Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-18

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Sergt. John EngdaL, the acting list
sergeant OF the detachment, appeared
to be the hap2iest man around the
post. He was seen almost daily dig
ging holes in the high banks Of snow,
watching the. water run through the
tunnels; then he would be. going
around with. q stretching case and
pencil, making 4 map OF the post: but
of late he is beginning to shed croco-
die tears, because the time for his
stay here Is getting short, and when
the 14th infantry arrives he will have
to be going back to the dear old Fort
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Corp. 8. ]. Lynch, when he first
came out here, was inclined to play
the wild west act, but he soon dis.
covered that it was not a paying pro
position, so he decided to be real good
and he was amply rewarded, for this,
as he was promoted to sergeant.
A. H. Scharnowske, the man that
started for the Philippines with the
9Th infantry, but who was turned
back from San Francisco, has finally
been reconciled with the dear old
Post school teacher, he won't worry
much whether the school keeps or
not; he is the junior member Of the
firm phillips; Scharnowske & Co, Z Z
E. C. Jackson Of the signal corps,
and r.. Sharpe, 2Sth infantry, have. q
monopoly on all the wires on the post
and they almost caught some Of the
mechanics Of the quartermaster's de-
partment sending red hot messages to
Bismarck over the telephone, SO the
post plumer and the blacksmith de-
cided to run. no? risk, and they were
seen spending their spare moments
fixing u2 a chicken coop 80 that he
can keep his Caballo therein. So
the blacksmith, he says, he Is not
WORKING so very hard as was report
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Private G. J. Hoffman Of the hos
pital corps, refused to be good of late,
and as his term of service lis about
\ to expire and. the day of reckoning Is
at hand, his parting with Uncle Sam
is apt to be anything but pleasant.
Well, the ways Of the transgressor
is hard in this cruel world Of ours,
and we should not forget, that this
life of ours is generally just what We
make 1t, so brace up, Gus, it Is never
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Major w. G.. Gambrill, the pay
master, who was expected to arrive
here last Sunday or Monday, did not
get here on time. He left st. Paul
for the west over the Crest Northern
road and intended to stop here on his
way back; well he was seen to leave
Livingston, Mont, the other day and
should have been here ere, now, but
just then the Missouri went on q ram
page, and there was no telling when
the trains from the west, will be able
to get across the river to Bismarck,
and the paymaster is undoubtedly
stalled in Mandan, meanwhile the ma.
tives here are being heard saying to
themselves: Mucho malo Missouri
river, paga manana, POGO tempo, mu-
choo diniero, etc. ZIa.
Charles Spiffi1 of the 2Sth infantry,
went over to Bismarck the other day
to look over the situation, and forgot
to come back. Some said that he was
trying to play hero in trying to save
some OF the families from the flood,
but the general belief Is that he fol-
lowed the wrong course, and that
there Is no chance for HIM to get one
of the Carnegie medals; the truth 81
It all is, that he was unceremoniausly
brought back to the post and rhced
in the safety deposit vault. 4. s..
Mr.. Thos. Fortune OF Bismarck,
was paying 9 visit to the post the
other day looking over the grounds
with 9 svieM Of starting In fhe work
on faeGdrainage Of the post, which
will prohAly be done this year also
the yater tank, which was doing some
but which is no longer needed here.