Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-04-21
O'Grady while a couple of passers by
rescued the horse.

O'Grady while a couple of passers by
rescued the horse.
Several prairie fires have been re-
ported in different parts Of the coun-
ty in the past few days. The grass
is dry and the fires sweep with alarm
ing rapidity Notwithstanding the short
age of grass.
County Commissioner WEIGH and
family reached the city yesterday from
Glencoe. Their little girl has been
suffering from throat trouble for some
time and an operation will be per-
formed today for her relief.
Deputy Marshal Davis was in the
city yesterday to release Walter Bou-
tillier, who has been serving Il sen
tence Of eleven months for robbery Of
a mail sack in Emmons county. BOu-
tillier has completed his sentence.
The river appears to have done it's
worst and no further trouble is antici-
pated. The high stage Of water has
reached points down the stream in
South Dakota and exceptionally high
water is reported at Pierre.
The state board of health is holding
a meeting at the capitol today. DR..
Quarry of Grand Forks, superintend-
ent of the stae board, and DR.. w. J.
Musgrove of Grafton, vice president of
the board ARE in the city attending
the meeting.
A Valley City telegram expresses the
sorrow felt in that city at the death
Of Sergeant Major Whitaker, who died
of disease at Manila. The deceased
was a resident of that city for some
time, and also a member of the Valley
City company of militia.
The new building for the First Ma
tiOnal banks institution at Washburn
has been completed and Banker Pen
warden expects to leave this week to
open up the new institution Mt the
metropolis of Mclean county. A bank
and lumber yard will be operated in
connection.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Pye returned yes
terday morning from a trip to Brad
dock. While on their way they ran
across a healthy prairie fire, and came
near being caught in the flames. The
horses became frightened and refused
to move and had to be led away from
the path Of the flames.
Bishop f. G. Andrews of New York
occupied the pulpit at the First Meth
odist church at Fargo and over a thous-
and people heard the sermon which is
pronounced of the best ever heard
in that city. The bishop is in the city
to attend the Methodist conference
which begins tomorrow.
It is now charged by the widow Of
the late Marquis deMores, who was
his death was the result of q conspir-
France-that he knew too much of
French military secret matter and was
conveniently gotten rid of.
Commissioner Of Insurance Harri-
son returned last night from a trip to
the Twin cities. He is looking up the
status Of the Minneapolis Guaranty
company, and q test case will probably
he tried before Judge Glaspell to de-
termine whether the company is en-
titled to do business in the state.
There have been no arguments in
the supreme court for q day or SO.
1t is unlikely that there will be much
business before the twentieth from
which date for about two weeks cases
have been set and will occupy the at
tention Of the court almost without in
terruption. There are a number of
important cases yet to be heard.
Captain Tom Mariner has returned
to the city after an absence of a num-
Der Of months in the Klondike. Cap
tain Mariner is one of the old time
steamboat men on the Missouri river,
and he went to Klondike to- take
charge of a boat on the upper Yukon.