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PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.
THE NEEDS OF THE EI MCE COM
r.IXY AXD THE PEOPLE.
T2i« Council in Favor of Increased Pro
"tectjoii—"Water "Works Thought
to la a Feasible Scheme—The
Burned out at HuNiness.
WHAT THE FIREMEN WANT.
At last there is a movement on foot to
give Bismarck complete tire protection.
"The citizens, to the number of twenty
five or more, met. U, the City Hall Fri­
day evening for the purpose of devising
some means to accomplish this end. Jas.
A. Emmons was elected chairman
and C. A. Lounsberry, secretary. Ed.
Sloa::, the eilicient. foreman of the
fire co.npany, stated the necessities of the
company and showed that a tank and ten
barrels of water would have saved Dan
Eiseuierg's building i:i the recant lire.
The company nejds, Mr Sloan said, a ten
barrel tank wug a, and m.idiis of trans­
portation in order to provide at lea it two
charges for the chemical engine they
needed steel hooks, chains and roof lad­
ders they need an alarm and a watch­
man in constant charge of the engine
night arid day. He recommenced the
purchase of a steam lire engine at a cost
of $2,o(K).
SYMPATIIY WANTED.
David Stewart, secretary of the fire
•company, said the firemen were also in
need of more sympathy and greater sup­
port from citizens owning property, of
he business men in town, he did not re­
call the name of but one who has ever at­
tended the meetings of the company. The
members of the company were of our
best citizens they are public spirited and
ready, of course, to make any sacrifice,
but they could work with more heart if
those who uave most at stake would show
greater interest. At lily's tire the clothes
on the backs of two firemen, Sloan and
Mayock, were burned and none ever asked
if they could be of service to them in se­
curing new suits. Sympathy even, be­
ing warning, he wondered what incentive
men had to work. Another fireman he
mentioned who will be a cripple for
.months perhaps and yet none have ex­
pressed any sympalhy for liiui or offered.,
relief. He thought it unfair to leave the
matter of relief to the company when the
citizens generally were most interested.
It was enough to ask them to give their
time. He agreed with all. Mr. Sloan
said in relation to the
NEEDS OF THE COMPANY
And said more hose was needed. The
chemicals used are destructive aud the
hose fn use liable to fail any niompnt.
He urged the importance of some provi.
sion for water—if only a tank, and
showed that the Eisenberg*building would
have been saved had the city been pro­
vided with a single tank often barrels of
water. The city had provided a wagon
but
110
tank—a bell for alarm but it was
not. put up, but lay in the depot for want
of funds
10
pay the freight. The city was
furnished buckets but
4.
110
means of trans­
portation tor them. They were not dis­
posed to giumble about the past but urged
*ction for the future.
EX-MAYOR M'LKAN
nrged the advantage of a special tax to
provide all of the means necessary for se
cuiity agaiust tire. He did not care
whether the city had the right or not.
He took the Jacksonim view that they
should do it any way. He urged a special
tax of ten or twelve hundred dollars, or
whatever sum might be neccssary. He
tirged that a good and true man should
have constant- charge of the engine and
other property of the fire company—one
who could and would give bonds for. its
safety. He urged provision for water and
that in case of fire the first man at the en
fine house witn a team should be given
Sfteen dollars and the second ten dollars.
He ur^ed the importance of steel nooks
suid chains, for iron hooks are little better
than lead and the ropes are of 110 use, aud
he moved that a special tax be levied to
provide all of these things.
ALDERMAN FISHER
Stated the difficulties in the way of secur­
ing the thiugs needed. That the charter
limited the taxes to four mills and this
was all speut before levied and is not col­
lected yet. For one he was ready to do
Anything that can be done. The council
had provided everything asked by ihe fire
company excepting a tank and had spent
eight or nine hundred dollars at the last
meeting of the council, but the council
can't hire help or purchase supplies with
out means. Alderman Marsh favored im­
mediate action.
MAJ. WALKER
was anxious to learn the views of the city
council. If a majority agreed with Al­
derman Fisher nothing could be done ex­
cept to fight the fire when it comes with
the best means at their command.
