Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-06-23
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"A Washington dispatch says that
Major Edgar G. Robertson, quartermas-
ter, has been ordered here from New
York to assume charge of the erection of
the military post.
The taking off one train each way puts
back the full force of mail clerks on
trains l and 2. All the men will in the
future will run out of jamestown. in
stead of part from Mandan.
At the Gun Club shoot Saturday
evening, Tom O'Shaughnessy won the.
gold badge for the week with a score of
ID birds out of Is. Miss Edith Wake
man was at the top of the ladies' class.
VIM. Laist says there was a small
cloud burst about 20 miles north of town
about 8 o'clock last evening, but no
damage was done. The water came
down in chunks to within about ten
miles of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berry and Miss Young of
Fargo left for Dickinson on the moo
train. Ed. says he has no definite To-
formation yet as to when his boy would
be home from the Philippines, though he
was discharged some time ago.
Attorney Philbrick has not been feel
ing well for some days, and when he
came down to the office DR.. Ballard or
dered him home to bed. He was to have
appeared for the state in the Warner
trial set for hearing at Washburn to-
morrow.
Clark Fairall, Leon, Ia, writes the
secretary of state asking for information
OF his son VIM. Fairall, who he has.
heard was frozen to death in this state
in 1897 or 1898. Anybody having infor-
nation will relieve the family by for
warding it.
There. was a large attendance at the
open air meeting held by Mr.. Crittenton
opposite the Sheridan house Saturday
evening, and Mrs. Moffatt's singing
seemed to be much appreciated. Every
day this week at 3 and 8 p. m. there will
be meetings at the Methodist church.
Attorneys Stevens e. Allen drove up to-
Washburn this afternoon, to defend
William Warner, whose trial for the al
legged murder of Mr.. Williams is set to
begin tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
On account of the sickness of Attorney
Philbrick the trial may have to be post
poned.
Two pairs of thoroughbred carrier
pigeons, addressed to Farmer Wallace
arrived in the city Saturday. They are
from a distant relative in Delaware
Water Gap, Pa. These pigeons are the
genuine variety, the same as used in the
government service and are very beauti-
fully marked.
Alex. Hughes was notified this morn
ing that Engineer Boyd Champlian at the
Fargo electric light plant was caught in
the machinery while oiling the dynamo
last night, and n arm torn off at the,
shoulder. He is still alive, but the shock
is liable to prove fatal. He was to have
been married in a short time,
Hon. w. D. Washburn on his recent.
trip visited his three experimental farms.
near Washburn, and was so we'll pleased
with the way things looked that he de-
cided to open up four more, and will let
contracts for the breaking at once. The
men on the cross sectional survey have
reached the upper crossing of Burnt
Creek.
The Fridley section, four miles north
of Steele has bean purchased by Mr..
Thompson of Missouri, who will build a
house and barn this season. Mr.. Thomp-
son has substantial interests in Missouri
which he still retains, but takes advant-
age of the present low price of land to
make a place for his twelve children when
they grow up.
Paul Leddy is back at Steele from his
trip to Edmonton, in the Northwest Ter
ritory. He located a claim twenty-five
miles from there, as has also George
Price. who has started to build a house.
Mr.. Teddy likes the looks of the country
up there, but after he has had a little
experience of the Canadian Pacific mon
opoly-he may find that all is not gold
that glitters.
Tom Lamb, one of Michigan City's.
active citizens, arrived in the capital
city Saturday. He has anything but
feelings of kindness and gratitude for
the man who perpetrated that colonel
on-the-governor's-staff story appearing
in a Michigan City paper, and believes
that his old enemy Ernie Kent worked
up the story just to 'queer" him and
head Oft an appointments one was.
ever contemplated by the governor.
James WEIGH thinks he has about $685.
200 coming from the Northern Pacific.