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NOTES AND NEWS.
B. A. Berg died at MoorbeaJ Saturday last.
Eut 9 dogs in St. Paul out of 19090 are licensed*
There was two feet of snow at Alta Ctab on the 8th
inrtr
Gen. Sheridan'3 father died at Summerset, Ohio, on
the 7 th inst.
Ex Senator James Nye is in the Bloomingdale
Lunatic Asylum.
Three regular lines of steamers are now plying to
and from Duluth.
Major Silvey of the 5th Artillery has been placed
on the retired list.
A Mail route has been established from Duluth to
Hancock, Michigan.
Judge Dillon, by decision, confirms the legality of
the Iowa HaUroad law.
Patrick McEilogott, injured in the recent boiler ex­
plosion at Winona, is dead.
Gen. Jnbal Early, takes a column of fine print to
deny the Barbara Pitchie story.
Pat Sullivan was sentenced to States Prison for life
at the veceiit term of court in Moorehead.
R. 1. Kcenan, of Duluth, has been appointed U.
S. Inspector and Store Keeper at that port.
Geo. John C. Breckinridge lying at the point of
death from the effects of a surgical operation.
Col. feheats, 0th auditor of the treasury, has been
requttt«d to resign, thus -one by the rfoses fade.
A Coating island in Lake Superior has anchored it­
self under or against the N. P. docks at Duluth.
Another party of adventurers have been captured
and brought nacfc from a raid on the Biacii inns.
John G. Hamilton of Cleveland, Ohio, has been ap
pointed Indian Agent at the Lake Traverse .agency.
The Postmaster at New Orleans is vmplred to
loids fur $400,000. Ben Butler feonft for f200,000.
CassiusM. Clay, the veteran aboytionist. agrees t®
canvass Kentucky onbehajf ofthe Democratic, party*
Lt. Col. Swaine of the 15th Infantry relieve? Capt.
Brbtherton of hi* disbursing duties at Leavenworth.
Gen. Beaureguard was the only confederate rtleer
debarred from the recent soldier's re-union In Chica­
go.
1 second indictment for murder was found against
Pt P. Wir.t-ermufs for the- killing of General MC
Cook.
Eowen's testimony did not-make aDy Christian's
hair stand on end, in fact there was nothing startling
about it.-
Col. Anthony, murdefed at Lerihworth.bv Emery,
Editor of the Appeai,. a brother of£h»an B.
Anthony.
The sales of stamps by the Port Office Department
for April
were
twenty peicent greater than for April
last year. 'J
Horace White has pnrchayd *n interest in the IWr
Yofk Tribute wlth ^bJch he will be conaeoted at an
cariyday.
^ismsrch ^ribnn^. THE TOWNSITE-
{. er-.
Major Clatirton, of Yankton A^Wcy, became a
h*ppy father at ths Merchant* Hotel- lif Yaikton a
few dags ago. av-.-c-b :-.i'
Commodoro Wm. F. Davidson ['now owni the St.
Patll Obertt House/and John Xv Dayidson has been
placed in charge ofltf.
BW.Aadrw^fiartfrof Blade UWi invaders 'was
captured by Liaafc ,Aftpiftra9g 1M miles westaf fort
Randall*fiew d^iysago.^t
fc
the African. gfld mfyes panning out nicely.a
nirt potnid nug^ei
of^ptfre
speiter having recently
been shipped toio&den.
J. Stark, a member of the last leglslaturer3iaB
been appointed MailAgentand is now running be­
tween Dttlatiitnd Bte ftul.
firstiprlngUower
in
Thie ffrat springiiower has bloomed". A little girl
I«lawaTt,iJ^.r»kipped*hc
rope 800 times, and
Delaws^t'I^MJkipp«d^h
is lieepibg under the willow*
The grasshoppers are making terrible raiagea
Kansas and Missouri, gardens being black with tfu
the vicinity onst. Jo«eih.
wfllpi
in.—
The Brainawt trfbans ilyi Sitisel Mi: not pur
chaud the Duinth i7sraWr and for l^e jre##Ji»t
leanSrDltiOt lea^te Br^erd.
"Bderttt*
leastSrHlnot lea^BralqeM..
