Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-26
$TATE NE3WS

Fargo is talking suburban electric
lines.
Several cases of diphtheria are re-
ported in Dickinson.
Eight cases of diphtheria are re-
ported in one family in Stark county.
The Northern Pacific road paid $14,-
500 taxes to the county treasurer ut
Dickinson.
Stark county loses about 81 1000 Il
year by the change in the school ap-
~pOrtiOnment law.
Paul L. Mcdonald Of Washington,
D. c., has been appointed teacher at
Standing Rock at 5000.
Postmaster Movius of Lidgerwood
wrote the president why he. Il repub-
lican, was removed from office, when
he had served less than two years of
his term, and there had been no COM
plants against him.
David Aitken Of Park River, who
went to England for the purDu
porting horses for this country, took a
consignment of horses from North Da-
kOta and to which he will add others
and will put them on the market in
England.
Bottineau Courant: Not wishing to
be an abettOr of crime, but with the
welfare of the county of BOttineau at
heart, we would suggest that some one
passing the county Jail with a fair
sized wagon would stop and load this
imposing cditicc on the wagon. take
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Word comes from the Mouse river
that a ranchman named Church lost
about SiX+y-tive head of cattle last
week. The cattle had gone to the
river to drink and the ice not being
solid enough to sustain their weight
gave way beneath them and the ami
mails being unable to cXtricate them
selves, persisted.
The announcement is made that the
publication of the Daily East Grand
Forks Courier will he discontinued
after tomorrow. Mr.. Duffy, the pro-
prietor. will go east for the benefit Of
his health as soon as he can arrange
matters properly. The publication of
the Weekly Courier will be continued,
and the paper is to be enlarged and
improved.
MoOrhead has the 500 fever too. and
a business mems meeting has been
called for that place. the purpose being
to see what can be done about having
the 500 build into Moorhead, from FL
bow Lake, Mimi. Nhe men will make
a statement to the road as to the
amount OF business they will give the
road should it build into MoOrhead be-
fore Jan. !, 1901.
Treadwell Twichell AZ. Il. Il. Red
mon. of Maplcton, have just closed a
deal whereby they secure a big tract
OF land in Barnes county. which will
be turned into a ranch for grazing pur-
poses. The tract secured consists of
Twenty-Five hundred acres and is sit
1lated south Of Sheldon. and is par
ticu.arly well located for ranch pur-
poses. While these gentlemen have
a large amount Of stock already on
hand, consisting of horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs. it is understood they will
add materially to these interests in the
spring.
Important orders have been issued
to the Great Northern express agents
throughout the state. They were all
Instructed to disregard all previous or
uel'S III the future refuse to ACCEPT
all &. o. ID. shipments of liquor. The
practice heretofore in use resulted in
making most Of the express Offices and
depots throughout the state saloons to
a greater or less extent. The circular
issued instructs agents to dispose Of
the stock in hanu before Jan. % or ship
the consignments back to the senders.
Not only will the G.. O. ID. business be
stopped but shipments Of liquor by
freight, where bills of lading We're is
sued against the party desiring the