Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-08-03
were malinged and slandered in The
eastern press.
GOVERNORS ENTERTAINED.

0OVEftCNOHS ENTERTAINED.
In 1877 a private dinner was given
to Governor Pennington, participated
in by a few citizens and the city and
county officials. Bismarck wanted
some favors from the governor and
the kindness shown him on this oc-
casion resulted. in favorable action on
his part.
In this famous hostelry Governor
Howard who died in 1880, was also en-
tertained and coming down to later
territorial times Governors Ordway
and Pierce were the guests of honor on
many occasions.
BANQUET TO COL. MOORE.
One of the pleasantest events of the
early days was the banquet and ball
in honor of the post commandant at
Fort Lincoln in 1878, Col. Orlando H.
Moore. Cards Of invitation were is
sued, and a large and brilliant assembly
OF the old settlers gathered in the
spacious parlors to greet this popu-
lar officer. The music was by the
regimental band at Fort Lincoln. The
officers were in uniform and all the
ladies of Bismarck and Fort Lincoln.
elegantly attired, a number in i'm
ported costumes. The dining room was
decorated with flags and patriotic de-
vices. and no metropolitan function
was ever more regally conducted than
this social gathering of the early set
tiers of the frontier town Of Bismarck.
OTHER CELEBRITIES.
General Logan, Secretary Sherman,
General Hancock, and other dis
tinguished soldiers and statesmen
found the Sheridan house an oasis
on the frontier. Bismarck was the
end Of the Northern Pacific for many
years and the QUILTING point for mill
tary expeditions and the gateway to
the Black Hills. A.le Sheridan house
was by all odds the best kept hostelry
in the northwest. 1t was tile head
quarters of army people and through
the scores of eastern newspaper cor
respondents. the best advertised hotel
in the country. In the early days
there was a fleet of twenty to thirty
steamboats-some of them like the
Helena, Dakota and Notwithstanding
palaces on the Missouri river. The
Sheridan house was always filled with
army people and tourists waiting for
the next boat" All old timers will
remember the gay times of those days.
Gen. Miles was a frequent guest of
the Sheridan during the campaigns
that finally ended in the capture of
Sitting Bull, Gaul. Rain-in-the-Face
and the other great Sioux warriors
in 1879, 80 and 81, and even these
noted Indians who planned and led
the charge resulting in the Custer
massacre, were given a feed in the
parlors of the Sheridan when en- route
from the place of surrender on Milk
River to the Standing Rock agency.
1t was at this function that that proud
and naughty Sioux chief, Gaul. re-
fused to take the gloved hand of a
lady. He had surrendered to the
whites in absolute sincerity and good
faith but he maintained his native
pride and entertained original and
unique ideas about hand shaking.
Flesh to fesh," observed the Sioux
chief, through the interpreter and the
lady graciously removed her glove
n extended her hand, which was
then cordially received.
Both Gen. Tecumseh Sherman and
his brother John Sherman, secretary
OF state, found welcome shelter under
the roof of the Sheridan. Gen. Sher-
man was here on the Fourth of July,
1878 and made a speech that filled
the old timers with patriotism and
appreciation for their country.
Henry Ward Beecher was a guest of
the Sheridan OF a tour in 1880 and
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gave to Mr.. j.. M. Quinn. then city
editor of the Tribune, an interview
on public affairs that was widely
quoted,
Such famous stars in the theatrical
field as Clara Louise Kellogg, Booth,
Barrett, Rhea, Sol Smith Russell, Nat
Goodwin, and Clara Morris, back in
the palmy days Of Bismarck, when
S3 a seat brought forth no complaints,
found the Sheri~an a haven of rest.
Gen. Hazen, whose widow married
the great admiral, Dewey, was a fire.
quent guest of the Sheridan back in
the '7O's. and Secretary Window oc-
cassionally visited the northwest
and his nephew Harry Douglass, so
many years posttrader at Fort Yates.
Gen. Greeley of artic exploration
fame was at one time stationed in
Bismarck and Lieut.. Kislingbury.
whose life was given up to science
In the search for the north pole with
Greeley, was a frequent visitor here
n given a reception the dav no do