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im uminn ...M itr Attic'm cktidei.' 'tfilt beW' li^jf brtW emitted for two weeks pint benusiiiii lack of.time to devote to their ti tiWDrf® thtr yet he has placed but little under culti vation, but this year produced 250 bushels of potatoes, a- large amount ol of garden truck, including cabbages, beets, etc. He keeps sixty cows and about fifty head pf Mbar'stock. For butter he finds a ready market at 40 cents per pound the year round, and of course there is millions in its manufac ture at that price. He devotes his per sonal attention to contracting, and keeps a large gang of men around him forth purpose, and several teams al*o, but when work in that line is ended, Mr. Stevenson purposes to stay with us, and is certainly building up a farming interest creditable alike to himself an the country. in the same vicinity, had-two acres un der cultivation, and realized 800 bushel* of potatoes.. 'J'.,' bogus AHD iiiClm'ar^ HTrace*P. Bognp ajid M.Martin had six acres under cultivationon i'a claim adjoining the townsite, raising about 400, bushels of. potatoes, and a large amount of all kinds of vegetables, in cluding cabbages, carrots, beets, onions, etc., and two loads of tnekfris They cut one hundred tons of"bay on the claim, and have laid plans for additional improvements^ next seSson.... SAMULL TOWN8END ,'tp farrii mentioned apd they will,receiTO atten tion at an ear^r ilay. DO* 8TEVKNSOK is developing a Very fine farming inter est. He is located Mmileasouth of Bismarck, on the MihmwT river, and claim* 160 ftcreS. He ha*,near his Louse, a tine spring, whieh affords pare and never-failing water. He has up land and bottoms, prairieand timber—a farm adapted to any kind of agricultn ral operations'but specialty adapted to stock growing, to Which Mr. 8tevenson purposes devoting his attention. JOHN QUISI.AH Das a quarter section' about two mile east of town on which he baa eight acres under cultivation, producing this, year, 1,500 bushel of potatoes, 200 cabbages *nd other Vegetables. Quinlan's claim is on the uplands and his crop averagec better than any of his neighbors. WBLCH AND BYBMBV' Thomas Welch andjP. B.JByrne have claims in £bV Vidihity. Pr«® acres under cultivation Byrnes realized 450 babels of potatoes fend 300Squashes. "Welch had two acres ^nder {cultivation, but,we did not I^arn.tjbe result. THOMAS CAirrWELt, had-ten acres uncler cultivation on a claim also adjoining the tow nsite. He raised several hundred bushels of ^pota toes, three acres of corn, two of oats, and a large acr ount of other vegetables. Townsend's improvements, though small, have an appearance of comfort and thrift that is really refreshing. bd. Am iflve WOLF, on an adjoining eighty, had seven acres under cultivation, including four acres of corn, two of potatoes, one half of an acre of peas,.and the remainder in .gar den truck. All did well—aa well as one could expect in auy country. thbodobb schbnkbnbebg has one of the neatest (rlay outs" for a farm in the country. He has a neat log house, grounds fenced, trees planted, etc.' He has about seven acres under cultiva tion, and produced about three acres of corn and three acres of potatoes. The corn was in the shock when we visited his premises and bid fair to yield about 60 bushels to tha acre.' The potatoes yielded 175 bushels to the acre. THB POST GAKDEN. The post garden at Fort Lincoln em braces fifteen acres. The ground was broken in 1874, and alight crop raised. This year was the first of thorough cul tivation. It is divided into five lota, or jtracts, and apportioned to the several companies. Company F, 7th Cavalry, commanded by Capt. Yates, produced on their three acres, 6Q0 bushels of po tatoes, 100 bushels of oats, 800 heads of cabbage, 18 bushels of onions, 75 bush els of turnips, 5 barrels of tomatos, and radishes, lettuce, etc., ete., in almost unlimited quantities. COMCLUSIOK. Land that will- produce like this and without irrigation, certainly does not deserve the wholesale condemnation that has been put upon it by Gen Hazen and other writers. -This season, in 1872 and in 1873, no farming experiments failed. Last year, through drouth mnd grass hoppers, the former following on the heels of the latter, almost all attempts to produce anything but potatoes failed but three years out of four success has rewarded the efforts of our frontier far mers, and as the twwl becoib^ subdued more favorable resuft£ may ,beconfident ly looked for. Brooklyn is "a' good 'place $teer clear of. It has iWrwnaH-poxv'uMoody and Sankey, and the Betfcfter Scandal nil vet y,. badly jus.t.fiow*-. Talmage, too, is enhaiingan eirtr'aoi^ihar^''.tofeotmt: of windV'?ahdnfs^*Vbr£atWs "to break out. Haails* jHtooraryit i* Mot Baiafco. OwtMfodmi Bipuacs Tannic: keir prepare biRASo, Nov. 23, 1875.