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iff,.' sriripi? piuE Wi
Jiey followed
Utter the fugitives. He pressed them too
lard and t^scfepe a doubtful em iounter
lie Indians spftad bnft like a fan: They
fere soon jin |cvery direction', aid the
(•oops sadfy bWBwb^T.wUan' j^ct cs are
jo much for the qivilized jcotre. The
ldiers ran themselves down. They
katahed through a waters ountry and
le upsliot was a wpm out and demorai
id command. The Indianajliave turned
at Red Cloud's fcampw jn Southern
Fakota, west of thejMissottfi, and near
^liite Cliy creek. Red Cfe
iostile in'his mind
/stand crowding. It
Mr. Agent says R. C. is mad, and that one
of the possibilities of the future is a des­
cent upon the Black Hills. To anticipate
the Cheyennes and the hundreds ot rene­
gades from Red
Cloud,
Creek,
forto
wortlil
it like Ai
]icaliy^ ii1#^
|the world:'
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jwy
tc
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2»JtVILS
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re on
ka In
and
lis of
bne .limAMjt
If 'Bathing,
tolooct-'lM«jf Eluddthilr
jrbin B(4 t)l«i«- rail
Uen.' Miles?. Famoi in V*etf*y4
#The oncl hundred Oheyenm Warriors
hre coiningl Wc maj| h^ve un
I|lcasautnesS yct. TMCheyeai efr. trocces
ftlly eluded the trooptfinKanss i, ^ossing
Jhe Kansas pacific rftjlvray ad. making
itraight fof K"ebraslm. The traveled
through a 8|ttled couiflry awlk 9eil every
tnan who capie? in s*§1
-ft the
pvomcn and children, Alone. N itlier did
hey mutilate bodies $ft| accus
raed to do: p^rnif.ijo^Wi^pfl:1 horses
for"
nd ru^ning off? the lattei ..:• Before
ing NebrisHa thpy hiwl kil] id nearly
their pwn nuiiliCT.{::^n'.. ffbraska
Spotted Tail, Crow
Yankton, Lojfer Brule, Cheyenne,
•and Standing Rock agfehbiefe, that
ln.iv join them,' thisr department has or­
dered the Seventh JCavalrv from Bear
Butte to scout east off the Hills along the
Pierre route. In: the jibse ice of Gen Stur
•gis at West Point, Jpyo: Jos«H Tilford
is in command '—Major 3 [errf$.w'feecond
in command, kith Lietits. Garlinfeton and
Barnutn as staft" officers. The command­
ing officers of (the coinpan e& are,Captains
3Iovlan and Matheyjaeul s. Waliiice, itus
l.sel,*Hare, Wi'lkesoh, Na'c MteCormick,
DeRudio, and, Ed^etly: It'Ijfito^s trom
their position jthat the ole ^evtmth would
tret it again.
j" A small band left Stan iingi
hveek and is being p#irsufcd
Iment of soldiers.
a EN. MII.E8' Vlt TORY
oi last
detacli-
Felix Sanger, the gua
Inett's remains^5 waft in the
K4en. Miles had With the
Ijiortrays on pt^per and in
lively picture of that tecWiWfeiengage
ineiit. lie says it was in sage brtisli and
pt. Ben
ht that
s. He
nglish
Hinder circumstances that made ilie result
llook excitingly doubtfuGen. Miles
Vame upon thd Bannocks, about lialf iwst
pve in the moaning. It wjis/oggy,,' and all
tepees.
1 yards
lad then
moaning
hat could be seen at*first Wire -fou
'he pony
h°w,i olira?it
rom the AepeeSj-waa j^t cuTonj
he twenty-raur soldiers, in "two squads,
ted within one hundred yards of the
ndians. The Mendly ©row Indians,
Ipme thirty ofihem, with Miles, were sta
loned in iW rear of epees. The lir
ng was opened and kC0t tip for three
luarters of aa honTj *^1%
v'as
qwiet*
.Ten. Miles fcaid lie Wcfit ttle upon
he theory thai: one soldiei li^uat whip ten
Indians.' Ii«^ titWhgdi anCcs, and Gen.
