Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-29
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Dakota and zfontanc Notes.

E. A. FrohEe was called to S.. Paul
Thursday By the fatal illness Of his
brother, Il. W. Frohne.
4 chorsl society has been organized in
Fargo the past week, with about sixty
members, which will give musical enter
tainments during the winter.
mining com pany at Grand Rapids is
perfscting its organization and will soon
commence delving in the ledge they own,
and put their stock on the market.
The Griswold syndicate have put three
gangs OF men at work tunnellipg and
blasting in their gold regions near Lis
bon. There are also other parties prose
cutting operations there.
The surveying party OF the James River
railroad have continued their labors IN
spite of the cold, and completed the sur
vey to Jamestown and pasaed Grand Rap
ids On their return last week.
a Miles City man wants $4,000 for the
seduction of his wife. Those figures are
regarded as rather expensive out thsrs
but she was high toned article, and could
lasao the widest steer as well es a cowboy.
The rate of passenger fare from Fargo
to Aoorhead on the Northern Pacific rail
DAD ia nov fifty cent?, and each enc pay
lag si'at amount is given rebate in the sam
Of tver' five cents by an order on the
station SCENT.
Miss Carrie Ford came oat to Fergus
Falls frsn Bradford, Pa, and was 80
pleased with the country and people es-
peeially DE-. j. E. Metoslf, that she con-
esn!ed to remsin and assume his name as
his Christmas gift.
There was good deal Of excitemenb
among Irish-Amerioans in Fargo over an
article in the Evening Call, of Thursday,
iustifying the hanging of O'Donnell. They
think the editor looks through British
spectacles az he was at one time a citizen
of England.
J. E. Smith, q bonanza farmer On the
Northern Pacific. hear Whshtlend, has late
~ added two farms to his possessions, at
d cost of nearly $50 an acre, which shows
that prices for improved farms il the
Red river valley ara pretty stiff if times
are little dull.
All the local officers Of the Fargo South
st. Paul night or two since, it Is pre-
sumed in the interest of that inchoate line
IN the first instance and the advantage OF
tbs hostsiries of the great emporium. The
only puzzle in the matter was as To why
the sheriff was taken along.
The musicals undsr the auspices of Prof
E. A. Smith at the Nj. e. church, was IN
fortunate in having q cold, clustering
night, but the enjoyment derived by the
cultured in listening to the richest and
most artistic melody was only intensifsd
by the effort and diseomforts involved in
facing the riotous elements.
Sunday night the building occupied by
Michael Wright as boarding house at
Mandan was burned. The remoteness of
tbs place from the hydranis made them of
no use, sas the houHe was totally des-
sroyed. The larger Dart Of the furniture
was saved. There vas $500 insurance in
tbs Springfield Insurance company of
Hartford. CT.
Il ia said prairie fires are driving the
buffalo herds on the Sioux reservation
toward the settlements. 80 far as report
ed, the Northern herd has not yet crossed
the Missouri. Whether these noble ami
mails are seeking new and remote ranges
or are being exterminated by wanton
spsrtansn is not exactly determined, but
the latssr is probably the case. The buff
falo and Ia2ian seem to have the Same
fste-thsy fade away with the advance of
civilization.
One of tAs Montana papers reports that
couple Of oily tongued swindIers are
making tour Of that section, purporting
to represent the ''New York Roofing com
pany." They have paint of marvellous
preservativo qualities, and an agent is ap
pointed who gives written obligation to
receive ten gallons gratis and apply it to
his building as an advertisement. In
few days an attorney comes along and
wants $3.50 for bill of that amount ship
ped to him from Chicago. There should
be no difficulty in disposing of such
tricks.
Isaac Richardson, who las. year settled
colony at Gladstone, ffty-fve miles west
of Mandan, will open an Office at Clevs-
land, Ohio, in aid of the Northern Pacific
colonization bureau. It is said there is
little good land between Mandan and the
Bad Lands that is not taken, that is upon
the immediate line of the railroad, but it
is claimed that within easy distance there
is country desirable for settlements, and
organized efforts will be made to send out
colonies for that section. A remarkable
migration will be looked for in all this
country when the SHOWS dissolve.
Mr.. Rockwell. who was formerly or the
Minneapolis Cal, and just withdrew from
the staff OF the Fargo evening CalE, it is
said will ,zves5 portion of his wealth in
. daily Democratic paper in Fargo in con-
nsssion VIA Capt Egbert, who has ss-
eursd thu material of defunct sheet. IN
sgort Will also be made to enlist Col.
Aorssn in the enterprise, which is not ex-
ress~s to be fully developed before spring.
If Col NJ. goes in he will have charge Of
a religious dep artment. Mr.. Rockwell is
alleged TO have $4,000 to invest and tho
Capt. pledges $4,000 from himself and
others. The publishers of the call state
that it will also continue. It is rumored
thet the paper viii make its appearance
in time to AID Capt. Egbert IL securing
the may oralty, to which he aspires.
Raymond Held.