St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-23
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Dakota Notes.
Avast number of trees will be set out ON
the 23d in Dakota although there was a for
NAL observance of Arbor day in a few places.
number of farmers with stock have late
ly come from Colorado to Griggs county to
locate. They are satisfied the change is a
wise one.
o. G. Meacham, manager of the bank at
Darlington, was the delegate to Huron and
the first man ever to represent Foster county
in any political body.
Very encouraging work is being done in
the way of civilizing and outstanding the
Indian tribes in Dakota. In one of
them 25 were recently baptised in the Baptist
lin ~all-over) method.
The efforts to find the body of DR.. Boring
ton, who was lost in the storm in Trail
county last December, have not been sue
full as yet. The widow is anxiously looking
for its recovery.
In Clark county the convention laid on
the table resolutions in favor of Logan and
Blaine. The delegates to Huron were: f.
NJ. Collins, of st. Lawrence; NJ. E, Williams,
of Milwaukee; 7. V. Hoggatt, of Rec Heights;
and r. B. Howell, of Howell.
o. G. Modem, treasurer of one of the
school districts in Trail county, had $3.50
of school money stolen from the house dur
ing the absence of the family, one day the
past week. He has no clue to the thief.
The train west of Wahpeton a few even
ings since contained a colony Of forty-three
persons from Grand Rapids, Mich, under
charge of c. G. Grayer, who has a town site
Gf+,o,, ,o;Ioc ,roc+ sc N;lnOr ~, Gorrnut
county, which vii l be called New Michigan.
There has been quite a hegira Of north
Dakota politicians to Huron this week. Near
ly all the counties will be there, with out
siders enough to fill vacancies in all delega-
lions. Col. Pliemmer is there and it is sup
posed will try to get a resolution in favor OF
prohibition passed.
E. II. Combear, a newspaper man from
Mendoza. H., who has located a hundred
families in the Red river valley, is now in
the Missouri valley, looking up locations for
Illinois settlers. He reports that the migra-
ton from his section promises to be i'm
mensely increased this year.
Wahpeton Gazette: The st. P, NJ. q NJ.
company have commenced to run gravel cars
to Wahpeton and west of here, and it is said
they will soon commence to lay steel rails
from here to Hope. 1t is also rumored that
the road will be extended this season out
into the Devils lake country, and the laying
of steel rail indicates that a large amount of
bushes is anticipated over this branch.
One of the largest deals in real estate was
recently made by the Red River Land COM
pany at Hope, in Steele county, amounting
to $40, 0OO. 1t included the fine hotel and
a number of dwellings, and many town lots.
The purchaser was Mr.. Lea, a former owner
of the Sherman house in Chicago and large
dealer in Chicago and Minneapolis. 1t is
expected that he will do much toward build
ing up the place.
Dickey County Press: 1t is just a trihe
amusing to be standing by when a Dakota
lady, having called upon one of her neigh
bors, rises to take her departure. Invitations
for a return and renewal of the call ran
something like this: "Well, now, you must
come up to my shanty." eyes, thanks, it
I will be q great pleasure for me to do so; and
you must come down to my shanty again.
Gary Interstate: More emigrant cars have
been unloaded at this place this spring than
for two years past. The majority of them
contained Hilanders from the vicinity of
DTduuOu WIS. 1HCIC 10 HuitS Il oCIblChiCAt
of these people six or seven miles south of
town and their numbers are constantly
being increased by immigration. They are
industrious and diligent class of people and
in CONSEQUENCE a valuable class of settlers
2 for any country.
5 The attempt to start a third paper at Lisbon
> was short lived. The vacuum it was to have
filed proved to be no vacuum but a place
already packed full. This will be foun1 tC
be the case at many of the towns where twice
as many papers are started as there is room
for. There is no business so badly overdont
in Dakota as the newspaper. Still, Harcourt
= NAV find a foothold atLisbon for his proposed
- daily, especially if the gold discoveries il
> that section have anything in them.
= Col. Britton has written to a citizen o
: Clark county a letter in which he says that
: the Dakota 81 Great Southern railroad, o
which he is general manager, has contracted
for the grading of the line north from Bris
= toll to the Sheyenne river; that it will con
= tract from Sioux City and southeast to tn,
Northwestern at or near Beresford abou
May 10th inst. From Beresford north t.
Bristol "a distance of about liz miles, the,
> will contract as soon as the line is ready
u That it takes time to organize and get ready
J but he says: ''we shall push all we can to &c
all the work under contract"
The town of Belfeld, which has been de
a cided to be the best point on the Northern
a Pacific for the freight route to the Black Hills
is 140 miles west of the Missouri river and
is nice location for a lively little town. TIL
y town site is largely owned by Col. Lounsberr
and other Bismarck capitalists, and the sud
den jump in lots there is doing them goo
t financially. A charter for a railroad from
ID BeIfeld to the Black Hills is held there, an
a vigorous effort will be made to build tn
road this season.
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- Req. j. Il. Stephan's Transfer.