Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-30
Stories Of CurbStone and
Corridor

Dan Mulch spent Sunday In town
Nothing strange about that you will
Isay, for don't many travelling mel
spend Sunday here, and is this mo-
Dan Mulich's headquarters? Very
true, very true, but wait! 1t is ad
mitted by Daniel himself and not de
MED by his most intimate and conf
Dental friends that the gentleman
spent Sunday in town because he
could not get away. "Not get away
you will inquire; Daniel Mulch moi
get away! Preposterous!! Leave il
to Daniel to get away" but for all this
he did not get out of town and not
being able to leave Bismarck he spent
Sunday here. and this brings us back
to where he started, Dan Mulch is
known from the pig fighting town OF
Fargo to the more enlightened and
refined precincts Of Beach, and any
thing concerning his temporal and
spiritual welfare will prove of inter.
est if not deep concern to the people
OF the state. Mr.. Mulch, who is
! travelling representative and general
isaimo of the International Harvester
company Qimited by the trust law).
spent last week in the field and found
nothing in the state of trade to excite
apprehension. He visited in several
sections of the, state and his custom
ers and the train people with whom
he rode report that nothing peculiar
was noticed in his actions. In fact
he seemed in unusually good spirits
and handed out brand of cigars not
usually presented to the trade. It is
known that he reached Bismarck
early Saturday afternoon. visited the
International plant, the barber shop
and other places he is known to fire.
quent Late Saturday evening and
at an hour when he is invariably in
bed, 9:27, he was seen to leave the
Mckenzie in company with a coarse
bearded ruffian and move towards the
N P. station, employing stealth in
making his way. At the depot Daniel
and his bewhiskered companion were
joined by third party, grim-visaged
fellow roughly attired and gruff of
demeanor, who has been hanging
around the city for several months.
Detectives say privately or private
sleuths declare openly that the third
member Of the trio is the walking
delegate for the amalgamated associa-
ton of horse thieves, footpads and
counterfeiters, making headquarters
in Mandan. Be that as it may and
this as it will, it is known that the
three persons were in company late
Saturday night and early Sunday
morning. When seen by Tribune
representative, Mr.. Mulch talked
freely of the mysterious affair, but
admits that he was under some
strange spell for several hours and
can give little to enlighten the off,
GERS detailed on the case. He says
he is not a believer in the occult but
he must have been hypnotized by the
bearded bandit who had him in tow.
Of the other fellow, Mr.. Mulch says
he knows little, but he feels sure that
an undue influence was exercised over
him which kept him in town over Sun
day. The gentleman left on the
south 500 this morning and will re-
turn tonight In the meantime he
will cudgel his brain with the prob
lem and thinks he may be able to tell
where he was between Saturday even
ing and Sunday morning, and why
he spent Sunday in Bismarck.
Samuel R. Day, assistant cashier of
the City National bank, has way
of telling things which is peculiarly
his own. There has been a crusade
of street and sidewalk improvement
on in Bismarck in the past few
months which has kept the thorough.
fares in continual turmoil. Mr.. Day
is no pessimist but he has the cour-
age to register kick when he has
one coming. It is the great Amer
lean prerogative. The following lines
are dedicated to Mr. Day after the in.
imitable j. s. Knauss:
"They lay the cement pavement down
And level it with care;
The purpose is to make the town
A thing of beauty rare.
AS soon as it has hardened in
The wind and sun and rain
They get pick-ax and begin
To dig it up again.
"They lay it smoothly down once
more; !
Again they tear it loose, !
And then replace it as of yore,
Fit for the public use.
And those who travel seem to be
Like ocean farers lost
The street is but a mighty sea,
Forever tempest-tossed.'
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