Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-05-30
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Several picnicking parties are enjoy
Ing Decoration day i'll the woods this
afternoon.
Thesband will give an open air con
cert hi seyening 1T the corner OF Main
and Fourth streets.
The kid base ball nine went to Man
1dan this noon to cross bats with the
west Missouri tigers and won BY
score Of Ito 10.
Ed. Whitford, Q OF Washington,
D. q, well known Ii Bismarck, has
been visiting I'D and Mrs, Hughes ii
Fargo. &.55s
Miss Ara Waggoner returned on
noon train from Minneapolis where
she has been attending the university
for the past year.
The lawn fete and social to be
given2b by the Up SEE tonight, cut
off courtesy to other gatherings, has
been postponed to next week Thurs
day, June {. ~
j%4It SEE8hJ
Returning travellers from Wilton
report a lively town there. Hundreds
Of teams are at work on the grade be-
tween Wilton and Washburn. The
work is largely grade and fiji, and
plenty OF horses and scrapers are re-
auired
& A @tnJose ~ ndd| I,nfIon,s. Z !, +ho
noon train Saturday to receive the
Encanpment degrees, which will be
conferred in Mandan. Amy @. +.
wishing to make application can do
SO through the secretary Of the local
lodge 5.
Farmer Wallace-The worms have
struck. the trees on the state capitol
grounds. There are over 1900 trees
on the grounds and it will be difficult
to fight the pests. We will do all that
can be done. Not much damage has
been done vet.
The local band will not go to Dick
inson. The boys hoped they would
IuS IAS IOulAdAuSHl COul@
1nittee,s but they have been notified
that it will be impossible for the COM
mittee to ngag them, having already
contracted with the Minneapolis band.
The service in the Methodist church
last night is reported al of the
best since the meetings commenced.
Rev. Reed will preach this evening as
usual, and tomorrow evening the SER
"a vices will close. The subject for to-
morrow night being the ~'.Unpardon-
able Sin $S
George Whitford, son of E. Z. Whit
ford. has been in the city for the past
few days. He is with the Northern
Pacific surveyors who + taking di-
mensions Of the bridges along the line,
with the view Of their replacing with
steel bridges The road lis replacing:
wooden bridges with steelan ii putting
in cuIverts OF masonry. 81
John Shermer, who left the#county
last summer for Missouri, returned
with his wife aSday or SO ago.assThey
-IdroYe down and back, startingson the
return trip@SApril %. Shermer says
he.Swouldn't trade an acre OF North
Dakota soil for a farm in Missouri If
& he had to live on 1T. He was glad to
getSback to$North Dakota and says he
is thoroughly satisfied with this state.
Rev. a. Darrie was called to Wilton
for funeral services f Mrs Bottle, who
died May Is, daDecoration day was
marked BY herinteranent III Slaughter
cemetery Mrs Bottle came from
Germany and had been o ryearsin the
restaurents bushes in Bismarck. She
had left Hotel Dewey about two
months. Death from heart disease
came on her, suddenly and painlessly,
lathe homeSof her daughter, Mrs IVer-
son, earWilton. She was 50 years
old.
Northern SPaccifc made fast
unsSunday with 800 travelling men re-
turning from convention at Fargo
to minneapolis. Thefast time was
registered between Wadena and De
troit distance 81 eight miles, which
!, was covered IN exactly seven minutes.
The entire distance run Il 242 miles,
The tins which including delays
z and /, was Ave and quarter
, hours, an averaged about Is miles,
j The actual running time was better
y than ffty-three miles an III and
hut forthe bursting il "a air brake
pipe = observation-disclosures would have
been established.
William DWire am ia IN the moo
Z trainAfrom Medina with seVeralland
2 seekers from Iowa who are looking ffoI
J grazing lands Nj: DWiresays there
was i good rainfall 4 Medina yester-
lIday. range$there lis in fair shape