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NOTES AND NEWS.
Helena is now the Capital of Montana Territory.
Mrs. Maggie Tan Cott, is'laboring in Minneapolis.
Gen. Hardie is in Southern Dakota, Imrestfgatlng
Dakota war claims.
The Shenandoah his returned altera cruise of three
years.
Congress is likely to authorise a second exploring
expedition to Palestine.
The wife of Pere Hyacinthe encourages the wo­
man's war in Ohio, by a sympathetic letter.
Col. Mosby is In the hands of his frsends for cen.
gressional honers.
severe snow storm occurred at Chicago, and at
other points in III. and Ohio, last week.
A religious paper says, notwithstanding the panic,
the wages of sin have not been reduced.
GOT. Pennington is spoken of la the highest terms
by these who hare met him.
Frazee City is the name of anew town on the N. P.
B. R., about one mile from Hobart.
Wadena and Hawley, en the N. P. B. R., are tem­
perance towns, no liquor being sold at either.
freight is now shipped from Pittsburgh to St. Paul
by rail at 45 cents per hundred ls.
Alderman Maxfield ef St. Paul, has invented a
kicking machine. Bismarckers use a kicking post.
The railroad fare from Bisssarck to St. Paul, Is
$24.80 to Now Tork, $82.06 to Boston, $67.75.
Dr. Livingstone is propably dead this time, sure*
A London dispatch announces the arrival of his
body.
It is necessary for a foreign born person to procure
his final citizen papers beforfe he can prove up en a
homestead.
A brutal mob assaulted & ladies praying band, at
Dayton, Ohio, last week, after the success of the anti
crusaders ticket.
Associate Justice McMillan, of the Minnesota Su­
preme Court was promoted to Chief Justice, on jthe
resignation of Judge Bipley.
The King of Ashantee has signed the treaty with
England, but has given no guarantees that he will
execute Us provisions.
Deputy U. 8. Attorney, G.^J. Keeaey, lost hif
official head lastThursday, because of his connection
with the Timber watr, at argo.
Jamestown has been having a red hot exoitement
over the Goodrich case. The matter Is an unpleasant
family affair, of which the least said, the better.
Bdward's Eggleston's new story, the Circuit Rider,
a Tale of the Heroic Agt,is out. The author says it
is a love story from the first chapter to the last.
The author 6f Sweet Hour of Prayer. Mrs. fanny
Crosby, is blind and destitute. Contributions to be
sent to Rev. C. Gets, 97 Yarick Street, New Tork, are
solicited.
Prank Daggett says the next man who tells the
Zsdg* a lie. wants to leave town in advance and
send the information by postal card, If he wants te
get away alive.
The Southern Minnesota Railroad people expect to
extend their line ef road to Sionx 'ails, Dakota, in
1875, Sioux Tails ought te be as good a manufac*
taring point as Minneapolis.
Southern Dakota politicans are already getting
excited over the coming contest for the election of
Delegate to Congress. Hostility to Yankton politicians
is the prominent feature, so far depeloped.
The puddlers around Harrisbarg, after a four
months strike, owing to a reduction of their wages
teem $6 te $5, have resuaced work at the reduced
rate, and agreed ro abandon their Union.
At the election in Bismarck, last week, there were
210 votes polled, Indicating in that village a popula.
tion of over one thosaiid. At the election last' fhlj
495 votes Were polled In the eeunty, and many new
settlers have dace come In.
Silver Islet, is a barren rode in Lake Superior,
seventy feet wide by eighty long, from whieh nearly
two million dollars worth of ore has been taken within
the past fonr years. The pre ,1s worth from $400 te
$7,000 per ton the Isiatad is 'valued at $6,000,000.
The 8t. Louis Black HBb'ti^foriatfphtfect has ato
been alpped in the bad. lAftwpts will- te made to
reach this region from Bissaarck, at an early dayj
There are rich mineral lands, ka**rn to exist.Horth oif
the Black mils reservation,
have their eve.
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On these Bismarckers
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A petrified apple in/ recenly found at Austki,
Minnesota, In tie drift twenty-eight feet below the
suflKcel After belog exposed touiealr fo£ Some time
She apple cracked iir*sjtt«rs, Shewing the perfect
etre and seed. The rftuA^for thetraith
of the statement, ..
