ttistor ical Society

VOL. 4. BISMARCK,!). IV WI3MESE&T, MARCH 28,1877. • - • • •

NO. 38.

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®!)e$i0tnArck$tilrottf. A REPUBLICAN HEW8PAPKK. PUBLISHED

EVKRT WEDHE8DAY BT , THE BISMARCK TBIBUHE CI.,

C. A. LOON8BBBRT, Editor and Miniger.' 8UB8CKIPTI09 PUCK:

One Tear 4> 00 Six Hearths 1 00

Address: C. A. Lousfeerry, Bismarck, Dakota Territory.

NOTES AKD NEWS. grand-

(METOIECT BIS VICTIMS.

EXECUTION OF JSO. D. LEE. IPs* girl—Mrs. Sartoria—Gen. Grant

father. Pour hundred hostiles hare surrendered at Spot­

ted Tall agency. n ,-Bishop Whipple has parchaaed an estat«ItJ.*Ionda

for a winter residence. l-' A new bonanza is reported tohave been discovered

'•in the ^idnlty of the OomstqefclodK. /:r "5? K The President ba^appoHMl CM.' :D.'W.'^P(Mk

Democrat, P^a^ft PeSSbtnfc T». V-Ten million In 4} per cent bonds were sent to En-

rone last week on account of the syndicate. Pinchback has been expelled from memberwp on

the tapUana Rentidton Cenfanl Cqjpdttee. M^er Jv|Bated -6fcIlnson,W6r tM-tfur of On.

Rosespraaft, ditfd IMttnolahfcpn thal(WHb*. r ft Tjesr.jSteP.II. Gen^ftUSptered «•''

his dstferts F&guiEf. liB»ene^H o^^MS 2|#£-Judge Reed, a Booth Carolina Circuit Judge, has

decided that ' State.

Morton tayhig^fccl _ committee «o foreign relations Hamlin was appointed in bis stead. . Q2 Sii

Senators Morton, Salisbury and McMillan are the committee to iaqnire-tato the Oregon senatorial elec­tion fragda. _ :1 ' %nflur)|i<L

!fri>m ^ord^TVoy^^. n fiut.

iie Mew Tork Senate decided to "reject the nomi­nation of Gen. MdCleRan to he 8uperMeaisnkaf Public Works. <jSs.iL • J?

Jdho D. Lee, the Mermon murderer, who IflSs sentenced to be shot on the 21th Inst., had 18 wives and (4 children.

Secretary Thompson is introducing some radical changes for the better In the management of the Jtovy Department.

Ben. Butler cordially supiftrts the Southern pe licy of President Hayes, but fears it will not Work a division of the whites.

A Senate •committee will investigate the charges of corruption in connection with Grover's election to tfbe-U. 8. Senate, during the recesa.

One ef the last sots of President Grant was the signing of« bill removing the political disabilities of •Gen. Joseph E.< Johnson.

Old man Springer the sixth person who went to Washington to be inaugurated President, has 'bean -s«nt to the insane-a«ylumn.

•Ex-Deteetive White, of Cincinnati was veitlenced 'to the penitentiary>last week for coaiplicity in elec­tion frauds at the recent election.

Senators'Gordon, Hill, Beck and Garland voted for the>conflrmation<of Fred Douglas, and Lamar would-have done so-had he been present.

Twenty-one car loads of silk and tea passed over 't he-U.V.-Road laat^week from San Francisco. The stuff was from China and was billed for France.

.-General Meigs is having two or three Sght • draft steamers buUt for work on the Upper Missouri and the -Yellowstone-to be operated by the Govern­

ment. Hampton pledges that no violence slwll occur in

South*Carolina ittiteteoops are withdrawn, and the • courtsof that state -are left to settle the election

Huddle.

|§«fession Implicating the on "

Attempted Black Hills Stage

ftMMm-dlMffl KILLED—OHE ' Mini TOIDBD.

