Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-05-08
STATE NEWS.

Mayor Manning of Dickinson circu-
lated a paper and secured about 500
for the benefit of the city fire depart
ment. Many subscribed $25 and $50.
On the 10Th of this month, one week
from next Friday, the new building of
J. F. Christen at Taylor will be opened
by grand ball.
"They say" that Gov. Sarles is
thinking of appointing a few more
newspaper men as colonies on his
staff. Now, every newspaper man
cannot get possession of a uniform
and a boss "all to himself" If the
governor will appoint Pat Lyons and
Eve" as one colonel, We both promise
to arrange for our public appearance
in a manner that will do credit to
His Excellency and to the state. 1t
can be done in either of the following
ways: We will buy uniform in
partnership, to be worn alternately
Or we will purchase or rent two uni
forms and procure one boss, one half
colonel to ride behind the other half.
The proposition is up to the guv.-Em-
mons County Record. ..tsg
Veterinarian L'Moore has been
obliged to kill six or seven horses in
the northern part of Stutsman county
on account of CHAMBERS. James Nichey
was one of the losers.
Many valuable dogs have been pois-
oned at Paramount. Meat has been
scattered about in neatly tied pack
ages containing lot of strychnine.
John Borgeson, farmer living in
Latona Township, west of Park River,
died from awful burns while trying to
save his horses from his burning barn.
He went out to his barn to feed his
horses. He hung the lantern to raf-
ter, but it fell, setting the barn on fire.
Mr.. Borgenson made a brave attempt
to save the, horses, and succeeded in
saving two of them, but in trying to
get the third one out his clothes were
set on fire. He suffered terrible agony
and died few hours after. "
One of the longest freight trains
ever seen at Grand Forks came over
the Great Northern from the east
Thursday. It was made up of 112
freight cars, the majority Of them
of the larger sizes and included COM
paratively few empties. The train
was drawn by one of the big consoli-
dated engines and was not far from a
mile in length. Incidentally there was
quite blockade of people in the
rain at the Third and Fourth street
crossings before the track was clear.
Lakota will vote to incorporate as
city.
Nearly every exchange that comes in
has notices of the building or pro-
posed building of country school
houses, some of which will cost
sS,500-these of course are in small
villages or in consolidated districts,
What speaks more of increasing popu.
lation than this?
James Bacon, aged 10, was acct.
dentally shot and killed while out
hunting ducks with a companion near
Rolla.
Mayville Tribune: A Mayville
youngster fell down a fight of stairs
on Monday-annihilating the stairs.
He broke the two-inch plank step on
which he alighted, smashed the plank
supports and might probably have
denied the cement floor had he landed
on it. All this is remarkable when
known the boy is not yet nine years
old. In Bernham Lapham, Mayville
has, probably, the champion year old
youngster for size in the northwest.
The boy is four feet, seven inches tall
and weighs 173 pounds, the weight of
good sized average man. If he
keeps on growing in hight and weight
in proportion as he grows older, Bern.
ham will certainly be a wonder by
the time he reaches manhood.
Edmore people are beeming follow
ers of the faith and are going to have
a Methodist church. s +
B. H. Tibbitts was blowing fire
break about his buildings near Ellen.
dale to save them from prairie fire
when he was caught in the fire, All
his clothing was burned of except a
channels vest. One horse was also
burned. ... E"%*
jamestown Capital: A. j. Hill, who
carries the mail on the star route be.
tween Medina and Bloomfield, is said
to have killed ninety gophers with his
whip on a recent trip-$1.8O worth of
tails. It is said his whip was pretty
well worn down when the last gopher
bit the dust and in reaching for him