St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-13
Northwestern. Woes.

The GLOBE is SAID TO have doubled its circula-
ton in Fargo and other North Dakota towns the
past month.
1t is rumored that one county, Potter, has
gone Democratic for congress. II will probably
be counted out on suspicion of fraud if the re-
port is correct,
The Gary Interstate says: The Fargo &
Southern will probably be completed TO Flandrau
next spring, and that company has recently
printed pocket maps with their road marked
proposed rouie' from Ortonville TO Flandrau,
passing through Gary.
Track laying moves slowly on the Devils Lake
branch of the jamestown & Northern, owing to
the delay Of some of the material. 1t was to
have been completed TO Minhewaukon before
this time, but will probably oe some weeks yet.
The Fargo Republican is of the opinion that
were the election to be taken over the Demo-
cratic candidate for congress ia this county would
have four times as many votes he had last
week. He would certainly have two Of the
daily papers of the city red hot for him. This
Is illustrative of Dakota politics. 1t means get
ting on the winning side.
This is the offensive statement or account of
which the wife of the postmaster whipped the
editor of the Redfeld Dispatch, reported by
telegraph: A stranger in this city happened TO
look into the postoffice the other day when the
full force Of ''deputies'' were in ana shocked the
bystanders by asking "who runs this haremY
Helena cast 2,268 votes at the election, and
somewhat surprised both parties by giving fifty
six majority TO Knowles, the Republican candi-
date for congress- II Is thought the legislature
will be Republican for the first time in the his
tory of the territory. This is not exactly the
best way to secure admission by Democratic
congress.
The statement made by one Of the Fargo pa
pers that parties east who have been sending
money to Dakota to loan have telegraphed TO put
out more in case Clevelaed is elected, is de-
MED by one OF the local firms. 1t is a piece of
absurdity to claim that the advent of a Demo
cratic administration will work prejudice TO any
of the interests OF Dakota There are in fact
grounds for belief that the reverse will be true
An enterprisiug firm at Redfeld offered prizes
for the fifty largest potatoes. There were a
hundred or more competitors, and the heaviest
lot securing the first prize were entered by
widow lady, Mrs. A. Washburn, and weighed
104I pounds. The heaviest single potato was
grown by c. Down and weighed pounds and
ounces. 1t was sent to the american Agricut
tuTtSt, n. Y, as Dakota sample.
Tony Klaus and Lon Shoenberg, two of the tony
young men of jamestown, made a wheelbarrow
bet on the election, one to wheel the other all
over town. and if the barrow upsets the one
wheeling it to furnish a champagne supper for
the betters and ali the newspaper people. The
latter are now praying that ii may upset. But
Burke, the handsome, is away, and the rest are
wicked lot who are not much at praying.
The Democrats of Huron have had rousing
celebration the election Of Cleveland. They
had street parade with brooms, bonfres and
speeches. AS only eighty Of them voted for the
Democratic congressional ticket to $50 Republi-
cans, it is not easy TO see how they could gathera
very large crowd of Democratic voters. But,
probably like Democrats in other sections, they
have been voting with the Republicans.
There will be perfect harmony in the Demo-
cratic party in the Dakota legislature, it is be-
lieved, as f. NJ Ziebach, the veteran editor and
Democratic wheel horse in Bon Homme. is the
only member Of his party among the twenty-fou
members of the council, and W. n. Roach, of
Grand Forks, stands the only unequivocal
Democrat in the assembly with seventy-one Re
publicans and political half breeds. Both of
these Democrats were elected by personal popu-
larity and splits among the Republicans,