St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-24
DAKOTA { MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms September 2S,t the St.
Paul Globe.
North,ccstern Notes.

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Rev. A. C. Laws popular Methodist preacher,
recently died at Blunt, of typhoid fever, after
short illness.
A Presbyterian church was dedicated at Devils
Lake City on Sunday. 1t is all paid for and quite
an acquisition to the place.
4 new German church at jamestown is to be
dedicated next Sunday. Rev. Bishop Dreds, OF
Cincinnati, o., is to offciate.
Warren A. Batson, near Glendale, has gone
to Wisconsin to find wife TO relieve the quietude
of his farm. He is worth taking.
The Valley City Times claims that the terminus
of the Dakota & Great Southern is likely TO be
changed from Tower City to that place.
A number of new towns in Mcintosh county
on the Missouri river, have lately come into mar
ket, and there is quite little rush there.
The number of gopher tails that La Moure
county has now paid for reaches S,343. Parties
propose to cultiyato - crop for the premiums.
AT the county fair ia Beadle Mrs. Z. NJ.
Drake, widow who farms extensively, took
three premiums on wheat. She is fair, fat and
forty.
Arthur Bassett, near New Rockford, threshed
$500 bushels of wheat off of 100 acres, and
foots up handsome profits even at the low
figures.
The Mandan Pioneer claims to have raised
every variety of vegetable from rutabagas to to-
bacco and sweet potatoes. The local market is
overstocked.
The Sioux Falls Press says the great need of
that locality at present is cargo of girls to do
homework 1t is much easier TO find half
dozen who are willing to marry than one TO
work.
Parties who have set out and cultivated trees
of the wild plum that are so plenty along all the
streams in Dakota and bear lavishly, state
that the fruit improves greatly and is really
luscious.
Nr. and Mrs. A. P. Morey claim ownership
Of the finest child born in Yorktown. II is a
girl and the object of great interest. 1t will not
however, be without abundant associates, as it
needs them.
Boyce, of the Lisbon Clipper, displays airy
grace on roller skates, but his 200 pounds re-
Gently struck the floor so solidly as to shake the
building and exhaust the local supply of liniment
and st. Jacobs oil.
The Democrats propose to endorse Hon. Jud
La Moure for the legislature in the Pembina dis
trict, although the Republicans have offered him
their nomination, as he is known to be sound and
will come out all right when needed.
The editor Of the Lisbon Star exhibits large
pumpkin and melon that have grown since July
Is, the date Of the hail storm. He thinks no
section can equal Dakota in the celerity of veg
eta6le growth when il is crowded for time.
Quite number of new towns in the Devils
lake country have been surveyed and now
ready for entry Some eight or ten more will be
completed this fail The lands generally
good and will no doubt be rapidly taken up.
The bank of Fargo building just completed and
Is ia he he 81 hu
west Of Chicago. 1t is of red pressed brick and
equipped with all the modern improvements.
Even some of the pulpits have referred to it as Q
remarkable achievement of art and enterprise
IN u lecture in Fargo Sunday night Rev j. n.
Elliot came pretty near demonstrating that this
country was peopled long before Adam made his
claim, and that Dakota was one of the most
favored regions. The big flood he thought swept
over il and left none to report to the newspapers.
Gen. Mann, who has figured extensively in
public affairs at Chicago, is now an enthusiastic
Dakota granger, and happy over his success with
corn. He has gone east and taken with him a
bushel of diffcecnt varieties of his corn fully
matured, which he will show to his Illinois
friends. lie expects quite migration from that
state to the new regions of central Dakota.
Glendale Ledder: Y. A. Lawrence, our vul-
cau-farmer of 1864, has left upon our table
rowed, early Dent corn fully ripe and measuring
eleven inches in length, which by comparison,
would put much of our eastern neighbors' crop
to the blush. Samples of it should be sent TO
the worlds exposition at New Orleans, Mr.. L.
has five acres of such.
Hon. Samuel Reed, former newspaper man,
coal mine owner, capitalist and statesman, OF
central Illinois, is now being sought by judicial
position in Hughes county. He is man OF
stately men and rare qualities, and will honor
the bench if elected He is large land owner
and thinks his Illinois friends would find profit
in coming to Dakota. lie sold one of the finest
farms near Lincoln, H., to come.
Gov Pierce says to the Tribune, in regard &c
the result at Pierre: al met Judge Clifford while
at Sioux Falls, and was very favorably impre ssed
with him. Raymond's strength was greater
than had expected, and think he made good
fight and got every vote that possible.
think it impossible for any delegate from Da
kota to serve his constituents so well, under the
existing conditions Of Dakota politics and inter
ests, rs not to meet with very formidable opposi
ton for re election"
In the recent county Democratic convention al
Grand Forks there was forty-one towns ant
wards represented, and it was surprise to many
TO see the number OF delegates that had beer
supposed to be Republicans. The chairman pa
thctically said the party had been through
"cold, dark, dreary, desolate, chilling night o.
twenty four years" and was now emerging into
the glowing sunlight. A full county ticket wat
nominated and most OF it will probably b,
elected
II is reported by parties at the Pierre conven
tiou that the failure OF Delegate Raymond wa!
due to the lack of efficient management. TIL,
Bismarck Tribune says: "Whatever may be sale
Of the personal popularity of Delegate Raymond
Of fft fhpf fact
well demonstrated by the Pierre convention tina
he is not a shrewd politician. Starting out will
only twenty four votes short of nomination
with several factions possessing the necessar!
votes with which to combine, il is poor tribute
TO his political powers that he did not secure tn
prize.
The Pembina Express gives this to show tina
bees will do well in the extreme north: ''Mr
Airth procured a hive OF Italian bees IN Mime
sofa last spring. Early in the season they thre'
OF the largest swarm Of bees he ever saw, and b
has had considerable experience with bees in tn
east These, Tor tbe want of a proper hive, h
placed in q tea box, but not liking their HON
they left for parts unknown, and during the sea
son two other swarms followed them. In Tn
matter OF honey, however, he was not so unfortu
nate, having from the one hive taken 100 pounds
One-half that amour; Is considered good sum
mers work for one swarm in bee countries
Therefore Mr. Airth does not hesitate to ga
that bees may be made 10 pay well in Dakota.
number OF parties in the Devils Lake coun
try claim 70 have made n success in an exper
mcnt with corn this season. There has rs ye
been no damagiug frost. one of these partie:
W d. Little, says: People may say what the
please about raising corn here, but as for me,
shall Immediately bay some hogs OF good breed
anu 20 INFO raising corn and hogs, satisfied tbs
Icaa't Gud anything better in this country Thi
carly Minnesota and sQuaw corn will grow any
where, but mine amt thar kind l am GROWN
Prairie Qneen aud Golden Beauty, The larges