Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-02-04
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Grand Forks has about $4,000 in the
city treasury after paying all floating
Indebtedness.
Julius Herman has returned to Fargo
from Klondike with money to burn. He
will return with provisions enough for
tire years.
George H. May, the man who was ar
rested in Montana q few weeks ago and
brought back to Rolla on the charge of
bigamy, has expressed a desire to plead
guilty.
William LeBarge a former poor resi-
dent Of Grand Forks county has re-
turned with $4,000 dug out Of the
Klondike, and an interest in valuable
properties.
The Edgeley Mail has it from pretty
good authority that the Northern Pa
cific will extend the line from Edgeley
to Bismarck, and will also extend the
Minor branch.
Mayor Dinnie of Grand Forks gave a
dinner to his city officials and the
Plaindealer publishes all their pictures
showing them to be a remarkably fine
looking lot Of men.
William Marvin died in the saloon Of
Charles Faulhaber under suspicious
circumstances and the saloonkeeper at
Glen Ullen has been arrested while the
coroner's jury is celebrating over the
case.
It is reported that John Hertman
who formerly lived near Dwight, Rich
land county, and whose family is now
living there, has .sstruck it rich" at
Dawson City and is now worth over
100000.
Alert: The senate committee has
unanimously reported in favor Of the
confirmation Of Mrs. Patterson as post
mistress at Bismarck and Senator Hans
brough takes another fall out Of Con-
gresham johnson.
The Mayville Farmer reports that $780,
600 we're spent in ~ in new buildings,
additions and repairs in the town. A
new school building costing $4,000
completed and a new $500 depot were
among the improvements
Mclean county will bond for 50, 0
to take up warrants issued and out
standing for payment up to June, 1898.
There are about $4,000 in warrants out,
and the sale of the bonds with what
taxes come in will pay them up.
Fessenden Advertiser: Jack Dryer
and a party of eight or ten others will
leave in a few days for the Kootenai
country, which they will look over with
a view Of settling there if the country
suits them. They will drive the whole
distance.
Edgeley Mail: E. Ashley Mears who
was at one time president of the defunct
Bank of Edgeley, starts for the gold
fields Of Alaska next week. Ifany man
finds gold in the Klondike, Mears will
aud he will not work t%wenty-four hours
a day either.
G.. A. Sylte swindled banks at Hills
boro out Of 1887, by obtaining the sig
natures of farmers to what they sup.
posed to be agreements to take chances
on a rocking chair, but which were in
reality promissory notes. He sold the
notes to local banks and skipped with
the proceeds.
Wahpeton Globe: It is reported that
Henry Miller who was convicted OF
blind pigging by the jury and was out
on bail was given 500 by Tom Mahar
of Breckenridge to give his bondsmen
and jump his bail but said he didn't be-
lieve in giving the county 500 and
would rather stay in Jail.
It is reported that Mrs. A. j. Har:
court, whose husband, H. s.. Harcourt,
established The Lisbon Star, the first
newspaper published in Ransom county,
North Dakota, is about to start for the
gold diggings and established a news
paper there. She is practical printer
and quite a nervy woman.
MAZE Edwards correspondence to the
Forum reports many North Dakotans in
Washington, and gives other news ot
them elsewhere. Tom Lamb is report,
ed by the major in his usual health
and is nominated for congressman tc
succeed Johnson-a ferocious leg pull
indeed-Plummer is ill at a hospital in
New York, and Mckenzie is also New