Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-16
feated, the race for this Office being
very close.

feated, the race for this Office beins
very close.
The work on the depot was resumed
yesterday. To combat the cold weather
hot water was used in MIXING the con
crete, and an improvised apparatus is
being used to heat the sand and gravel
This gives the concrete time to set be.
fore il can be affected with the cold.
The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyterian
church with the 'rummage sale'' and
lunches and dinner received about $4S(
and cleared about $3.50. This with
funds on hand has enabled the pay
ment of all improvements of parson-
age, consisting of cellar, foundation
and furnace which bulks to over $500,
Mrs. Fancher expects soon to leave
for California, having yet some mat
ters here to arrange before her depart
ure. Governor Fancher is still in i'll
health and his improvement is slow.
A LaMoure item says: Mr.. and Mrs.
J. M. Devine are domiciled in their
rooms ever the Kneen store this week.
Tn: is the first appearance of Mrs.
Devine since she became the wife of
the governor.
1t is estimated by the contractors it
will take four to six weeks yet to CON-
plete the interior work on the Sheri-
dan. 1t is probable it will be about
Christmas time when the hotel is all
completed and in shape for occupancy
throughout.
LaMoure Chronicles: Henry Hart
man and M. Kedgum returned Mon
day from their hunt west of Bismarck.
They killed eight deer, bringing five
home with them. They were on the
trail of an elk, and could have secured
the prize had they had time to pursue
the chase.
Many old timers in the city will
regret to learn of the death of Henry
Willard. He was known to many of
the old residents of the city, in the
early days, when work on the North
ern Pacific was being pushed to COM
p~letion, and there was in Bismarck all
the excitement incident to a frontier
town.
Lisbon Free Press: There has never
been a year in the history of Ransom
county when the delinquent tax list
was so small as the one published in
the Free Press this week. This is
strong evidence of the general pros
perity enjoyed by u people and is
the best campaign agument that can
be given in favor of the republican
party.
An important case was argued and
decided in Judge Glaspells court. The
case is that of Cans VS.. Beasley and
involves the possession of one and
one-half sections of Stutsman county
land. In 1895, suit was begun to can
Gel a mortgage on the real estate, held
by the defendant, that the land might
be sold under a judgment. The suit
has been up from time to time since
then. Judge Glaspell decided for the
plaintiff. The amount involved was
$3,1O7. 93.
The failure of the Citizens National
bank is recalled by the trial of the
case o before Judge Amidon in the
United States court. Receiver An
heier has brought suit against Max
Stern, one of the big merchants there,
and his mother-in-law. 1t appears
that Mr.. Stern owned some stock in
the bank, but a few days before the
failure he transferred it to his mother
in-law. Receiver Anheier alleges Mr..
Stern knew the crash was coming and
made the transfer to avoid paying as
sessments which would, and did, re-
suit from the failure.