Ttya directors af th»a Northwestern Rati*
road have determined, to, uw,*pard the railroad Jawr
in &e several states through which they ran, and
lift eirderedthsfcin dree aafr'arrele 'st'its'dk^) or
emptoyees^arrmade, ctotrtlie stations at whiih.
theteoableiajisitfelii•
tir.iipyAi. Jr/l
Ofttlwrfrrf*** leaiye^rstagoi^pn
white man Is whafr-ls aoW|-Keatacky, Ohio, Im
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TELEGRAM'S.
Reported Specially for the BIs
rek Tribune.
GENERAL NEWS.
Lake Superior and
Mississippi Road
Surrendered.
The Brainerd branch
Completed-—Red
River Open.
Lo the Poor Indian—Spotted Tail
Wants the OommissiQners
to Dry Up.
He is Pestered by Flies
From the Great Father.
The Steamer Europe Wrecked
Congressional Matters,
Report of Wisdom's
Freefc
Coaunittee-
okange for N twspapers.
TAB BBAINEBD BRANCH.
ST.
IPAUL, April
15.—Theiron is pur­
chased for the Brainerd Branch, and
arrangements completed that will cause
th^ completion of that road
within ninety dayt. The Northern
Pacific people have surrendered to the
stocl^Olders their lease of the Lake
Superior and Mississippi Railroad,
which has brought about this Brainerd
Branch arrangement, which when com­
pleted will be operated by the Northern
Pacific people.
THE L.
s.
& M.
The Lake Superior and Mississippi
stockholders having no rolling stock it
is possible the line from St. Paul to
Duluth may still be operated by the
Northern Pacific for a few weeks yet.
Arrangements in that particular are
not completed.
THB BSD B1VEB.
FABGO, April 15.—The Red RI^ER is
on the rampage and the ice is moving
out. The wagon bridge between Moor
head and Fargo has jumped the country
of tried to, and is a complete wreck.
GBNTMF SPBIMQ.
The trees on the Maple River are
leaving out, and we hear notes of spring
on every hand.
NBW8PAPBBS.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—The House
on Monday passed the bill allowing
country newspapers, to pass through
the mails free in the counties where
published, and newspapers to receive
exchanges iree.
ST.'PAUL & PACIFIC.
Senator Ramsey's St. Paul and Pacific
bill, will be reported favorably by the
Committeoon Pqblic Lands. It extends
the time two years, and protecto the
'tights ff settlers regardless of former
Rights. ,,
LOUISIANA.
A red hot debate was had in the Sen
at^, Mondlayi^o the Louisiana bill, wbpn
a dispoaHion^was oaittfnted to pais it
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SOCIETY.
VOL. 1. BISMARCK, D. T., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1874. .40.
to the States a constitutional amend­
ment, for the election of United States
Senators, by the people.
BEFOBX.
The bill for the reorganization of tbe
custom service passed the House Tues­
day, after a lively debate, in which
Dawes gave and took some bard blows.
THE SCALPEBS.
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CHEYENNE, April 12.—The commis­
sioners sent to the Spotted Tail Agency
have returned and accomplished noth­
ing. The Indians refuse to allow their
agency removed they are tired of Com­
missioners and invite the' present dele­
gation to leave. Spotted Tail accused
the commissioners of stirring up trouble
and pointedly advised them to "dry
up." He says he has been moved
around and pestered se much by these
"flies from the Grant Father" that he
wants his words written down this time
to show to all who come begging around
hereafter that he wont talk to them any
more.
THB WAT THBT ABB COUHTBD.
A show of counting the Indians has
been made here. That is, they called
in the head men and took their word for
the number they had. So far six thous­
and have been registered. The A are
probably four thousand or less. Sever­
al bands have refused either to be
counted or to change the number for
which they have heretofore drawn ra­
tions. Some of them, after they had
handed in their numbers, came next day
and claimed that they had forgotten
their women and children and wanted
to register them.
SUXNEB'S SUCCBSSOB.
BOSTON, April 13.—The twenty-second
ballot for Senator resulted as others haye
—the candidates all holding their rela­
tive strength.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITS.
WASHINGTON, Aprils.—Chief Jus­
tice Waite delivery) h^g$fin£ opinion
to-day. He gives evidence of a deep
thought and a/disposition to discbarge
his duties promptly and thoroughly.