The unkindest tut of dtl it the n6Mn«ion olO.
Hall, of the DUpaUsh, by A. B. Ball^bf th^^Pfee
IMtpai- ...
County Hews, for Governor. ftr
Woodhull finally appeared as a witness in th^Til
son:case. The evidence Is now all in and the lawyer#
art It woifc stemming op the date.
CdI. Anthony, of the Levaaworth Times, wm ftt
tally.iJiot by the editor oftthe Appeal...In 'difflcoity
groWlnig bUt of a newspaper quarrel.
own with their oat^.—^
A raid is being made en the wliisity ripg^ a large
number of diatttJefieshaving been tfd^and a large
number of collectors and jother officlalk* faUpliealed.
"Iciun" Wodda and .W. J..' PorWi-, tof Beefier
County, Minn,, shot eafih oUier taa, ,«l»im qua^re-l
recently. Porter Is dead and' VWds is not expected
to live.
The M»»at®l» let lloorhiead Mbsday^ #ith-400
passengers for ,^6rt Garry. The baesenffij were
principally Metfnonltes and laborers for ^Canada
Pacific.
The Poet Master General forbids the payment of
money orders to L. D. $iae, of Gift Enterprise notorb
ety, and orders the return of all Registered letters to
his address.
The Red River Stat has it bad and appeals to the
people to leach their children as they grow op to dos«
pise the Northwestern Telegraph Company because
it keeps no office at Moorhead.
Oregon will contribute to the centenial show fir
plank twelve feet wide and one hundred feet lotagj a
spruce plank eight feet wide, cedar, and larch seven
feet, and hemlock five feet wide. .r
Gov. Davis offers one thousand dollars' reward
for the Conviction of persons who were recently en­
gaged in an attempt to wreck a naasenaer Mam on the
Sioux Ci
(HKVU iu nu no»vp»i'*
St, Paul ft Bioux CityJIailroad near Mank^.o.
The St. Louis Globe and Democrat have consoli­
dated under the name of Ototo'Jffltocwt, Messrs.
McKee ft Hansen being the publisher. Throe hun­
dred thousand dollars was the consideration for the
Globe.
An armed mob of striking miners at Kingston Pa„
on the 3d inst., visited the residences of non-striker«
and notified them that death wonld be the penalty If
they worked another day. The law is powerless Ms
rioters rule.
An exchange says: Oral tradition is certainlyto
be relied apon, but there are some things that written
descriptions fall to do jnstice to- for example, ras­
ing, which always better understood when handed
down from taoath to month.
Alexander H. Stevens
wants
in
"e'm
11
!Tr
On Henry Wilfon's trip through the Booth he has
been Rreeted with one continuous ^100. «4asws
rieihg witheaeh rthertoflo lihn reverence.
Becining of the Contest and the
Parties in Interest,—-Array of
Counsel.*—-The hegining and His­
tory of Bismarck* &e>» Ac.
The hearing ordered by the Depart­
ment in the Bismarck Townsite case,
was opened on the loth inst,, before the
Register and Receiver of the Bismarck
Land Office, the parties in interest be­
ing tbo corporate authorities of the City
of Bismarck, claiming the NW£, and
the W±, NEi, sec. 4, and the NE±, NE|
sec. 5, and the S-J-, SE5^ and S^, S W^,
sec. 32,—440 acres being the Hackett,
Proctor, Jackman and Hennefin claims,
less 80 acres on the east side of the
Proctor claim, and including forty acres
of railroad land Edmond Hackett,
Joseph Penhell, Geo. Joy, M. Tippie
and John S. Mann, claiming the
sec. 4, as a pre-emption J, W. Proctor,
E.A.Williams, Alex. McKenzie and
Samuel H. Lillie claiming pre-emption
rights On NEi sec. 4 John j. Jackman
and Samuel Bitting claiming pre-emp­
tion rights on thd S$ SW£, sec. 32, and
John A. Ma80n claiming pre-emptien
and Denhn Hennefin claiming soldiers
homestead on the. S^ SE^, sec. 82 the
Northern Pacific Hailroad Company,
claiming NEJ, NEJ sec. 5, and the town
site company claiming the NE£ and N
sec. 4, under the townsite laws.