HllM t^lf^mlifeert tfce is HiiifiWi after he
liid opened the bajll. Ite encoti raged hiu
cn^to stJuid jtheir' griHittfl and si oot often
Rd^ng/: Sfoge^Miyii kiput ii fifty-two
t^nd sotiae oiV tlie as hi *h as six
p^pEile^ rjetaarfci jtf ftijwii' Ihe bai tie Uiat it
e^heavfefit ft id Jjteft bt flrii he, had
vfTilfea rd, c^nnidi xing yx number if .iBen
oing/the shflfadAl 'p A
Twenty ..minute after, the ei| j^gement
tpened, Capd Bei n«tt .fell. He wiis diot
lirough the, lieart fry an Iodlan ho was
ecrewa behiad a xee. Scarcely had Ben
Iretl fallen, irk«a
any, who were on ia [slikliit*elevation,
to a glinipee the r^d Hev^ and gent
crasluT^tfcr oitgli(!Mi'i^S||i- It ^as
ie M«n of €S«n.
fte j* Me of the
pltys
kind^t af men in
'ipUW th^ feelings if
%heb he spoke in the
r^
BISMARCK,
warmest eulogy of his dead friebd. Ben­
nett was the private's friend, and all Keogh
bowed in silence when the body arrived
there.
The Crow Indians^ didn't do anything.
They refused to fight their Bannock friends
very hard, and "probably let those get
away who escaped. When the fight was
over, however, they wanted the whole
thing,: prisoners, camp plunder and ponies.
Thev demanded all this as pay for their
services in accompanying Miles and doing
the heavy standing around. One Crow
wanted to adopt a nice young wotaan for
a sister another had a dear brother killed
and sniJ it was customary among all the
tribes to have reparation or prisoners a
third offered" a fat pony if he might keep
his captured squaw, but the ponies and
camp plunder were all tlifey couldjiave.
Of Miles' command, Gapt. Bennett, "Little
Rock," a French scout, and a Crow In­
dian were Killed. Of the Indians, sixteen
were killed, thirty-four captured, with two
hundred and weuty ponies. It was a
clean sweep.
M«W-
VOXCEltXIXG CATTLE.
A.Huge
Herd
:l]:o
Oga-
llala, oh. theftjfoioit' iiy had
biroused the [country paild killed a score
[of Nebraska men, yctltlip. cnt of
ithe Platte wasHjasBt^ifeJi^^ to
{intercept the raittei^twaeh tfiey crossed
Ptlic raitroad at Qgalalfa^a &vorj,fe crossing
[place for ye£?$ aridfwellikno^n (to the
nnilitary as such. Fr^m the Union Pacific
major ThornbiirgW^ddetachmentj struck
is reported
willing to
fed that Red
Cloud hafe1 burned tie praiffe in his vici­
nity, indicating that jhe Intends moving
nway. Spotted Taif is JSjfo ugly with
rumors of hostilities Hoaflfig out from his
retreat \yest of the BigjMuddy. Red Cloud
and Spojtted Tail are in easyf coinmuniea
tion, ami—are, entirety indifferent as to
whether it is
war
op-peace. They feel
aggrieved and. are as likely as any ot the
Sioux to take the war path. There are
1,000 Indians in Red Cloud's fold and 5,000
in Spotted Tail's. The agent of the for­
mer has gone to Washington with the in­
formation that tbe|, "old man" has
decided on a halt and will not locale
l/\ as the Interior Department desired.
of Montana Beeves En
Bonte for Chicago,
The latest herd of iline hundred l*ead of
Montana cattle is exciting considerable in­
terest. They were driven from Sun river,
Montana, is
seventy-five
days and from
Fort Benton in sixty days. They came
down on the north
river.
dian to molest, although there Avere only
ten well armed herders in command.
There were lost on the trip seven head.
The money actually saved'by driving was
about four thousand dollars. The experi­
ment of driving by land was a signal suc­
cess.
and west, bank of the
There was not a single hostile In-
Friday morning at 4 o'clock two special
trains of ten cars each went east over the
Northern Pacific. There was a noisy time
loading them Thursday night. They are
wild beasts still, and were as untamed as
buffalo when started from Montana. The
herders were careful to stay on horseback,
for a man on foot is in danger, but on a
oony he is as safe as a possum up a tree.
