Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-01-21
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court for the recovery of this sum from
the firm.
The state university at Grand Forks
will have a military instructor detailed
by t%he.general government.
There is an epidemic of scarlet fever
at Kuhn, and seven deaths are reported
in one week from the disease.
The Minneapolis Tribune heads Hag-
CARTS appointment, "Haggart succeeds
Cowan," which is important if true.
Trail county has a balance in its
treasury of $4,000 and expects to gain
the other $4,000 before the end Of the
month.
Jud LaMoure has recommended w.
j. Kneeshaw as receiver of the defunct
bank at Pembina, of which LaMoure is
president.
The Minot Coal Go. is in trouble and
the sheriff has seized eighty-nine acres of
coal land, together with mine equip
ments, wagons, teams, etc.
Contracts have been let for surveying
sixteen townships of land in the north
ern part of Stark county and the work
will begin as soon as spring opens.
Mrs. McGahan, mother of Editor Nc
Gahan of the Devils Lake Free Press
died at Los Angeles last week, and Nc
Gahan has zone to Ravenna, Ohio, to
the funeral.
The bankers of the state held a meet
ing at Fargo and elected officers as fol-
lows: E. P. Wells, jamestown, presi-
dent; Geo. A. Lay, Grand Forks, vice
president; S. S. Lyon, Fargo, secretary
and treasurer.
Thomas Tobin, a brakeman on the
Great Northern was killed zeal Minot.
He was sitting in a caboose when an en-
CINE crashed into the car, fatally injur-
ing him. Two other men in the caboose
escaped without injury.
George H. May has been arrested in
Montana and will be brought back to
Rolla, where he is wanted for bigamy.
He married a Miss Lee of Rolla, and
that was said to be his fourth matri-
monial venture. The complaint in the
case was made by the husband of the
girl.
Representative johnson of NORTH
!, Dakota, has filed a batch of recommenda
tions for appointments of postmasters
} including Fred Koesel at Richardson
} Stark county; A. Lincoln Cell a
. Williamsport, Emmons county; ALFRED
$ Svenby at Hastings, Barnes county, ane
H. Movins at Lidgerwood, Richlant
county.
The Pembina Express says that S ia
I. this has been the finest winter seen il
the valley for twenty-five years. 1t i
/ superior to the noted winter of 1877. Is
p in that it is colder, yet not SO cold as t
be uncomfortable. The winter of 1877
8 70 at this time, the first week in Jan
uary, it rained hard for several day
2 and the sloughs were filled with waite
! and cellars in town were flooded fror
the surface water.
Darlington Independent: Carringto
is nothing if not strictly in it and to th
o front'a all the time-a regular Johnny
it on.the-spot" sort of a town. Postma.
d ter Smith has sent in his resignatio
q twice, to take effect as soon as the pus
at Washington could get around to d
it, butt he can't get his release-the
don't aver answer his letters. And ther
he's got to stay. If Bismarck woul
J. lend us ex-Warden Wilson he might +
able to work the combination.
Bathgate Pink Paper: State VS.. Cuff
is a case that has attracted a conside,
d able attention. 1t will be remembre
It that the body of an infant was foun
near the Beaulieu school house las
summer and it was charged at the tim
"a that it wal the child of Mr.. and Mr.
DR.. CUTIE. Preliminary hearing We
AZ had at Cavalier last summer and Cuff
n was bound over to this term of cour
While the charge is that of not buryin
the dead a greater crime is reall
n charged and the proving of this woul
n result in a trial for murder. There wa
d a vast amount of conflicting evidence
to the condition of the defendants vii