The corporate authorities are repre­
sented bV Judge FlandreaUj Col. W. K.
RodgerM and Gdl. G. W. Sweet, of St.
Paul, Johii A. Stoyell and H. M. Davis,
of Bismarck. The townsite^' Judge
Bowen applicant, is represented by
Thomas Van Etten, Bistaarck John J.
Jackman Edmond1 Hackett1 iind J. W.
Proctor' by Gen. John B. Sahborn, St.
Piul, and Judge Oscar Taylor, of St.
Cloud E.1 A. Williams, Samuel H. Lillie
and John A. Mason, bt Hon. L. C.
Jacoby,
of Rockford, 111. Joseph Pen-
nell by Geo. P. Plinneryj Bismarck
Geo. Joy,'by J. O. Simmons, Bismarck.
Col. Gray will appear for the Northern
Pacific other patties appear for them
seltesi
1 1
fhe" oasis of the coirporate* atiftrorittS
was1 taken iip fifsi—Judge Flandreau
offering in evidence the, act incorpBrat*
ing the GHtV. of Bistoarck^ and resolu­
tions of taej leity' council,' authorizing
him to act
1,
followed'by the evidence of
.. OEO. ir.'SWEETi
Wh7o^beifrg swor.n^Said:
I have inown present-sftuatfbn *f BWmardk rince
May 18,1^% I arriared here from BCnnewto ab otat
that time Gen. josser, Engineer of,, N.P.R. R^, T.H.
CanfleId7a WreCTtor„o?'thJlt"OOC^ftfiy,'1^.'
E. H. BQr, Mr. Coritf, w[lg. rfliing, _B.H. Li^fe,
Mr Canfield is.Pjresidwt oftfce.lu S. ft P. Co.
1IKI MIU •AVUUI MB VHV
aqd «re Uaimlog hore.,Tl^^ firA' fting
Wedfdwas'toexplorefosseveral n^UesMoundhere
We' Elected this piace wheto-Bismarck now 'itSnds
townsite this sekecUoo Iwas made' onr or aboutf the
15th of May,.l872. X. practical engineer and
nhdetmnd sutveyini', somelehere frons the 20th to
Sfith'of BUy'I commenfeeii'larveying it wa^ before
the.25th:j[-went to lfoit^^ine^Meigs, aq engineer
of the' N.P.Bt.R., .and'procared a. transit -and chain,
and assisted me in laying out'and surveying the base
ljns of the:town I ran, itiw iNorth iine^r what is no#
Main street from near what is now the West line of
SecTi aCit^s to sec. s, ot ToWn 13S Range 80 1 also
rskii & cro^-street what is ^either Sd or S?d from the
Korth lihe of Main street across and beyoiKl- the ,Mte
of aec. 4 'I also ran 1 or 2 or'the other cross streets
further East to the ll6e ofsec.c88, all of which lines
were fully staked, out and ithe stakes marked 4t-the
corners of blocks an
naines of the si
of thestakes I
and presume many are there npw anbaequentiy. I
had one J. E. Turner,'a civil engineer, with Judge
BoWeii as assistant complete this survey the' date
was sometime-in'tbe month, of June, ttom' the 8th to
20th of June they sui^reyed streets, aUqys, Wocka
an^ lc^s alnd set stakes at th4 ii6f ners of lots. At fh£
tirnfe of thfese surveys the U. 8.8orvey had not then
been m^e the U.& Suryew was made: embracib®
thia iomisite In NoVember 187? the. land embraced
bt iny surveys covered Trbat is now 'sec. 4, a little oi^
Sl«f'Si^ seC.,39, ap^d IWte on wi of KWi ot
tfhe first thing done in relation to town waa on 8d
ef SdOf June 18W MessTs^uHeigh Keith, con
trflhJtorslbr appllOd to me through fhfeir
agani, Mr. B. C. Ash, for lota thereon to build a
w&ehonse. an Office, mess room and blacksnith shop
I tarnished film the lots they are shuated on corner
of 3d and »Iaip street«ta block 50 they fanmediately
after constructed buildingis they commenced oon
struction of wVrehouse first and' pushed all through
to obfWletiQn^the warehouse was a log wanehottse
about«0*75tpr
S»irm»nflO
a jouraeMrt tor PttA-
dent. Why" wont Blaise do? Jte If P"ftOiv
ThOugh the-pen euppoeed to be mightier thatr tiw
swoj^ iq.tNe list of ex-Presidents we Hod ihtrteen
iawyerk, five soldiers and a tailor.
