Daily globe., 1883-08-26
OUR NORTHWESTERN NEIGHBORS.
News Gleanings and Points Specially
Collected aud Forwarded by Tele-
graph to the Daily Globe.
[ Fargo Special Telegram, August 25, to the st.
Paul Globe.
Forno Social Ifenls .

gress from Cleveland, o., is spending some
days in Fargo. He is friend of Mai.
Edwards and Maj. Fleming. He expresses
himself delighted with Dakota and in favor
of admission.
The teachers who will hold down the
minds of the juvenile portion of Fargo's
population during the coming year, have
been practicing during the week on each
other, with the superintendent, Prof
Cowen, as moderator.
Application has been made for charter
for division of the Grand Army republic
to be located in Fargo. There is large
number of ex-soldiers from both armies in
north Dakota, and the organization would
doubtless be well patronized and its mem
bership wax strong numerically.
General Manager Barnes, of the North
ecn Pacific Elevator company, purchased
to-day two car loads of wheat at WaIla
Walla, Washington territory, to be deIiv-
cred Immediately at Minneapolis and Du-
luth. This Will be the first wheat shipped
over the full length of the line OF the
Northern Pacific railroad.
The mail between Fargo and st. Paul
seems to be out of whack. In some way
communications mailed in the evening in
Fargo very often fail to reach St, Paul the
following evening and many people,
among them the GLOBE are anxious to
know why. If it is the result of careIessness
or mismanagement the public would be
pleased to see a little more executive
ability displayed.
very pleasant party Of young people
in response to invitations from Miss
Jessie, met at the residence Of General
and Mrs. Wilson on Eighth street Monday
evening. The party was given in honor
of Miss Mary Hart who has been visiting
Miss Wilson for some days. very
pleasant evening was enjoyed, but all
seemed to regret the fact that Miss Hart's
visit was so nearly over.
Miss Julia E. Glenn, who has for the
past year been the presiding genius of the
infant class room in the public schools of
this city, and who was elected this year
as assistant in the grammar school has
resigned her position and accepted one in
Niles, Michigan. 1t is said that her reason
for so doing was the unWarrantable and
uncalled for interference of the board of
education with her private affairs in pass
ing resolutions which referred only to her,
and which were excessively silly.
very enjoyable party of young people
was given at the residence of District At
torney Ball, on Wednesday evening by
his son Master William Ball, who acted
the part of host in very creditable man
her, and those present expressed them
selves as highly gratified and pleased with
the evenings enjoyment. Among those
ant ho al
Wilson, Johnston, Newman, Mcknight.
Morton, Page, Thomas, Mosley land Messrs.
Sweat, Mabey, Prig, White, Green, Brock
ett, Mcknight, Mosley, Clement, Shurlock.
Twomey, Ball and others.
On Tuesday evening a very pleasant re-
| ception was given at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs G. I. Clement. 1t was the Sec
ond of the series of receptions which has
been established by the Baptist church for
the purpose of having the older members
of the church get acquainted with and feel
an interest in the younger members of the
| congregation. The evening was spent in
conversation, interspersed with panto-
mines, tableaux, music, etc. Many of
the most prominent society people in the
city were present and enjoyed
themselves thoroughly. Among the guess
were Mrs. Clement, of Lafayette, Indianat
Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Ayers, Mrs. Comstock,
Mrs. Burd1ck, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Shotwell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Loomis, Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Shotwell, Miss Cadmas, of Plainfeld, New
Jersey, and Miss May North, of st. Paul;
Miss May and Miss Mary Hime, Miss En-
ma and Miss Lula Johnson, Miss Militia
Platt, Miss Ada Martin, Miss Minnie jew
cit and the Misses Mary, Bella and Aggie
Crum, Messrs. T. II. Clark, Brace, Thomp-
son, Frank Campbell, Foote, Charles VIII
son, Walter Clement, Walter Denver, Mas
ter Bert Clement and others.
On Thursday evening went on picnic
excursion to Detroit Lake. The affair was
gotten up by the Sunday schools. A spe-
clal train was chartered, tickets sold az a
low rate and given to the children, and
over eight hundred people mounted the
train for the days sport. The train left
the depot at eight o'clock and arrived at
Detroit about ten; thence every one went
to the lake, a half mile distant, where the
crowd separated intoss cliqu. and
parties for the various lines
of sport which each desired
to pursue. Some went fishing and boat
ing, others gathered in pleasant places and
entertained each other, and still others
wandered off into the woods by twos,
probably 10 interchange condolences and
exchange VOWS, which will live until they
see some one else. The children waded
into the waters of the beach, climbed the
trees, and followed the general children's
plan at picnics, and some aim
less wandering ones went from
crowd to crowd, from clique to clique. say
ing word here, listening there, borrow
ing at the other place, feeling happy at
general sense Of enjoyment that seemed to
prevail. At O'clock the train started for
home where it arrived abont 8, without
the slightest casualty of any kind. Some
stayed over at Detroit until Friday morn
ing to catch fish, but did not get very
large number. The excursion was grand
success from every standpoint, and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-The elction to fill the
vacancy in the commons for East Essex
to-day resulted in the return without op-
position of Strait, the conservative c9ndi-