When one of the herd gets a drop of blood
on him, all the rest are thirsty for his
gore. He lKjvUst be immediately cut out
from the herd by the herders, or die.
These cattle are natives and Texan steers.
The railroad men at. St. Paul and Min­
neapolis are taking a lively interest in the
route they will take from those cities to
Chicago. The Chicago & Milwaukee road
supposed they were engaged for that line,
until T. B. Woolsey, of the Minneapolis fc
St. Louis road, came up and got a written
order from the owners, Geo. Hammond &
Co., of Marshall county, Iowa, for the de­
livery of the cattle by Mr. Alexander,
freight agent of the St. Paul & Pacific, to
theM. & S. road at Minneapolis. J. W.
Crippen, of the Milwaukee road, and J.
N. Willougliby, of the West Wisconsin
line, came up to see about Woolsey's eu­
chre, and found it too true. The Minne­
apolis road probably gave a "cut throat"
rate.
MR. MILLER'S MISSION.
An Episcopal Church to le Establish­
ed in Bismarck.
The Rev. J. Gorton Miller, late of Ne
gaunee, Mich, arrived in this city oh ^Fri­
day last, and is now a guest at the Sheri­
dan House. Mr. Miller has been appoint­
ed by Bishop Clarkson to the charge of
the Episcopal Church in this place, and
designs to reside in Bismarck. His min­
istrations were begun on Sunday last by
moining service at the school-house, and
evening service at the Presbyterian Church.
These services were well attended, that, ot
the evening especially so. The Rer. gen­
tleman's morning sermon was especially
appropriate as introductory to his work
here, and was based upon the parable of
the sower. The evening sermon was an
earnest appeal from St. Peter's words,
"Add to your Faith, Virtue." It is de­
signed to build a church as soon as pos­
sible and it is predicted for the Episcopiil
Church a large measure of success in this
city, and it is to be hoped that the citizens,
of Bismarck will not fail to give it all due?'
support and aid. Episcopal services will
be held next Sunday, morning and even­
ing, at the Presbyterian church.
Scraps from Camp Sturgls.
A private letter from Camp J. G. .Stnr
gis, under date of October^d, say^i "I
have just returned from a six days'
with two companies of Seventh) Cavahy,
commanded by Lients Edgerly and Wal-'
lace. Wc were in search of liostrles, but
found nary a one. Capt Moylan, in com­
mand ot companies 'A' and 'I,' is out on
the Pierre route, looking for the road
agents who went through the Cheyenne
iron clad treasure ieoach. Private Barnes
accidentally shot himself in the abdomen.
He died in a few hours. The weather is
getting cold and the soldiers are poorly
clad.
Major Walker, of the First Infantry,
pulls out to-morrow to escort the party
putting up the wire between Deadwood
and Keogh. It will take four weeks, and
is a dangerous job."
•f v. 1- Sfew Bank Building.
W. H. W. Corner has started in'on the
construction of anew building on the site
occupied by his old barber shop. It will
be a fine one story frame building, with
attractive front. Half of it, 12x24, will be
occupied by the 31erchants' Bank of Bis­
marck, and the other half, same diinen
sions, by Comer's barber shop. The buil..
ing will be completed at once.
AY, OC
BULLY FOR THE BISMARCK
THEY Ttnx THE TIDE OF J*
XM288 TO THEIR CITY,
jK.'VV,
By Building Winter
tions far Upper Btver
Formation of the Bismarek Mi
Ways and Dock Company-^
of Officers and Meleetion oi||'
For along time there has been a
clamor among steam boatmen b^at
were compelled to winter at Yajnsfeapii wl»
their preferences were strongljpn rff
Bismarck. They recognised t^jjrfBturjjU
advantages of Bismarck and d|tecitQ# feW
lively people and exciting winKr a
much better prospect of cnjwment tlfaii
was ever held out by the old pead
at the bottom of the Territoiy.j Then aj
they saw that Bismarck offeped busi
inducements-such as no towij'on the
souri river ever offered, anfcy|trsfq
men were driven away fromtae levee Svhen
the winter set in, and sent dxwrai. thepv^*.
