Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-01-13
STATE NEWS

There r over 1000 children of school
age in Grand Forks county.
The long distance telephone line has
been completed to Jamestown.
Stutsman county officers are now
bonded with a surety company.
Grand Forks county has two appli-
cants for cadetship at Annapolis.
Hon. E. d. Wallace of Hope was kick
ed by a horse and quite badly injured.
Chambers is reported on the Sheyenne,
and seven horses have been condemned.
j. w. Durham of Nelson county is af-
ter an appointment as district veterinar-
ian.
The linseed oil mills at Fargo were
b~urglarized and a number of odds and
ends taken.
The Griggs Courier proposes a "Hob-
o social, which ought to meet with
general favor.
Alex McLain of Cavalier county has
sold his extensive property holdings and
goes to Los Angeles.
G. G. Pilling and family of Foster
county had a narrow escape from as
phyxiation from escaping coal gas.
A number of half breed Chippewa
Indian families from Turtle Mountain are
settling in the vicinity of Cannonball.
The town of Milton is without fire
protection, owing to the loss of it's en-
engine house and fire apparatus by fire.
Mayville will have made plans and
specifications for the new electric light
plant which is to cost $4,000 to $4,000.
The State Industrial school trustees
are advertising for bids for the erection
of the building to be received up to
Feb. 16.
The weather in the valley is much
colder than on the slope-34 degrees be-
low being reported in some sections a
few days ago.
An agent of the enforcement league
named Gleason was arrested at Langdon
for signing another mans name to an
application for liquor.
The annuity distribution at Standing
Rock has been completed, and next year
will see the last payments made, the
treaty expiring in 1899.
The Nelson County Herald has chang
cd arrangements, w. o. S%trandberg re-
firing and the Herald publishing COM
pany assuming charge.
Homestead entries %aggregating 542, 900
acres of land, were filed in the land Of
flee at Devils Lake last year. There were
100000 acres of final proofs.
There are not enough dwelling houses
in jamestown to go around, and resi-
dences or fiat buildings are needed-a
chance for profitable investment.
Chief of Police Service of Park River
attempted to light a lamp-and his coat
sleeve being covered with oil-took fire
and a painful burn was inflicted.
McHenry county has obtained a judg-
ment against the defunct Minot bank
for the several thousand dollars on de-
post by the county in the bank when it
failed.
Fred Will of Wisconsin has paid
Charles Greve s12,2S5 for 335 acres of
Trail county land or S335 an acre-on
of the highest prices ever paid for land
IN the county
Editor Palmer of the Darlington hide
pendent says real property is higher in
Darlington than in New York city-pro.
~portionately. Palmer is something of q
boomer himself.
The register of deeds in Ramsey coun.
ty does a big business-fces exceeding
all salaries last month by over 500
last year there was an excess of S7O(
fees over salaries.
Over 100000 acres of land was sold il
Foster, Eddy and Wells counties in 1898
Of this amount $4,000 acres was sold b,
one firm in Foster county and over 5W
settlers were located.
w. b. McGahey died in the count,
hospital at Minot. McGahey was on
of the old-time boomers at Devils LAX
and in the early COS was known as tn
%1millionaire cattle king of Texas."
Lee B. Durstine, formerly of James
town, has filed a petition in b%ankruptc
at Columbus, o., with debts aggregatin.
100000. He is local manager for tn
New York Life Insurance company.
Dave Holmes, retiring county treasure
of Grand Forks county, has $4,000 o
the county funds in a suspended BAN
and there is a question of his liabilit,
The county commissioners refused to &C
cept the receivers certificate on tn
transfer.
J. B. Streeter, jr., OF, Larimore, tn
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