Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-29

doing a great amount of good in this
way.
Fire at Valley City destroyed the
McNulty house and did $4,000 damage.
Fire in the department store of .hay-
berg n Horwitz ut Grand Forks
caused a $4,000 loss.
The condition of Chief Murphy of
Aoorheal. who was shot recently, is
reported not so favorable.
The baby son of. Sheriff Stenshoel of
Barnes county dieu from burns acct
dentally received a month ago.
The coal output Of the Lehigh mine
for the month of december will be
1000 tons. One order was for thirty
carloads for the Northern Pacific.
Col. w. H. Robinson, who attended
the meeting of the republican national
committee in Washington, has a severe
attack of sciatic rheumatism and had
to return home.
Thos. Hall is suing Isaiah Cunning
ham at jamestown for $4,000. Hall
was arrested al the instance of Cum
ningham for the alleged theft of some
horse feed and claims $500 as the
amount of injury to his feelings.
The Sargent county grand jury in
dicted f%orty-three men charged with
conspiracy i'll the gopher tail swindle
there. Some are charged with forging
the orders and signing the name Of the
county clerk. 1t is said that several
Of the men indicted have left the coun-
ty rather than stand trial. States At
torney S. NJ. Lockerby, assisted by
Hon. P. H. Rourke indicted several Of
the town clerks.
a Medora Dispatch says: \ few
Gays ago Il local stockman named
Myers spent more time at the GroZier
hotel that Mrs. Myers thought wise.
Myers, who is ordinarily sober and
well behaved, found Grozier's illicit
whiskey too much for him. G ozier
gave Mrs. Myers the laugh when that
lady went to ner lord. w.lereupon she
smashed nearly every window in the
house with brickbats that We're handy.
She gave herself up to the sheriff, who
told her to- go in peace. The bricks
acted like Il district court injunction.
Myers went home and GroZier stopped
selling whiskey.
Information has been filed against
Christie Currie and Chas. Mcclure of
Mimic by the enforcement league. They
Q arrested and at the hearing
waived examination and We're bound
owe to the district court. There is Il
somewhat pitiful phase to the arrest
Of Currie, he being a man Over 80 years
Of age, and this being his second
Otfense it is apt to go hard with him if
he is convicted. His son Charles was
convicted OF maintaining a nuisance
at the term o. the Walsh county court
held last January, but was not sent to
the pen. .entiary owing to the fact that
an appeal was taken to the supreme
court. The recent decision Of that
body. however, sustaining the lower
court in all the pig cases and in cOnse
quence young Currie will soon do
time" perhaps side by side with the
aged father.
A Washington special says: Al
though it will be several weeks before
the term of the present postmaster at
Grafton, Walsh county, will expire the
contest for the office among the as
pirants for the place grows warmer
every day. 1t is understood that many
letters have been received recently
withdrawing signatures from the petit
ton for the appointment of Mr.. Wea-
CART and indorsing Lieut.. T%horoldson.
The former IS likely to be selected, as
he has the support of State Treasurer
Driscoll and is favored by Senator Nc
Cumber and Representative Spauld-
ing, while Lieut.. Thoroldson is the
candidate of Senator Hansbrough. On
account Of the arrangements of the
North Dakota delegation, Mr.. Wea-
CART will doubtless be recommended
unless the support Of either Mr.. Nc
Cumber or Mr.. Spalding is withdrawn.
Last week a number of young men
gathered at the home of Goodman
Bjorns0n, in Cavalier county. and pro-
ceeded to give their friend and his
bride a chariyari. During the bar
barOus festivities, someone discharged
a gun, the contents entering the hip Of
Carl HjalmarsOn, seriously w0unding
him. On complaint of Fred Reykjain,
who seemed to have been a leader in
the charivari, Goodman Bjornson and
John Christianson, who were among
the occupants : the house that night
We're arrested on charge of having
done the shooting. These parties
We're taken before Justice Pearson of
Cavalier and were bound over to the
district court. The wounded man
died Tuesday and an inquest was held,
the jury returning a verdict that Hjel-
marson5 came to his death from blood
poisoning caused by shot from a gun
In tue hands of an unknown person.
Pioneer Press: D. w. Driscoll, state
treasurer Of North Dakota arrived