Mr. Stewart believed the council had
iione all they were authorized to do with­
out a vote of the people and he therefore
moved that the city couucil be requested
to submit to the people a proposition to
issue bonds for the purpose of providing
cuitable tire piotection. This was adop­
ted and on motion of Maj. WalKer a com
mittee of five was appointed to make esti­
mates *Qd report to the council at its
'i- -i
next meeting. The chair appointed Maj.
Walker, Win.Thurston, Win. Hollembaek,
John A. McLean and J. P. Dunn such
committee.
Mr. Lounsberry moved that a committee
consisting of W. 1J. Wats*n, Robt. Mac
nider and Geo. H. Fairchild be appointed
to inquire if city len percent, bonds
AUTHORIZED BY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
to the extent of $1,50.) to $i,0)} could
be negotiated in order to secure the things
needed. The meeting then adjourned
The city council met Monday evening
and took further steps toward fire protec­
tion. They have employed a competent
man, E- Sloan, to take charge of the en­
gine and house have purchased one of
Dunkleberg's iron tanks which will be
kept full of water all of the time and
ready for business aud have ordered every­
thing that is believed to be needed. They
also received a proposition from the Bis­
marck Reservoir and Water Works Com­
pany to put in a system of water works
that* would i»ive complete protection and
give water for all purposes if the council
will gram the right to do so and aid to a
limited extent. The council now have
the matter under advhement and will
probably act upon it on Monday evening.
AFTER THE FIRE.
Dan Eisenberg has fixed up a tempora
ry store in the rear of Eppinger's cloth­
ing house, Fourth street, and has quite a
cozy place. He has not yet decided what
kind of a building he will erect on the
old site, but he Will probably wait until
spring and build of brick.
J. il. Marshall is comfortably located
in the 7th Cavalry saloon building oa
Fourth street., awaiting the completion of
his new building.
Chas. Kupitz has a good place next to
Comeford & Molloy's livery stable on
Fourth street, and is doing as well as
ever, as he deserves.
Frank Geisl will soon occupy his old
stand 111 a new,building larger than the
one burned and with a large and first-class
assortment of goods. od grit, Frank.
Busse & Smith will start up again in
the restaurant business if the parties own­
ing the lots can be induced to build im­
mediately.
John A. Stoyell has the frame up for
his office and another office adjoining.
Elder & Co. are occupying the build­
ing corner of Fourth and Meigs streets
uutil Griffin completes their new build
ing.
D. I. Bailey & Co's office is in Yegen's
bakeiy. They are settling up their ac­
counts and will soon start in business
again.
"Malloy Bros, have the Western House
in good order again and the day of the
fire accommodated eighty-two people for
sopper aud lodging.
Christina* Tree.
The Christmas festivities of the M. E.
Sunday school were held in the school
house on Christmas eve. The room was
well filled with happy children and visit­
ors, and, thanks to the liberality of the
warm-hearted people of Bismarck, the
display of presents was unusually fine
The exercises were short but int.ere ting.
The best teature of the entertainment was
the unusually fine zitha playing of Mr
Geist. After the distribution of gifts* all
joined in singing, "Praise God Iron: whom
all blessings flow," and were dismissed
with the benediction. Col. Bu.l, as a
manager and a worker, is more than a suc­
cess.
A ni^nower aad a ftVaul.
Not the Young-M'tn-not-Afraid-of-His
Wliisky but the name applied to him for
he never took a drink of intoxicating
liquors in his life. Besides, though
liquor is sold in one end of the building
in which he has a large interest, that is
atoned for by the free use of the hall
above for the red ribbon club meetings
while the water works company has its
meeting in the back room. So if any­
body should fall on Jimmy's whisky Col.
Bull is on hand to save I hem and the
water works people to supply a milder
fluid.
Stamp Year Letters.
For nearly lour years the postmaster at
Bismarck has stamped, at his own ex­
pense, about al 1 of the letters deposited in
the office without stamps. So many of
them, however, come in the same hand­
writing that it is getting monotonous, and
I hough slill disposed to feel and act
kindly toward that portion of the public
which is eternally blundering, hereafter
letters deposited* for mailing wiihout
stamps will be sent to the Dead Letter of­
fice.
Mot Old Fogies.
