Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-26
City News

land following a severe hemOrrhase
Of the lungs. Mr. KOhler was first
taken on Thursday and his condition
is very serious. He has been in the
hospital and is receiving the best OF
attention. His parents who live In
Minnesota have been sent for and
were expected to arrive in New Eng.
land early this morning. A telephone
conversation held by a Tribune re-
porter with the authorities at the New
England hospital last night brought
the Information that while the pa
tents condition was very serious that
If no complications arose he would
recover in time.
The Medora Coal Co., of Medora
has started shipping coal and at the
present time are getting out one car
a day. They have new machinery or.
dered and on the road that will great.
ly increase their output and they eX.
pect to be getting out a fair run Of
coal by the first Of March. The coal
has been analysed and proved to be
Of good quality and it is stated that
the quantity is almost unlimited.
Mrs. Will S. Hartman, who has been
visiting the past three weeks at the
home Of her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Z.
A. Danford, lett Friday night for her
new home in Livingston, Mont. MIR.
Hartmann has resigned his position
as construction engineer with the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Ry.
and is now city engineer o. Living
ston. Also he has opened a private
Office as consulting civil and mining
engineer.
At an isolated tract sale at the land
office Saturday morning Thos. w. AS.
bridge, Jr., purchased Lot 2, S. e. Of
N. f. 1S-131-S7, for $3.50 per acre. IT.
wing c. A%sbridge purchased Lot 4 S.
E. of S. w. 1S.131-S7, for so per
acre. j.
II. B. Moffit of Mckenzie, and S. X.
Hood, of Frances, hau a case on in
Justice Perry's court Friday after
noon. Mofft was suing Hood for dam
ages which he claimed were due him
because of the latter's hogs having
destroyed some of his grain. Attor.
ney McCurdy appeared for Motif and
Attorney Dullam forSHood. Judgment
was rendered for the plaintiff.
Attorney Fred Graham and wife, Of
Glendale, were in the city Saturday
and visited with friends. They were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. =. Nc.
Curdy. Mr.. Graham, Mr.. McCurdy,
Representatives Victor WARDROBE and
N. F. Snyder, and Senators O.. o. Trag-
eton and J.. E. Williams were school,
mates and they have had a very en-
iOyable visit with each other
Assistant Il. s. Attorney +. II. Nc
Enroe OF Fargo, was in the city Sat
hrday in connection with the case Of
the government VS.. Herbert Baker.
While in Commissioner Mckenzie's
office Mr.. McEnroe came face to face
with S. NJ. Ferris of this, city and his
irst words to the latter were Here's
a quarter, for gracious sake go and
get a shave" Ferris called him, re.
ceived the money and made a break
for the door. Bystanders looked on
with surprise, especially those, who
were acquainted with Mr.. Ferris and
knew that he had a fine farm of 800
acres in the vicinity of Regain They
did not dream that he would allow q
seeming stranger to talk to him like
that and then-take the money. 1t.
developed, however, that the gentle
men warn personal friends; had
gone to school together in Iowa in
their boyhood days and-were the ring
leaders in many a boyish prank play.
ed at the expense OF various citizens
Of their native town. 7
Peer Stronme will deliver a free
lecture at the Presbyterian church
on Tuesday night, under the auspices
of the Brotherhood of the church. He
will tell Of conditions In China as he
landed there in the middle Of the rev
olutiOn. He is an entertaining talker.
We think that those whose brains r
in their heads, not in their, fingers or
heels, will be present.
William Moore Of this city has been
engaged by a New York firm to write
a. sketch Of the history of North Da-
kOta, for s in o series of. readers
on the states, that are for use of the
schools throughout the country. The
"Prof." has more political and histori-
cal information about all the states at
his command than anyone round
these diggins'- and North Dakota will
get her dues.
The whole family Of G.>-J. Keenan,
will be released from quarantine for
dfphtheria on Monday next. They
have been at home for six weeks and
will be pleased at their release. Ev.
ehy member Of the family except Mrs.
Keenan, was. i'll. G.. j. will begin his
duties as register Of deeds, to. which
Office he was elected last fall.
Frank Albertson of Detroit, Mich,
surprised his friends by dropping of
No. 3 Saturday noon for a visit with
his mother, who is not In the best Of
health. Frank was born, reared and
educated in Bismarck, graduating
from the High school in 1908. He is
now private secretary to the super
intendent Of the municipal lighting
plant Of Detroit. This plant is owned
by the city to supply the public build
ings, parks and streets with light. It
costs the city over 100000 q year to