Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-10
OUR NORTHWESTERN NEIGHBORS.
News Gleanings and Points Specially
Collected and Forwarded by Tele-
graph to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms, Nov. 9, to the st.
Paul Globe.
Dakota ona Mo,.tana Items.


According to a table published by the
Chicago, Milwaukee i st Paul railroad in
the part of Dakota that road reaches, the
yield of wheat this year averages twenty
one bushels to the acre. The average was
moro than doubled the past year.
The ladies of toe Aid society of Grand
Forks, gave a literary entertainment at
the church Friday, with an oyster supper
at the parsonage. The ladies always make
q success OF their efforts il this line.
The first annual Inspection of the Gre
department al Grand Forks took place on
tbs 7th. The display was quite imposing
The citizens are proud of the organization,
which includes many leading citizens.
At the Catholic fair at Moorhead, which
closed Thursday night, there vas a lively
contest in voting prizss TO young ladies'.
Miss BaQgh won with 70I votes, to Cos for
Miss Ready, and 400 or Miss Nemby.
At the election Tuesday at Grand Forks
there were 665 votes cast and quite con-
test over local candidates. There vas no
politics involved. At Esst Grand Forks
the Democrats had forty-nine majority.
Wednesday two men working on ar ele-
vator at Lee, on the Moorehead Northern
railroad, fell some thirty-two feet from the
upper part of the building and were Sc
riously, one of them probably fatally,
hurt. They we're brought to their home
in Fargo.
If this country was not quite so new it
might be claimed that the death of very
aged parties shows that the climate is
favorable to longevity. Mrs. LillIs died
at Grand Forks, aged 80, and Mrs. Higden
at East Grand Forks at the age of SO, the
past week.
AT the close of the Wednesday evening
meeting at the Baptist church in Fargo,
Peter Bowman, of st. Louis, and Julia
johnson, of Fargo, were joined in matri
mony. The preacher was q yong bachel-
or, but too timid tor the wonted oscula-
tory salute.
James Smith, the proprietor of the
Fifth avenue market and one of the most
estimable citizens OF Valley City, died
quite suddenly on the 9Th He was ma
tive of Scotland, and had all the virtues of
Scotchmaps aged "a, and his loss is
greatly deplofed.
Fergus Falls has Id a Presbyterian
Sunday school for eIe. IN years, with an
average membership of 100, and in that
time only two OF the scholars have died,
which does not show that the good die
young. In the same time but enc mem
Der of the church mas died,
The energetic young men of the Living
sion, Mont, Tribune, again are out with
their paper, although their building and
Office we're destroyed by the storm Their
building was not entirely completed and
specially exposed to the blasts, which &C
counts for thei misfortune.
Many farmers in North Dakota live on
their farms IN summer and move into the
towns in winter to take advantage OF the
schools. This is specially the case at
Fargo and jamestown, where the schools
are noted for their superior character.
Few of the older towns in the states have
more efficient public schools.
There is lively contest in Fargo over
the proposition in the council to give the
Fargo Southern the right of way over one
of the leading streets of the city. Those
who have residences on il are kicking, but
1t Is tbs general feeling that this home road
ought to have rs good a chance as either
the city.
The people of the new county OF Mclean,
which was cut oil Of the north end of Bur
leigh, had q grand banquet over the com
pletlon OF the organization and appoint
ment Of officers. Waen the champagne
was reached the enthusiasm became IN
bounded, and the flow Of eloquence kept
pace with the bottled inspiration. Gov.
OrdTay came in for any amount of tafy
jamestown has sent out party com.
posed of John Gray, captain; Alex. Cum
mirEs, Geo. Gray, L. c. Van Week, A
j. Christy, D. Mex. Lloyd, John F
Nennum, Ben Russell, L. NJ. Bush and
Frank Hardison for baffaIo hunt of two
weeks or more in the western part of the
territory. They took ponies and commits
sary stores and will make Dickinson theiI
headquarters. The buffalo it is said, have
already shifted the breeze and are fleeing
IN terror.
Reports from northwest Dakota state
that the buffalo hunters are giving up their
usual fall and winter hunts on account OF
the scarcity of game. It appears that
the indians have become jealous of the
white men on account OF their success in
killing the animals and burned over the
range to cause the animals to feed nea,
their reservation, and the hunters have re
tali0ted by burning over the Indian hunt
H.; grounds causing the buffalo to seeb
other ranges to the west, probably in the
Yellowstone regions.
The securing of the county seat is on.
of the great eras in the early history of tn,
new towns. Ipswich IN Edmunds county
in the central region,is now on the top of
little tidal wave in consequence of haviu,
just secured this priza. The people tSrre,
out with teams and hauled the court hous
and eli its contents from Edmunds f
Ipswich, and worked up good deal o
enthusiasm over the matter. The reilroa
Is within ten ciles of the town and in
week or tive tae cars VIII run into III
town, and every body will be happy and o
the wsy 70 become rich.
Rev. He. Simmons, the superintendent
Of missions, has been 10 Valley City, an
investigated the case of the abscondip
clergyman, Rev. Frey, and fuds the re
port published N the GLOBE fully sustain
ed. De was one of the wolhsh fellow
read about, who wear the habiliments c
sheep. He was 4 doubly distilled rascal t