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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1875
Page
1
Fragmented OCR echoes a death meditation with phrases about land of the dead and reliefs from sorrow. It references exile and a hoped return to a joyous land, naming no clear individuals or places. The lines suggest a spiritual or literary lament rather than a current event.
The Perham News editor N H Kosppet criticizes Washington on Bis marck townsite. Kneppen is young and impulsive. Opposition papers say the President spoke nothing on whisky in his message to Congress. The Rocky Mountain Husbandman from Dismond City Montana launches as a four column quarto with Granger and agricultural focus.
The text reproduces a garbled mixture of lines about oaths for eight appointees, a Confederate veteran seeking West Point appointment from President Tyler, and fashion notes including Philadelphia belles, a bride gift broom, and a cynical remark on modern piety. The passage blends quotations, names, and period references in a newspaper-card style snippet.
Nationwide panic over Sitting Bull and Dakota campaigns dominates reports from Chicago to Boston. Gen. Sherman touts New England virtues at dinner and urges western movement as War Department mobilizes Hazen and Custe for rapid action. Gas main explosion in Boston kills and injures, while church appointments in St Paul unleash fundraising. Local business failures and a suicide round out a volatile December.
Reports from Havana and San Francisco recounts of Boss Tweed arrival on the schooner Serial and whispers of a new treaty easing commerce between Cuba and the United States. The Lower California revolution tightens grip as San Rafael falls and government forces seek surrender while troops march from Lowell and Grant camps. An earthquake rattles South Washington and much of Virginia, echoing tremors across the era’s capitals.
From Standing Rock arrives a briefing on government building work slowing to spring, praise for Col Poland Capt Badger and staff, and notes on the three companies of the 6th and 17th Infantry. Indian Agent Burke supports 7000 tribal residents near the agency with cattle for winter.
Provincial dispatches report Patrick Gillespie killed a baby by striking at his wife on Christmas night and a coroner's jury holds the liquor seller responsible. Fire at Winnipeg destroys an engine house and contents, with $25,000 loss. Other notes include a church matter in Plymouth, a Black Hills railroad vote in Nebraska, a new ore reduction process, Pillsbury banquet plans, a 30,000 dollar race postponed, and military promotions for Second Lieutenants with names of officers.
President Grant forwards Army promotions to the Senate for officers across subsistence, infantry, cavalry, and the ordnance dept. Names include Charles B. White surgeon and colonels TS Laidley Silas Crispin Cuvier Grover, with many lieutenants and captains in the District of Columbia and at large. Final list includes officers James T. Peale and others becoming captains or lieutenants.
A vivid local sketch from Camp Hancock in Bismarck details Company H 17th Infantry. Capt H. S. Howe leads a well cared for unit with a comfortable quartering and thorough soldierly instruction. The writer and guests describe lavish Christmas dining, fine silver, and a banquet atmosphere, noting generous provisions and morale.
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