Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-08-16
Dri,scOlI

During a thunderstorm week ago,
lightning struck a long haystack be-
longing to B. f.. Paslay and Albert
christensen and burnt lit completely,
entailing loss of&oyer forty tons.
Attorney E. c.. Ruble spent a couple
of days in Bismarck last week, return
ing Wednesday. ,
J. H. Alexander was up from St.
Paul last Wednesday with land
seekers =
VIM. Crotzer.s left Sunday for the
G. A. R. reunion in Minneapolis.
John P. Tandberg left for St. Paul
the latter part of the week. His little
/ son has typhoid. .
S. J. Simondson came up from
Minneapolis Wednesday,. He has
crew of men at work on the elevator
at Sterling. e1gas
| Miss Best, a. niece of c. H.
Carman came up from Glenwood,
Wis, Tuesday for visit with the lat
ter's family. -
NJ. Aldrich of Green Bay, Wis, ar
rived in Driscoll Tuesday on visit
to his daughter, Miss Maud Aldrich
H. A. Thomas lost valuable colt
the other day. 1t was following the
team cutting hay and ran in front of
the sickle and one foot was nearly cut
off. The colt had to be killed.
It would be a good thing if Uucle
Sam would make a ruling that no
letter is mailable without a return
card on it. This would avoid need
i less anxiety to the sender and need
less expense to the postal department.
4 Mr.. Miller, the Steele barber, came
/ up early in the week and bought of
lG. J. Keenan, lot 4, block 5, on which
the will at once put UP a building ok
80 to be used for barber shop and
i pool room. Mr.. Miller will put the
Eshop in charge of Mr.. Woodward Mr..
1 Miller has an ideal location joining
I the hotel on the north and being right
ION main street in full view of the
ldepot. A barber shop has become an
actual necessity in Driscoll and all
welcome its coming. ~ .~.s
H Matthews Bros. have begun the ad-
/ dition to their store. Metcalf and
Anderson are doing the work. e
E. l.. Thomas went to Bismarck
Hast Friday to have some dental work
DONE &H p. u 10. W. -
County Commissioner Ecklund
Auditor I. W. Healy and Supt. of
Schools C. 4. Vigness made Driscoll
their headquarters several days last
week while appraising school lands in
this part of the county. They were
livery fayorably impressed with the
growth and energy displayed by our
tcitizens. .
Mr.. A. Jordet is a guest at Hotel
Gillett this week. Five years ago he
came out here and bought nice
sEquarter section of land southwest OF
& town about three miles paying s4.50
per acre. He is both pleased and
! Iiastonished to find how fast the coun
TRY has filled and how rapidly such a
thriving town has grown so close tc
his Investment.
I. The impromptu dance and supper
last Wednesday night was in honor Of
T. F. McCreedy, who had reached
Eanother milestone along life's path
Iway The occasion was an enjoy
Ii able one to all.
Arthur Young was home few days
last week, departing on No. Satur
lday morning to resume his duties He
was accompanied by Mrs. Young ant
baby who have gone to st. Ansgor
e Iowa, on a visit to Mrs. Young's par
Ients
Keenan's hall was the seen las
Friday night of the most enioyab1e
fsocial gathering of the year in Dris
coll To give Mrs. Young farewell
dance the ladies of the town ISSUED
special invitations in poetic form fol
their gentlemen friends to gathel
themselves together at one time ami
place. The ladies engaged the hall
provided the supper and bought TIL
tickets and all evening long it wal
= ladies choice" Over one hundret
and fifty persons were in attendance
+ That they enioyed themselves is eVi
denced by the fact that they did no
q Leo home till about half past FIVE. w.
learn that the gentlemen intend to r.
.#lt turn the compliment in the nea
I future. 95#
The literary Saturday evening wa
not SO well attended as usual fo
various good reasons. The election
of officers for the next six months re