Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-06-23
STATE NEwS

Senator Z. B. Hanna was. elected one
OF the trustees of Fargo college.
The latest thing at Walhalla is "shoot-
ing the chutes" on the new water tobog-
gan.
There are nine cases of smallpox re-
ported at ~Fessenden, two at Harvey and
several at Devils Lake.
At Crystal on July 4th and 9Th $1,000.
will be hung up in purses, with a $500
purse for a free-for-all trot or pace.
Chas. Allen last week sold his quarter
of section IL Maple River township in
Cass county to Chas. Billiard for $50 an
acre.
The Valley City Alliance thinks Fargo
should boom Mayor johnson for gov
ernor-so johnson will not be disap-
pointed.
The s%portsmans association decided to
hold their tournament at Grand Forks
again next year. The old officers were
reelected.
Fred bennett, Senator Hansbrough's
secretary, sails for Europe on the 18th,
with a view of being benefited in health
by the trip.
Editors Small and McGahan of Devils
Lake, will issue a paper called the Daily
Chautauquan during the assembly from
July l to 16.
At Devils Lake Chief Hurst arrested
VIM. Stephenson aged. 50 and Mrs
Woods aged 40, charged with adultery
and desertion.
Father Dillon of Cakes leaves July /
for a few months trip to his boyhood's
home in Ireland, which he has not seen
for twenty-three years.
The tenth annual convention of the
Christian Endeavor closes at Valley City
tonight, after an interesting and we'll at
tended three days session.
The Fargo telephone exchange has
over 700 subscribers, and the company is
figuring on putting up a two-story brick
entirely for their own use.
George Winfrey plead guilty to steal
ing two head of horses from Frank
Mellinger of Cakes, and will come to
Bismarck to reside for two years.
Il. c. F%alkenstein issued the first copy
of the Bottineau News, dated June 8,
and will make Major Britton hustle to
keep at the head of the pocession.|
Richland county commissioners pay
Barnard II Co. of st. Louis nearly $4,000
for county supplies--which seems to be
their way of building up home indus
tries. And there are others.
The Bathgate Pink Paper tells of a
farmer near there who came to town and
got drunk on Hostetters Stomach Bitters
at any rate when found paralyzed he had
a bottle so labeled in his hand.
The Fargo school board purchased a
quarter of a block for $4,000 as a site
for another two-story brick schoo.
building, and will meet June 81 to ap
prove the plans and invite bids.
A report comes to the Fargo Call from
Wahpeton that the boys at the Fire.
mems tournament did not go up against
the games very hardin fact SO light,
that the "tiger" closed his lair for lack
of business.
Walter Montague, who has been work.
ing for Alex. Moug, about five miles
south of Page, had a narrow escape
from being killed in a runaway, while
blowing. The man was thrown off the
plow and was dragged about half a mile.
He was very badly bruised, but no bones
were broken.
President Hill of the Great Northern
sent $3.50 to help out the Fargo festival
committee, which found itself about
$500 in the hole. 1t is said that all that
was subscribed from Moorhead was sl7O
If this is the case it would have served
the Moorhead people right to have re.
turned their beggarly contribution and
swung the bridges.
Speaking at the commencement din.
ner, Gen. Alex Hughes, spoke of his sur.
prise at what he found in Fargo college
He said he had known but little of the
college and was greatly pleased to fine
an institution of such excellence. He
said the people Of Fargo had not done
their duty in advertising the college
That if they had it in Bismarck not {
man or woman in North Dakota but
would have known all about it. HI