Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-01
1900 ducks. 50 the shooting must have
been q yeritable slaughter

George WhItford Married The an
nouncement has been received Of the
marriage Of George Langdon Whitford
to Miss Florence Evans on the 25th
ult. at Washington, ID. G.. Mr.. Whit
ford was for several years resident
Of Bismarck and his parents, Col. and
Mrs. Whitford, were among the city's
leading citizens back In the ,SO's. YAK
Easy to Way to Catch Ducks While
the Fl. "a. Knudson threshing outfit was
burning about two o'clock Sunday
morning snow was falling fast and
large fiocks Of mallard and black
head ducks were flying over. They
evidently were blinded and bewildered
by the fire and several Of them fell in
to It and were burned to death. About
q dozen Of them settled upon the
ground and allowed persons present to
pick them up without making any at
tempt to get away, though they were
uninjured. 4, .t.E .. si
The christian-Last nights perform
ance OF 'sThe Christian" by The Della
Pringle company was an additional
success scored by this excellent com
pany. Miss Pringle as Glory and Mr..
Berry as John Storm carried of the
honors by the strength Of their ex.
cellent work. The specialties by Mr..
Lamont, the musical artist, and the
fire dance by Miss Donnelly, were un.
usually good. Tonight's offering will
be the great scenic play, "The Mid.
night Express said to be one of the
strongest in the repertoire of this
company. 4. +
Put Bricks In the Chimney The
management Of the Atheneum Is very
sorry that the hall was not warmer al
last evenings performance, and an
nounce to the public that it was moi
through their fault, as at the beginning
Of the performance some boys put
bricks in the front chimneys, stopping
the stoves from drawing. The man
agement promises that it will be
cleaned today and the hall kept warn
the rest of the week, The perform
ance tonight is a fine production ant
it is hoped it. will be enjoyed by {
large attendance. tg.. 2
Halloween Troubles Halloween
night passed. off very quietly and with
out trouble save to FIVE boys, wht
spent three or four hours in Jail fol
mischief. Several extra police were
scattered over the city and spoiled {
whole lot of sport for the prank-lovint
kids. About 9 o'clock sixteen boys
were seen ibarricading Judge Winches
ter's fence and pursued by an office
but made their escape down town
Policeman Carr was phoned ant
nabbed six of them, but one got away
on the way to the jail. About 1 a. m
the boys were taken out and made tt
restore the property removed ant
about 8 a. m. were allowed to go home
In some cases it was pretty stiff worl
for five boys to return things thar
had required sixteen to carry away
and the few promised to get even witt
the others for the work they had to do
Oh, it was lots Of fun! TIL j
Who Harold Sweet Was-Harolt
Sweet, the young victim of Rooney
was the grandson Of the late Geo. w
Sweet, at one time promoter of the
townsite of Bismarck, says the Steele
Ozone. Col. Sweet was the first regis,
ter of the: first U. S. land office north
Of st. Paul in the early fifties. Harold
was a son Of Arthur Sweet and a
nephew of the late Mrs. VIM. A. Hol-
lemback of Bismarck. An interesting
review of correlated incidents dating