National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-01-23
Dakota Territory.

IOT uTNlSlOtl OF DakOtd tcTTlJOry ,
and a petition will be presented,
signed by u majority of the inhabl>
tants, in favor Of such division.
The movement is not new one,
the Dakota legislature having twice
memOrialized congress to tho same
end. 1t is the northern portion of
Dakota, lying between Red river
and Montana, which asks for sep
crate territorial government, This
section claims population of 1000
people ard peculiar advantages for
building up " prosperous State.
1t has 100 miles Of the Northern
Pacific road completed, which di-
vides it, running from east to west,
and 1900 miles Of navigablo livers
including Red, Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers Less than II per
cent. of the land is waste land for
agricultural purposes, and this is
said to be rich m mineral wealth.
The people of this section CON-
plain that under the present terri
torial government, they are left
almost without representation in
the legislature, and with inadequate
provisions tor courts. Their princi-
r'al town, Bismark, is 900 miles
away from the capital of the terri
rory,
When the Arapiles quit the Ord.
nance dock at the Navy Yard, she
went without pilot, the Spanish
commander being afraid to trust
any of our pilots. In her first effort
to get away she swung around a.
Eainst the monitor Dictator, ca1ry>
ing away the flag staff. Tho next
move was to run on a ledge Of rocks
between Gold and Bridge streets,
where she lay during a tide grind
ing on the rocks with y weight es>
timated at over two hundred tons.
1t required the united efforts of
eighteen tugs to get her clear. She
then proceeded to the battery, and
while waiting to take her powder on
board, which was shipped by light
ers from Ellis Island, she began
taking on water from the reef and
is now in such condition that it is
found necessary to put her oh the
dry dock to repair the damage.
The number of immigrants for
tho year up to December 20. waa
2O0,O11, against 292, 1888, for 1872.
Ireland and Germany have, as
usual, been the largest contributors,
and to the former must be credited
mp to the time specified 1908 per.
sons, and to the latter, including all
Misunderstanding coutries, 1885,
740. England has sent 80, 7l3, over
against 81 1870 last year. and France
has diminished her contributions
more than one. half.
The pork.packers tributary to
Chicago report 1,0G0.6GS head of
hogs slaughtered, thus far this sea
som, against GG5,305 at tho same
time, last year; and the prospect is
that the business will be larger. this
year, than ever before.
The State agency of tile Iowa
Changers has been a medium for
the sale of 100000 worth of mas
chincry during the past 8 months,
and has orders for $IS,0O0 worth
morc,- Oh which it is expected that
the purchasers will save ut least
$1,000
San Francisco was SE Chilly shock.
cd by IN infant earthquake yestcr.
day.
a great stallion race at Mystic
Park is proposed for next Septem-
Der, for q purse of $4,000 anti four
gold medals
Nine marshaEs of France lave
been sentenced to death, and only
one of Observation-Disclosures had the
sentence committed.
A new era in journalism is in
prospect ut New Orleans. Seven
duels are now Or the tapis between
the leading cditorn,E writer's Of that
town, after which the Survivors will
have several old scores to settle.
The Rev. Charles L. Thompson of
Chicago declined a call to Louisville,
with salary of $4,000, acknowledge.
ing that the offer was q generous
one, and that the feeling which in>
spiretl it was very grateful to him
but adding: ''None Of these things
move men' Promptly came back
the telegraplric response: awe
have voted $500 to meve you and
your furniture ~
OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. IG. The
old barracks Oh the Parliament
grounds here, occupied by the Paci.
tic Railway Company as Offices,
were burned this evening. ALI the
plans and field notes connected
with the Pacific surveys were burn
ed. Loss exceeds, a million dollars.
Both, Houses Of Congress- have
passed bill repeating the
salary graH law, and restoring sal.
aries as they stood before, except |
that OF the president and justices |
Of the supreme court, which by the
constitution cannot I've changed dur. |
ing their term of office. The SEM