These lamentations at lehgro betfine'so
loud and deep that the peorae atohps.eUy
finally determined to take liqtd trf tHc nlat
ter. A subscription tor
of ways and a dock was imraptatew ^lstui
up, a'company formed, aiH-evej^jThing
now in prosperous sha,pe.
The 'first- meeting of tWsnbscrijbers was
held at Champion Hall ™feda\fevening.
Capt. D. W. Maratta' \voji^ ggppijbt«l tenfc
poraiy chairman, and
was elected secretary^,
posed of Messrs. F. Ki
George Peoples, Da
Braithwaite and John/A. Si
pointed to draft articles
The following dispatch was received
from Supt. Hi A. TowM read and filed:
BRAiN-EnD, OCt. 4.r-J. J( Eraitt^nB—dur goneral
manager favors/ bchdmsf Jii»4 will give use
of river front where it dows uot l^jterfefe with our
tanks, and will carry all pecesBafttJombcr at. cosu
and perhaps Iw.
The ,.foll^nigijMm^l'.^liP^ were
elected dirfectors:
g*Jauies
fferfnee.'.
over the co
CG»mm|ttee com
^eaver,
rt,. D. D.
fl, were ap
)rp*i!atio»i^
with instructions to re^rt I'a^ next
meeting. A motion /was ojPffii^d that the
meeting go into an/ electi|^n|of^!ttectoip,
but the objection wip* ^is^m^Hhej.C^m
pany not being inwrpwat^ the .election
would be illegal, a/aA the ittifHter was,l4"l
over until the" nex^meeting
Mr. G. H. Fairchild was erected treasur­
er of the corporation, and Mri C. J.'Clark
chosen secretary./ A, vote jpfthapEkq: was
extended to
Capt/Mjirsb,
Awio lias exferted
himself and lal^brea indiwtinously ^n the
interest of the enterprise.!: The directors
were instructed/ to meet HKflay^ morning,
and the meeting adj6u^^ct|until the next
evening.. |i
On Friday evening tl£M ptockho/ders re­
assembled, a#.t^:ic^ft^.oiii' ^corpor­
ation reported afticle^iqi
iop^aMon
and
hv-lawswhic^-wereadbitfed •andwhich are
crowded oiiti: ol jlUlfl TU'e ar­
ticles provide for a capjlt#Hrf^|PiSf'0, and
the by-laws prescribe thte manner in which
the affairs of/ the concern' shall be con­
ducted.
'Ehimons, J.
AVhalcn, Di/1. BaiM:/C S, Waiver, A. H.
Meyers, /R. Mat#, and Robed: Macnider.
On the next morning theidSfectors held
a meeting/, for the election' of president,
and James Emmons was chOTpn. Messrs.
John Whhlehf R.|l Ifsirsh, ^bu I). I. Bai­
ley were 4ppointt0 a finance Committee.
Amotion to collect 25.per cent, upon
the amount of st^ksuBfcr-^d, within ten
days, was adopted. Cd^t. Bfe^hjvaite was
elected jgenferal |rfana ger 0fl the'company
tor the .bonstrucfion of the yay^ under
supervision of/hp diiftctMcfe, 4"d for 'itlj8
service'licrwaiij^^d a condensation -jf ^5
per day./'1
A site was/ sciected just/ sou of the
brewery, and this work" of clet»i\,ng imme­
diately commenced. The/ staff will be
usedi'pr rip-rappih^, ana frd ai the present
prospective ^ays will be finished. A
nuniber of ^'boats have .Already been se­
cured for the winters, Mnd Bismarck has
reason to be proud of ^er new enterprize.
aptc.rfcf Changes.
