Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-25
STATE: NEWS.


Oil has been struck IN the hills near
Edgely. ~
d Cakes was without twin city papers
for nearly q week, owing to the nnow
blockade on the 500. 55 &
i Dinnie brothers get the contract for
building the Y. M. G. a.. building at,
Grand Forks at $26,839. i a.
Miss Marie Hodges of Illinois takes
the place aof Miss Lulu satterlrnd as
teacher in the Mandan schools. & VI
Miss Pearl tBraithwaite who Is visit
ing her sister Mrs. Gruber at Mandan,9
has organized q dancing class there.
r. "A. Curtis Of Lisbon will be RAN
som county's favorite son for the at
torney generalship according to the
Sheldon Progress. $ft55.s. a !. Il.
Attorney Simpson won out on the
Robert Poole case at Dickinson and
Judge Winchester granted the writ re-:
leasing the man from Jail. u }.
District court opens at Grafton with
81 criminal cases. One is for man
slaughter, three for larceny and the
rest are for violations of the liquor
law. ...< F, -. .5 .l T.. ~a. H.. u r
The Richland county commissioners
had the agreeaDle task of counting
over SOL, 900 Of gold, silver and bills
when they checked up the county
treasurer recently. ..' D.. ~.
The daughter of H. D. Stephenson
of Mandan was operated on at Brain
cred for appendicitis and was reported
qlite low. P. w. McGillic's daughter
is also, there for treatment for the
same trouble. g..e. .> ..
The senate has confirmed the nom
ination Of w. H. Brown Of Grand Forks
to succeed George B. Winship as regis
ter Of the Grand Forks landofice This
will mean that at the next session of
the legislature the gallant colonel will
not be, as usual, sergeant at arms of
the state senate. .sas
Mandan Pioneer: Mr.. Chas.s M.
Whitmer was in town this week, after
having taken quite trip through OIL
yer and Mercer counties, looking af-
ter cattle amected by scabies. He
found number of them, and quaran
tined about 100 head. He brought
specimens of the microbes that he
found, and turned them over to DR..
Mackin for microscopical examination
Fargo Forum: A letter from Major
Edwards this morning, who is now in
Montreal, states that he had fall Jan.
%, and that his back hurts him some
as result. Later in the letter he
states that he intends to go to Wash
ington on Feb. 10, for few days, so
that it is presumed that his ailment is
not serious. Mrs. Edwards and Rich
ford are in good health. <~a-.
immigration Inspector Eyford has
been detailed by the immigration de-
pe1A SAA4SAt a. W ooAAA6COA " tAS1l 0VOEy
county seat and poor farm In the dis
trict, which includes North and South
Dakota, to gather statistics relative to
people receiving public aid, their ante.
cedents, etc. The trip will be q long
and tedious one. Mr.. Eyford visited
all the penitentiaries and schools of
correction through the district couple
Of months ago.
Lisbon Free Press: General Chaffee,
who has recently been appointed chief
Of staff Of the army, was once pupil
of H. H. Grover of Lisbon. In 1856
Mr.. Grover, then but sixteen years old,
was teaching school at Orwell, Ohio,
General Chaffee's native place. and
the then embryo lieutenant general of
the United States army was enrolled
among his scholars. Mr.. Grover re-
members him perfectly and has watch
ed his upward career with great
deal of interest. '.'@.@ ,s ~