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IMFLEB MISCELLANEOVS NEWS.

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Msjot rootnjfith tjro companies of 3d G^Rp»8 Ukin

Fresh eggs tod good butter arc re­ported to .tp abundant at P«ad#wd but

Pet* tfcGoiMgl? JW.D A MII Turned Bitty, wWelhhedbrtnaian^neaT R*p-

" *~sf, an<taMrJ6nes

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beincopened are spo Pionwann [$«jsnlJ§ 0?! ! It0

esident Hayes that the only objection ho had «• QttnfrMsrega^st -*ms the (act that he was Mrs.

fares' favorite onaijri. ' Ihe-Ashrt®tna4fflsasfcr Is regarded *by a Legisla

live committee aiMhar caM^e< «a| And thatat no llafy ten yjtfs has ftgardeo as ijfc'a«fe«®e. 'Vf\

Se»a%licansto' «0dal porfnSSs in South CirdBna ndt teems to follow-zofasely the policy off aciileation lopted by PreHdent Hayes, A Crazy lunatic wfao-was arresMi and sent to the

Insane-Afylumn for thrcrtaiag Gaiw Grant. has commenced suit against Jne^Kx-^iwflifent .cknllf f100,000 damage tec ifaise Imprisonment.

It is claimed (hat « movement'4s-on foot to elect General Banks Sp«aher of the next Ht n*e, and that

of Indian Agt-nch-s Uor Dakota. Congress hawing neglected or refused ttr increasethe salary of Indian agent* he refused Uie^ageney teaSere^ Um.r.^ r-,

Secretary McCrsa^sfcas issued ac(milar<aaaaaa& ing thatihereafttr nemovals among War Departtnent employees will ody beanade for CMise, and that pro­motions will be ordccedon the sole ground of merit.

oWofthe SAaSvfodpttifit^dlaifM^ has

guflt

• restedefer perjury. that *e.fca* notwrp the guilt of the prisoner. Proof of ample.

A Chicago post ofltee <<Aerk his been caught in the . act of robbing letters addressed tubadness houses in - that city. He confesses iSiat he haft-abstracted not

THE MORMON MURDERER.

St. PAUL, March 27.- John D. Lee, formerly Bishop of the Utah Church, the husband of eighteen wives and the father of sixty-four children, was shot to-death at Mountain Meadow, Utah, pursuant to court sentence, for complicity in the Mountain Head ow Massacre in Sept." 857, which mas perpetrated by Indians and Mormons, lee axle a full confession which has since been published; while striving. to. belittle his own part in the affair he clearly and] fully implicates Brigham Yetrngaa accessory to the[

massacre if not instigator of it, but Brighatn publish^ es a denial.

BLACK HILLS STAGE ROBBERS.

A bold attempt was made Sunday night to rob the; stagefrem Cheyeftae <to ©eadwood, in Whltewood-Cannon, near Deadwood, by five maskedenen. They ordered the driver •of the'ttage to halt, flring at the same time. The driver, Johnny Sla«ghter, was lolled and Walter Star, of Deadwood,'a passenger; was sHghtl y wounded. Both Slaughter and Star were thrown from the stage by the quick jerk given by the horses as they started to rua. The stage;'

with the other passengers, express and baggage, was taken to 'Bead wood t»y the runaway, team, arriving

|«uwy;tng robUtftgaimi^airBagt^^arever. ~

'THE vV • • Commisdoner Williamson^' of the General Land

the the op-e land ftiMashed andfthe prose^ i implicm#! / ^ | j ;ULX;Eozk»^€TX-raS.