Col. W. ifbtiea and Jno. E. Mc
Ewan, of New "jTork City, have been in
theciljifoi- a *eek/]}ast. They have been
hunting aqidN-brattliing the bracing atmos­
phere pociii|^t(»the "Banana Belt." They
have Indian idommissioner Hayt's promise
bC^thaur bottyof the Indian Traclerships
at SiliMing Rock and Fort Berthold, but
have not decided to accept until they have
irtvestirfated men and things. At Standing
Rock Jno. TOmtipson, the trader, is wil»
retlwfif his successor will buy him
ompson is a strong personal
friend of "Senator Allison, of Iowa, 'thd
will not stand crowding. On the o'Aer
hand Thompson was an ally of the late
agent Hughes, whom Gen. Hamvnond
forced to resign, and is besides no pet of
Commissioner Havt At Berthold the
trader is C. W. Darling, a nephew of Col.
Bill King, of Minneapolis, Darling is
not solid with either Hayt .or Hammond.
The latter got some points in his Berthold
investigation that would hurt. Darling's
standing, and probably necessitate a
change on general principles. It will
please many of the TRIBUNE'S readers to
know that Col. Jones rode,by the side of
Gen. Custer in his fight at Coal Harbor.
He says Custer's sword flashed in every
direction. He little expected to see the
General .come-out alive.
It Wasn't Sitting Ball.
It wasn't Sitting Bull who wanted to
surrender, nor was it Gen. Miles who for­
warded the dispatch from Fort Keogh say­
ing that he diii The Indians who were
at Keogh represented the Ogallalaa of Sit
•H.
MPEBfEp
^i t^_mA
amp, but riot Sitting Ball,
rms of surrender tor ihem
both a distinction ami a
m, Whistler forwarded the
their return. Miles wasn't
isn't yet. Capt O Toole and
uffare the authority for this
a statement that has gone
'ME DEATH VALLEY.
Herman A. Vitt and
lent. Thornton
Itternoon Mr. Herman A. Vitt,
ft^JsAtfe time' book keeper for Messrs.
McLt*
k:&- Macnider, closed his account
with tais world and passed away. Mr.
^^'^terborn in New York.Citv.in:1845,
4pi9ras.:38 years of age at the time' of his
death,| Notwithstanding the weakness
consequent upon
:a
long" and weannir ill
ness^e stuck to his post,' confident that lie
.yputu recover. Btis in'any'friunos had de
ed to run hini for register of deed
[Ci with every faith in .-his- election,
reparing for the camri Monday
ipion he went home stit up 111 bed
Does Be~.erva.tion Reserve
The Indian reservation on the east side
of the M'from Beaver river up to,
the Fort military reservation is no
reservjvu^u at. all. There is no executive, bottom,
order
A
file in the surveyor general's of­
fice Yankton, and it is said by that of.
AC'.,- that no such order was ever issued.
J-^ence the so called reservation is the arbi­
trary ruling of the agent at Standing Rock.
Settlers can govern themselves according­
ly. It is public domain. Col. Poland is
tearing down the buildings at Fort Rice
and removing them to Spotted Tail and
Red Cloud Indian agencies. Those not
removed will be sold on or before July
next. Col. Poland will recommend to de­
partment headquarters tliat.^Congress, this
winter, declare the reservation on the east
side of the river apart of the public do­
main. '.
Tlie Pay of Pilots.
The day was when pilots on the upper
Missouri got fair salaries. Capt. Massie,
in 1859, received two thousand dollars per
month as pilot. Pilots were scarce then,
and the tariff on freight fitteen cents per
pound. Piloting was also considered dan­
gerous, but it is stated as a tact that there
aovov was a pilot killed'- at- the wheel by
Indians. Indians (lon't like a steamboat.
It is like boarding house hash, a mystery.
In 1807 pilots were paid as hirh as one
thousaud dollars
salaries range from
t0
Grant Kai-sh of the Batchelor gets !?j00 a
month as captain and pilot both.
IM
•*1 tlem Children."
Last Sa turtlay night Mr, Eiuor N- Coroy,
clerk of the district court, and Lmted
States c"» nmtssiooer, was united 5n matn"
monvto Miss Susie Lennon. of Desoto,
III. *Tfce ceremony WftH performed by the
Rev. Fat! ter Chrysomtfom, at tll(' residence
of the 1« idegroom, in the presence ot a
few perso nal friends of the y)ung couple.
