Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-28
MONTANA
OUR NORTHWESTERN NEIGHBO2S.
News Gieanings and Points Specially
Collected ana Forwarded by Tele-
graph to the; DailysGIobe.
Fargo Special kilograms, Dec. ~. to the st
Paul Giohs.i
Dakota end agontaao Notes.


Crookston Melted over 800.
Judge Reynolds of Crookston has gone
to his old home at Erie, Pa. to spend a
tiine.
Quite delegation will go from Grand
Forks to Fischer to participate in the
grand ball On New Years eve.
The day following Christmas was the
coolest of the season in the Red river val
ley, the thermometer going % below at
noon.
The daneing and skating carnival at She
Athuneem in Bismarck on Tuesday night
was attended By some 200 couple, and
lively time had.
Thos. Il. Bates, yardmaster OF the Man
itoba ct Grsnd Forks, was married the
past week TO Miss Nsttie H. Batos, one of
the jewels OF young wonanhood.
w. Leonard, a farmer of Austad, while
advancing to greet brother he had not
seen for long time, fail and broke HIS
arm. The reader can draw his own moral.
''OId- Man-Afraid- Of Nothing" is the
name of recently civilized Indian in
Montana; but as he has married white
woman he thinks he is entitled to a new
name.
Judge Cox of Grand Forks went over to
Crookstoa to speak at the Catholic fair
last WEEK. The judge is Canadian, and
hi i,ca shssry is that John the Baptist was
a FRI ash Canadian.
The shipments of copper matte and ore
from the district of Butte will approx
mats 70,0O0,e00 pounds. There is no
camp IN the world that can make an equal
showing, it is claimed.
The proprietors and editors of the Farso
Republican, have had to set their owa fype
the past few days, the printers being on
strike because they were required to set
solid in place of loaded matter.
F. M. Bell, conductor, and Geo. McCor-
| mack, some time since laid off for running
a..trGin into Harrington ahead of time have
hesn restored much to the satisfaction of
their friends. 1t was shown not to be
|! their fault.
The Helena Herald states that a great
nember OF, persons are preparing to jump
mining claims in that vicinity, where the
parties have failed to do the required
amount OF work during the year. Some
OF these, it thinks, are very valuable.
Among the ISL parties who appeared in
the land office at Grand Forks the past
week in reference to claims, only seven
were there to make final proof, with rssi-
dence of five years. This shows that few
claims were taken in that section five years
ago.
Thos. Walsh, register Of deeds at Grand
Forks, was remembered by an apprecia-
tive community in the way of an elegant
gold headed cane, suitably inscribed. He
astonishad the people by the punny state
ment that as long as Cain was Abe! it
should be his staff in life.
The trinity of the Evening CaU at Fargo
has been reduced to duality, the Mime
apolis partner, Rockwell, having already
acquired sufficient competency to retire
upon. The paper is now under the ex-
elusive control Of this cosmopolitan
Crabbe and A. s. Capehart business man
ager.
The impression that work on the capito
at Biamarck had bsen suspended for the
winter is not correct. A small force re-
| sumed work Monday, and when the weather
| msderasss tae number will be increased.
The roof will shortly be On, when the in
terror will be completed regardless of tAe
weather.
The Jim River Pilot, referring mainly to
South Dakota, no doubt, says: petitions
are now being circulated in every town
and hamIst in Dakota, asking the presi-
dent for his, Ordwsy'z removal. 1t is the
duty Of every law abiding citizen of our
territory to put himself upon record by
signing one Of these petitions.
Some of she Dakota papers that hate
Gov. Ordway are drawing encouragement
from ths confirmation Of Mccoy as regis
ter of the Land Office at Aberdeen. They
think he went to Washington to fight No
Coy, and failed in shat, which they hope
means that he cannot bs reappoiased.
They say be has boosted of his influence
with the administration, and any evidence
that he is ,inistaken will be ravenously
graspsd. Tho recent confirmation OF
postmastsrs at Yanktea, Plankinton,
Chamberlain and Pierre, is also regarded
as an azure eye for Ordvay.
On Christmas, Sheriff and Capital Com
missioner Alex. Mckenzie took Editor Col.
LounsbeTry, of she Bismarck Tribune, by
| the collar and marched him into iewelfy
STORE and da1zled his vision WITH an elo-
CANT $3.50 COLA watch and chain. The
colonel has done hard and effective work
for that community, and if it were not
setting dangerous precedent, one liable
to De epidemic and unduly elevate news
paper men, the act might be applauded
Mckenzie can well afford acts of generous
liserality toward thsss who have given bis
interests such obeRe development.
". II. standish, farmer near Bsrsiets,
10 making special effort to seoare the al
tsnsien of congress to the need Of q new
1slisy in regard to the pine lands Of north
Minnesota. bis statement is that two
thirds of these lands are in the hands of
q wealthy syndicate, which will gather in
all the rest if tAe lands continue 60 be sold
- they have been. It ia monopoly vita
S1o0, 100000 Of capital. and by it's opera
ten this northern country has to pay four
or ave times the real value of lunber. Mr..
Nandish has prepared bill providing
shat these lands shall not be sold at al,
but every enc who chooses can cut timber
at specified royalty to the government
He is securing the endorsement Of promi-
nsnt citizens, chambers Of commerce and
city councils for this bill, and will proba-
IL a.. II. s. a..