Wade Hampton and Chamberl»ki, the oppe slag goveraors, will sneet the President this week for-a penoacA conferronce in relation to attain in South

gQHMMf »tft^L«ihiaiana ommission is not yet named. The President has notified Gen. Auger that he deeises to preserve the statu quo at New Orienas

¥ oj,A»msAsTRous itjooik' y %eReservoir at ^taffordvilie, (5onnectie«t, gs»«

wayiifis morning completely washing out the vsllsy below, >destroying property to (ke amount of (two j^jmHon.'dollars, and throwing thousands at mill op­erators out of employment The greateK damage. waa«t;BtaffoidHmt the manufacturing village for sbc-niies'below »H«r#d^reat»yr Oafr were; laet:asfa^j^op^^;ief^w^ned«r theAt^er!

iWif mLY BSVMohst^ A Washington dispatch says a change in the bous*

dariss<of the military divisions will bo made, so as takeifeom this division the Department of the flt!3f

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Iron, whose M>0( nomination's marshal Of She Waatern District of Tennessee, was rejected Iby the Sesiate. The only objection>to Waidron was an the faet that he acted

• with the Democratic partgt^nd voto^Sor Tilden. ( ,H is alatod that in aM^:.interv%%«tlh C>ea

'bfcr oi Cfogrim to. nsalicstt tp a pc »aenttpresidetitHiryta «'*. shoi •weight to the recommendation of a member -of Coo-:gress aa he-aiould give to that of any other respecta­ble person.

. One of the strongest «ee«hes Jtythe 4mata for the •«onfirmation.«f Freo Aaaglas was made by Seaateir Morgan, of Alabama, Democrat. Heiiasisted that .he.was opposed to the eslor line in poMUes and an­nounced that no act of President Hayes oat radically nrroqg womld be opposed by hire.

In .1656 the acmy appropriaUons failed'because the itben Republican majorityJn the House attempted to impose re»tricti«n8-iu UK«MB npSa«sars)Bll«r tar (those attampted'iyr we De^ci«e irfHhfi iasltlfcafe in1 the cweof the<Soithera'|8t«pis. Ip put fife as in this a'^pwial«sslon of«o0grsssAra£nSade.Ae<^ dssary.

A Deadwood special to the Chicago Times ereports dalm Jumping to-be an exceedingly lively .badness in the Blade .Hills. Almost everjthiog notxioeppied ;ittfae time^hetreat$r took eSect and continuoti;)y since has.been jpmp6d, on the ground that the min­ing tesr, or:tbe,regulation of the miners had no effect until thatitime.

S. 8. Jones, editor of the Religio-Pbilosophieal Journal, published in Chicago,' was murdered a fear days ago by W. C. Pike because «f«riminal. intimafr^ on the part of .the former with the wife of the lattir. r Mrs. like admits the Jatimaey aid clafte that riivf was forced by her nature to go outside of the family for that eomfort .which her husband «ould n«t give.

Simon Cameron has opened his Jieart do .a New York Herald reporter and telis him that he poted against the nominati <n of Sherman and Schurs be-

k ansa they opposed hiss on one occasion, oat-because |e opposed the policy of President Hayes. He de-lares that he resigned oecauSe he was tired of pub -

: life, being in his 79th year. .Cheyenne paper gives the names of the Sioux

[iefr massacred by the Crows at Tongue River as ng Bull, of the Ogaiailas, who was presented by .ideoi Grant wiih a Winchester nfle. Boll Eagle, j jsycAe the terms with Gen. Miles last fail for the gender of four or five hnndred lodges. Sack of i fellow Robs and one other not recognised by j«y yj^pcxamined the dead bodies.

•oounselle^ tiTMminaie aa «r3er of exesmmunha-tkn a^lnst Victor Emanuel < he tigns the public, warship fcill now pending in the Italian Parliament.

been re^ppoir-

diMl tfisOrife. J.Tliis

is «ClL Durii^ his four years term of of­fice now just expired, Jodge Barnes has

;b^eta itnit?,lo e^ery interest of t|?e peailic ami thoHgh threatened, in some inslan-

*u^ -dir^ c«tu;equende8 if he did not sumenfier to' "the interests of a ringiia Southern Dakota, and offered tempting ean^enptians-jf he \^ould turn* blind 4^ie tfiatU^i^g.mi^ht prois^sr, jKlej ]^as|e#r Jmen firm and^ true aiSd :^as libcome^i terror to evil daers, ant good men throughout the district rejoice that his services have been recognized as tfaej deserve to be by a re-ipfiotntment.

