Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-02
ST TEj NEWS

The work Of erecting a linseed oil
mill has begun at Grand Forks.
The bridge across Devils Lake. soon
to be commenced, will be 300 feet
long.
w. E. Purcell of Wahpeton goes to
Minneapolis for an operation for appen-
dicitis.
The North Dakota state university will
hereafter burn Ignite coal from mines in
tho state.
2. w. Randall of Hamline, Mimi, is
president of The grain growers con-
vention ut Fargo.
Chief of Police Murphy of Moorhead
mas nearly recovered from the effects
of his gunshot wounds. His case is a
remarkable one.
L. G.. Lucas has sold his drug bus
mess at Fessenden to DR.. Mc(iregor
and Mr.. Romansen. The latter was
formerly of Willow City.
Mrs. T.. G. Akin, formerly of Fargo,
u4Su SNttltlCllN i'll Du1utlI. l1cI lIuS-
band was a former travelling man. and
well known through the state.
The Wahpton Globe has Il fine
group picture of Company I as a
heading to it's 1900 calendar-a neat,
unique and complimentary souvenir
to the boys.
Company X ut Dickinson will give Il
grand pall Feb. 5. to commemorate the
outbreak of the Filipinos in February,
'99. Company X is receiving many
new enlistments.
The Foster County Independent says
that an unusual amount of stock has
been straying away of late and that
suspicious are an organized gang is
doing the rounding up.
Dickinson is puzzled over the ques-
ton of fire protection. The sentiment
favors a water works system, but the
citizens believe it would be unwise to
bond the village just now.
The Fargo Kelley Institute is doing
a land office business, there being NO
less than sixteen inmates Of the insti-
tute just now, most of them from the
northern portion of the state.
Forum: The NJ. e. conference will
be held at the Forks this year. Vel
loW-legged chickens are said to have
already begun to roost high, and Win
ship and Caruth are trying to locate
the " burners bench.
Some of the liquor confiscated and
held by Justice Kirk of Bottineau,
awaiting court when it would be used
as evidence was stolen from the JUS
tees house. Several men who have
since been reported as ''sick'' are sus-
pected.
At Minot r. G. Parker and George
Custer got mixed up in Il quarrel ovel
some money matters. Parker drew
a large pocket knife and stabbed Gus
ter in the back of the head. The cut
ting occurred in Parker's place. Par
ker is in Jail and Custer is in the county
hospital in a low condition, but will
probably recover.
Fargo Call: Mr.. Mahnken's coun-
sci was notified yesterday by the plain
tiff's attorney in the divorce case, that
the application to the supreme court
for the $500 attorneys fees, suit money
and temporary alimOny, would be
withdrawn. The main case will come
will come up for hearing on the appeal
at the March term Of that court to be
held in Fargo.
The funeral of Miss Freda Hallen.
berg occurred at the st. Johns Episco.
pal church in Moorhead Thursday after.
noon. The services were very impress.
sive and a large number of friends Of the
deceased were present to witness the
last sad rites performed owe the remains
of the departed friend. Interment was
made in Riverside cemetery. Many
beautiful flowers and floral wreaths were