St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-19
DAKOTA& MONTANA.
Collected and Forwarded by Tele-
graph to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms, March 10, to the St.
Paul Globe.
Dokotn and Montana Notes.

up fairly in the way of Improvements.
1t is said that the board of church extern
sion built rs NJ. E. churches in Dakota last
year.
1t is expected to have the Fargo South
western cleared so that trains can run regu-
larly to LaMoure by the 25th.
1t is said there have been 45 applications
received for the presidency and professor
ship of the university at Grand Forks.
If one or two of the Fargo papers are
authority, saturn must be the favorite planet
here on account of the number of its rings.
| Chas. Stone, of Dickinson, recently killed
mountain lion near the Kidder mountains,
that measured eight feet and six inches from
extremes. He brought the hide.
j. ?. Cooley, one of the line farmers in
Bon Homme county, has sold IS, 900 of hogs
and cattle this winter, which shows that the
Dakota farmer need not live by wheat alone.
The Kimball Leder has sent to all the pa
pers of the territory large photograph of a
fierce bull dog as the picture of its fighting
editor. Prudence dictates complimentary
mention.
There is probably not more than foot and
a half of snow in the Devils lake region, but
there are fifty or sixty cuts on the railroad
that are blown full frequently higher than
| the tops of the cars.
A vast number of orders for saloons at the
Ceur d'Alene mines have been filed out at
Glendive and other points and it would
seem as if this was expected to be the bo-
nanza business there.
The Presbyterian minister at Bozeman
shocks his hearers by preaching against
dancing, in which most of his flock indulge.
| He conceded, however, that it might be right
at the right time and place.
| ! Lieut. Jos. Chance of the u S. Army at
Fort Lincoln, has secured a years absence to
visit Europe and spend the $50, 900 he drew in
lottery some time since. 1t is supposed he
could accomplish that feat without going so
far.
The grand ball given at the Atheneum in
Bismarck on Monday night for the benefit
of the Governors guard, was rotund sue
cess, and afforded great number from the
| capital and Mandan a chance to dance for
the public good.
The Fenians generally bloomed out with
green badges on st. Patrick's day, but no
blow was reported struck at the head of
Johnny Bull as seen over the Manitoba line.
A few visited Grand Forks, and perhaps fer
mented slightly in proper places.
Alex Jones, 14-year-old boy, skating on
the lake eff Racine, in Pembina county,
went into an air hole. His companions
could see him twenty feet from the hole
through the transparent ice, carried along by
the current, but could not rescue him.
The Dickinson Press states that eleven out
fits loaded with freight for the Black Hills,
left there the past week as a beginning. 1t
claims that the route is better than from
Medora and twenty-five miles shorter. At the
time so, 900 pounds were waiting teams.
One Of the daily papers of Fargo explains
its opposition to Col. Morton for mayor by
the statement that sit is always for the under
dog in every fight, without regard to the
merits of the controversy" That is the plat
form of George Francis Train and cranks
| generally.
Capt Hadley, whose anne has been men
toned in the Associated Press dispatches as
Fenian officer, states that he shall wait for
the improvement of the Red and go by
water when he invades Manitoba. He is re-
cruiting, but it is for the post of the G.. A.
| R., at this point.
Major Edwards has just returned from a
flying trip to Washington. He reports the
Logan boom as quite visible to the unaided
vision, and Col. Donan is up in the seventh
heaven over the scheme to make the Wash
ington Critic the most famous newspaper
venture of the east.
The Alexandria Herald says: Dan McDer-
mid has returned from Chicago where he dis
posed of his cattle. They were the first lot
ever taken to that market from the territory,
and excited great curiosity. Every one
wanted to see the 4" Dakota steers.n They
graded high and sold well.
The Boseman Chronicle says: A neat hit
was made last night at the theatre. A gen
of one of the performers, when the speaker
remarked: ''Wait awhile and will have it
brought in to you.'' 1t is needless to say
this brought down the house.
The report in Minneapolis paper of the
marriage of young Getchell, the city editor
of the Valley City Times, is reluctantly de-
MED by the party of the first part. The girl,
who is q type of Dakota beauty and an
heiress to corner lot, regretted a prior en-
gagement. He is still open to proposals.
Many of the young ladies of Fargo who
take St. Patrick as their patron saint, gave
leap year party on the evening of the 18th,
and gathered in the bashful young gentle
men in the most fascinating way. They
made great success of the occasion, as they
have way of doing in whatever they under
| take.
Grafton News: A rumor which seems to
| ho 10 no ba
90, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad COM
pany are now endeavoring to secure the
right of way throagh the western portion of
Grand Forks, Walsh and Pembina counties.
This wilt be good news to the western farm
| ers.
young man aged nineteen years named
John NIGGA. was brought into Mimic the first
| of last week, charged with stealing of a team
and nineteen sacks of wheat from Louis
| Knaus, farmer on the Forest river. At a
preliminary examination the defendant ac-
knowledged his guilt. anG was held to the
next term of court.
The Yankton Press says that Maupin, the
party who was convicted of stealing cattle on
| the Indian reservation and sentenced to pay
! fine of 81, 900 or submit TO years imprison-
| ment, announces that he is unable to paw
the fine and asks to be taken to Detroit as
quickly as possible so he can commence on
his term of imprisonment.
The Keystone Commercial says: The mys-
terry surrounding the skeletons found west of
Keystone last fall is still agitating the public.
An expedition is being planned by a number
of army officers to thoroughly investigate the
matter. This story of the skeletons has been
exaggerated to a wonderful degree, but there
are facts sufficient to warrant full investi-
CATION.
The Frederick Free Press says: Postmaster