WINDOM'S COMMITTEE.
Senator Windom's committee will re­
port in a few days and will faver water
routes to the sea.
INFLATION.
Gen. Grant opposes inflation but does
not express his opinion on the bill now
pending, though the eastern interests
hope he will veto the bill should it pass.
WRECKED.
NEW YOBK, Aprij 14.—The Steamer
Europe was wrecked on the 2d inst. but
her passengers and orew were saved by
the Steamer Greece.
The Western Minstrels are advertised
for an entertainment at Lincoln Opera
House, Thursday and Friday evenings
of this week. They bring out an en
tirely new programme, and the enter
tainment promises to be one of the best
given at that Post during the winter.
These minstrels are well known here,
having performed here on several oc­
casions during the past winter and al­
ways to crowded houses. Plumb and
Way in the Dutch characters, Lake in
his character songs, end Winn as an
Ethiopian cannot be beat, and they are
equally good in any place you find them
McCurry, Bobo, Foley and Mqore are
immense, while Long, Grayson, Hftrris
son and Winfegardner sustain their parts
in a mantlet' equally creditable.
Jas. Tulloch is cajpvassing Bismarck
and vicinity for the story pf "Kit Oar
son's Life and Adventures, froni facts
narrated by himself, compiled by Brevt.
Lt. Col. |)eroitt 6. Meters, U.S. A."
Th6 work is .^rofuselj illustrated and
intensely ibte^esiingi It is a bodk
Wich c'anrfot fciTto interest all wlto1
a a
ing at this office,
presented a joint resolution submitting and paying for this advertisement.
Dentist.
Dr. J, C. McCausland, of Duluth,
(Licentiate of Dental Surgery) will be
at the Capitol Hotel on the 23d inst.
for a few days. The Doctor will fill
teeth so as to preserve them from further
decay, or insert teeth,from one to a full
set, guaranteeing in every case satis­
faction. Particular attention given to
childrens' teeth.
Buffalo Jack goes to Carroll by tbe
first boat.
John A. McLean has gone into the
lumber business and has established a
yard.
Dr. Southworth and wife, of Toledo
Ohio, arrived Wednesday, on their way
to Berihold. The Doctor is the new
agentgr
physician.
R. W. Chase who was looking around
town last week concluded to invest in
Bismarck so soon as an opportunity
presents itself. He applisd through
Mr. Bowen for eight lots.
Services at the Presbyterian Church
every Sunday at 10} a. m. and p. m.
Sabbath School at 3 in the afternoon.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday even­
ing at the Parsonage.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that school
will commence on the 20th inst. at the
Congregational Church. Miss Luella
Hallstram teacher.
J. S. SIMMONS, District Clerk.
Bisaaarek Minstrels.
The St. Paul Dispatch says:
A minstrel troupe at Bismvrck calls
itself the Farrell-dickert-haley-sunder
land-burris-wing-knappen-brien-chiv 1
ier Amateur Combination Minstrel
Troupe. They went into bankruptcy
getting out the first poster.
Mr. P. M. Eckford has secured the
building lately occupied by E. A. Wil­
liams, as a law office, in which he will
open up a merchant tailoring business
in about ten days.? He leaves Friday
for a stock of cassimeres, clothing fur­
nishing goods, &c., and workmen.
Chris Gilson was complained of for
selling liquor in the Indian country and
Tuesday left for Yankton to be inter­
viewed on the subject. Chris has the
sympathies of hosts of friends here
who do not believe he has done inten­
tional wrong.
J. S. Warn, who has been out on his
coal claim west of the Missouri for some
days, returned Monday. He reports
that several straggling bands of Indians
have been seen in the vicinity of his
camp but none came nearer than half a
mile. The coal party consists of Mr.
Warn and two others.
"Reddy," one of the desperados who
made the assault on the Exchange Sa­
loon at Bismarck, some weeks ago, and
who has since been in irons in Burleigh
County Jail, escaped Wednesday while
the jailor was at dinner. Frank Cole,
his associate, who was shot in the affray
died Saturday.
Elsewhere may be found the adver­
tisement of Wyman Elliott, Minne­
apolis, who advertises a closing out sale
of his nursery stock, including hardy
fruit, ornamental and shade trees, ever­
greens, floWering Shrubbery, small fruits
such as currants, raspberrie^,*.^oi)5e-|
berries, strawb'ernes, garden ^eg£tSri]l&!
roots, &>c. See advertisemarvt. fqr jvripos,
of Lombard/ poplaj-s* Jbfai elflerUtfofr
maple,
&c.