The St. iPaul, Chicago and New York papers contain full ^particulars of the; Reno-BeU scandal .and the quint martial W&ch fblioared,<|ilild^d loin th?TRiBUNE last week, and the impression obtains that the Major will be dismissed. He has many friends, however, in army circles, who are m position to help bim, .and* it is believed his rank will be. restored to 4tim after a short season of humiliation even if found guilty and dismissed.

be satfsfactory ip, cvepr mstance. The Philadelphia smeltiDg works are

spoken of as having been located just below Virgififa ^City, on Bear Butte C/eek, aod Driir beV^djr for m>rk May 10th. . •v : \

The lode ownedJjs pwt by E. R. Col­lins has turaipa dtatibont thirty tons of ore which the Pibiieer sajg^ will yield-at least In view of this fact the Pibniet^inay well ask, "Where »wy^re»«nstqe)i» npw?"

The Pibneer^iveis tlie details of the fight had by ^ I wi th the IndMns.^ He. WWpturgd pirAundred head'of stock, destroyed a y-ritage, kill­ed one^m^an, and chas^^the balance oyer a fortyl1^^rtn*ctp(ce. The con-id^ct of, thl^i bt^Tiev'^ffipet • amd hi^ m^h 'w ^p^ken ^in iSe.Wighes^rnia. ,

1 EUceedi ngly rwh dj ggingi M.Vft I*e n discovered on ffevada Creek seyen,tp)l_es

^l^W^t;Of|peiawood. ='• iTheg i? ti the lengthrof Deadwood and w m-'

.tiersected by nuinerpus dry gulches ,whii<^» prospect well. -Quartz.: in: great du^atity abbtrqdis in tfee.!t vicipity ^nd ^iiisber is ftyiada/it. -: J-bp new section is named Montatja"Pistrict»;" *

Col. Eing and associates-haveretusn-«d from a proSpe6ting" toar aitd^6port, the discovery of new and.very rich dig' g i a g a i n t h e { h e & o f / a ' . i r • d ' p y ^ome three . hjjndred feet;,wide< .which they followed 12 »iailea. The- locality

tnerabers; of tbe|;arty wlw Tor manifest reasons re^ain sjlent foe . the present, but they- are ;l^ai<i t© fee the biggest thing in the Hiils. • 0 A correspondent-of tfce Pioneer, wri ling from Fjgtee Bottoms^ speaks of ore whicl^ y ields $1# rgold to the pound —$48,000 teStSe'ton—«norther yielding 13 cts. to the-eunce of -rbek—$4,160 to the,ton—; its ~ab90 |poken of. The lode from which-tbe latter was taken is. owned by Bin JIarneCt, well known to" Missouri risjieir .peop«le, as are several other riekJodea. ^ajJavkkteiwsta are so extensive that hefs called' tbr quarts kingi . " '

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tifjaber growth, but also the rapidity and cMapness with which every prairie fir-mer.can surround his home' with tires, protecting from wind, furnishing fuel and adding beauty and valiie to his fiurnv ;

The foreman of the nurseiy has a green­house, built this ^rirrter, and his intention is torake vegetable plants of 'various kinds ;fbr supplying settlers aloing '.the line of the Railroad; he will have several thous­and cabbage and tomato plants and vari­ous other kinds, which will be ready as soon as it is time to plant them outside:

In addition to the promise of beauty which.-the torvm site holds forth it offers the more substantial promise of becoming orie of the best Aipping points] for wheat that is on the line of the road. A year ago last season the firs t sod in the vicinity 4£as turned. An ordinary crop will give, for shipping this year not less than I20,CK*J bushels .of wheat, A proportionate in­crease on surrounding- lands will sOon run it up to many hundreds of thousands.

