Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-02-22

Sioux City papers note the death from
consumption on Feb. 5, of William w.
Cooper, aged % years. The deceased
was a former resident of Bismarck and
will be remembered here.
Editor Rendershott of the Fargo Sun,
formerly OF Bismarck, received word of
the sudden death of his father at Ithaca,
Mich, last Tuesday. Heart disease is
supposed to have been the trouble.
The %coroner's jury in the Olson case
are still unable to determine the cause
of the deaths, and it now looks as if it
may be n Of those mysterious cases
that 20 down to the future, never to be
solved.
The jamestown Capital says: It is
reported another radical change in the
time Of Northern Pacific passenger
trains will soon be made, to meet q
| change IN the schedule Of the Burlipg-
! ton line.
w. D. Sweet, Dave Shields, J. T. Nc
Cormack and J. H. Bowers, a committee
representing the Fargo opposition to
convict labor, scame in on Fridays
train, to look after the legislative end of
the matter.
The Fargo Scottish Rite bodies are to
have a reunion March - and ID, when
there will be a large class Of candidates
for initiation. A session of the Shriners
will be held at the same time. Quite a
number will go down from Bismarck.
The Masons had an enjoyable time
Wepnesday in the comforting of the Red
Cross degree upon three candidates-E.
H. Wilson, w. o. DePuy and J. A.
Barnes. A banquet followed the work
and the OCCASION was thoroughly pleas
ant.
John P. Dunn writes from Placerville,
CAL, that he is enjoying the best of
health tramping over the old diggings
where he PANIED out the yellow precious
metal in 1858. Mr.. Dunn's many friends
will be pleased to learn he is enjoying
himself.
Speaking of the survey soon to be
commenced in this state, Surveyor Gen.
eral Blewett says: The amount appro.
priated, about $4,000, will be used in
and near Ward county, which will mate.
rally increase the receipts of the Minot
land Office.
Colonel Robinson has gone to New
York for a business trip. The colonel's
fame as a campaign manager has spread,
and he has recently received letters from
Reed and Mckinley, each desiring him
to take charge of the next republican
state campaign in this state.
A social dance was given at the Sheri-
dan Friday night, and was we'll attended,a
number of young people of the city,
with members and visitors at the session,
being IN attendance. The evening passed
pleasantly, the dancing being continued
until shortly before midnight.
There was a bowling blizzard on the
boards from 4 o'clock Sunday morning
to about the middle of the forenoon. The
weather changed suddenly from a gen.
uine chinook into a raging storm, and
the air was filled with flying snow flakes
and icicles for a few hours. The storm
ceased, however, after a few hours run.
Edward s. Allen returned Tuesday
from Fargo, where he underwent initia-
ton into the lodge of Elks there. Geo.
Hughes, who accompanied him, is still
quite ill in Fargo, but is improving. He
was taken with an attack resembling
pneumonia, and will probably be forced
to remain there several days before he is
able to return.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
gave a we'll attended supper and bazaar
at.theR Reading room Wednesday. Numer-
Gus pretty fancy articles were on sale,
and the fair was we'll patronized. The
ladies of st. Georges church are noted
for the success which characteriZes their
affairs of this kind, and last night was
no exception to the general rule.
Pioneer Press: At 5:55 Wednesday
evening the Northern Pacifc's new
steam-heated overland train pulled into
the Union station on it's return trip
from Portland, exactly on time to the
second. At 4:15 the company sent out
the second steam-heated train to Port
land, thus establishing a continuous
service. 1t is the intention of the COM
pany to equip all it's overland trains at
once with this new steam heating sys.
tenn. y
Jamestown Alert: Ext Governor Short.
ridge has accepted an appointment in
the United States land office, tempo
rarily. The ex-govsrnor's health is poor
and in farming there is 90 little money
that most any occupation is preferable
to that at present. Governor Shortridge
comes from the governors office, with
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