Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-08-16

son brothers, who are touring the con-
tinent on a tandem, arrived about 4
| o'clock.
F. w. Pearson Of Fargo was a passen-
ger west this morning, enroute to Can
nonball, to pay we to Mrs. H. S.
Parkin the sun Of $1,000 from the New
York Life Insurance company, on a
policy held by the late H. S. Parkin.
Lem Dresser, the old time Missouri
river chef, and caterer to the taste of the
masses. is now down at Fessenden, one
of the liveliest towns on the 500, where
he has bought out the $500 Line Res
taurant' and is catering for the public.
There will be a watch kept at the cap
itol hereafter on Sundays, to keep any
one from gaining entrance and abstract
ing any state property. Three of the
employees of the capitol will alternate,
one keeping watch each Sunday.
Stephen Heller was arrested today,
charged with the larceny of a wagon
from Nels White. He was taken before
Justice TlbbiIs, and the case set for Sat
urday. Heller claims he got the wagon
from a third person, and did not know
it was stolen.
Jack McConville, who went to Hot
Springs some time ago, left his hotel
there a week ago, and no trace of him
has been had since. His wife here is
somewhat worried, and has wired to
where he last stopped for information
regarding him.
A great many people are fooled from
day to day about the freight trains that
carry and the trains that do not carry
passengers on the Northern Pacific.
The company has, however, tackled
posters up in conspicuous places, which
gives to anyone the desired information.
A number of the office rooms in the
First National bank block are being
reprinted, papered and fitted up. Several
new tenants have taken up quarters
there the past few days and there are
more to follow. There are some fine office
rooms in the block, and all of them will
be occupied ere long.
The ladies' Ct the Eastern Star will
give a lawn social at the residence of
General A. Hughes tomorrow evening, to
which a general invitation is extended.
There will be games, music, and a plat
form dance, and refreshments will be
served. The occasion promises to be a
thoroughly pleasant one, and the attend.
ance should be large.
A neat badge is being prepared by
W. T. Perkins for the use of members OF
Tancred commandery at the Boston con-
clave. It consists OF two heads of wheat,
with stalks of sufficient length to fasten
a white ribbon thereon, bearing the
words "Tancred C~ommandery, Bismarck,
North Dakota" The badge Is both apt
and pretty, and will be novel and at.
ractive.
The decision in the Winona ferry case
yesterday was in effect, that the county
commissioners have no power to grant
an exclusive franchise. The action was
brought by G. A. Patterson, who &c.
cured a license from the county to
operate a ferry, to restrain a second per-
son from operating another ferry. The
order restraining the operation was re-
fused by Judge Winchester.
Sheriff Mcdonald of Morton county
is over from Mandan today, and, it is
said, has a trace of the two missing con-
victs. Two horses were stolen in Morton
county the other night, and it is thought
the two men who got them were the two
birds, who went south, and are reported
to be in the vicinity of Fort Yates some-
where. Warden Wilson has been in COO
sultation with the sheriff regarding the
| matter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Donnelly will
leave tonight for Hot Springs, Ark,
where the healing waters will be re-
sorted to for the cure of Mrs. DonnelIy
who has been suffering from q severe at
tack Of rheumatism for several months
She has not improved as expected since
returning to the city, and it is hoped that
the curative powers of the springs may
prove effective in her case, and that she
1aay return thoroughly restored in
health.
Everything is moving along nicely at
the agricultural college under the direc-
ton of President Worst,a and preparations
are being made for many improvements
in the way of fixing up and identifying