Speaking of the Northwestern Stage
Company, the Deadwood Times says:—
•'They are the owners of the best stare
and express lines running into the Hills,
and have invesied hundreds of thousands
of dollars in this business, when the out­
come was unascertained. They are the
principal owners of the first silver mine
in the Hills and one of the best in the
world.
The Weather.
The thermometer readied 38 degrees
below zero Tuesday night as shown by
the signal office records. The ordinary
mercWy thermometers registered all de­
grees of cold. Some 40 below, some 48
and some an m.di and a half below 48.
The thermometer on the hill at Ft. Lin­
coln registered 42 below. The mean ther
mometer at BismaicK as registered by the
Signal Office for the past week was 15
below zero.
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VOL. VII. BISMARCK, D. T., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1879. NO. 3
COL. THOMPSON'S THEORY.
CAUSE OF THE INCREASE IX
THE FALL OF SI AIX AXD SXO IF.
The Causes of Rain and the Electrical
Currents——Railroads and Tele­
graph Wires Conducive to
tho Increased E -iat'all.!
A PHILOSOPHICAL IDEA.
Rhapsodists who are well housed, sur­
rounded with all the comforts of life, en­
joying good health and blessed with a
cheerful poetic disposition had, lasj- week,
an abundance of reason to exclaim. Oh,
the beautiful snow! Not so with the'poor
ly housed, the destitute of fuei, the out­
door laborer, the teamster, the hungry and
the sick. To the unfortunate and needy
such a snow storm io a terrible calamity
while to the fortunate and well supplied
it brings no terror and may be regarded
as a source of immediate pleasure and of
ultimate advantage to the whole country.
To thf latter the wind howls horribly
the cold penetrates pinchingly and hun­
ger hinders all hopes of happiness while
the former mingles the jingling of sleigh
bells with the whistling wind or drowns
its roar by the eloquence of the lecturc
room, the music of an orchestra or the po­
tency of the flowing bowl his robes of fur
and well filled stoves protect him from the
cold, and oyster stews and relished dishes
leave no room for hungry cravings.
This unprecedented snow storm is an
additional evidence of the fact that settle­
ment" and cultivation increases the rain­
fall and improves theclimateof all prairie
countries. I have heretofore adverted to
home of the reasons for this increase
which is becoming more and morepulpa
ble here every year. I have mentioned
the prevention of prairie fires, as standing
grass radiates heat, produces cold and
precipitates the atmospheric moisture 111
the shape of dew, hoar frost, rainfall or
snow storms, while the old grass holds
the snow from drifting prevents the dry
winds tiom sucking up the superficial
moisture and contributes greatly toJij^uv.
retention of the water precipitated.
have mentioned prairie breaking 'pM a
means of letting the water soak iino toe
ground and become localized, instead of
running down the Missouri or bping
evaporated and carried by the winds to
water other states. Tree culture has been
advocated as a source of increased rainfall
and a means of localizing water. I
EFFECT OF RAILROADS. V.
Railroads and their operation are among
the greatest sources of increased rainfall
in countries reputed arid. In the tirst
place they contribute powerfully to: the
production of all the above mentioned
causes. Secondly, The continuous iron
rail created by its present 'fish-bar" fast­
ening is a powerful elcctric conductor
connected with the entire railroad system
of North America and on that account be­
comes a new and wonderful rnearis of
changing the electrical condition of the
country into which it penetrates. That
electricity and rainfall are intimately as­
sociated everybody knows, but how (jloes
the former produce or inerease the latter?
I will tell you how it may do so. It is a
fact which*most people have observed,
that in the great sea of atmosphere float­
ing above us, there are different currents
moving in different directions at different
heights that these currents are sepafute.
well defined and distinct from each oilier
and remain so for several days or wt eks
without any change or cou.mingjing
whatever. Some of these current^ are
warm and full of watery vapor, others are
cold and dry, each characterized by), the
thermal condition of it3 source. Novyto
produce rain all that is necessary fe. to
bring a hot and cold current into contact
and make them commingle. Thi&^re
duces the temperature of the vapor hear­
ing current, condenses the vapor, farms
clouds and precipitate the water in'the
shape of rain. Electricity is eithei posi­
tive or negative, and all matter is charged
either one way 01 the other and in every
conceivable degree If any two bodies
are either positively or negatively chafed
they will resist each other in proportion
to their electiic condition. If the oije is
positively charged and the. other nega­
tively they will attract each other with a
similar force. Now it is plain that fa lie
two currents necessary for the f,
PRODUCTION OF RAIN,
both happen to be
charged, which in this country is g3(i/}p.