—I arrived 8 T°^T"» this tillage"last liight, after a run of, twenty-one hours on the Chicago, Kilwaiukee ft St. Paul railroad. This is a good'road and its employees attentive and courteous. The meterological' order of things seems to* be reversed this season, 'for the farther east one travels on the same parallel, the warmer is the weather show less abundant. In this city there has scarcely been any snow at all, and the streets to day are as dusty as they werte in midsriinmer. Like Michigan is entirely free from ice, and water cra't of all kirtcs are daily arriving and de parting. To-day I looked over the extensive establishment of the Chicago Evening Journal and was not a little surprised at its magnitude, the vast amount of capital invested, and the legion of em ployees necessary to carry on the work of the art preservative1* which they have undertaken. Chicago claims a population 375,000 souls, and how so many people are fed and clothed, to say nothing of the necessary cigars and whisky, is a mystery to your correspon dent. The people, as a general thing, are well-dressed and have an air about' them of jollity and comfortable indepen de ice. I frequently heard, before com ing here,4pf the extreme lovelines of the fair daughters o( the 44 3) No. 3 44 Garden City.*1 But if I were permitted to offer an opin ion, I would say the very opposite is the fact, for those I saw on fashionable promenades to-day were rather mascu litis inJ appearance, and not "to the manor born.'1- It may be, however/ that I ara not competent to judge in such matters, or that the ch lling bl'ists from Lake Michigan prevented the ereme de la cremt from going abroad. Last night meta lugubrious looking individual, Who informed me he had been victimized about an hour before, to the tune of sixty dollars. A very gentlemahly1 in dividual accosted my1 informant, and saijd: Captain Johnson, 1 am really delighted to see yon." 44 My name is not Johnson. I atn from Springfield I am in'the crockery business and here is my card." The gentletuettiy indivi-' dual takes the card, polite)^1'excuses himself, and moves away. In a short time gentlemanly individual'No. 2" Ac* cost* the- victim, und calling fctm by H(is ntname, talks crockery and all thiti Hg* tior^ df thing. Presents a'5 card of a prominent fi'tn in St. Louis and solicits correspondence. While the conversa tion is going on, up comes gentlemanly individual No. 4, who asks No. 2:fdr the amount due his firm. No. S^sa^rs he hasn't the currency About him, but will pay him in gold (producihg a Ikrge sack full of twenty dollar gold pieces) 'if he (No. will allow the usual''ptemiurn. only requires^ the currency and will not par the premium. In this di lemma my iuforuiant is asked if he has any currency about him. Yes he has sixty dollars. Will be let gentlemanly individual No. 2 have the use of it for a few. moments and accept three gold twenties in lieu thereof till he ran go down to the office." Of course my Springfield friend is willing to accom modate the exchange is made and the currency is handed over to gentlemanly indidual No. 3. On the way to the office all parties in the drama get lost in the crowd, and Springfield" after a time realizea the fact that there is something decomposed in Denmark. He examines the glittering ore and finda it not alto gether a tinkling symbol—at least the very best, of sounding brass. And so the world moves. Chicago excels in everything. Here are some of the very best men of the nation, while her thieves would deceive the very elect. Day after to morrow I take the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad. Will write again as I progress toward the rising sun. As ever^ thine, *ir^tiled_ quarleis. Tort and new. Sergt. Ti and Quails. Fort Rlee Item Our Fort Rice Correspondent reports that amputation followed in the case of Denise, Co. 7th Cavalry, who was ac cidentally shot through the left leg by Morris, of the same company, while out chicken hunting last week. The opera tion was performed by Dr. Tsylor, Post Surgeon, who gained much credit for the skillful manner in which he per formed the work. Col. Benteen is reported to have been ordered to Standing Rock on a tour of observation, inspection or investigation involving an absence of a few days, Col. Benteen has been making very thorough work at the Post since he took command. Many little irregular ities have been checked and an exten sive illicit whisky traffic broken up. Bismarck whisky peddlers will find the Rice guard house door wide open for entrance if found on the reservation plying their trade under Col. Benteen's administration. The Traders' establishment is all right now Major Pitts would !iave bur jed it if hp could. He has learned one thing, however, never to poison his skiink^ or if bo does 'while uuUev house t^ltaye a hole open so tbey reach. river if they 'want to. .