Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-05

of the agency and travel difficult. He
is accompanied by @. s. Bush, head
farmer at the agency.
County Auditor Moorhouse returned
last night from St Paul accompanied
by his grand daughter.
Miss Cora Strauss has returned from
a visit Of several weeks with friends
in st. Paul and Chicago.
The regular practice game. OF basket
ball advertised for Wednesday even
ing has been postponed, till Thursday
evening o account of the dance to be
held Wednesday evening.
Regular meeting Of st. Elmo Lodge
No. 4 tonight All Knights are re-
quested to be present, as there is
plenty Of work. Invitation is also ex-
tended to visiting Knights.
True Waldorf: We thought your
Tribune Duck Story was a fake, but
we forward herewith a genuine kiss
ing bug" commonly known as a but
terfy which we captured in our garden
this morning.
Grass Lake voted on the proposition
consolidating rural schools aul tile
proposition carried tWenty-three to
nothing. The consolidation scheme
will become more and more popular,
it is believed, as it is investigated.
J.. b. Cook & Co.: We had a sue
cessful opening day yesterday and a
large number of persons called at the
new store. In addition to displaying
our new stock we did a nice first days
business. The Invitation to call and
look over III stock is still in effect
and will be while we are in business.
Senator A. B. Cox of Valley City,
state agent for the Equitable Life COM
pany of New York, was in the city to-
day, having brought up a check for
5000 in payment of the company's
policy on the life of the late M. Eppin-
ger. Mr.. Cox was accompanied by
Mr.. Van Fleet, field agent for the COM
pany.
The committee of arrangements for
the masquerade ball to be given by
Canton Bismarck No. 2. on the even
ing of March II, have announced a
cash prize of S. to the best costumed
person in attendance Good music has
been secured, and a genuine good time
is assured. The tickets are being sold
at 81 per couple, with SOC additional
for each extra lady or child.
Lieutenant Governo, David Bartlett
was an Arrival from the east on the
noon train to meet with the Pan-Amer:
lean commission, which is settling w
the accounts of the exposition. A
meeting is being held this afternoon
This morning the members of. thu
board in the city figured up the sur
plus and found they had $1,111.11 al
balance after all expenses are paid
hdSt IlSuL . 5WS0L UOuuu pdoEOASN
on the Northern Pacific consisted O
fourteen coaches, each packed to over
fiowing--in the immigrant and touris
sleepers-three and four in some O
the berths. Travel promises to exceed
all previous records this year and it i:
likely that the passenger now running
as far west as jamestown only, vii
soon be continued to the Missouri rive
to relieve the rush on this division o
the road.
The little twelve-year-old son of G
T. Anderson of Driscoll arrived il
jamestown Sunday evening to look 70,
work. The boy says he has been at
tending school near Driscoll. Frida!
evening it stormed and he could no
reach home, he says. He stayed il
the schoolhouse that night and says b
was afraid to go home the next da.
because he would probably get a whip
ping, so he caught a train at Driscol
and went to jamestown.
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