Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-09-08
CITY AND COUNTY,.
Thursday.

II. j. Tully, who has been i'll for some
time, is slowly improving.
Land Commissioner l.aNdal came
in from the east on the noon train.
Judge ]. +. Philbrick returned from
an extended trip on the noon train.
Secretary Of State Ealley came in
from the east on the nOo train today.
Henry Tatley sent $40 to Frisco this
morning. to be spent in entertaining
the boys.
Ed Sloan, who left the city last fall,
came in from the east today on the
noon train.
The school house has been thor
oughly cleaned and repaired and will
be fumigated today.
Albert Anderson. who had his leg
ground off in Il separator at James
town, died from his injuries.
Bishop Edsall and Rev. Rees of Fort
Totten came in from the east on the
moor train today. They are IN route
to the Indian mission at CanDonball.
Lieutenant Baldwin of jamestown,
who has been at home on sick leave.
was Il west bound passenger on to-
days train. returning to San Fran
cisco to rejoin the regiment.
The y. =. lincmcn are doing some
good work at repairing and surfacing
track in the local yards. The track
ncNt the platform is being torn out.
and other improvements made.
Treasurer Driscoll bought a badge
yesterday-says nothing is too good
for the soldiers. Up ut Grafton they
have raised about $1,000 and expect
to double it before they get through.
Inspector BcalS. who looks over
government weather bureaus through
the United States. came in from Chi
cage yesterday and was the guest Of
Director Bronson of the local weather
bureau for Il day.
D. NJ. Elliott and wife. father and
mother of Mrs. \. Healy. and Mrs.
Ritchic. sister of Mrs. Healy. were in
the wreck on the Winnipeg branch
Tuesday. Fortunately they We're not
injured. although the train was badly
smashed up, and they were forced to
stay out on the prairie all night.
a meeting of the committee on re-
freshments was called at the Sheridan
house last night but so few members
OF the committee were present that
no business was done and another
meeting will be called later. Mrs.
M0orhOuSe succeeds to the chairman
ship of the committee in the absence
of Mrs. Patterson.
Johnson Nickeus. formerly n prom
- r-$ ,,n1s,ss--, - At, -{4~ $500. .--.
mayor Of Tacoma. explains in a recent
Interview that his Indictment out
there was 4 political trick. He says
his political enemies have been tryin"
to secure his Indictment for Il long
time. The case in question. in which
it is alleged the mayor was offered
S12.300. WAS for compromising a judy
m'lA of S7S7. 900 against a corporation,
held by the city.
y Dickinson dispatch says: Flags
are ut half mast and there is general
sorrow here On account of the news of
the death Of Harold Davis. who died
OH the transport Grant on Aug. 10Th.
Harold was IS years old. the son of
DR.. H. a. Davis of Dickinson. He
was a boy of unusual promise. very
manly and we'll educated. He enlisted
in Company X as a private and served
as bugler as long as his health would
permit. Soon after going back into
the ranks he was promoted to cor
poral. His last letter home was
dated on Jan. Is at Taytay, and he had
hopes then of getting off the island
soon. During a long march he was
overcome by heat, from which he
never recovered. His remains will
be forwarded here for burial.