Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-08
The Bismarek Tribnne.
CITY AND COUNTY.
Thursday, March 81.

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from Glencoe.
State Treasurer Nichols came in from
Fargo this morning.
Austin Logan has returned from the
west where he has been for som time.
Wild geese are displayed for sale in
the local markets. Many tlocks are 60
ing northward.
Mrs. Ed Sloan is at Skaguay and re-
ported to be doing is good business in
the restaurant line.
Mrs. Geo. II. Glass, a former old time
Bismarcker, is visiting Mrs. e. l..
Strauss in the city.
Farmers in the city report the soil in
good shape, although a few mild spring
rains would be Of benefit.
The calendar for the supreme court is
being printed. Between sixty and
seventy cases have been filed.
DIR. r. H. Treacy has returned to the
city after an absence of several weeks
in South Dakota on a business trip.
Dan Burkholder has withdrawn his
offer of a hundred men to fight Spain.
He says the delay is too great to suit
him.
Major White returned to jamestown
last night, having finished his duties in
connection with the condemnation of
militia stores.
Land Commissioner Watt camein this
morning from the east. He has not be.
gun upon the erection of his new build
ing at Bathgate but expects to begin
work later in the season.
The land Office has received notice
that they have been allowed an addit-
ional clerk, in the person of one Berry
of Springfield, Mo-, who is expected to
arrive in the city tomorrow.
I. P. Baker has shipped a carload of
fine yearling cattle to William Dryer
of Medina. Dwyer will start a ranch
for Baker upon which he will place
several hundred head of cattle.
The railroad company has a number
of work cars in the local yards and is
preparing for the work to be done along
the line this summer, including the
changing of the roadbed at Sterling and
other improvements. >
\. P. S%wineford, ex-governor of
Alaska, and who makes occasional
visits to the city as inspector of land
offices, has written a book on Alaska
which is published by the Rand Nc
Nally company of Chicago. It is a COM
plete history Of that region.
If you appreciate good vocal music do
not forget the entertainment to be given
by the Episcopal ladies on May 3, The
committee on entertainment are CORE
spending with some of the finest must
cal talent in the country, and are de-
termined to give you a treat in that line.
A concert given at jamestown for the
benefit of the band there resulted in a
full house and net proceeds of $3.50 for
the band. The local band will give a
concert about the middle of April
and while they do not expect to make
SO great an amount. they have conf
dence that the entertainment will result
in substantial benefit financially.
Superintendent Bangs Of the state
deaf school at Devils Lake is in the city
today consulting with state officials re-
garding affairs at the school. There are
at present fifty pupils in attendance
there, and as the number of deaf mutes
ranges at about the ratio of one to every
1000 of population in the state, and the
superintendent estimates that there are
about 100 in all in the state. A number
of applications for admission have been
refused by the superintendent for the
reason that there are no accommoda-
tions for them, the school being full to
it's capacity.
Pioneer Press: The North Dakota
people who are here in the interest of a
change in location of Fort Yates appear
to have won their contest, and the
sundry civil bill will contain an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the transfer of
the fort to the Bismarck site. The
secretary Of war has rescinded the can
collation. of the order made by Secretary
Lamont, which accepted the site at
Bismarck, and a favorable report on the
location has been sent to the committee.
The recent appropriation will cover only
a small part of the cost of the fort, as