Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-05-18
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A temperature of ninety-eight in the
shade is reported from Grand Forks.
A little child was Frustrated by that
heat.
1t is reported that no gold demo-
crafts need apply to go to Kansas City
as delegates from the democrats of this
state.
The Minor Teller is authority for
the statement that Tom Curtis will
probably be the fusion candidate for
judge in the Fourth judicial district.
Senator Pettus makes a travelling
desk of his big SLOUGH lat. When he
starts out in the morning he fills his
hat with letters and papers. He dis
tributes them in sections as he visits
the white house and the departments,
but the old SLOUGH hat is still bullying
with documents when he reaches the
senate.
When the Puerto Rican excitement
was at its height in congress, a western
member exhibited the following tele-
gram, which he had received from one
of his constituents: Things quiet
now, except a good deal of kicking and
opposition, but the majority of your
friends stand with you. How do you
stand?"
The hotel and sample room owned
by l. ]. Chevalier, burned, the fire ex-
tending to- some o%utbuildings. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but the
flames spread very rapidly, and were
SO sudden that the property was a total
loss. The contents Of the building
were burned, including the personal
belongings of the boarders. Cheva-
lier's personal loss is $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000.
Engineer Darling and surveyors are
running a preliminary survey from
Oberon northwest, this being a contin-
uation of the McHenry branch to Shey-
enne, the main line being used from
there to Oberon. An additional rail-
road, the reservation to be opened to
settlement and talk of extension of
the northern branch to the Turtle
mountains has thrown the city into a
delirium of joy.
At the state G. A. R. encampment,
which meets at Grand Forks, June 2G,
% and %, the provisional department
of Veterans of the Spanish War will
take steps to perfect an organization
for this state. From advices received
it is expected that the First North Da-
kota regiment will be largely repre-
scented in this encampment. Grand
Forks is making preparations for a
very large attendance and those who
have the program in charge are max
ing every effort to make the visit of
the veterans of both wars as pleasant
as possible.
A Devils Lake dispatch says: Pos
sibly the largest deal ever consum-
mated in real estate in this section Of
North Dakota was made by the firm of
VIM. H. Brown & Co., of this city,
when they purchased of Whipple &
Baird $25,O0O worth of farm lands.
These farms are situated in Ramsey
Nelson, Pierce, Bottineau, Rolette,
Towner and Foster counties. VIM,
H. Brown & Co. sold during the past
week ten quarter sections of land in
this vicinity, which is an indication OF
the big boom this part of North Dakota
is now enjoying in the sales of realty
There seems to be a little after
math of the election out at Dickinson
and Captain George Auld has the fol.
lowing card in the Dickinson Press:
Inasmuch as a statement has been
made and given wide publicity that
bad signed a petition or other paper
asking that the saloons in this place
be closed up, l take this e of say.
ing that never at any time have ]
seen, known off or signed any such
petition or paper. nor have l at any
time made any speech or talk that
could be construed-even by the liars
giving circulation to this ghost story
into advocating the closing of the sa-
looms, and any statement that I either
signed any such paper or made such
talk is a malicious and bare faced lie,
without any foundation whatever.