Miss Dor a Yegfth a^wted the bride in the
capacity* )f lji'ldesinaid» and
pies offit iatod as gpoomsman. Mr. and
Mrs. Cor jv \m »V large circle of mends
who sinct rely congratulate them and is
them evei suooess and all happiness.
'.- '/m, r-c— .V.
A Tedious Trip.
Tl' 3 ste miw Eclipse was six daj's mak
inc
i'ortv
miles on the Yellowstone. She
was load* *1 ^ItU telegraph poles. Cary
Wi'son as left on the bank
1*"'^
1
t-Ji
ks and balanced tnein. Tnen lie Republican,
his trial balance, and us he Ifnisjxcd
'finished his lire.
Vitt was respected v»heie\u lie^ was
n. Pure in
-thought and motive, of
peachable integrit,}, he a\ a-- a good
fen, an honest fritind, a man. The
anunity will miss lrim, whilt: those
rwere more closely related to hi in in
idship. nnd'busiu'csSV will motivn' for
as one whoso placc.'coula-oiil.v be.
Efill^d by himself.
j. 1
'econd Lieut. Tlioringion, ^\ho -went
lirough here last spring with tue late
.Bennett, died at FortKeogu recently
of mountain fever. Thorhigtoa ai out
in command of a squad building tlie^ new
militaiy telegraph line between Keogh
and Buford, when he contracted the fever.
He died shortly after reaching his post.
Singularly no one about Keogh knew the
whereabouts of Thorington's relatives,
and inquiry had to be made of the Adju­
tant. General of the department.
Capt. Bennett's remains, went east to
Waukesha, Wis., on lastiF'riday evening.
This gallant oftcer fell in the recent fight
Gen. Miles had with the Bannocks. Ben­
nett was esteemed one of the' best men ot
the fifth infantry, andhisdeathwenthome
like a dart, to every heart about-Keogh.
A I'UItIOUS FIRE.
Considerable Trouble at Fort Steven­
son.
Sundajr last a prairie fire walled in Fort
Stevenson and came very near destroying
the whole post. The garrison and every
other able bodied person, turned out and,
fought the flames with desperation. The
wind was blowing a gale, biit in spite cf
the elements the fire was beatesi back, ,and
the post saved. When the/daDgof was
supposed to be over, a fly'.nej spark set
fire to the old cornil. .-' It was quickly
burned with six mules,^^huodTw 6ords
of wood, and all the g^uh, which was not a
great deal.
I
Ifetf.^
^^assas
BAD SLACK EYE FOR BENNETT.
SENATOR SfENCER
i., HIS MASSIVE MISfB
RELfEWESf
He Denounces-the Repnbliea*».
didate as Corrupt and Dlsh«ftrt*^«
Programme ftr the Unseating of..|
KwcsrA Ten Tetw Civil War%
Pioyheaied—Political Xotes,
In au interview with Senator Spencer,
of Alabama, who went through here lastly
Friday to Deadwood, some emphatic, po
litsteal statements were developed
"What do you think, Senator* of'Judge
Bennett, the Republican Candidate to*
Congress?"
t.
"He is corrupt, dishonek7 .a, phariscc
and a fraud."
V1 irn
"Then you can't support him
Xo sir, I could not." tl
What's the use in electing a .Republi-£f5r^$v^
c.m, anyhow
"There is no earthly use in ele'ct'ing' a1^^^''J^
°publican. The next co^gressy hoiiso'^
and senate both, will be two-thirds Bemo-V,
cratic and a Republican delegate couldf^|r%^
have no weight or influence in shapingt'S^v^fl
the legislation that Dakota might need or '^rfL'w
want." jw/v
"What do you suppose will be the up-^
shot ot such a Democratic triumph as you.
prodiotf' .w
'I believe in December, 1871, the Deni- 1
ocrals 0i the senate will elect a Democrat
President pro-tern. Then the- honae. antl^s1::-^
benaJf, jointly, will dev-laretlrat Hayes was
never elected President, and reftrse to rcc
ogmxe him. Then the President. ...of thn,.^,
senate pro-tem will be sworn in as- Pvesi
dent, and Congress will act with him, it-1
norirg Hayes and Wheeler. They.wilW^
justify their course by citing the EvarK'
letter ot instructions to- the visiting states
men ot Louisiana. Next will follo^r con- "o A*
fusion confountje^, and a war th$t ill Jly
last tea years. The mistake that the.pro- r,.1
ent senate made was in-cpnfirmiitg'tbe "l -i
present, cabinet. It should have insisted
on surrounding the President by Repubh
cans of national reputation, and thereby
ha\c avoided the evil counsels that have
pievailed."
