Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-07-12
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH,
How It Was and How 1t Was Not
Celebrated In and About
Bismarck.
Bismarckers Go Over to Mandan In
Force and Capture Every
thing in Sight.
Which Did Not Include Comfort, as
the Conditions Were Decidedly
Against It.
An Interesting Description of the
Rival Celebration of the Fourth
In Bismarck.
An Interesting Interview With North
Dakota's Agent OF the
Humane Society.
Test Case Before the Supreme Court
to Determine When the New
Test Case Before the Supreme Court
to Determine When the New
Codes Take Effect.
How the Day Was Misspent.

How the Day Was Misspent.
The Fourth has come and gone.
All are glad it came, and if the appear.
ance of about 300 Bismarckers on the
arrival of the delayed train from Man
dan, about 5 o'clock Friday morning, is
any indication, all are glad it has gone.
We don't want another Fourth till
next year.
It wasn't patriotism that took SO many
people to Mandan; it was misguided
judgment.
1t wasn't lack of patriotism that pre-
vented the citizens of Bismarck from
getting up a celebration in this city; it
was thoughtlessness and con-
sideration Of economy.
Bismarckers are a liberty loving, en-
thusiastic people, and if means are not.
provided to give vent to their patriotism
and observance of the natal day, they are
moved by an irresistible force to flee to
those communities where the bung is
loose and joy Is uncontined.
That's the reason of the exodus to
Mandan, to jamestown, to Burnt Creek,
to Washburn, and to various picnic
groves and country retreats.
Bismarck was deserted. There wasn't
the price Of a glass of soda water in the
city.
In the evening, however, generous
nature rewarded those who remained at
home with such an electrical display in
the heavens as is seldom the fortune of
mortals to witness. It was of that spit
fire, scraggily nature that spreads all
over the sky, but makes naught but a
cracking, Kissing sound. This followed
by a gentle zephyr of 50 miles velocity,
that lifted small pebbles high into the
air and relieved the streets of all dust,
in turn followed by a still more gentle
rainfall Of a quarter Of an inch in a
quarter of an hour.
The clouds rolled by, and a solitary
pedestrian at midnight watched the
moon-the same old faded luna-again
look down on a deserted city.
And all was still, save now and then
the return of a wagon load of belated
picnicers.
The morning dawned, and about $50
o'clock the delayed Atlantic express
arrived with the remnants of 300 citizens
who had gone to Mandan to celebrate
to be punished.
They betook themselves to the quietude
of their houses, and there in silence
vowed, if God would forgive 'em this
time, they'd never do so again.
This was the Fourth of July in Bis
marck.
THE DAY IN ANDAN
Although every effort was put forth to
obtain a special train to Mandan, for
some reason, not now considered good,
all efforts we're unheeded by the rail
road company. A large number went
over on the regular Pacific express in the
morning, and the accommodation at
noon was we'll filled. There was a goodly
sprinkling of ladies and many of them
were arrayed in the daintiest of picnic
costumes-white shoes, white dresses,
summer hats and gorgeous ribbons. After
the sports Of the day and after capturing
everything in sight-and much that was
out Of sight-the visitors were fairly
overcome with ecstasies Of delight in the
contemplation of a nights waiting before
them-and Bismarck only five miles
away. No hotel-nothing but sidewalks
on stills and-the depot. The dawn of
day in it's race against the train, came in
with several laps to spare, and dis
gusted, disappointed aggregation of Bis
markers returned to the Capital city.
A large crowd witnessed the ball game
between Bismarck and Mandan, which
resulted in an overwhelming defeat of
the Mandan team. The game was in
teresting up to the third inning, the
score standing to 0 in favor of Mandan,
and everyone expected to see a very close
and exciting game, but the Capital city
boys got on to the Mandan pitcher and
pounded him numerically the balance
of the game, while Bartron held the
Mandanites down to three scratch hits,
The following is the score:
2 8 4 S z 8 9
Bismarck 100 0 l 4 2 9 4 4 3-27
Mandan 1911 90 0 0 0 0 O o.
Decentralization and Mclean; Heath
and Wynn. Base hits-Bismarck. IL; Man
dan. 8. Two base hit-W. McHugh
Struck out, by Bartron, II; by Heath z.
Umpires-Kline and Homan.
The game was interesting up to the
third inning, then the Mandan pitcher