Here is aspl^dii6pf«rtuni'ty for com­mencement of all branches • of business connected with a farming community and to first comers the company offer lots very low. .-.*+* -

[All orders for .plants should be address­ed to W. Craswell. Casselton, D. T: • The price will be reasoriaible and as they ate Dakota grown thej- ate far -preferable to ^lry which come from&oints farther east]

Schools at thc Military Posts. Thfe ^rtnual report of the Territorial

Superintendent- ot Public Instructions, j:Ot»taiU6 the following in connection with Mrs "Slaughters report for this county: . T>e Superintendent o£ Burjeigh

County, though not required by Hv?, has gfvfenf Sn in teresting sketch' of •scncfol'niat-ters connected with' the, MilitaiyT Posts and Indian Agencies of that part of the Territory, which I append here in con­nection with her report.

She says: "1*1 have collected, some in-foBRation and statistics in regard to schools gtnfre liUtary Posts and Indian Agencies-in adjacent counties.^

'Although these s^cdls'cfiii^t proper­ly be considered d'jpUrt of tttegfch'ool sys­tem of Pakota,-yet they ' afe of impor-tance, hiVice most of them undoubtly form "the nucleus of free schools in the tuture.

Through the courtesy of Gen. W. B. Hazen, coihmanding^ Ft. Buford, Pallette county, Col. D, Huston, gommanding Ff Stevensoiij Stevenso%county,K^nd ,ffis^)t. f.&jUhbett, commanding Ft f^cej Mor ton tbim^y, I am enabled to, present the following relative to the» Post sch^ojg at their respective posts. - . ' At Ft, •Bufwd arschool has been ta'uglilr during,the-y^Bj, by an .enlisted; man of the 6th Infantry, with an average atten­dance of 27 pupils. Like everything at this Fo&, this school is a model1 of excel-ience.'

At-Ft Stevenson a school is held dur­ing the-winter months, the instructor 6e-_ ing likewise an enlisted man of the 6th Infantty. ' "•

At'-Ft. Rice there are 18 children, -who I receive instruction at the Post school.

-> J. Z.A ^ SitaatiM <•! the>aew Town a>d fts

SurMwMliif»dlalrrnpie>sfrMir Wheat JBICMMMUI the KorthPael-

1 fie JKuseriles<wA Wise and £nti-: gantUvtaMesafal Uadetutkittg. Con^«^we^^«<*Jr/ibane: -

'^^Sassel^^ :iCass County, «<*ltn^wXiEjiwbIa^y

A special; session of Congress will com metice Jiuie +th as the President is not willing to sustain the arm/ by mean* of questionable legality.

k&mr.

aff'^flrvi Ruali Si® e|p2

timber, add beauty and .utility to its other/attractions^ coWibining as they do all the elements necessary for r^pid growth and rich agri­cultural development . - ? '/ THe surtaoeTcrf: the .country for many miles'around the towa site is, as a rule, gently. und uJating, 'in some places' quite ievel; butlugh and dry, being well drained by numerous small streams and coolies, with a rich black loamy soil from 20 to 30 inches doqp, resting. upon a tenacious subsoil, of clay, particularly well adapted to the successful culture of wheat and other cereals A3 well .as all vegetables grown in this latitude.

It is here we see the magnificent fann of Cass, Cheneyt & Qairj iiiple with its 4,000 acres ready for wheut this spring, soon to be increased to 10,coo acres ot waving grain; Also immediately to the north the fine buildings of John Mosher, with a 1,000 acre wheat field, and on every side as far as the eye can reach, the less pretentious but equally important im­provements of the settlers on government lands.