f'
^0feet.io stse .the office was?log. 18x
20* mess room ikme aize, with a connecting roof be­
tween mess house and office they immediately occu­
pied the baiW°g*
for
id me to bind the bargain on same day Mr.
applied to me for 2 lots on block 43 Bose's
lets were on 46 or 48,~ Bose put up a Saloon on an­
other lot in oompany.wtth S men named Herman and
Dalhouser, his partners they subsequently ereeted a
bakery
on the lot they first applied lor after the sale
to Mr. Bote, on or about the 4th of June, I bargain­
ed with W B. Shaw and T. L. pathteart, consumat
ing the sale on the 18th they proceeded to erect a
•tore and pot in large sto& of gtedk I think they
did nelcetsMiieklB until the month following the
memorandums ta$er these fccts from are froa» :the
original taiembranda 'niade within thHe.,. months
I recollect 1 facts oatske of (he boofca. (M the loth of
J«Qe I sold-a lottoHolleoback A Hsher: t, C. Hoi*
lehback
and Asa Rkher, upon which lot they, one or
both,
erected
and at once started a billiard hall.
MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.,
Between June 2d and the 13th of June inclusive I sold
leased and bargained 20 lots perhaps more, and pat
the purchasers in possession I cant say what por­
tion built probably two-thirds bu|ltaa once, and I
continued to bargain, sell and ieasefipts to 28(1 of
June, 1872 on that date I started for Parti and
was gone a month or five weeks when .X returned
Again I proceeded to sell more lots and found, when
1 returned, that m^ny I had sold were boilt upon In
my absence and generally by the parties to whom I
had sold the town irom that time on continued to
increase upon the land surveyed by me up to the
present time. Main street is generally «wt upon on
the N sidel closely between 1st street wd 8th street
on the South of Main street to front of 8th street is
railroad property, being right of way of If. P. R. R.
2d, 8d, 4th, and 5th streets is pretty closely built up
on both sides the railroad has around house, freight
dapot, passenger depot and offices, telegraph office
there are in the city 3 chnrches: ^Congregational,
Presbyterian and Caiholic 1 School Houae 1 U. S.
Land Office or 7 Attorneys at Law U. S. Signal
Office 5 Hotels 8 Merchants 2 Hardwa» stores, ex­
clusive Boot and.Shoe Stores St- Book and Mews
Stores Bismabck Thjbvne, Newspaper 2 Butchers
2 Drug Stores 3 Livery Stables numerous Saloons
(86) Greengrocery a large nuipber of private Resi­
dences 2 Painters and Decorators 4 Blacksmi.hs 2
Tailors. The^ctual town i®Provo^^stra«*ures
are worth from 1100,000 to $200,000 I think the
population is from 600 to 700 people I believe 85#
votes were polled at last city elecUon there are im­
provements on Wi of NEJ of sec. 4, T138 88 are
improvements oh lot 8 being on 6th street, ateo«n 8
Wi of NEi of sec. 4, NW* of NE*, on lot that NE*
of NWi of 4 also on lot 4, and on 8Ei of NW* on
the SWi of NWi of see. 4} on NEi of NEi of 5 thWc
there is some improvements andI it was rorvevedjonSi
pf SEi of sec. 32, T189 N of SO f, Nereis a brick
yard and some buildings on Si of SWt of sec. oi
there are some improvemt belonging to *n ex
Aldennan ofthe city, J. J.
on original chartet he acted as Alderman and per­
formed duties. After survey a map was jrntde(.n
accordance witk survey the map l^orded WM Com
pleted Jan. 26,1874 it was made by Jos. E. Turner
draughtsman and under my directions Md ln accor­
dance with my instructions it was filed with Register
of Deeds of Burleigh County, Feb. 1874. (Map
with certificates thereon to be produced and fiied^.)