ally the case, they must- resist each other
ancl prevent any contactor c.ommingly un
til an electrical change is pioducecl or
some other prevailing power introduced
to overcome the electrical antagonism. A
body positively charged becomes negative
when it has given off or dispensed \trith
its positive electricity. To effect this
proper conductors must be introduced
where they do not naturally exist. Dry
air and dry ground are non-conductors
and have a tendency to perpetuate antfex­
isting electrical condition of the current
immediately above us while lightning
rods. forest trees, giowing vegetables,
church-steeples, a wet atmosphere kfr••a'
wet ground are good conductors. All Con­
ductors are valueless unless they termin­
ate in a moist or wet. portion of the earth
which is the great reservoir into which
all positive electricity is conducted from
posit'v. ly
the atmosphere. During much of the year
in this and all the semi-arid prairie coun­
try the earlli and lower poition of the air
are so dry as to neither conduct rr absorb
electricity but the introduction of 1 ail
roads, with their numerous side tracksand
switches, has furnished a means of draw­
ing oft and conducting away to more moist
countries enough electrictv from the low­
er current to render it negative and at­
tractive to the cunent above, and thus pro
ducing rain and snow. I have no doubt
that these powerful artificial conductors
have already changed our climate along
the Northern Pacific railroad and that the
same effect will follow railroad construc­
tion everywhere in the great Northwest.
The shrill whistle of the locomotive and
the deep rumbling of the running cars
•ire another prolific source of comming­
ling currents. Heavvcanonading, wheth­
er in battle or at celebrations, produces
copious rainfall simply because it agitates
and stirs up all the currents above and
around it to such an axtent as to inaugu­
rate and produce a commingling which
results in the precipitation of t! atmos­
pheric vanor. Th'j operation of railroads
produce similar effect. W. T.
Fo*tT BIT FORD.
As Seen by the •'Tribune's" Special
Correspondent.
FORT BUFORD, D. T.. Dec. 11.R— Eight below—
plenty of snow—uleigh riding nil the go—beauti
ful. beinti nl en *top her! The continued
absence of the Imlianc from this vicinity affords
our amateur sportsmen—"of which same there
be many 111 lord'—great pleasure as game of all
kinds is abundant in this vicinity both on the
Yellowstone and Missouri rivi-rs. Everybody
and his uncles and his etc., can now take a trump
to the timber and by playing away at random
make a very fair bag The old cry again is
heard
of ammunition trading to Indians at the
military posts in this vicinity. As usual it
emauau's mini the iiitc*rj0r department and one
would naiurally •uppos,, that tlier were no vil­
lages, towns or Hamlet* jn the great northwest
where article ol (his ifk could be procured by
enterprising Yansues
am
|)v them transported a
short distance, comparatively spe iking, to some
sale and secluded spot where iheir _hto. can
easily be disposed of. Where there's a will
there's a wa, is trite remark, but the largest
kind of a will liuds it hard to gel around the
strict ordeis rigidly enforced at these military
posts, concerning trude iu contraband goods to
Indians. Last summer at some point 011 the
iivi-r, I do not now call to .my mind where, a
skiff was found moored to the bank with quite a
stock of liquors and ammunition on board and
uo proprietor 111 night. Indeed, it is said that
up 10 thi" date none has ever appeared to claim
the property. That cargo did n't come from a
military post, and while cross country liders ex­
ist there is no need of ailing the mili ary so
per»isiently. Paymaster Thoina- aM his
iips rsr :T^ rst -r. B. HcvU. have rfctni*fiW! trimi fisu
upper country and are now 'quietly renting at Ba­
tor prior to au overland trip to Bismarck
flie retirement of Lieui. Bron-iou, of the Sixth
