Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-10-26
THE CITY


THE CITY
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Tuesday; station
airy temperature. Max. 60; min. %.
Fall fresno better time than
now to set out shade trees. Jos.
Dietrich is putting out a number of
Laurel-leaf willows in front of his
Thayer street property.
Moving the Fence-A crew of work
men are moving the fence around the
Northern Pacific park three feet back
from the sidewalk. The grass plot
will be terraced down to the walk.
New postofices have been estab-
lished at Robinson and Underwood in
Mclean county and the latter Office
will soon have railway mail service
via the B. w. and G. F.
Next Congress-The Minot Optic
says Major Murphy, after a talk with
the executive committee of the irriga-
ton congress, convinced them that
Minot was the only place to hold the
congress next year.
Brought to the Pen.-Frank Davis,
alias Ginger. was brought in by the
officials of Grand Forks county and
turned over to the penitentiary auth
critics. He was sentenced to ten
years for an attempted hold up.
Supreme Court-In the supreme
court today the cases of Bank VS..
Ruettel and Signor VS.. Clark. from
Cass county are being argued Attor-
neys Engerud, Newman and Pollock
are participating in the arguments.
Missouri River Improvement-Mayor
Register has received notice of a Mis-
souri, River Improvement Convention
to be held at Omaha, Nov. 5. The OBJ
ject of the meeting will be to devise
ways and means to protect the coun-
try along the Missouri from floods and
to improve the river. All cities and
towns along the river are entitled to
representation.
Arguments Completed-The argu-
ments in the McGahey cas- were com
pleted before the supreme court Sat
urday afternoon and the case submit
ted for the consideration of the
court 1t will be some time before
a decision is rendered. owing to the
large number of cases already submit
ted to the court for decision. 1t is
likely the judges will be here for sew
eral weeks.
An Old Timer-General E. A. Will
liams: Ed. Comings, mention of whose
death was made in the Tri.
bune of a few days ago, was
one of the first business men In
Bismarck. He established a gener-
al store here in 1872, on Main street
and Dan Eisenberg, afterward a vel
known business nan was a clerk fol
him He remained here two or three
years. Many old timers have kindly
recollections of him.
Yeomen M~eeting--The regular meet
ing OF the Yeomen will be held II
Oddfellow's hall on Tuesday, the 27tf
inst. at s O'Clock sharp. The new
regalia is here and all true Yeomer
SnOul0 Hdke an cui uCSt nv w
present. not only at this meeting bu
at all regular meeting. A team viii
be organized for the work, and add
tional interest will be the result
Three candidates for this meeting ant
eleven more applicants.
Open for Traffic-General Manage
Cooper of the Northern Pacific an
that the Linton branch o
The road from Mckenzie is completed
and open for traffic. This brancl
was begun last year and the work up
on it has taken W seasons. 1t ex
tends from Mckenzie in Burleigl
county to Linton, the county seat o
Emmons county, there c~onnectln'
with the Milwaukee road which
built up from the south.
New Telephone Line-Fargo Fol-
nm. The representative OF an east