St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-10

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| The Hillsboro Banner has this report from
Grandin, in Trail county: "Threshing I'M
der good Roadway. Lake & Co.'s yield,
twenty-eight bushels of wheat per acre, and
James Bell over thirty. Mrs. Agnes Hunter
is reported threshing thirty-fve bushels per
acre from summer fallow, the same land
yielding twelve bushels per acre two years
! ago.
There Is prospect of an extremely lively
time in this legislative district, composed of
g counties. Cass is much the largest, and
the Casselton San and others insist that it
shall greedilY gobble up 3 of the members,
give Richland 2 and leave one for the other
four counties. The latter are kicking fur
iously and threaten to bolt The editor of
the Sun Is an ambitious statesman and will
not refuse to 90 TO Bismarck If called upon.
The Republicans Of Mclean county, chose
anti-Raymond delegates and consequently a
convention of kickers, is called TO get up an
other delegation. Contestants will be nu-
merous and troublesome at Pierre. It is
probable that the expenses would be paid for
any parties who will go and contest the del
egations from the north opposed to the pres
ent very amiable delegate to congress, so as
to exclude them from voting in the organi-
cation.
Out of twenty-six delegates in the Bismarck
region, only two are reported in favor of the
return OF the present delegate in congress.
1t is argued that as the territory has no vote,
it is of special importance that delegate
should be sent who can talk effectively and
carry weight by his personal presence. The
deficiencies Of the present easy going and
good natured incumbent in these respects,
are conceded by his friends, but they claim
that the chairman of the territory committee
now knows him.
The first number of Col. Lounsberry's new
evening daily has appeared, and has the con-
tour and padding of well digested journalism.
The colonel is reservoir of bright, pithy and
snappy things, and will make a first class
paper. The income from his official posi-
TONS aud town or two which he has es-
tablisned, as well as his bonanza farm, as
sures the success Of his new venture.
Whether he has patronage or not he is abund-
antly able to meet all financial demands.
The Casselton papers are indignant over
the illustrations given in the Police NescS of
tramps taking that town. The Reporter says:
''If the Police Ne1CS was what It's name i'm
mon sense before it spread broadcast the
preposterous statement that eight busted
miners captured town of l, 500 intelligent
and determined people, thoroughly &C
quainted with vicious humanity in all its
phazes and who would know just how to
deal with it if the occasion required
II. S. Harcourt, the retired capitalist of
Lisbon, having been in the newspaper bust
ness the most of his life, can't keep out
although he has abundant occupation in
clipping coupons and looking after his bo-
nanza farms. He announces that he will
inaugurate the Lisbon Herald as soon as he
can go for an outfit. The paper will be
Democratic in politics, and when Gov.
Cleveland is elected, will probably come out
as a daily. Harcourt has been very success
tful as journalist, and will have a fine field
to operate in.
The White Lake Dispatch relates this prac-
tical joke which was not taken in good humor
by some Of the officials: Zone morning last
week Mr.. Pattee came to town and told sew
eral parties he had killed thief in his melon
patch the night before and was going to
Mitchell to secure counsel. After he had
gone the sheriff began to think he had done
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and Immediately telegraphed the city mar
shall at Mitchell ana also Sheriff Stiffler at
PlankingtOn. The coroner then summoned
a jury and with the sheriff proceeded to hold
an inquest. On arriving they still found
the body lying in the melon patch-but it
was the body OF badger. A worse sold
set of men were never seen in DakOta.
AS an illustration of the cheaDness with
which wheat can be raised and the profit
even at present prices In north Dakota the
case of Judge H. 0. Goodrich is in point
He lives in Jersey county, ILL.,, and raises
wheat on a large scale there. Two or three
years ago he bought /, 900 acres or more in
the Red River valley, near Fargo. He had
900 acres last year which melted him some
50, 900. The past month he has harvested
$50 acres, which is partly threshed, and
which he claims win average Il good deal
more than twenty-five bushels per acre. He
is selling as he threshes, and says the crop
will bring him over S14, 600, and that the en-
tire expense will not exceed SO, 900, leaving
about IS, 600 net profit. He is perfectly sat
isfied with the outcome, and not concerned
about low prices. The land will almost half
pay for itself out of this years crop. He
says he can make more money raising wheat
at fifty cents in Dakota than at 81 in Illinois,
but as he takes the money about all away to
Illinois, that sort of farming is not very ad-
vantage GUS to the country.