Objection to filing map by Gen. Suborn that it ia
immaterial and irrelevant and incompetent, the
Northera Pacific R. R. Co.have
there are switches, turntables, a U. S. Fort on op
pogite bank of Missouri. River there are 2 steam
Ferries, and a line of omnibu8S36i
Cross examination by Counsel for Hackrtt, Proctor
aid Jackman.*—My first visit here was on the Kw or
18th Of May, 1872 my residence was Benton Co.,
Minn. I think some of tte parties with me were resi­
dents of Territory of Dakota Gen. Rosssr Mr Giles
were I believe Gen. Rosserf residence waa at Fargo
I believe Gen. Rosser had charge of our party 0ur
object was to select a townsite in interew of the.L. 8.
4 P. Company, so far as I knew this is jo far as
Canfield and myself are concerned some months
prior this Company had been selecting townsites)
How many townsites had been selected or located by
this Company objectod to by city as being incompe
tant, irrelevant and immaterial, answer taken sub­
ject to objections—none) the line of the N. P. R. II.
had not been located at this point when we c^ip||,
prelMary lines had been run the subsequent con­
struction of the road aero this section on the pre*
limlijary survey the definite loicatio'h ofthe road
was fixed at this point about a year after ay first
visit here ten to twelve months after,' and the road
was, .completed: In the spring 6f 1878 (J8iiS) of
tbose who accompanied me Joseph Penn^ll aad Siun
nel Lillie were inmy employ and they are parties to'
this, contest declines, as counsel for !«.-8vA P. 8t
to'state time he'was empToyed a»^i)M^i« IWga.
tion £end£}g affecting the time:
he waae®ployed it
was for some weeks and some months subsebuent to
JUfle" 12j' luriag a' portion Ofthe tlms he was em­
ployed ho was npt, to my kiiQWledge, ..holding NE£
fraMlonid quarter of sec #, 138, 80 I think he
was' duiing part -.of the time, 1
/do not know that he
tr&s sd holding the land at the instance, at the dlrec
tion and^with the klaewledge jand consent of the
parties employing him I do not k*»ow^f any agree­
ment or' odder&andlng by which the title Of Lillie
was to inure to the benefit ofthe parties platting the
town It is a matter of record who are the persons
claiming to be-proprtetor^-nslllirr xo be proprietor
as I did at tlwUisae^
1
,hayeab#ndoped- my^ claim to
a good many'pwt^ &s pfojitWor to lot* Sold I have
leased, sold and .desdfcd some portions I decline to
answer if I have generally.abandoned my claim J.
Pejaiiell' has nearer be^ Ml my employ before I saw'
thom they, were employed hy the Company I decline
tonnatfe'fts attorney for the cortpany how long Mr.
P«nnd)
was
inow
Sleigs
the. purpose of storing supplies
of all kicds. Marding men, and doing business in of
fice' tbe bautfings were huilt with referenee to streets
and* lot^. they sjao boilt a blacksmith shop on-one of
the lots these were the first improvements on tfte
townsite they got Into the warehouse before the IDth
of Jatie the bulk of their goodis arrived on the 14th
of June: next Mr JLambert procured a lot of me dur­
ing the same month and .erected a saloon it was sit
nated aborifr the NW portion of block ,90 or 52 I fur­
nished him a lot he leased It of me his building was
a frame house it was built in June he went In and
commenced business about that time. June 4th, Mr.
p^. procured a lot from me he applied to buy it
employedr^nd -claim my privil^ej
Tennell occupied NW fractional quarter of sec.
Ildorlni sirthe of the timohe wagao employed there
were no parties residing on this.part of S|ec, 4 at the
tidie wS arrived Dr. Burleigh wite* a railroad con
tractor on the.R. R. the buildings they built were in
eomiection'with their contract can't say he had any
lcsal^vesi^e^ce K^j» legal residence was not here
they had the contract for 50 miles of grading east
from Missouri riv^r tlie Application they made to
me was made orally except a letter introducing Mp.
