St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-30
Dakota Notes,


as 'bock beer'' day.
Planknton is to have o new Democratic
paper by E. J. Dean. That sort of politics is
looking up in Dakota.
There is large migration to Cham berlain,
on the Missouri river, 26 families reaching
there in one day the past week.
The body ofLehris Hogan was lately found
on the prairie near st. Vincent in Pember-
ton county. H. was lost in December.
The Second U. s. cavalry, for ten years
located in Dakota, have been ordered to the
Pacific coast, and will be succeeded by the
First cavalry.
OCol. Jolley, the popular delegate from
South Dakota to Chicago, was given quite an
ovation by his townsmen at Vermillion on
the tenth anniversary of his marriage last
week, The band played aud there was a
grand procession. ae.... ...
ED. Stair has sold his Cooperstown Cour-
Ter and delivers very pathetic valedictory in
the last issue He has acquired little for
tune there in the newspaper and various
lucky speculations, and proposes to come to
Fargo to enjoy his possessions and look for a
wife.
A party of Chicago gentlemen, consisting
of Messrs. James Brown, c. W. Cooper. NJ
Il. johnson and Charles Mcdonald, and
said to represent some million dollars, are
spending several weeks roaming the coun-
try west Of the Missouri, with guns and dogs
in search of game and sport.
It may be inferred from this that some
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the young editor of the White Lake Dispatch
as prize or blank in the matrimonial lot
terry: ''Woonsocket is in trouble. The
young ladies of that fast young town have
acquired the habit of gambling"
Among the Improvements for farmers,
Major Fleming, the member of the Dakota
grain inspecting troupe, has a seeder in
operation that has put in $40 acres Of wheat
in eighteen and half hours with four mules
and two men. Where tens Of thousands of
acres are put in O. farm such machine
is exceedingly valuable.
Mandan is trying to devise some scheme
to induce a portion of the Missouri river to
run past it in order to get share Of its traf-
lc. One of the suggestions to secure this
valuable trade is canal and another is a
railroadt to Boley's Landing. No doubt great
advantage will accrue to the place from either
eXpedent. Some are also urging q narrow
gauge railroad to the Black Hills.
Arbor day was fttingly observed at the
university at Vermillion. The local paper
SAYS ''The students assembled on the cam
pus at 2 O'Clock, and planted three trees,
representing the three classes in the univer-
sity. The first class planted an oak, the
second class, walnut and the third class a
maple. These are all standard trees in Da-
kota. The literary exercises were very inter
esting and appropriate"
Among the minor prod uctions Of Dakota
soil an old settler mentions these. On two
acres of ground he raised $50 bushels of po-
tatoes, 500 bushels of rutabagas, three BUSH
els shelled beans, five bushels onions, three
bushels beets, fifty bushels corn, five bushels
tomatoes, one bushel carrots and parsnips,
two wagon loads of melons, sixteen
squashes, 500 head cabbages. The market
value of the above amount of produce is
S511.75.
The Orisha Benefit makes this suggestion
which may be of general application in Da-
kota: "As soon as seeding is done, a
couple of our farmers ought to choose sides
and spend one day discriminating the
gophers. The side that kills the least num-
Der to pay for supper for both sides. This
will not only furnish an abundance of sport,
but will save hun dreds of bushels of wheat,
for every gopher eats and destroys bushel
and half Of wheat, at least. Take up this
matter, farmers; 1t will pay you.
Britton, the new town in Day county laid
out on the line of the Dakota d Great South
ern railway is staked out and already has a
newspaper, which is rapturous over the as
surance Of the immediate construction Of
the road. 1t figures that the road will re-
duce the cost OF getting wheat to market ten
cents bushel, and if 100000 bushels are
raised at that point the pockets will all be fat
There is no doubt that it will make a good
point Of Britton and fifty other town sites on
the lines.
This report by the Star of Ransom county,
will apply in substance to most others in
this section: ''The seeding in Ransom coun-
ty will be pretty generally completed this
week, and the acreage throughout the county
is estimated at abont one-fourth greater than
last year. Owing to the early spring, the
farmers were enabled to do their seeding some
two or three weeks earlier than last season.
The prospects are now very favorable for a
large crop this year, and everybody is con-
tented and happy.
This is one of the methods reported by the
White Lake Dispatch to deter parties from
crowd of sixteen fellows at Robey went to
the house of J. F. Burch and warned him
not to take charge Of another contest case,
also went to D. c. Mitchelrs and ordered
him to withdrew contest. Tuesday Burch
went to Plankinton and swore out 9
warrant, and yesterday Deputy Sheriff La
Toilette went down and brought five OF
them to town to take the evening freight to
Plankinton, where they have their trial"
Strange specimens are occasionally found
in digging wells in some parts OF Dakota.
Here is the latest from the Waterbury Nears
''Mr. Whalan found two strange specimens
while digging in Maj Rices well. One was
undoubtedly part of the back bone of some
large animal. 1t is about two and one-hal1
inches in diameter and Is in good state Of
preservation. The other specimen esemblei
glass and was probably part of some house
hold utensl. These were found at depth O
twenty-five feet, Who knows but what these
prairies were inhabited two thousand years
agor'
| Attack on Land Commissioner Lanaborn.
There is very general dissatisfaction Will
| the land commissioner of the Northern Pacific
The Billings Herald attacks him for repudiat
ing contract about the townsite of Belk
nap. 1t says: 'After standing by and al