Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-21

aoeln, NsW Jersey. Ihey will be warmly
welcomed at their Montana home.
The boiler of the electric light factory
in Fargo burst on the 18th, andIit Will re-
quire four or five days for repairs, leaving
the city, for the time, with no brighter
illumination than moonshine and kero.
sene.
The placer diggings discovered on Fish
creek in Montana, are reported to be rich
er in the precious ore than the Occur d.
Alene finds about which 80 much is said.
Fish creek is about twenty miles from
Butte.
The Bismarck Tr;buze says: The only
buffalo herd of any considerable size is
now wintering in the Bad Land country
of the Little Missouri, about $50 miles
west of Fort Yates. The buffalo's day is
nearly done.
Henderson, the bogus inspector of pos
tai matters, was arraigned at Livingston,
plead not guilty and asked for change of
venue. When this was denied he insulted
the court, and was fined $50, and in de-
fault sent 10 jail.
The social organization called the Rev
elers, gave ball In Helena in honor of the
charming Miss Mamie Wheeler. who left
Saturday for the east to attend college for
the winter. She is much esteemed in So
ciety circles at Helena.
Some of the ladies at Dawson are hav-
ing quite controversy over the fate of
the cold victuals left from charitable sup
pers. The majority favor sending them
to the editor of the local paper, while a
few insist that the preacher needs them
the most.
The steam heating apparatus in tbs
new school house at Fargo still fails to
suggest even a temperate climate in the
nurseries Of the coming men and women
of Dakota The high school department
has been forced to leave ths building
fr0ze out.
On response tc a general call of the cit
liens of Valley City the Thespian club
gave repetition of the play of San Amer
lean King" Wednesday night, and fine
house and frequent applause attested
the appreciation of the efforts of the tai
ented amateurs.
the real estate men Of Fargo, has lately
sold the dairy farm of Capt. Northrop, at
Kirby, for over $4,000. There have been a
number of very large sales of improved
land recently, showing healthy demand
for good Investments.
The fine Touring mills of A. Christiani
on the Turtle river, near Marvel, were
burned Sunday. The loss was caused by a
fire kindled to keep the boiler from
freezing. There was about 1,2Oe bushels
of grain in it. The loss is over SIS, 900,
with only about $4,000 insurance.
Quite number of parties, who do bust
ness in Fargo, reside 10 Moorhead, and
have been in the habit of riding over on
the N. 2. trains without paying anything
The road has now to their dismay shut
down on free riding across the river, and
charges 25 cents for the round trip.
The failure of the firm of W. S. Wetzel
q Co., at Benton, Montana, was chiefly
due to connection with the Tiliinghast
firm, that lately failed. The assets are
estimated at $4,000, all but $500 to
parties out of the territory, and the liza
bilities between 100000 and $4,000.
Major Wyman, of the Yellowstone diyi-
sion of the Northern Pacific, reports the
number CT cars of cattle received during
the season of 1888 at 943. Putting these
at twenty four head to the car, and the
number shipped into the territory is r.
632, mostly young cattle. The shipments
from Montana to eastern markets we're
1857 cars, about 1000 head.
One evening the past week about dusk,
three men entered the store of Eddy. Ham
mond d Co., at Steveneville. Montana,
AID compelled the clerk, George Sallsch,
to open the safe, which they robbed of
$3.50. They then mounted their horses
and rode away. A portion of the money
belonged to an Indian, ana it i5 said that
Indians have been sent on TIE trail.
Gen. Howard, the Q. 8. Indian inspector,
hes recently visited the Piegan reserve in
northwestern Montana, and it is under
stood that he will recommend the opening
of large tract for settlement, containing
about 100000 acres, most of it valuable
in minerals, or good agricultural land.
The Pieggns are not quite satisfied with
the terms, but will be forced to accspt
them.
W. D. Boyce, the talented and wide
awake st. Paul man who lstely bought
out the Lisbon Clipper, the largest weekly
in north Dakota, has just issued pam
phlet of eighty pages, giving al attain
able information in regard to the gold
finds in that section, and full description
of Lisbon and its business and resources,
and the information generally needed by
those looking for homes in that section.
The suspension of the house of P. Y. u.
Raymond is universally regretted IN Fargo,
as the head of the firm is oae of the
pioneers. and most substantial and pspu-
lar citizens. There is special sympathy
for him from the fact that the suspension
was caused by no fault of bis. or lack of
business or good management ON the part of
the house. The collapse of partner in Iowa
coming upon the house without warning,
left Mr.. Raymond no recourse but TO turn
the matter over to the creditors. 1t was
the leading wholesale house In the city.
The Bismarck Tribune relates that some
lads in that vicinity lately discovered that
Northern Pacific bridge over q creek was
In condition to certainly go down with
the first train, and they crawled over the
thin ice md saved a heavy freight train
from destruction and many thousand dol
lars. The management of the road in