Ash I drew up a e'ort«i0t or permit Mr Ash had no
authority to eign and requested^to stand over* uhtil
Burleigh came therd wias a fender or offer of convey
anf &ift thteae lots fronrmyself to them,' 1 gave a cbh
tract or permit to another agent don^t remember
fblly«3 to consideration there had-been ho govern­
ment surveys when I came myself, and Mr. Meigs
wire engaged nbtto exceed tttro days in running base
line, at.that Mr^hleigs only assisted me to connect
the survey with the railroad "survey: the stakes were
set at «ach corner of the block fronting upon the base
line now Main street, on cross streets made at .that
time -stakes were set in same manner: I think I ran
arallel lines with base lines I think thejline of
street also a preliminary or triil line on a
back/treet I^annot-ctate Jf. I-surveyed 8 or 4 cross
streeu I can't state positively who was present be-
Mr.. 'Meigs I. think Ole Easton was one can't
state-how many were engaged in making:the survey,
probably 8 the lots I sold in June were those indioa
ted by that survey, but the number of the blocks
wire subsequently'changed I'dbuld not get a num-'
b«r of coutracta babk to make! them* agree? with othtr
surveys ther.e was no Register to file deeds and map
with I represented to purchasers that unier certain
contingencies the R. R. Co. mighty change location I
should do my best to seeure'to parties corresponding
lota In ia such town as might be located,if any it waa
riot a condition In contract, dld not deem that the
Railroad terminus was permanent, notf do I now 'I
tnink under certain circyim^ances the terminus may
be changed. The plat filed lncludes not qtiite all the
surveys (north and east) made.in original survey., ..X,
was at Bismarck when survey was made. The Rail­
road line is more south of center of north half of the
section Main street is about the center line, on south
side of Main street there was a brewery in 1872, oc­
cupied by onei Bose there is a luipberyard and office
connected with it, established In 1878, I think upon
SEi of NEi it may be partly in N right of
way there are some infantry barracks or buildings
occupied by government employees, a lime kiln, a
blacksmith shop, and five or more residences they
are scattered wong'on ihe"'tliree forties the lime
kiln was buUt in 1872. about August the government
buildings were erected in 1878 or 1S74 the first of the
residences in 1874 it may have been 1878, I am not
positive there are several buildings on lot 2 the first
of these was erected in the fall of 1872 am not quite
positive but think they were thelre were at least two
built in 1872 Proctor built one on lot 16 of block 44
Lillie buHt the other ^there were I think no other res­
idences on that lot until 1878, am not sure there,
were buildings on S W£ of NEJ exclusive of railroad
buildings at this time one erected or partially erect­
ed by Oscar Swenson, and completed or occupied In
1872 cannot say when it was removed or by whom
prior to the 1st day of June, 187!, don think there
was any house completed on LoC 8 Sec. 4 flunk the
first bnild ng on that lot waa about June «, wz
thOle •ere the buildings referred to as being put up
by Burleigh Keith on lot 4 think there was noCh»
ing but the foundation of.'» shanty by Mt June.
Left Bismarck June 2$, 1S72, and on my July
28,-there were a number of Btjifdlogs^ompleted can
not say how many were hflilt J»yJdiff«r*nt patti^r
upon map referred to there is no part or sec. ox lnul
cattd as Using platted thiuk onsf of the city council
BISMARCK, D. T., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1875. NO. 45
occupied a portion of S| of 8Wi of section 82 a brick
kiln in Trhick I had over 100,000 brick was made and
sold in summer and fall of 1872 or 1673 these are a'l
the uses to which this land has been put for town
purposes I had two brick machines from Minneapo­
lis the yard is on S{ SE£ of same section Mr JJ
Jackman Is the person I refer to as an ex-member of
the city council refer more particularly to his resi­
dence there since 1S74: do not know that Si of Sec.
32 has been surveyed and platted the suryey and
plat filed-Includes SO acres not in filing of corporate
authorities think there was an application to enter
the whole of N£ of section 4.
Re-direct. Think a portion of the Burleigh
Keith buildings remain the original townsite selec­
tion has never been changed the contingency refer,
red to in cross examination has {never occurred on
SEi of Nfii of Sec. 4 there are railroad buildings a
site was once chosen which proved to be on Fort Rice
military reservation, but was never surveyed or lo­
cated upon.
Cross examined in behalf of E A Williams by Mr
Jacoby—John Mason's house is on SWi of NEi Sec 4
don't know when he built buildings cn Main street
are built out even with sidewalk.
