Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-08-04
ten acres in small fruit, although much
of it was damaged by the high water
this spring.

ten acres in small fruit, although much
of it was damaged by the high water
this spring.
G. E. Nichols: Farmers have begun
the harvest in Cass county and all are
busy. There will be a good yield. There
was a heavy storm in the valley Monday
night, but it missed us.
A telegram was received yesterday by
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn from Piatt, who is in
the hospital at San Francisco. He said
that he was getting along well and
Miss Helen Hughes has been quite
seriously i'll for several days, her condi-
ton having beenia source of alarm to
her parents and to many friends. She
is somewhat improving today.
Attorney Stanley: There were some
private bids for N. P. lands in Kidder
county. One section was run up to $500,
including the taxes, which were prob
ably about 5000. The company, how
ever, bid in all the lands.
Former Senator G. E. Gregory and
bride were greeted by many old friends
during their stay in the city. Mr..
Gregory expects to practice law at
oAo OuSoSC 1 CuC ChIUle OuSl-
ness, and many friends will wish him
well.
Governor Fancher this afternoon re-
ceived a telegram from Col. f. w. Ames
at San Francisco, in response to his tele-
gram asking him to see that the North
Dakota boys there received proper care.
Col. Ames wires North Dakota boys
at Preside all doing nicely. Will see
that they get proper care and attention.
jamestown Alert: The party of Iowa
landseekers in charge of Cassidy of the
500 went north to Darlington today.
They were well pleased with everything
they saw on their trip to Bismarck and
Washburn. They were especially pleased
with the valuable coal deposits along the
Missouri. The grain in the vicinity of
Washburn looks good and the stock
ranches were viewed with wonder by
the Iowans.
The North Dakota regiment, on the
way home on the Grant, numbers $40
men. The deaths in the regiment have
been a few less than twenty, about the
same number Of the boys are at Frisco
on the sick list and a few have re-en-
listed. There is a average of over
seventy men to the company-coming
home or here Acknowledgements eighty
when they enlisted-which is a pretty
good showing after a years service.
Manager Wakeman is e~ndeavoring to
secure'a guarantee for the appearance
Of the Banda Rosa in the city about
the middle of September. This is the
finest musical organization in ex~istanca,
so acknowledged by musical critics.
Ii a guarantee will be made between
this city and Mandan the band will give
a concert here. This is an opportunity
for the people of the city to hear some
thing uneXcelled in the line of music.
George Savage, a machinist for the
Northern Pacific at Mandan, was killed
in a run away accident at that place.
He was out driving with his family and
the horse ran away, throwing him out
and the vehicle passing over his head,
int1icting injuries from which he died in
an hour. His wife and children were.
also thrown out of the buggy but were
unhurt. Savage leaves a wife and five
children, the eldest ten years of age.
The month of July just closed was a
little below the average in temperature
and considerably below in precipitation.
The total precipitation for the month
was As inches, less than half an inch,
against an average of over two inches
for twenty-five years. The mean tenn
perature for the month was SO degrees
against an average mean of 20. The
highest temperature during the month
was lO on the 10Th and the lowest Al on
the 29th.