Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-03-25
The Bismarek Tribnne.
CITY N COUNTY.
Thursday, March II.

thursday, march II. u.
Col. Will M. Cochran returned this.
morning from a visit in Indiana.
State Treasurer George E. Nichols
came up this morning from a trip to
Fargo.
Editor Streeter of Emmons county
remains in the city during the illness of
his little son with scarlet fever. The
little fellow is reported as improving
and is believed to be out of danger.
st. Patrick's day is being observed
with the usual wearing of the green and
the members of the junior hose COM
pany will celebrate the occasion at the
Atheneum tonight with a dance, to
which all are invited.
The death is reported from jamestown
of Conductor Brown, n of the best
known and most popular freight con-
ductors along the road. He had been
ill but a short time, and his recovery
was hoped for to a day or so ago when
his illness took a sudden fatal change.
Clearing weather is reported from all
parts of the state with indications for
continued warm weather in this locality.
There was not much damage done by
the storm, except in the western part of
the state where it is stated that cattle
were drifted by the wind and now
The weather was not cold enough or the
storm long enough to cause any losses.
The resolution Of the county commits.
sioners authorizing the auditor to ad-
vertise for the sale of $1,000 worth Of
trefunding bonds appear in the last
proceedings of the board. To show the
demand there is for bonds it may be
said that the county auditor is already
in receipt of about a dozen communica-
tions from bond buyers asking for par
%ticulars of the sale. There is little
doubt that the bonds can be refunded
at four per cent interest instead of six.
Officials of Emmons county are in
vestigating the loss of the $1,000 pack
age from the mail in the offices at the
other end of the line and hope to secure
some trace of it. The young mail car
rier Boutillier is still in Jail but has SO
far made no statement which can throw
any light on the disappearance of the
package. 1t was reported that he had
secreted something about the barn at
the Custer house and a search was made
but nothing has been found up to date.
Mr.. T. l.. Beard, representing the
North Dakota tax league is in the city
today, organizing a local league and Sc
curing members for the state o%rganiza-
ton. The league is organized for the
purpose of securing equal taxation
through the state-to see that the cor
porations and large interests pay on::the
same proportion of property as the
smaller taxpayers. The idea of the
league is that by an effective, non-par-
tisan organization this end a be
brought about and many thousands of
dollars added to the of the
state.
DR.. H. R. Porter is ready for wal. A
Washington special to the st. Paul
Pioneer Press says: From communica-
tions received by Representative John
/. son of North Dakota the people OF that
state are very patriotic, and in event of
wal are anxious to go to the front. The
representative today placed before the
president a liberal offer made by DR..
Porter of Bismarck, who writes that in
case of war he will present the govern
ment with $4,000 and will serve as a
surgeon or go in the ranks. DR.. Porter
is the only surviving surgeon of the
Custer expedition against the Indians.
Paul Remington has his new acetylene
gas plant in position aud is testing it for
a few days. The plant is one of the
latest improved and will furnish gas for
100 lights. The generating is done in
two large zinc reservoirs, in one of
which the water and carbide are placed,
and the other acting as a reservoir for
the generated gas until it passes
through the pipes. The carbide is
furnished in 100.pound lots and 100
pounds will last about a month. The
gas makes a clear white and very brill
ant light and the experiments so far
show the cost of lighting the store to be
about Is cents a day.