Infantry, promotes Lieut. Jacob, Jr., who will
probably go to "G" Oo. at Lincolu The
new barracks are already in au advanced stage of
completion and (Jnpt. Penney is now busy'mov­
ing ihe kitchens from their former site near the
old, to the new buildings. The weather is a lit­
tle eoid but t..e woric is progr -ssing finely
Oapt itriltou leavos here to morrow for Poplar
river agency to complete issues to the Indians
there. -Medicine Ijear." "Afraid of the Bear"
and some more chicfs with unpronounceable
names, have returned from the hunt to get their
annual annuities. It is understood that the
not. ack Catfi-h will, with his ^band, r. tnain
on the hunting path uutil spring One week
ago to-nigiii, Letf. 4ta, the talented band-master
01 the «'tu Infantry, Pr d'essor iitigler, was united
iu marriage to Mis Lizzie ijtraur, one of Bu
ford's faiivst demoiselles The. d-remony was
performed by the ttev. Dr. Robiusou, post chup
l.in. Gei'eral Hazen, thecoinumuder 01 the regi­
ment, with the r-'gimeiit adjutant, Lieut, tiroes
beck, and veral otiier Indies aud ijentlemeu of
the garrison, were present. The brid^j was sup­
posed tv li.-r higter. Miss Anna, and the groom
nad as bost mail Al. Si-rgt O'Connell, of same
regiment. Congratulations followed the cere­
mony aud all went nurry as it should, 011 sacii a
glorious occasion, l'roi'esaor Spanldiug.- a well
knomi steamboat artist, radiant 111 regulation
costume, esided at tue sitie-board. And yet last
night at tlis band concert Professor Stigler open­
ed with -Ttev alt hav a Male but Me," and later
011 in the eveniug rendered as a solo "Nobody's
Dml ug.'1 Though he explai- that he now sub­
stitutes somebody's for that other word. The
marriage of Charlie Adams to Miss Julia Brown,
daughter of Mrs. Surtain. was also celebrated a
few evniiigs since amid a select-circle on'nend-.
at the residence of the bric.e's mother—Let me
whisper iu your ear that Buford in just the ulace
for mairimouy—at least all the youug ladies say
•o.
KEX.
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Personal.
Col. Moore is atill resting at Bismarck.
Henry Blakely is visiting his home at St. Paul.
ot-o.*?. Flaunery went to Fargo again Mon­
day.
E. H. Bly, of the Sheridan House, went east
last week.
Mrs. Asa Fisher and daughter are spending
the holidays cast.
Mrs. Lee, wife of Engineer Lee, la spending
the holidays east.
J-wrterinjstei itirk sol lady went eist last
week to speud the holidays.
Sut Winston, of Fort .Stevenson, is iu the city
He looks well for a recent'y married man.
Oscar Moore returned from the Bad Lands'Sat­
urday. Howard Brandt will soon go out to clerk
lor Moore A Co.. po^lraders.
Lieut Wallace, of Ft. Meade, has been com­
missioned to take a number of prisoners to Fort
Keogii aud will be here soon.
Frank Wasiner, t'ue gentlemanly clerk for a
long titnc with L. N. Griffin at the Capitol Hotel,
i* now with Joe Hare. It's a treat to see Frauk
slii'g glasses.
Mr. Samuel Laugh-in, the popular baggage
masteroftheN. P. road at this point, leaves
Monday for bis home iu Philadelphia, for a few
weeks' recreation.
Lieut Mann, Ft. Meade, arrived Tuesday night
after a four day siege in tha stage coach. He
is on leave of absence granted byf^Phil Sheridan
in opposition to wishes of Gep. bturgis.
John A- Rioyeli went to Fargo Tuesday. John
rather likes Fargo kut will, remain with Bis­
marck,
however, until it becomes the largest
city north of St. Louis on t.ie Missoori.
O. S. Goff, who is temporarily, stopping in the
Hills with his branch photograph gallery, is
'spending the holidays w.th his family in this
city. Mr. Goff will build a large gallery here
next sp riug second to none weal of St. Past.
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FREAKS OF ELECTRICITY.
THE VOICE OF THE WIItES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
The People in Mains won't Allow tike
Democrats to Steal the State—A
Row at Augusta in which the
People are Victorious.
