Sunday morning some scoundrel entered the rear windows of Hank Wood's old establishment on the corner of 4th and Meigs streets, and, after building a fire on the bed stole a buffalo robe from the room and left. Mrs. Woods had the occasion to visit the room and was in time to extinguish the rapidly spreading flames, which, had they gained a few moments more headway, would have destroyed the best block in the city. And still there is no adequate fire protection.

Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 3/28/1877