Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-09-15
Saturday..

80 soNJ 49,
q trip to Fargo.
w. Il. Best returned on the noon
train from his trip east
o. H. Will returned from a trip down
the line on the noon train.
w. +. Cochrane returned on the noon
train from a flying visit to Steele.
The Northern Pacific has bought
some 100000 cedar ties out in Washing
ton.
Attorneys Rice, Campbell and Voss.
of Mandan, were in the city this morn
ing.
Miss Perry, Of the public school
teaching force, arrived on the noon
train today.
Louis Joss, son of Rev. Joss, has re-
turned east to begin upon his univer-
sity course.
Threshing machines through the
county are turning out some good
yields of grain.
The North Dakota delegation that
greeted the boys at San Francisco is
on the way home.
Tax Commissioner Fernald, of the
Northern Pacific, was a passenger on
the noon train en- route to the coast.
Wahpeton is another town that is
arranging to give it's company a barbe-
cue on it's return from San Francisco.
The Fort Yates and Mandan base
ball fans are endeavoring to arrange 4
game with Bismarck during the state
fair at Mandan.
The members Of Company A at San
francisco are apparently busy and not
many letters have beeen received yet
by folks at home.
James McGillic sold 100 head of
streets to AL Lanterman at Mandan for
s. ,70O. Cattle are about the best prop
erty the farmer can have nowadays.
The Mandan fair officers telegraphed
Col. Truemann at San Francisco, offer
ing him and his regiment the freedom
of the ground during the fair.
An old soldier named Dennis Baker,
who has been living on Mandan ave-
nue., died last night from paralysis. The
funreal will be held tomorrow at $3.50.
Lieut.. Col. Whit and Mrs. Wint were
in the city this morning. The colonel
is inspector general Of the department
of Dakota and was inspecting the Of
flee of Major Robertson.
There is a great deal Of government
work yet to do on the Missouri river
at this point before the river closes.
In fact, some of it may not be COM
pleted till after the river is frozen over.
A number of piles are yet to be driven.
Buffalo Bills Wild West show per-
formed in Fargo yesterday and from all
accounts gave q good show to a large
crowd. The show ran short Of canvas
men while there and advertised for
fifty men to accompany the show In
that capacity.
Dickinson Press: On Monday the
Dickinson Fire & Pressed Brick Works
loaded three cars of bricks for the gov
eminent post buildings at Bismarck
and the New Rockford school building.
-Four cars more were loaded for these
points later in the week.
Mandan Pioneer: Mr.. J.. L. Bowers
has accepted a position as clerk on the
government work at the river, to MI.
Wood. the superintendent Of the work.
Mr.. Bowers takes the place of Mr..
Preston, of Bismarck, who has entered
the employ of the Hoagland Lumber
company.
The twenty-five North Dakota vet
Grams with the Minnesota men at
tracted attention at Philadelphia in the
big Grand Army Of the Republic ma
rade. Each wore a pOmpom of wheat
heads in his hat band. The largest sin
gle representation from any post was
made by John +. Reynolds post of Far
go. Editor Winship, of Grand Forks,
was in the parade, too.
Three counties in the state have an
p%ropriated funds to help pay for the
entertainment of the volunteers on
their way home. Stutsman and Barnes
have appropriated $1,000 each and Cass
has given $50O-Which latter amount
the people Of Fargo seem to think is
too small for 20 large a county. Nc
contribution was asked in this county,
and Ramsey county refused to make
an appropriation.
Sheriffs Robert German. of McHenry
county, and j. B. Reynolds, Of Pierce
county, were in the city this week with
a couple of men for the state pen
Henry Dram, for burglary, and John
Ford, for larceny Of money from a
trunk. Sheriff German says grain cut
ting is about done and threshing com.
menced in his county. Some of the
grain is vet green. The season has
been backward, but the general yield
of grain will be excellent. Two weeks
ago a heavy hail storm passed through
that region and devastated the coun.
try. Even the grass was beaten into
the ground. In the hail district no1
enough grain is left for scotland none
Of the farmers were insured.
Monday.
William Dwyer of Medina came i1
on the noon train.
Captain Moorhouse drops the Trib.
une a postal card from Atlantic City