{Special Dispatch to The Tribune.)
WONT HAVE IT.
AUGUSTA, ME., Dec. 26.—There was
great excitement, nearly a riot, here yes­
terday over the attempt of Maj. Smith,
Greenback candidate for Governor, and
others, to remove the arms and ammuni­
tion from the arsenal to Augusta by order
of Gen. Garcelon. The crowd prevented
the arms from being shipded and they
were returned to the arsenal. The escape
from bloodshed was very narrow. The
crowd was greatly excited and the mayor's
entreaties to the officer in charge of the
arms induced them to give way to the de­
mands of the crowd. Garcelon's supporters
held a meeting on the 2Jth at which Gar­
celon said that the people of the State
would not stand idly by and allow forcc
to be used and would by arms, if necessary,
say the laws must be obeyed.
WOULDN'T GIVE UP.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec.
26.—Bernard Peck­
er, a German at Delphos, O., was called"
up at 2 o'clock Christmas morning, by
three men who demanded his money. He
refused and was shot. His wife was then
bound, gagged and tortured until she dis
ciosed the whereabouts of the money
$1,500 was secured.
NOTES.
Three thousand Ghilseais attacked the
British at Jugdulula on the 23d and were
beaten with great loss.
The number of survivors so far as known
of the Borussia, is but nine.
Grant has declined President Hayes' in­
vitation to stay at the White House while
in Wrsliington.
Bailey's hop factory, at New Berryport
Mueslis burned: loss $110,000
The cold weather extends all over the
country.
Joy Complete.
The Merchants Hotel was the scene of
one continual round of pleasure last even,
ing. Messrs. Geo. A. Wasmer, Geo. Miner,
Jr., Geo. M. Bliss, James Stephens, G.
W. Johnston, and C. A. Atchinson,
employees of the House, presented Mr.
and Mrs. L. N. Griffin with an elegant
silver set, which completely overcome
them with surprise and delight. Mr.
Griffin, in a few appropriate remarks,
thanked them kindly for the token of res­
pect, stating that he and his'would ever
hold them in pleasant remembrance of the
occasion. The boys were equally sur­
prised, a few moments'later, when Mr.
Griffin purchased of Mr.' Hanauer six
suits of clothes, ofva tine pattern, and dis­
tributed them among the gentlemen
n.ined. as a token of his appreciation of
their meritorious services during the past.
In addition to these presents each of the
dining room girls was presented with an
elegant set of furs. On the whole every­
body about the establishment was happy.
The boarders and guests were, through
the skill displayed by Mr. Johnson and
assistants, in "the cooking departraient,
greeted with one of the finest dinner#
ever given in the west.
Red Ribbon.
A large and enthusiastic toeeting of the
Red Ribbon society of Bismarck was heM
in Champion Hall last Monday evening.
Dr. B. F. Slaughter presiding. After
singing and other religious services led
by Rev. J. M. Bull an original poem,
written by Mrs. H?ttie 8: Bull, was very
finely
read by Mrs. Marston, short but
eloquent speeches were made by Wna.
Gleason and Dr. Bentley. Twenty-tww
persons signed the pledge and dinned
the red ribbon, making in all eighty mem
bers. By unanimous'vote Dr.Benfrly w»*
appointed a committee to cacvass the city
for fu idi foriihe establishment of a free
readinur. robing it was also resolved that
the object of the next meeting shoulct
be principally to consider the subject ot
the reading room. The society then ad­
journed to meet next Monday night at
City Hall.
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Cut klis Way Out.
Mandan was the scene of a little cutting
match last evening. A crowd had as­
sembled at the Northwestern celebrating
Christmas in genuine frontier stylis.
Among the crowd were two men, named
Rayino and Riley. A general ,pow wow
followed in which the two .named figured
most
prominently.
.. The result was that
Riley received a terrible and dangerous
stab in the abdomen from a knife in th«
hands of Rayino. Raymo was brotightte
Bismarck last evening and lodged in jail.
It is claimed by Raymo's friends that th«
act was a necessity.' He was cornered
and
had to cut himself loose. Simpson'*
life is despaired of. 5
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