The experimental growth of forest trees which the company at this point is mak­ing on a forty acre lot, will add to its at-iraciions. A row of trees around every block will be planted and cared for, soon making it one of the handsomest places on the line* In this connection it may be well to say that this is one of the most important and beneficial things ever taken hold of by the company. They not only demonstrate tne capacity of the soil for

These Soldiers* Schools are supported chiefly by appropriations from the Post fund, and partly by private contributions.-TKey are free to the children of officers •and enlisted men, and citizens residing at the Post, *nd are in the . highest de­gree creditable to the militajy service.

To Gjen. W. P. Carlin, commanding Ppstj Standing Rock, and Judge Court­ney, Ft Berthold, I am indebted for full reports of the Indian schools at their res­pective agencies," which will be found in­teresting, not only to the friends of edu­cation, but to the public generally.

The Ft. Berthold-school was establish­ed-i'111873- under the auspices of the American Missionary Society. It is sup-:j)orted by the government and has art average attendance of 15 girls and 10 boys. No-adults attend. Instruction id given m the English language in spelling, reading and writing. The children are intelligent and learn readily. The school is'-under the charg& of a lady teacher who speaks the Sioux language fluently. - i^t Standing Rock there is an - interest ing school taught, likewise by a most ex­cellent lady. It has an average atten dance of eleven pupils. This school is al­so supported by the government, and is under the Supervision of the Catholic church.'

Indeed, I believe that at both these agencies an earnest effort is being made to promote .the cause of education, and to elevate the Indian.

Certainly it is a guarantee of better edu­cational advantages or at least a surety, of fewer promisesjand better faith on the part of the government towards the peo­ple, that a man so uhselfish, so patriotic, and so fearless in duty as Gen. Carlin, has been assigned to their guardianship."

Judge Barnes, of Dakota. The President reappointed Hon. A.

H. Barnes, ot this State, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota, and the Senate confirmed the nomination. The result will be doubly a source of gratifica­tion to Judge Barnes' many friends in Wisconsin, because it was achieved over an active opposition strengthened with all the influence of Senator Morton.— Milwaukee Sentittel.

A lady who assumes to know how boys ought to be trained, writes as follows: "Oh, mothers! hunt out the soft, tender, genial side of your boy's nature." Moth­ers often db'with an old shoe.

PEBSONAL. W. H. Btrmpaon has retained from an extended

trip east feeling and looking a nasftally well. P. W Lewis has retained from hie Visit to the old

Dominion and E. T. Winston is expected in a-few dm js. and it Is said Mrs. Winston will acconpany " "m. -

Mrs. W. B. Shaw has returned from her visit to flt Panl and Minneapolis and now presides as 6f old at the Shaw mansion.

Adam Stites has been stopping In the city some daja looking after the interests of Messrs, P-ecbody k Lyons. • • ./•

Among the military officers in the city last week we.'eCol. Scully, Ft. Bice, Lti Bnso, Standing Rock, and Lt. Bussell, Fort Lincoln. Cal. 8cully and Xt, Rnso attended the entertainment glren by theAma-teur theatricals at' ft Lincoln Saturday evening and speak in the highest terms of it. J. W. Watson has returned from his trip, to New

fork and Boston. He took a run down to his old home in Maine while absent. J. W. Raymond having closed oat.his interests at

Ft. BertholcT accompanied Major Darling to that point last week and, js now engaged in invoicing and Tanctferrlng the stock. ' 1 '

Major. Alden> the nejr Indian agent at' Ft BeHhold, was in the city last Week. -tfsjor Hnghes, Iddian agent at SUiiding Rock lias

returned to that agency with his family. j

Mkjoi1 Douglas, trader at St*ndTngR(icli,'I:as're­ceived license to trade with the Indiana at Uiat agency and has taken Mr. Smith, of Camp" t Sniftn, St. P«il, as a partner. . ...

jirs. Kate ChampUn left for her Ohio home yester­day. andIwill spend.the next year at college- with a Tlew to completing her education.

Lieuts. Baldwin and Forbes, enroute for 'tbnguo River, arrived on Monday and left for their sta­tions to-day)-transportation having- been famished by the Quartermaster at Fort Lincoln.

