Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-11

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bore the brunt Of the shock. being
badly twisted, and both bones broken
just above the ankle. The injury was
extremely painful and she was taken
home, and physicians summoned To-
reduce the fracture. N It will be fiyeSor
six weeks before she is able to leave
her room. Friends IN the city will re-,
greet to learn Of her misfortune.
Traffic On the Branch, Considera-
bic snow Is reported on the new Lin
ton branch, the N. P. having had to
Clear the track several times this
winter. The train service Is every
other day to Linton on both the Mil
waukee and the N. p. branches. "a
good deal of Washington lumber now
goes over this branch, as being the
shortest route to South Dakota points
via the Milwaukee road from Linton.
This lumber formerly went to Ellen
dale or Edgeley via Cakes or L.aMoure.
Prices are Too High There Is much
complaint by settlers On the aband-
oned Fort Lincoln military reservation
in North Dakota regarding prices
charged for the lands. Representa-
tive spalding will confer with the land
officials and II no relief can be had
under the law he contemplates intro
ducing 9 bill to open the reservation
to homestead entry, giving the settlers
on the tracts prior rights OF entry. It IL
claimed that the prices asked. amount
ing to more than So an acre. are too
high. & ". l. $;,.sE4
Another Wedding HazeIton Repub-
ican: Though the news comes to sus
at this late date, it will doubtless be
news to the Emmons county friends Of
the. bride. On August 26th Miss Kittie
Lindsay, oldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Z. Lindsay Of Hazelton was
married to a Mr.. il W. Wilson. an
employee Of the Northern Pacific rail
way. The groom Is unknown In En-
mons county, but the bride spent most
Of her years here, and all who know
her will wish that the happy pair will
experience only Joy In their married
life. The newly welded pair are liv-
ing at East Brainerd. MINI. ... +.3 z
Contractors Here--Among the con-
tractors In the city, to be present at
the opening Of bids tomorrow for the
erection Of the north wing Of the state
capitol, are Butler Bros. of st. Paul
Nichols Of st. Paul, Alex Nelson Of
Perham, MINI. "a auritzen Bros Of
Fergus Falls, Dinnie Bros. OF Grand
Forks, Bowers Bros. and johnson and
Bowers q Fargo. Several other con.
tractors will probably have bids in
aside from those named. =. :
/ "A Twenty Year Contrast Toda,
the city Of Bismarck is the mecca fol
! contractors from all over the north
: west, attracted here to bid on the
building Of the north wing Of the state
! capitol. Saturday last in a terrible
j storm over the Strait of Juan de Fucs
J. leading out from Puget Sound to the
; Pacific ocean, the steamer Clallam wa.
!. wrecked and nearly all on board were
drowned. Among them was Charlie.
|; w, Thompson, the contractor whit
! built the old part of the capitol build
/. ing back in 1884 and under the mos
trying circumstances. Much OF th,
brick work on the upper. two storie
was done with the thermometer far be
! low zero, and by the use Of electri,
!, lights the work was pushed night an,
day in order that the territorial legis
lature Of 1885 might sit in the building
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