«• During.*ha ieeen.6 biizzard, snap, or whatever vun call it, appreciated their renovated and r«cor»- the can or1 .cold men the TPS la Liiere iiu cum nariaon for comfort between Sergt.. Tuebner jytio, j. With the Commissary D.pai fiuerv »,oi the old style buildings. ii) sup Joirith in one. posed to wish he w« a whole tro«p cavalryin whiph case he to of prol^atdy, f«ul(i enjoy 4 set of the reconstructed. Co^ Scu|ly, however, has' improved, even, the commissary .building immense ijr. Col. Scully's war eagle, one of th* real old stock, is being kept in fine con dition feasting )On rats, rabbit and chicken. The Colonel expects him t« visit the Centennial next sea8on. takes much pride in him as he is of rare species. The Fort Rice minstrel troupe, whos« organization the Tbibunb mentioned last week, hai put in a liberal amount of time at rehearsals and the boys have inflated currency that says they can d« ihe best singing of any troupe pn the Missouri River. They will visit Bis marck at an early day. Elsewhere will be found the decision in the townsite case. It is unde^tood that those who elect to do so may now prove up at the United States Land Of fice on not to exceed two lots on which they have substantial improvements, paying the sum of ten dollars for each lot. Proof muNt be made at the land office as in pre-emption cases,and the fee paid goes to the government, not to the city. That portion of the 480 acres not occupied will be entered by the cor porste authorities at $1.25 per acre and held by the city in trust for all its in habitants, to be disposed" of as the law directs. As applications for entry will now be entertained none need hesitate to take advantage of this provision ol the law, under which they can gain and at once* a title direct from the govern ment, if tbey so desire. Mr. Hobart leaves on Monday for Standing fUck for his steam saw mill, which in a short time will be in full op erktion. It vfill be located near Souter's blacksmith shop, and will havp double rotary saws, lath saw, and planer. Ad joining the saw m^ll there will be a turniug lathe aud furniture establish mbnt, operated by other parties, power being furnished by the mill. A large amount of logs w'll be put in- for the saw mill during the winter: Thus an other fodnstry is opened. Our merchants are reminded that the Tri-Weekly Tribute reaches at'the mil itary posts" everybody who is able to take a paper, fcnd is, therefore, a first class medium for advertising, especially for holiday goods. Holiday locals will be inserted at ten cents-per line first insertion and five' cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Tell' the people what you have for the holidays, gentlemen. Stop Thief! Who is the newspaper fiend, and where does he hold forth,' that gets away with our valuable exchanges. He whosteals our New York, Washington and Chicago papers robs us of that which wo can readily spare, but be who steals our St. Paul, Sioux City and Yankton exchanges robs us of that which may afford him pleasure, but makes the writer think of using cuss words as big aa Pillsbury's majority in Minnesota. A word said In the dark. And hands pressed, for a token.' "Mow, little maiden, mark The word that you have spoken Be not joar promise broken!" My Hp* upon her cheek •Pelt tears amid their kisses. "Oh, pardon I bespeak— If for my doubting this is Now all mj doubting ceases!" In the Glass-Singiaer contest, it seems the complaint of abandonment made by Glass was filed subsequent to the expir ation of the five years, counting milita ry service, from date of entry, settlment and cultivation, and, therefore, was dis missed on that ground and the land swarded to Singiser. Chas. A. Galloway has opened a Bil liard Parlor and Saloon on 4th St put tine in one of the best tables in use. He keeps .first class goods,, has a quiet place and tasty rooms and may reason ably expcct a share of the patronage of his billiard playing and other friends. The mail left Wednesday morning and Will" hereafter*leave every Wednes day