Mri gisie Wtiite returnedfi'ora her visit to Wends at Cleveland and-Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday. -

Lieutenants 6ardon, Woodruff and Thompson, of the 5th Infantry, left for Tongue River yesterday in company, with Lieuts. Baldwin and Forbes.

Surgeon Gardner, TJ. S. A., has been assigned to duty ds post surgeon at Cam^ Hancock.

George Watson*a nephew of the .Watson(Bros., aceompanfetl J. W. on hli return from the' east and is now installed as clerkj in; their mercantile <!stab-lishment. . t I

Rithan Dun'keiberg'h aareturne'd from "a frig. to bis old New England homednd .has1 resumed."-busi­ness again at the old stand and from the present out­look he wilt find *11 active'dariand for •lumber'.tnis season.

Ihe members of the Ueno Court Martial we re las follows: Gen.' W. B.-Haien, 6th Infty.; Gen. Geo. Sykes, 2Uth Infty.; Gen- Geo.. P. Buetl,1 ith lnfty.; Col."P^L'ugehbeel, 1st lofty.; Col. L'. C. Hunt, 2})tU lnftyij'Gen, W ' P. Cailinj 17th.Inity.;. Col. Dto. Houston, 6th Infty.: Col. A. IS- Crofton, Tib Infty.; GoY. C G. Bartlett,- 11th- Infty*.; witl/; Col." T. F. Barrv Judge Advocftte, Hon. C. Ks Djvis-aliJ ptoji*

•fiird 'Newell were attorneys for the defense..

ir Bismarck JIcrehan((l< : -

While all of oar, merchants are stock­ing up for the spring and summer ,trade-it is our purpose this week to speak of Watson's establishment, ifr. J. W. Watson has just returnea froin Boston and New York irhere be purchassd one Of Ihe li¥jgeST gtocUS: of :Dry "Goods r Clotbjngj Gents and Ladies Fiimishing-Goods, etc, ever brought tp this market. Their store building, 25x100 leet, with-two large warehouses in addition, is lit­erally packed arid'jammed with goo^s which they are npw opening out and-displaying- in fine style. They bought their, clothing, boots and :shoes, and hats of the manufacturers, principally' in Boston, saving to their cu8ton»er& two'or three profits, and their Drf Goods in New York, of one of the largest jobbing and importing houses in that city. They have all of the late styles of prints, a full lino of giQghams, alapacas, merinos, empress cloths, silks and cassimeres, and an immense stock of millinery goods, em­bracing lad.es' bats, flowers, ribbon?, etc. Ladies' ready made underclothing and suits, children's su its, men's com­plete outfits.^—from a miners rubber boot to a fancy neck tie will be found in their present stock. Their lines oi boots and shoes, hats and caps, and clothing are unusually full and they promise extremeily low prices. They also have a full line of groceries and provisions adapted to local demands or to the supply of miners or - others. Their invoices of new goods foot ap not less than thirty-five thousand dol­lars, and from th.s article and others which will follow it will.be seen thit Bismarck merchants are abundantly able to take care of any orders for goods ot any nature which may come to them Irom any quarter, but, they are speci­ally prepared for the military, mining and river trade.

The Tongne River Posts.

Goh Buell, of the 11th Infantry, will have charge of the construction of the new military post at the mouth of the Big Horn. They will be built of squar­ed logs and lined with paper building board—constructed something after the ide» which took practical form in the construction of the post at Standing Rock—-and will be much more comforta­ble and in our view look better, for the purpose for which they are intended, than those constructed after the plan adopted at Lincoln. The St. Paul pa­pers announce that 600 carpenters will leave that city for Bismarck as soon as the river opens, for work on the post at Tongue riven

Tongne River Mail Route. -A mail route. has been established

from Bismarck via posts on Tongue riv­er, and Forts Sarpy, Tullock and Ellis to Bozeman, Montana, and service will probably be ordered on it at an early day.

IIMPERFE