Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-04-14
CITY AND COUNTY.
Thursday.

MurSdny.
Mrs. II. d. Hoskins has returned
from a trip to Fargo.
Mayor Patterson has gone to St
Paul on a bushes trip.
Supreme court will be convened in
the city on Tuesday next.
Several recruits for Fort Yates
came in on the o train today.
DR.. Treacy was in Mandan this
afternoon on professional business.
Mrs. L. \. Briggs and Mrs. w. Il.
Best visited in Mandan this afternoon.
The county commissioners have fin
islled their work and adjourned. The
work was Of the routine character.
A number of tiocks Of geese are re-
ported in the fields neal the city and
sp0rtsmen are preparing for the spring
hunting.
NJ. L. Parker of jamestown, it is
stated, will assume the management
OF the business Of the leadership at
Standing Rock for Col. Robinson,
The stand pipe in the railroad yards
has been repaired. Missouri river
water is practically indispensable for
the use Of engines on the division.
Director Bronson of the weather bu-
reau states there is no more cold
weather in sight at present, at which
due and general thankfulness will be
felt.
Mrs. w. +. Cushing and family have
left Langdon and will take up their
residence in Fargo. where w. r. has a
position as solicitor for a printing
firm.
commissioner Of Insurance Harrison
goes to Fargo today and from there to
North1ield, with Mrs. Harrison, whose
parents live there, and they will make
n brief visit.
IL. w. Richholt has been appointed
as deputy assessor under Assessor
Gaskill and will assess property in
that part of the First district that is
within the city limits.
Hon. Chauncey L. Baxter, ex. nav
of Fergus Falls, Mimi, was in Bis
marck today on his return trim from
Washburn, where he has been looking
over his milling property.
A general spring cleaning Of alleys,
residence lots and other places on
which refuse has accumulated during
the winter, would be an excellent di-
version in the next week or so.
NJ. P. Skeels went to Mandan this
noon. Some n swiped his fox terrier
and sold him owe in Mandan, and the
~righteously indignant owner went over
with the sheriff to rescue the pup.
Another death is reported in the
family OF John Pollock, Edward Pol
lock, the five-year- old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pollock, having succumbed to the
same disease Of which the eldest girl
died a few days ago. The family will
have general sympathy in this double
bereavement,
With the advent Of warmer weather.
householders are busily engaged in
thawing out water pipes in various
parts of the city. Owing to the ex-
IRENE cold, the water connections on
a number Of streets have been frozen
up for several weeks, and residents
have been carrying water.
Charles Kupitz has put an arc light
on the corner in front of his handsome
grocery establishment, and it lights
up the corner in good shape. Mr.. Kus
pitt has also ordered an a~cetylene
plant, which has arrived and will be
set up as soon as possible, thus giving
him both gas and electric lights.
Congressman Spalding has the an.
pointment of a naval cadet at the An
napolis academy and announces an ex-
animation of applicants for the posi-
ton in Fargo on May 8, at 10 o'clock.
The applicant must be between the
ages Of fifteen and twenty years, phys
ically sound and a resident of the
state.
A curfew ordinance is requested of
the city council by a petition that has
been generally signed by business men
and residents Of the city. The object
of the ordinance requested is to keep
young boys off the streets and out Of
public places. Similar ordinances are
in effect in a number of cities in the
state.
Farmers generally through the coun-
ty this spring r treating their seed