who made a
desperate attempt to suicide q few days
ago at Grand Forks, made a second at
tempt but was again frustrated. She
says she will yet take her life, however,
at the first opportunity.
Mrs. Hansbrough is dangerously ill
in New York. A letter received from
Senator Hansbrough states that his wife
is in precarious condition. Physicians
in attendance have notified the senator
that her chances for recovery are doubt
full.
Samuel L. Copeland, the Moorhead
bank robber, has pleaded guilty of rob-
berry in the first degree. The penalty
prescribed by law is imprisonment in
the ~penitentiary for a term of not less
than five years nor more than twenty
years.
Roxy Reber, a saloon proprietor at St.
Paul, and formerly of North Dakota,
gave away last week, 1000 loaves of
bread and 1000 pounds Of sausage to
400 unemployed Eorkingmen, who were
seeking work under the auspices Of the
citizens relief committee.
The presence of the grand jury at this
term of the district court at jamestown,
is causing considerable anxiety among
some citizens there, whose absence at
this time is noticeable. There are en-
joyiDg short holidays in Minneapolis in
the neighborhood Of Moorhead.'
Hon. N. G. Larimore, who has recently
returned from St. Louis, reports times
much harder than in North Dakota. It
is his opinion that the people of this
state are in much better circumstances
and their prospects brighter than the
people Of any other section of the coun-
try.
Attorney Charles A. Stanley has been
appointed receiver of the Dawson State
Bank, and will qualify at once and enter
upon the discharge Of the duties of the
flee. The bank affairs are much COM
plicated, and the receiver has hard work
in sight.
The early west bound Great Northern
freight met with a mishap just beyond
the Grand Forks yard limits Saturday.
By the breaking Of a bolt under one Of
the cars, the car, was thrown of the
track and with several cars following,
were piled up in q demoralized condi-
ton.
Captain NJ. L. Mccormack of Grand
Forks, Hon. w. G. Leistekow, Of Graf
ton, G. G. Beardsley, Of McCanna, and
E. A. HENDERSON, of Larimore, compose
q party in st. Paul bound for the city Of
Mexico. They will spend a large part Of
the winter looking over the country and
enjoying the agreeable change Of climate.
Grard Forks papers say the cHce
force Of the North Dakota Milling as
ISOLATION has the grippe. Not all of the
member are so inclined, but enough Of
them to make the fact apparent on look
ing into the Office. Assistant Manager
Holmes is among the unfortunate ones,
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