Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22
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Mrs. voss Of Mandan is in the city
today.
County Commissioner johnson is
down from Painted Woods.
Attorney r. N. Stevens has gone to
Washington to look after some legal
business.
Nels Hawkinson has left Leslie &
McAfee and after the first Of the year
will represent Wright, Barrett & Still
we'll Of st. Paul.
The Alert says a petition asking
Governor Fancher to be a candidate
for reelection is being circulated in
! Stutsman county.
1t is said the new N. P. coast train,
when put on early in the spring, will
be about the finest thing ever to come
over this pike-so the railroad boys say
who keep tab.
NJ. j. Speer, one of the old time and
popular employees of the n. P. at the
rOundhouse at Fargo. will be married
at -Landan to Miss McDougall, a sister
Of Senator McDougal.
The First State Bank of S%heyenne
and the Bank of Sheyenne have been
issued charters by Secretary Of State
Falley. They will open for business
at the booming town of Sheyenne, in
Eddy county.
Flags are floating at half mast today
because of the death of General Law
ton, and the North Dakota volunteers,
who admired Lawton perhaps more
than any officer IN the island, learned
the news of the death of the gallant
soldier with deep regret.
Chief of Police McHugh has a card
from Ochre River, Manitoba,
ing the death Of Mrs. Mary. Attrill, for
merly a resident of this county. Nov.
Is. Mrs. Attrill will be remembered
by many friends. She leaves two
daughters and two sons.
E. NJ. Valentine, representing J. D.
Franklin, star route mail contractors
of Sedalia- No., is in the city, looking
after the contract between Bismarck
and Andrews. He is also considering
the matter Of bidding for the route to
Wilton, when the p~ostoftice is estab-
lished there.
John Lind. Il farmer living near Will
ton, will leave in January with his
family for Puerto Principe, Cuba. A
New York syndicate is settling the To-
cality and he goes to see how he likes
the country. He has made money on
the slope and wants to see a little Of
the country. He will not sell his
land, but has rented it for a time.
The saloons raided at Mandan were
owned by w. r. Hawkins, r. McAu-
life, Tobin & Drury and H. Grumple.
Liberal supplies of liquid evidence
were found in all the establishments,
and in the first three Il large amount
Of costly gambling paraphernalia was
seized. -Four valuable roulette wheels,
a number Of slot machines, poker
tables and other gambling devices are
included in the layouts secured.
A number Of jamestown people have
relatives in the British army now in
South Africa and they are rather anx-
iously awaiting definite news regard
ing the recent battles. So far only
the casualties among the officers have
been reported. Mrs. Jesse Webster,
delivery clerk in the postofice, has a
brother who is a member Of the Cor
don highlanders, and Fred Knapp has
a cousin in M Of the regiments at the
front.
Thefts Of now fence are reported
in the western part Of the state. Less
than a week ago it was reported at
division headquarters that a cOnsid-
cradle amount Of fence had been stolen
from the right Of way between Medora
and Belfield, in the western part of the
state on the main line. A detective
was put at work to trace the lumber
and finally succeeded in locating it on
a ranch lying about ten miles south Of
the line. A small granary for the
storage Of oats was found which had