Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-06-09
for judicial purposes. The question will
probably be raised at the trial.

probably be raised at the trial.
Yesterday was a record breaker for
the land office. There were fifty entries
filed in the course of the day, which
serves to show how rapidly this land
district is being settled.
w. P. Macomber, agent for w. d.
Washburn's land in this and Mclean
counties, has gone to Washburn and will
make his headquarters at that place and
be IN charge of the land and the expert
mental farms that will be started.
DR.. q. P. Quain of st. Paul, Il graduate
of the Minnesota university medical de-
%partment, has located in the city and
has offices in the First National Bank
building. The doctor has been associ-
ated for some time with Wheaton and
Rogers of St. Paul.
State Treasurer Driscoll reports the
acreage of grain sowed in Walsh county
as great as in previous years, notwith-
standing the wet weather in some sec
lions. He states that the total acreage
of wheat may be decreased Il little, but
the land that could not be sown to wheat
is in flax. He has some POO acres of flax
in, being short that amount on his wheat
crop.
The trial of NJ. Harrington for the
murder of Mike Garvcy is in progress at
Darlington. The work of securing a jury
will consume a great deal of time, as
nearly all the people of Foster county
know the details of the affair. Attorney
General Cowan is assisting States Attor-
ney Solliday in the prosecution. .Attor-
ney John M. Cochrane of Grand Forks
is conducting the defense.
Lieutenant Colonel Truemann of the
Dakota volunteers writes a letter
to the Grafton Record, telling IF the
death of the members of Company G in
ambush, and stating that a detailed
account of the engagement is being pre-
pared by Major Frame. Colonel True
states also that arrangements for
the transportation of the bodies to the
United States will soon be made.
At the meeting of the county superin-
tendents of Wells, Foster, Eddy and
Stutsman counties twas decided to hold
a summer school for the teachers of
Stutsman county at jamestown, begin
ming July "a and to continue three weeks.
Halland will announce the faculty
later. Wells, Eddy and Foster counties
will have a summer school at Fessenden
in August. All teachers are compelled,
under the new law, to attend.
Director :Bronson's summary of the
weather for the month of May just pass
ed shows the month two degrees colder
than the average and considerably above
the average in precipitation. The
mean temperature for the month this
year was 50 and the average mean for
twenty-five years is 81. The total pre-
cipitation for the month this year was
4.D inches, there having been sixteen
days when oil or more of an inch of rain
fell. The average precipitation for
twenty-five years is 2.49 inches.
Mr.. Chas. N. C%rittenton, the merchant
evangelist, will be in Bismarck from
June II to 20. He m not under the
auspices of any church, but prompted
by his love for Christ and the advance
ment of His kingdom. He comes to
work for his master and for the good of
men. He asks nc money reward. All
he asks of the people of Bismarck is,
that they will, one and ali who love God
and care for humanity, join in these SER
vices for the brief stay he is here. He
is on his way from the coast and stops
in this state at the capital city and at
where is located a home for the
established by him.