Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-14

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the courtesy and kindness of the rail-
road commission and officials the men,
bers of the party are indebted for a de-
lightful jaunt to and from the Montana
line. The outward trip was completed
in the night, and the bright moonlight
rendered it picturesque and enjoyable
indeed. The train from Mandan on COM
prised but a baggage coach and a Pull
man sleeper, and thus lightly loaded, the
engine flew swiftly we the rails, which
glistened and shone as two co%nverging
lines of light behind the swiftly moving
train. The air was cool, and yet not so as
cool to render observation from the rear
end of the train uncomfortable, and the
stiffness of the night, broken alone by
the breathing of the engine and the
rumbling of the coaches, the soft glow
of moonlight over the surrounding bills,
and occasional ponds of water, which
has settled along the track in closely
succeeding pools, all tended to make the
trip outward a pleasing one. And it's
enjoyment was continued until after
midnight, ere the travellers turned in.
The Pullman was commodious enough
to furnish ample accommodations for the
party, and the last half of the journey
was passed by all in peaceful slumber-
perhaps with the exception Of Treasurer
Nichols, who occupied a lower berth
under George Hughes, and who says he
dreamed during the night that a meteor
fell from the skies and sank nearly a
half mile into the earth, only a foot away
from him. This, with the ominous creak-
ing of the upper berth above him, when
eve the train struck a curve or a bit of
rough track, served to disturb his sleep
somewhat, but not too seriously for par.
tial comfort, at least.
The waking occurred at Sentinel Butte,
a few miles this side of the Montana line.
The members of the party rose at vari-
Gus times between the hours of 6 and 7,
and breakfast was served at the section
house-a substantial affair which has
adorned the station since it's creation
(the section house, not the breakfast).
Messrs. Fancher and Anderson strolled
a few miles up the track before the
breakfast horn was blown. Hoskins
gamboled out ove the prairie and gath
cred wild flowers, while Commissioner
Reyes visited with the telegraph oper-
ator, and got pointers from the oldest
inhabitant. Superintendent Pierson came
to meet the train on No. 2, and accom-
panied the party on the return trip to
Mandan. Mr.. Pierson is a young man,
uniformly pleasant and courteous, and
his efforts for the comfort and pleasure
OF the party we're thoroughly appre-
ciated. After breakfast, the run was
made down the hill, through the banks
and brakes of the Bad Lands to Medora,
where a half hour was passed in Il retro
spective and perspective of the proper
ties of the Marquis de Mores, including
a trip through the abattoir and slaugh-
tering plant. Further on, and another
stop was made in the petritied forest,
where the party dlsembarked, if the term
is permissible, and carried away as much
of the locality as strength and the stor-
age capacity of the train would permit.
Commissioned Currie felled petrified
wood galore with a miners pick. The
air was thick with petriied chips, and
ballast. enough was taken aboard to in
sure the safe passage of the train. Bad
Lands Charley waved the train a petrified
adieu, from the eminence upon which he
has stood from a time to which the
memory Of the Oldest inhabitant goeth
not back, and it rolled down the hill
from Fryburg into Dickinson without
incident, except that a native of the
country on horseback, logged along
for a few miles side by Rside with the
train. and then seemed to become tired
Of waiting, put spurs to his pony and
disappeared along the road ahead of the
train. The writer did not see this occur
renee, but is assured Of it by members
Of the party who are thoroughly reliable.
At Dickinson, another half hour stop
was made, and the town was invaded, to
the discovery of kim. DeGraf and
other Bismarckers. kim looks we'll, is
stouter than when here, and says he is
doing well-which statement is borne
out by appearances Correspondent
Hughes of the Dramatic Mirror, then
hunted up Proprietor Klinefelter of the
opera house, and that gentleman kindly
took the party through. The place is a
little gem, a credit to the town, and a
monument to the enterprise of it's owner.
From Dickinson to Mandan the run