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GOOD XEW9 FOU DEMOCRAT?."
The election results yesterday in'Ohi^K
Indiana, and Iowa, appdan to be mixep.
There1 were three tickets »n each State, and
three-in almost every Congressional di«»
trict The telegraph reports Indiana Dem
ociatic, Ohio" doubtful, with immenpc
Democratic gains, and Iowa Republican
by a much smaller majority than the Re
publicans expected.
POLITICAli POIKTS.
'Capt. D. W. Maratta is prominently
named by the Democrats for the nomina
tion to the council. It is not yet knowiv
whether lie will accept.
Mr. Alexander McKenzie has the inside
track for re-nomination for,the shrievalty.
The^' Republicans" want -to putttp-then*-^ --yr
best man to come any where near him.
Mr. John E. C'arland is on the track for
the Democratic nomination to the ^District
Attorneyship, for the Third ^.Judicial Dis-^
trict. He is young but lie is a good law -1'
yer, an energetic man and one whose can-,
didature will stir up the Republicans, to the
TWO XEir STEAXpMtS*
The Largest that Eve* Floated «a
Upper Missouri.
The Coulson Line people art! now build­
ing
at California, Penn., t\vo steamboatfv
for the Upper Missouri..'They Avill be
two hundred and fifty feet- long and tox\\
eicht feet beam with fall cabin. The hull
will be four and a half feet deep- l^aeU
boat will be provided with two high pres­
sure cylinders of eighteen inches diame­
ter and seven feet stroke. Ihere Will be
"'four boilers, twenty-eight .feet long apd
thirty-eight inches in diameter. I he
Texas
will be of sufficient size to jiccom
modate all the officers and ere* and the
cabins will be furnished in style. 1 hew*
boats will be called the "Continental" and
the "Queen of the West."
Telegraph Tattle.
Lieut Geo. S. Grimes, now in charge of.
the Texas division of military telegraph
line, will be
the
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f«v Keo With a cargo of sewing ma.
55? nesfro John W. Fishery stook. He
nv ide Keo gh in a lumber wagon, slightly
,u8ted wHh Yellowstone navigation.
iuzpgik
t,.
superintendent ot the new:
lines to Forts Keogh and Custer. with
iicadquarters in Bismarck. Tli^xltvwop.,
will probably be known as the Dakot dir
vision. The* builder of these lines willbe
in charge until
Lieut.
Grimes amves..
line is ready to operate to Buforct.
operator is in at Stevenson and ar«otk.
Private Larsey, operator
at Fort Irfncolny
has been appointed operatorat Fori Keogli,
the most important position, on toe IS*-.
Citizen operators will he employed this
winter. Thereafter signal Wsery-,
ers, who can telegraph, will be used
Tlie' uiriff tVoVn hero'lAP&rS l^ogh wU? W
be 25 cents for ten words, andowecnt tor
evcr\r additional word, 4 fa
Bon Stevenson.
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Stevenson returned lust evenia&..
He luite finished o»e of the Uqav^st gov­
ernment contracts ever let north­
west. At Ft. Kceoj^b J^ne ho*p»t in tua*
ly five thousawf hajr afl f^s per
tfui \t Custer he p«t in die- woort ami
l,9v. making his total contracts amount
£200.000. h'Jfig
A r*odigioOS Purchase.
George Reis, o^Pittsburgh, ?*. »««t
W. Raymond, of Bismarck, ha' W
cha^d ^en Sections of railroad lai d,
6.400 acres, ue.ir Glyndon, foxawi»»»
farm. ^,
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