Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-08-03

business sold their outfit on that ac-
count.
Two violators Of the game law were
arrested at jamestown.
The Fargo Argus. has assumed con-
troll of the Argus job plant.
The soldiers monument will be un-
yelled at Grafton October /.
According to the Sheldon Enterprise
Major BUTTE has abandoned general
law practice and now attends princi-
pally to the estates of widows.
The Lisbon papers are indignant be-
cause the enforcement league has
closed a local confectionery and gro
Gerry store for having some hard cider
on hand.
F. D. Alexander, a we'll known in
surance man and shingle dealer, was
found dead in his room on the third
floor Of the Pike block. Fairhaven,
Wash, from gas asphyxiation. lie
was formerly a lawyer at jamestown.
The work Of grading the Oakes-Mil-
nor branch of the N. +. is nearly com
pleted, and many of the outfits have
left the work. Track laying will begin
the first OF August from Cakes end of
the line, and there is material in the
yards at Cakes to begin with.
Several bottles of "non-toxo' were
seized by the enforcement league at
Lakota and while they were taking the
evidence to Grand Forks to be ana
lyzed, the porter of the train threw
them out Of the window. The league
officers say the porter stood in with
the brewery agent.
Dickinson Recorder: While in the
act of killing a coyote Monday evening
p. E. Breton had the misfortunate to
have his gun explode. blowing his
right thumb off and otherwise damag-
ing his hand. Drs. Miller and Stick
ney dressed the wouna Tuesday morn
ing and the injured nan is getting
along nicely. Coyotes come high
often exceeding the bounty offered fol
their scalps-but we must have them.
Lakota Herald: Yesterday after.
noon there vas more than a quiet stil
on the streets of Lakota. Sheriff
Dahl pulled" everything in sight il
the way of malt joints. FOR some
time there has been a suspicion thai
some of the refreshments sold in this
city were stronger than the law allow.
and the above is the resu4.. Whether
evidence enough can be secured t;
prove that beer has been sold or not i!
not known, but it is rumored that {
spctter was in town a short time agt
and that the evidence will be forth
coming at the proper time.
Members of the enforcement leagu,
have had detectives at work at Lisbo1
and it is found hat some of the TEN
perance saloons there have been selling
cider which when analysed contained
from ) to I per cent of alcohol, which
is a greater percentage of alcohol thar
is contained in beer, and as a resul
prosecutions will follow and the dop.
ing of cider stopped. Representatives
of the league are now having Hamm's
non-toxo analysed. This is sold ex
tensiyely in the southern part of the
state and is supposed to contain more
alcohol than the law will allow.
Anamoose Progress: A few mile:
south CT Balfour a Russian and hi:
son was lately cutting hay on som,
ranchman's property and upon theil
being ordered off the lands, answered
"Nicht yer steh," and went on making
way. They were allowed to cure tn
hay, load it on the wagon, and star
home with it, when a lighted mattel
was touched to the load, and the ha.
and wagon was burned, the horse.
being saved with difficulty. Whel
the Russian and his son discovered tn
hay was on fire, they ~endeavored t.