Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-04-21
CITY AND COUNTY.
Thursday.

YhMrsday.
Master. Mechanic Ristecn is among
the railroad officials in the city.
Private Herman Wolf of Company
II is reported among the wounded at
Manila.
Col. w. Il. Dodge, attorney of the
Great Northern roads among tile
guests in the city.
Street Commissioner MclIugh is hav-
ing the city generally policed II got
into shape for spring.
Several deer could he seen on the
bottoms this morning, driven out of the
timber by the rising water from the
river.
Work on the second story Of the
Rhud building is progressing rapidly,
and the building will present Il hand
some appearance.
MI. and Mrs. \. G. McGillivray Of
Dickinson came down yesterday after
noon, after having been held up for
several days by the blockade.
Col. Little will erect two new build
ings, one just north of MichelsOn's
and another south of the Will building
ON Fouth street.
A concrete crossing is being laid be-
tween the First National bank building
and MichelsOn's and similar crossings
will be laid from the bank on Main
street, west and south.
The Great Northern road is suffering
Inconvenience from WaShOutS, and
several are reported west Of MinOt, so
that through trains are being held
there. Some of the passengers have
been transferred to the 500. .
X. ]. Turner of Gladstone, a member
of the pen board, was an east bound
passenger this afternoon, enroute to
st. Paul where he will join Warden
Boucher and investigate the matter OF
purchase of supplies for the Irvine
plant.
Architect Van Horn has finished the
plans for the new building to be erected
by Mayor Patterson on his lot just
west of Gussner's building. The
building will he one story, brick, with
4 handsome front with brown stone
trimmings, and 4 cOmmOdiOus store
room.
The partly destroyed steam shovel
that went through the fire in the Man
dan shops vas brought over from
Mandan this morning and started cast
for the repair shops. The shovel is
rather a sorry looking wreck but a
portion Of it will probably be utilized
in the construction of n new shovel.
l.. J. Rusk Of Fargo has finished the
work Of placing the new steel ceiling
in the Methodist church, and that
structure when the present repairs are
completed, will take rank with the
handsomest-for which much of the
credit is due to the energetic work of
Rev. Anderson.
Pioneer Press: Hon. Alex McKen-
zic, the well known politician of North
Dakota, who has been i'll at st. Jo-
seph's hospital for nearly a month
with pneumonia, left that institution
last night and returned to his home.
He was able to walk, and said he was
anxious to get home and start his
crops. but whether his crops were Of
a political or agricultural nature he
did not say.
Contractor Owen of Minneapolis ar
rived in the city last night and started
this morning for Elbowoods. where he
has the contract for the erection of the
new Indian school building, to replace
the n destroyed by fire come years
ago. The new building is to be mod
ern in every respect, of brick, steam
heated and with all improvements.
Contractor Owen will take the first
steps by installing a brickyard for the
manufacture of brick for the building.