Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-15
CITY AND COUNTY,.
Thursday.

Thursday y.
Another of those beautiful summer
days. and the river still open.
Landlord Chnrlebois and County
Auditor .Johns0n are down from WASH
burn.
Misses Skeel> and Briggs and Mrs.
Rawlings went to Mandan today to at
tend the Episcopal fair.
Congressman Spalding has received
hundreds of letters and petitions ur@-
ing him to vote against the seating Of
Congressman Roberts.
Washington dispatches report NJ. II.
Jewell of the Tribune. C. Il. Little and
w. T.. Perkins among the North Da-
kotans who witnessed the opening of
the congressional session.
The case of the Bismarck. WaShhurn
Il Fort Ruforl VS.. Dudley occupied
the attention Of the district court yes
terday afternoon ami this morning and
went TO the jury 1T noon today. The
court then took up tile second OF tn"
condemnation cases.
The elevator at Penn. ear Churchs
Ferry. owned ny the Minneapolis and
Northwest Elevator company, was
burned on Sunday night. 1t is believed
thai the source of the fire WIS inccn-
nary. The elevator contained from
10000 TO 10000 bushels of wheat. the
greater part of which was No. l hard.
True Waldorf is in ..ic city from his
farm near Menokcn. He says he
,J,-.n1 all Il,.an,1,n,. I u,,I , nCI
never saw better blowing at any time
OF year-and with Il gang plow at that.
He has fed no hay to stock SO far this
winter and there is green grass all
through his pasture. something" un-
usual for the middle of winter in North
Dakota.
Attorney Stevens: The cnur, did
not enioin the issuance Of tax deeds
in the Emmons county cases brought
to set aside Judgment under the Woods
bill. The law provides that at tle OK
piration of two years the deeds issue
and the sale becomes absolute. The
court set aside the Judgment obtained
by the county, which was the order
sought by the plaintiffs.
Viola Woodward. the Wife of DR.. X.
w. Woodward. the jamestown dentist
who was arrested some time ago for
larceny. and who appeared to I've Il
sufferer from kleDtomania. has asked
the board of insanity to commit her
husband to the asylum. claiming that
he is suffering from the effects Of par
nlysis resulting from a fall, and that
to this is due his larcenous proclivi-
ties. The case has not yet been set
tied.
Fargo Forum: T.. S. Allen. assist.
ant United States attorney. came in
from Bismarck TINS morning to MAKE
Il motion before Judge AmidOn in the
case of the United States VS.. 1865 sheep
The owner. O'Brien. who lives in Can
ada, was given the right to pay $500
to the United States and take the sheel
but has failed to comply with the judg'
ment. Nh. Allen will move that the
sheep be now sold to the highest bid
der.
Jerry J. writes from Washington
Spalding of North Dakota will intro
duce a bill in a few days for an appro
priation of 100000 for the continue
ton of the work on the military pos
at Bismarck. He will also Introduce
a bill for Il building at Grand Fork:
at d cUSL Ol HloV.OoO. VI. II. JeNPll y.
the Bismarck Tribune says the repub
lican party has not in years been Sc
nearly united and free from faction!
as at present. The harmony which
characterizes the delegation in con
gress characterizes the entire state
and next year Jewell predicts the larg
est republican majority the state ha.
ever given.
Grand Forks Plaindealer: New!
from the various sick rooms today il
not in any way satisfactory, except il