and Monday and hrrive Thursdays and Saturdays. The stages are mriking ing T^gulst^ tripfc and good• tiuie^ftn'd passengers who have come thfonsih speak in high tenns of the llwe an of the accoonmodatior--: to be had. The teh the oW hotdV It Was^dbt 44 —Scribntr for October. Let tha female angel cease to be agi tated. Men will rave at the pinned baek skirts, but so they will and have at every other fashion. There was the kangaroo droop, the Grecian bend, the Tilton-Skirts, the bell crinoline, the de collet'te bodies, the long stomacher— everything, way back to the ruffs of Gueen Bess or the barrel hoops of Queen Anne, has been sneered at after the aamb manner. And yet, men have a sort of aneaking fancy for the dear lit tle creatures after all. I) line'ia all 'rigiit ag*iu 8. ,, Gw. W1.1 ffanrion, of Fort Lincoln ctawled out »f his hive yesterday atit" ^a* been buzzing about Bismarck to day. The Biematck Weekly Titravmc am either Harper's Monthly, Weekly B»zar will be furnished one year, po* tage paid, for $5 00. Mr. Hildebrand, it set-tns, reconsid •«red his determination to g« with hit family to the Black Hit!.*. Having sol •*ut his family will return to Chicago Hereafter there will be regular ser vice at the Presbyterian ehurcb ever) Sabbath, at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Ther* -vill be no postponement on accouut ol he weather, as the church is now com fortable. The mail which arrives to-n:ghtshouM bring official notice in' relation to th» townsite matter. It will certainly bring a statement from Judge Flandreau. at torney for the corporate authorities, giving full details. There is great grief among the lunch fiendb of St. Paul. Ic a prominent xaloon the following notice has been hung up: "Lunch will be ladled out none who do not buy something." There is talk of an indignation meet ing* A. L. Bonnatfbn, Jr returned from Standing Rock yesterday and' left for Stevenson to-day. He reports time. lively at the agency, and everything moving oh pleasantly and'harmouions !y. Mi*. Boiinaffjd'goes to: $c. Paul next week. The hunters seem, to be meeting with good success, now-a days. N. J. Col lins had killed 17 deer a week ago Hen ry'Ward had Killed ten and Merry Smith had left ten with Browning Wrihgrbse. Tbey Sell at froth? to 8 fen tsbythe Carcass, 'i, Aa £xquiaiie Storv by Liuiartiae. In the tribe of Negedheir' thei-e was a horse whose fame was spread far and hear, and a Bedouin of another tribe^ by name Daher, desired extremely to pos sess it. Having offered -insvain for it his camels and' jhisrwhole* Wealth be hh at length upon the following device, by which he hoped to gam the object of his desire. He resolved toi stain his face with the juice of an herb/to clothe him self in rags, to tie his legs and tieck to gether, so as to appear like a lame beg gar. Thus equipped, he went to wait for Naber, the owner of the horse, who he knew was to pass that way When he saw Naber'approaching on his beau tiful steed, he cried out in a weak voice I am a poor stranger for three days I have been unable to move faun' this spot to'seek for food. I am dying help me, and heaven will rewatd youi" The Bedouin kindly offered to take him upon his horse and cairy him home but the rogue replied: 411 cannot rise I have lio strength left" Naber, touched with pity, dismounted, led his horse to the spot, and with great difficulty set the seeming beggar on back. But no sooner did Daher feel himself in the saddle, than he set spurs to the horse and galloped off, calling out as he did so: 44 It is I,'Daher. I have got the horse, and am off with him.'1 Naber called after him to stop snd lis ten. Certain of not being pursued, he turned and halted at a short distance trom Naber, who was armed with a spear. Since heaven has willed it, 1 wish you joy of it but I do conjure you never to tell any one how you obtained it." 44 And why not said Daher. 