Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-07-30
AROUND THE STATE.
according to the Sheldon Enterprise
Major Buttz has abandoned general
law practice and now attends princi

law practice and now attends princi
pallyt to the estates of widows.
The Lisbon papers are ind ignant be-
cause the enforcement league has
closed a local confectionery and gro
Gerry store for having some hard cider
on hand.
r. d. Alexander, a well known in
suranceenan and shingle dealer, was
found dead in his room on the third
floor of the. Pike block, FNairhayen,
( Wash, from gas asphy yxiation. ne
was formerly a lawyer at Jamestown.
The work of grading the Oakes- Mil
nor branch of the NJ. is nearly com
pleted, and many of the outfits have
left the work. Track laying will begin
the first Of August from Oakes end of
the line, and there is material in the,
yards at Oakes to begin with.
Several bottles Of .non-toxon were.
seized by the enforcement league at
.Ll-ahota and while they were taking the
evidence to Grand Forks to be ana
lyzed, the porter of the train threw
them out Of the window. The league
officers say the porter stood in with
the brewery agent. A: #
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Miss Viola Codding of Valley City,
writes from Cape Nome and mentions
number of North Dakotans who are
seeking their fortunes in Alaska. Dr..
Benson she reports to be in Cape
Nome and owner of a number of
claims. Miss Codding is a stenographer
and reports little work in that line at
present Is
The total number Of school children.
in Cass county is S,O25 against 1912
\ for 1899, an increase Of 376. OF the
total this year the city of Fargo >has
2,437 against 2,341 in 1899. The cen
sus was taken between June / and 20,
{ in accordance with the new law which
changed the time of taking the census.
Under the old law it was taken be-
tween Dec. l and 20. 1t will be no.
ticed that there is no perceptible ad-
vantage in taking the census in the
summer. 40 Ia
Anamoose Progress: A few miles
south so Of Balfonr a Russian and his
son was lately cutting hay on some
! "a rYarnchman's nc property and upon their
being ordered off the lands, answered,
+ NIGHT yer steh, and went on making
I way. They were allowed to cure the
4 hay, load it on the wagon, and start
home s with 1T, when lighted match
/. & was touched to the load, and the hay
and wagon was burned, the horses
being saved with difficulty. When
the Russian and his son discovered the
D hay was on fire, they endeavored to
save the wagon by pitching off the hay
but were unable to do so.
Braddock Republican: The first
cattle shipment from this point for
this year was made Saturday Of last
week when ]. 2. Horton, G IA. Her
olz and ]. w. Westcott, Of Linton,
shipped eight cars Of cows to the Chi
lcago markets. special train came
up for them. The animals were in
fine condition and il is said by stock
men, will make the trip with less
shri hr inkage than early shipme ments Of
other years because of the cured CON
dition Of the grass on which they were
fattened. Last year 1a55 cars Of cattle
were shipped from Braddoek. This
year a much larger shipment is looked
for s$ss$
Washburn Lead Ter: Open wells
should be looked after occasionally and
sometimes cleaned out. In hot and
dry times water attracts animals and
birds of all kinds and drfppings about
the curbing often lure them to destruc-
ton a memory Of an incident at
+ Mercer's old Painted Woods ranch way
back in the seventies showed up what
an occasional inyestig cation may bring
forth. As the water was not tasting
4 Just right, Mr. Mercer with two OF
three helpers concluded to bail out the
water and bucket up the sediment.
The scribe happ pened IN time to witness
{ the sediment dump probably three
full buckets of big sWelled dead toads,
purified gophers, snakes and q bushel
or SO Of dead reaches, bugs and flies.
y is needless to say that this particu-
lar well was never afterwards much 81
q favoIite drinking resort for those
who participated In or witnessed the
sclean~ilp. The Missouri $ muddy
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