Cross eeeamined for Pennell by Flannery—
About the 20th to 26th of May, 1872,1 selected this
as a townsite Mr Canfield and I, upon talking it
over, decided that this was the place we should take
there were some
logB
River News
The Coulsoii Line and the N. P. R. R.
were awarded contracts for carrying In­
dian freight to points on the Missouri
river.
The river at this point is on the stand
still with a good stage of water.
The C. W. Mead left Yankton on the
dth inst.. and is daily, expected.
The iter West left Yankton for Fort
Lincoln oh the 12th and is due about
the 22d
The Benton passed Bismarck last
Friday evening carrying a full cargo for
Beqton.
The Fontenelle leaves Wednesday
evening for Fort Benton, her loading
having at last arrived.
Jo^ptiine returned'from Carroll
Monday even frig h&y ing been out 17
days. She had a g'dod'Stage of water
aljk tfct way*—no* les» tbsir four feet,
while the first boats np .last season
had but thirty inches.' The, Josephine
mtade a quick and successful trip and
her officers are justly -pr-Oud* of t. The
Josephine broughdown .15Q tons /1 of
ore and ft .largo amount .of furs .and
full list of passengers, also two comp&:
nies of the 6th Infantry enroute from
Fort Beaton to Rfeei' She leaves Wed-
nesday for (Carroll On heraecondtrip.
The Key: West will leate for Carroll
op. the 26tji. ..The Key- West was jnet
by the Jbs&phihe at Fori Peck, and th^
NellyPeck Biit'idiy behind.
The'Fat West'Wlll ai'ri.ve from Yank­
ton W^dtfWdfay'arid leaves Saturday frir
Carroll*
^eh to:
The E. H.1 Durfee is expeeted Satur­
day on her way to, Byford.
On the afternoo^ of the 9th we pass­
ed. into semi-mouptanous region not
exceeded' in* beauty' eitheT oti the
Hudson or Mississippi rivers. Deer,
anUlqpe pr wore surprised at al
copst evpry, turn of the .bank, and the
beaver could not be counted."
On thel^t^ ^at iO a. mV passing the
mouth *f th6 5luss6l Shell river, and
from the hurriefne roof could be seen
the fresh graves of the three wood
Choppers. buriUcLat the, stake last fall
bjjr the Indians—the only instance of
burning I att told,* that' ever Occurred
in this part of ^the couatry. Three_
others have taken tbeir place and are
likely to meet .with the same fate any
day.
At 6 p. m." arrived at Carroll and
were saluted by the firing of cannon
from the stockade, being-24 days from
Yankton and 11-J days from Bismarck.
This is thfe'bfeSt time made by any boat
at this season''of the year, notwith­
standing the constant 'head wind and
large ampnnt of freight carried.
The town, qf C^rroU .is situated on
the west b^Ak on a beautiful point of
timber, indis- backed by'high bluffs one
mile: distant:'
Carroll was located in 1874 by the
Diamond Co.. for the purpose of cut
ir.g off 250 miles of river difficult to nav­
1
oin, q^afspll.
Oa Board .thb Stsamsb Joskpbirb,
At CARHdit, my 11th, 18*5.
DEAR TRIBCNKj—^^left
Bismarck
you know, on the 20 th ult., with :280
topi.of ,freigjiy20- for, Buford, 20 for
Peck and the balance for. Carroll* On
the:2d iilst. rekc^ed Knife Rivet and
had quite a brisk1srioW storm. Reached
^ort Buford on the 8d^ ati7 p^ and
Fort. Peck on the morning of the 8tb.
President Grant's brother i3 the trader
for this agencjr, ais well as sereral oth­
ers in this vicinity. 'The' Assiniboines,
about 800 lodges, ere Expected in ev­
ery day from their winter,'s .hunfc
as
igate during a low stage of water. The
Diamond Company by receiving
freight at this point are enabled to suc­
cessfully compete with the U. P. R. R.
for the Montana trace, and besides be­
ing the quickest, saves to the shipper
at least one dollar per 100 pounds.
There are two traders—Mr. Todd
representing tho firm of Murphy & Neil,
Helena, and Major Glendening. Quite
a good business has been carried on the
past winter with the Indians, and a
large amount of furs and robes collect­
ed. The Diamond train is loaded
and will leave for Helena in the morn­
ing.