A five mile race between the train and
a herd of antelope, delighted the pas­
sengers on a late' train.from Fargo to
3iamatt&.? At ftrrt the ahimals gained
SW the.tsain andikeptN*head of iV for
MO** timev ibutsfinaUy fell behind and
«H pju»8e£M running about five
M.-aiftbmrtn—ii nunabofrt ef **fcese
animals msy be dteen (torn neatly every
Wai|. its© Abound^n $reat niyn
beTr on ttie pi'lirfe a^uVBismar^ and
the Black Tailed Deer fn the Missouri
I River bottoms.
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Railroad Laidn.
Mr. Kindred of the Northern Pacific
Land Department is in Bismarck, and
will receive applications for railroad
lands and payment for the same. Those
who want railroad lands should call on
Mr. Kindred at once as he remains un­
til Tuesday morning only.
Mr. Kindred will be found at Col.
Brownson's office.
Persons having orders for job work
on our hooks will please be patient with
us a few days more, when all orders
now in hand will be filled. With new
type, new material and better facilities
in every respect than heretofore we
shall turn out work not excelled in St.
Paul or other eastern cities. Mr.
Plumley, who now has charge of that
branch of business, for ten years past
has labored in one ot the best job of­
fices in the country and understands
his business. We are prepared not on­
ly to do anything in the printing line
but engraving on wood also. Orders
solicited for all kinds of blank and book
work.
Two hundred years ago the Rev. Mr.
Mather deplored the ase of rum in a
sermon at Boston. He said: "It is a
common thing that in lattery ears a
kind of strong drink called^rum has
been common with us, which the poorer
sort of people, in town and country,
can make themselves drunk with. Those
that are poor and wicked can make
themselves drunk for a penny I wish
to the Lord some remedy could be
thought of for the prevention of this
eyil."
A Yale student, who is evidently in
the "journalistic" department, writes a
twelve versed poem which is entitled,
"We kissed each other by th6 ^sea."
"Well, what of it asks a Western
journalist "the seaside is no better
for such practices than ary other local­
ity. In fact we have put in spine very..
sweet work of that kind on the tow
path of a canal in our time, but did not
say anything obout it in print."
The ladies of Leavenworth are join­
ing in a pledge to use no more jute,
false hair, padding, panniers, &c.t or old
newspapers, except as gentlemen use
them, in consideration of the gentle­
men pledging themselves to obstain from
theuse of tobacco, cigars &c., and stay
at home nights with their own ladies.
"Mr. Smith, you said you officiated
in the pulpit did you mean by that
that you preached "No, sir I. held
the light for the man who did preach.'
"Ah the court understood you differ
ently. They supposed that the dis­
course came directly from you." "No
sir, I only threw a little light on it."
A German saloon-keeper iti Millers
burg, says: "Yen I goes in mine bet I
sleeps not goot. I dreams in aaine head
datl hears dem vimen* pray in', and
siging in mine ears dat Jesus loves me.
Dot bodders me so I got right straight
up and valk on de floor and take under
glass of beer."
"The day is not far distant," says a
Raleigh paper, "when the world will be­
gin to look on death as a journey to
another country."- Tjbe^ l^ouisville
Courier-Journal assents to this, and
naively adds that thiTjoipn^y will be
.onyE.W jfhipi HQ can dead-
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sjiAna JMIB/
ca/T'.of trkfo^l^cei^q^
cHickenV tosses'the chi&<^$o en alliga­
tor, and the byoii that oi^^knew. tha
alligator knows him noi*otfe
r:
1^tw»-otfnce
of a
Dr. Brown-Sequard told^his
iii a lecture recently 4eKfer^d^i|^
York, tb*t he
ca up on the «om of roos ter, when it
set about growing*. And would Mve^be
come a regular "cock-tail if the dis
gusted- bird^bad- nofr^otrinte a fright
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ers
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ptiet fiiiyk'of'Che air/ in
it* -r6|a«ftns^ ^•If ^kShi^iVknd
blesses nim, but will notlriibey ^*11
Dobbs says that that description suits
his wife exactly.