Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-03-18
The Bismarek Tribnme.
CITY AMI COUNTY.
Thursday, March 70.

Liz lCuCllCh w uAO0 COlIlpaly WCuI
this morning, making their next stop at
Dickinson.
Twelve homestead entries, six proofs
and three contests were filed at the land
Office today.
j. r. Gilbreath of Mandan and Fl. W.
Klinefelter of Dickinson are guests in
the city today.
State Treasurer and Mrs. Nichols
have returned to Fargo after a very
pleasant trip south, to Florida and
other points.
Ben Corbin, the Emmons county wolf
hunter, is in the city today, arranging
for the purchase of lumber to build a
house at Glencoe.
Ed Holland, the stockman, returned
this morning from a trip east and will
go back in a few days and return with a
shipment of cattle.
The four men arrested for assaulting
Officer Hubert and who have been held
to district court have given bonds for
their appearance for trial.
\ case of scarlet fever is reported at
the residence of Mrs. Streeter on upper
Fifth street, the little son of Mrs.
Streeter being down with the disease.
Alb Lucas, while engaged in a friendly
wrestling match last night, broke one of
the bones of his right leg below the
knee in a fall, and will be laid up for
some time. He has been taken to the
hospital.
Billy Watson, the Mckenzie stock
man, has been in Montana buying cattle
man. He will arrive tomorrow with the
cattle and take them to the ranch near
Mckenzie.
r. D. Hoskins left last night for the
east and will take the train either at
Fargo or Valley City for the Pacific
coast, to visit with his mother and little
daughter at Tacoma. He will be absent
several days.
The prevalence of scarlet fever germs
is still evidenced by the fact that a few
occasional cases of the disease are re-
ported. Every case of the disease is
promptly quarantined, however, and
every precaution taken by the board of
health to prevent its spread.
The baby daughter of f. E. Morris
had a narrow escape from choking yes
terday. The little one swallowed a
good sized piece of raw potato which
lodged in the throat, and deied all
efforts to remove it for two hours until
DR.. Bentley was called and removed it.
The little n is all right today.
Farmers are getting ready for spring
work, buying fixtures necessary for
their farm machinery andalook to early
seeding this spring. The ground will
be in shape as o as a few warm days
thaw out the frost in the ground, which
is not deep, and as there is little or nc
snow it will not take long for the sol
to dry out in shape for farm work.
Oliver Beaudoin. Andy Anderson anc
Henry Murphy, three Bismarckers whe
enlisted at Fort Yates several years ugo
have served out their time and beer
discharged. Beaudoin has re.enlistec
and will leave for Vancouver Barracks
Monday, Anderson has gone to Alaska
and Murphy leaves for the east tonigh'
to visit his parents, but will probabl,
re-enlist on his return.
Special Agent Lounsberry of the lane
department who has been Investigating
the cutting of timber on government
land, has caused the arrest of five set
tiers in Morton county, who are charged
with the offense. The men we're brought
to this city today by Deputy Marsha
Nehemiah Davis and are Fl. L. Henke
Frank Breiner, Oscar Patzack, Ernest
Baker and John Breiner. There wal
another man arrested, but he managed
to elude the officers and escaped. The
men were taken before Court Commits
sioner J. r. Gage for a hearing.
The land Office is doing a rushing bus
mess these days in correspondence with
persons from all parts of the United
States who want information as to the
lands to be secured in the state of NORTH
Dakota, and information further con
corning their location, advantages, suit
ability for farming and stockraising
etc. North Dakota has become pretty
we'll advertised all through the United
States as a desirable place for a pool