Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-03-11
Tuesday.

CuALOr WOOu VI Lue OLeole OLOu0 It
among the guests in the city.
Division Engineer Darling of the
Northern Pacific is in the city looking
over the work at the bridge.
Auditor johnson of Mclean county
is in the city today. He says he thinks
the county will make a good sale of the
bonds recently offered for sale.
Col. M. T. Rich of Wahpeton, father
of Mrs. Falley, whose illness called Mr..
and Mrs. Falley to that place recently,
is suffering from congestion of the brain
and his recovery is said to be doubtful.
The hearing of the case against Bert
Sepperley who was brought back from
Montana by Sheriff Taylor, will be had
Saturday. The charge against him is
adultery, and the complainant will be
w. A. Simons.
E. Semling, whose child has been ill
with scarlet fever for some time was
yesterday released from quarantine, and
last evening another son who was sent
out into the country was brought back
suffering from the same disease.
The 500 road has made the expected
additional cut to $40 for the trip to the
Pacific coast, and the other roads, the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
will probably meet the cut, which is
announced to go into effect March 10.
The Stark county case has been SUBJ
mitted by both sides to Judge Winches.
ter and a decision will be rendered in
the course of the next few weeks per-
haps. The case is an important one,
involving considerable property interest,
and will probably be taken to the su-
preme court before,it is finally settled.
The band boys have received a part
of the new instruments recently ordered
by them, including a first class clarinet.
The concert to be given by the band
boys about the first of April will be for
the purpose Of securing funds to buy
more Instruments, and among the
features of the evening will be biograph
exhibition.
Gerald Pierce, who has been advertis-
ing manager of the Minneapolis Tri-
bune for a number of years, has left
Minneapolis to become business mana
ger of the Chicago Post, the evening
edition of the Times-IIcrald. Gerald
was admitted to be one of the best ad-
vertising men in Minneapolis, and will
NJ doubt make a thorough success OF
his new position.
During the month of January lis en-
tries were filed at the local land Office
and III during the month of February,
making nearly $50 in the two months.
For this time of the year, when the
work of the Office is rather light ordin-
arily, this is an extremely heavy bust
ness, and according to the land Office
officials presages the heaviest immigra.
ton into the state that has been seer
for a good many years.
There will be no spring flood in the
Missouri valley this year. This is the
report of United States Weather OBJ
server Welsh of Omaha, based upon
data he has gathered at the request of
the department at Washington. The
information was received for the pur-
pose of giving timely notice to the prop
erty interests annually menaced by
floods in theiMissouri river region. if the
spring rise should be heavy or light.
Welsh received exhaustive data through
reports from Havre, Helena, Miles City,
Williston,s Pierre, Yankton and other
points along the Missouri.
The local COMMITTEES of the fusion''
and "reform'.: forces in North Dakota
have announced q meeting will be held
at Fargo, March 30, to hear speakers Of
prominence discuss national topics. The