A
put up one tier high, and some
loose logs lying around on NW fractional quarter of
section 4 on 8Wi of NWi there are some barracks,
residences, and 1 think the S Land Office think
there was a well when we came to select townsite
there was soma breaking done could not tell when it
was done, before or after.
Adjourned till Monday at 9 a. m.
The Corporate Authorities concluded
their testimony on Monday, Tuesday
the Court adjourned over, and "Wednes­
day the evidence will be taken' to sus­
tain the "Sweet Townsite claim." The
evidence will be published in full, being
continued next week.
LOMBARD.
ft i—
post office has been established at
Fort Stevenson, Julius Schmidt P. M.
Closing out Dry Goods and
Clothing to quit the Business
Great Bargains.
J. W. Raymond & Co.
J. W. Fisher has just received a
beautiful variety of house plants—for
sale at his place of business. 45tf
Special Inducements offered to the
retail trade in Groceries. Crockerv
and Furniture-
J. W,. Raymond & Co.
Lost.
Lady's cut glass smelling hottle,. find,
er will please leave it at-TRIBUNE office.
Clothing and dry goods must
be closed out to make room for
our large stock of Groceries,
Crockery and Furniture.
J. W. Raymond & CO.
The Josephine landed passengers
from Helena to Bismarck in 7£ days.
A regular line of stages now run from
Helena to Carroll.
Sioux City flour.
J. "W. Raymond & Co.
Co. 7th cavalry arrived at Yankton
last Tuesday on their way to Bismarck.
The other two companies have reached
Yankton by this time.
E. Y. Adams, ^opposite the
TRIBUNE
office, keeps fresh vegetables—onions,
radishes, lettuce, &c.,. together with
Evrly Rose and other, choice varieties
of potatoes, radishes, beets, &c.
.« ..'
1
Paddy Hall was Acquitted on, trial for.
the murder of Jack O'Neill, and Mat
Edgerly hfcld''as $ti accessory wis dis­
charged, no indictment being found.
Edgerly's arrest doubtless, grew pat of
the horse feedrwar.—-:
Mrs. Slaughter has filed an aditional
bond in the sum of $8000, and Bismarck
P. O. becomes a money Order office af­
ter July lsk'-'tWim' this aditional
advantage BiEmarckr has postal
facilities of which ourj^eople inay well,
feel proud, ^he ^office is roomy and
well managed, the P. if. having incurred
much 'expense of lite to3 remove all
causes of c6qiplaint as to lack of facil­
ities.
Coli Wilson of Wilson & Porter put
chased a very latge addition.ta his stocki
on his recent trip to St. Paul, em­
bracing stationery^ including- blank
books, the lates.t .styles of French note
and envelopes, letter paper, commercial
note, paper folders, rulers, erasers,etc.
toilet article^ including 'the choicest
perfumery^ soaps, combs, brushes etc.
confectionery, including capdies, nuts
dates, figs, etc.,iine tobaccos and cigars,
pipes, pouches, etc. notions, lamps'ana
lamp trimmings, and a soda fountain.
The new goods have already commenced
to arrive.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Col. Dan Huston, of Fort Stev­
enson left for the ?qfst Monday,
C. W. Freedej of Standing Rock, has
been
rusticating in the city for some
days.
Dr. E. W. Stone and daughter, and
MrS. Stanley of Fort Peck arrived on
the Josephine.
Henry Greenfield and' Fred Hender­
son arrived Monday on the Josephine,
seven days from Helena, Pretty quick
time.
t(Rus"
Marsh has adopted the infant
daughter of Mrs. Bellbymer and is as
happy as if it was a new one weighing
only tfen lbs.
Miss Emily Megrath,the "Judelle" of
Fort Buford, arrived on the Josephine,
She goes east and some of her friends
hope to see her enlisled for the war in
the "Amazonian Corps" of the 6th In­
fantry at an early day.
Mr. L. C. Jacoby, returned to Bis­
marck on a short business trip last
week. We regret that he will not
make his residence with us this year.
The deathi of his brother renders it nec­
essary for him to Spend much time in
Minnesota and Indiana this season.