Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-09


Catholic fair bird cage to be voted to the
most popular old maid in tho city. Of
course no one eligible for candidacy
oonld be found.
The Bismarck Capital figures up the
growth of that ambitious metropolis the
past season al PIT new buildings, costing
1854, $40, and an augmentation OF popula-
tion to round 1000. This is certainly a
statement to be proud of. Confidence is felt
that next year will furnish a still more
Hsttering resume.
Monday morning freight train ran into
a landslide near the Little Missouri on the
Northern Pacific and smashed the engine
and five cars, two of which were loaded
with beer kegs and oysters, one with fine
Kentucky stock, several of whom we're
killed, also fifteen cattle. The track was
cleared the same night.
The Catholic far at Grand Forks this
week is proving a remarkable success.
On the single item of voting on the most
popular sewing girl, $35S.90 was Melted,
and Miss M gent was the fortunate one.
Newt. Porter the jolly fat man, brought
$3.50 into the treasury. The total re-
ceipts will run into the thousands.
About q. m. Thursday there was fire
in small hotel on Front street near the
river in Fargo. The.Minnesota house and
saloon or two adjoining were damaged
$4,000 or 30, mostly covered by insurance.
The principal losers were Clara Schmidt,
A. F. Prentice, Peter johnson, and Isaac
Ressman. The FIRE company got in prompt
work.
A party of miners who attempted to
make their way across the mountains from
Heron to the Occur d'Alene mines, alleged
to be 30 rich, returned nearly starved and
frozen. They were lost in the mountains
Blk days and had sorry time of 1t, the
SHOWS being very deep do not melt. The
SHOWS, SO that much can be done before
June.
The new work on the north Dakota uni
versity at Grand Forks has progressed
much faster than anticipated. The ma
sonry is all completed and the tower and
| roof only need few more days of good
weather to defy the elements. The con-
tract price of the building is $4,000.
Utility rather than display is eIinced in
its plan.
The Miles City Journal has the hopeful
anticipation that the Wells, Fargo & Co.,
express, which has established nt1ices from
the west as far east as HeleD, will run
| through to st. Paul, in oppoe...44 to the
N. P. express, as it alleges that the charges
upon the latter are excessive, being four
times the rates from Chicago to st. Paul,
per mile.
few days ago lad at Fergus Falls,
Charlie Bartleson, while trying to extract
| cartridge from a Winchester rifle, acci-
dentally pulled che trigger and the pisee
discharged, the ball st.iking the floor and
bounding through feather bed took its
flight through the roof. The boy WAS not
hurt, bat he don't care to fool In that way
any more.
The Medford Messenger reports genu-
inc beaver dam on the river q few miles
north of that place. It is about sixty-fve
feet long and eight feet high, and as sub
stantial as human hands could make it.
Hundreds of large trees have been gnawed
off close to the ground and used. Near
by In pond they have mud house for
their winter quarters.
Two stylish young clerks in the Offices
o3 the Northern Pacific railroad at Bis
marck have grown so jealous Of each other
in their rival social attractions that they
lately aired their snimosities in handbIlls
and came to blows. Each thinks the other
dude and in his way with the calico
range. 4 couple of lawsuits are among
the results. Their names are Conner and
Hills.
Huron is the liveliest and most promis.
ing of young cities in the northern part of
southern Dakota, and some of the other
towns are jealous of its prosperity-they
insinuate that the discovery of gold dig
gins is simply streak of advertising enter
prise. Il is not every town that has
enough enterprise for that, were it thu
fact, Huron Is one of the towns that Will
be heard from in the future.
The Catholic fair held at Grafton the
past week, Melted the handsome sum of
81, Joe. so, of this $500 10 by voting a dress
fur coat to T. e. Chase as the most popu-
lar business man, and $315.O5 from the
fancy tables. No other denomination
seems to get the knack of making these
social entertainments net such handsome
dividends. They would do we'll to study
the modus operandi and catch on.
A nervy woman on Lincoln avenue, in
Fergus Falls, when she found burglar in
the house one night during the absence of
her husband, did not scream or faint but
took her pistol and gave the fellow the OPP
ton of lead mine or race. He accept
ed the latter, and took away reminis-
cencs or two on the head from the butt of
the weapon. The report that an improper
visitation to servant girl was being had
by disguised husband, is not credited.
There was spirited contest Wednesday
night at the Catholic fair at Grand Forks
over the vote of a gold watch to the most
popular hoiel waitress, and Mary Maggie
had ALTO votes to $50 for Nsttie Hesssl.
Mary serves at the Northwestern, and all
the bachelor boerders at that hosteIry now
want her to think they stuffed the ballot
box. Some of them think they can't eat
unless the smiling face of the calico Gar
rymede is lowering about. Mrs. Peterson
was voted the most attractive housekeeper
to the extent of a china set. Alex. Scott
and Frank Enfield were rewarded with a
robe de mutt and gold ring in considera-
tion of their beauty.
One of the most pitiful consummations
nf eyrinO wevwar1 life WAS that at Bis-