44 44 Because," said the noble Arab, another might be really ill, and men would fear to help him." Daher was silent for a moment, tnd then, springing from the horse, returned it to the owner, embracing him. Naber made him accompany him to his tent, where they spent a few days together, and became fast friends for life. Frealu mt Oladfttas. Among the many curious stsries'told of Mr. Gladstone, the following is the latest and most, characteristic: About a fornight ago he went to a second-band book seller and bargained for the sale of his whole librsry, which was cleared accordingly, inoluding books one would think nobody in his senses would dream •f parting with--presentation copies, dedication copies, copies filled with his own manuscript notes (Maguire's "Irish in America" notably so,) and all 'the copies containing his own book-plate. The day after, down rushes his relative, Lord Wolverton, and says he must buy up all the books sold by Mr. Gladstone. Wonderful to tell,' in an age so sordid, and of-one of the craftiest of all crafts in buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest markets, the bookseller made nothing of his rare opportunity, but hold back again at the smallest tuade commission^ Lord Palmerston used to say that Mr. Gladstone would die either in a Roman ^Catholic monastery or in a mlid house. At the recent side of his ,,cbina a bidder objected that one of the vases was craoked. "And 90 owner," said a bystander. •4fjti I 'A is the 1 "TTT37T5TTT WS LilH He tone'? miaer-man 1 Who in his c4t: ge dwelt. Ottrodthe narrow tr*il I hat ran Ming the miners Wit. At nijjht and morn, with dinnf pall hack a forward «trde, I j*?tht fcoar was kn «wa ta faU roc^ty foad. A st*»d.r-Rolnf akiner-man He sat at ninhtand th«Ujtht, And many a carina* ariftert plan In Infancy there he wrought, As in hia cabin all alone, Before the dancing lliw, Full nwnjr a p*o|nre come and fbowa Of wtiat he might dulre. A lonesome, homelw miner-man, WhMOw»k«^ ant washed %n-l wvkat, Perhapa Bis Miw John or Dan No (kW«. he ius*t*r shirks. And why care whit hU nam5 might bd. Who deiv«Ml wfth pick and drill,"" Th* time-book ot tht f-ompany 1 Had pat him np as Bill. Some said he was a heartless mn, ho didn't cm* at all How itien ml »n, Outside his cabin wall, But once I watched him at the store, (Post it was, too. The keeper a* he passed the door, 8ald* "Letter here for you." He took the letter at he went Walking away alone. And won I saw Him most Intent, 81 reading ou a •tone. Aud as he r*td the roillii{Ptears Came coursing down hi* face Hi* heart hat traveled hack for years To childhoods tender place. Now when that miner raised his latch, What sorrow entered there To hiw his head beneath the thatch, Rereading it with c«re. How weary sat he by the fire, Too sad and fain to cook His lonely meal, and the retire Without a voioe or look. Oh, miner, you and I and all Can nerer. if we would,'' Shut up the heart, whate'er befall Against the true and good. So when the world Iooks worse and worse, The farther ff we" am, (But still hare something that we nurse^— That lore of m^thpr's BU61N±!zjS. Sunday night, when a- young miin drove out .of Vicksburg seve ral miles to pass the evening with thb girl of his choice', he wad met atj the gate by the father, who at once proceeded tp busmes by say ing "Cum to spark Louisa ,eh?" The young mandet silence an swer the question. Expect it'll make a match?" bdntinued the father. Silence again, while the yo^ng' man tied his horse. he was ready to go in, the father blocked th^ way, braced up, and continu- here, young man, let's have' •dtSee an-understanding. If ye mean hitch 'tween now and Jinuary all' right, but if ye don't I waijt ye to understand' that candles is. mighty high this fall and crops don't turn out wuth a cuss?" As the young man got through" the gate it is probable that he gave the father a direct and an agreeable answer- Vicksburgh Herald. HOW LITTLE ALICE DIED. Not long ago Rev. Mr. Windsor, of Redwing, Minn., met with a ainful loss in the burning of hia ittle daughter Alice. Her breast, abdomen, legs, arms and hand* were shockingly 'burned, and af ter,a few hours she died. Sh%. was only about five years old and as she lingered between heaven and earth a little while, she asked her mother to lie on the bed with her, and when this request was granted she said, "Sing to me41 am Jesus' little lamb" As her stricken mother tried to press back the torrent of grief thai welled up in her heart, and sang the words, the dear little suffprer made an effort, with her failing strength, to put one of her crisp ed arms around her neck. After wards, as death drew nearer, she requested her father to sing, "Rock of ages, cleft for me," and seemed to be soothed by those grand old words.—St. Paul Pio neer A MEAN SET. Yesterday forenoon a very seedy chap jumped into the river foot of Third street, but was pulled out in three or four minutes none the worse for his bath. The crowd scattered, and' after a few minutes, whin he sat in the sun drying his clothes, a hackman asked: you wish you hadn't?" "This is 110 town^ this isn't," replied the vagrant, elevating: hia nose. "Fve jumped into the river at, Toledo and liad mor'n fifty men ask mo to dri^k."—Detroit Free Press.