St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-14
DAKOT'A& MONTANA
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Paul Globe.
Northeastern, Notes.


poets to enjoy an excursion made up OF
''north Dakota millers.'
There has been but one final proof made
On a tree claim in the Bismarck land dis
trict Geo. Hay is the pioneer treeist.
Parties from Champaign, ILL.,, have pur-
chased $40 acres of land at Beresford and
will Establish an extensive nursery.
The stage line between Vermillion and
Swan Lake is owned and conducted by Mrs.
Summer, who does her own driving.
Bismarck and Fort Yates are sixty-fve
miles distant connected with telephone.
The music at the fort is often heard at the
capital city.
Town property at Watertown has quite
boom in view of the construction of one or
two new railroad lines there. 1t will be an
important railroad point.
Mr. Crandall, near Sanborn, had field of
winter wheat which he cut July 20. The
yield was said to be much larger than the
spring wheat, but figures are not given.
Four hundred horses have been purchased
by a Watertown firm, dnring the past three
months, which have been sold to the farm
The county seat fight in La Moure county
opened red hot with meetings at Grand
Rapids and La Moure. AS it takes two-thirds
of the voters on the petition to start the
thing Grand Rapids is in no danger this
year.
The commissioners of Stark county, west
of the Missouri river have made an appro-
priation to provide for the exhibit of the
products of that county at the New Orleans
exposition. They will have large vege-
tables.
large farmer near WatertoWn claims to
have entirely obviated danger from smut by
soaking the seed in vitrol water. 1t is said
that this not only prevents smut, but renders
the kernels plump and complete full growth
Of the head.
The Mitchell Republican enumerates CDR.
Bently, of Bismarck, Judge Bennett, of
Clark Judge Clifford, of Canton, Judge Ed
gerton, of Yankton, and Sam McMasters, of
Deadwood are the prominent candidates for
delegate at the present time
The No. Hand company of firemen held
their excursion over the Fargo Southern and
merry picnic at Ortonville on the 18th.
reported that fine time was had. 1t would
be hard to find iollier set of boys.
Codington county contains 402, 595.71
acres of land and only 176, 224. 81 acres were
assessed this year. The rest, 246, 360.67 is
railroad land and lands on which final proof
has not been made. In few counties is
larger proportion of land assessable.
Wheeler Record: The number of Indians
on the Yankton reservation is 1850 all told.
These Indians are more civilized and dis
posed to work and take their lands in sever
atty than any other Indians in the territory.
They remained true TO the whites in the In
dian war Of 1923.
On speaking of Col. Plummer's canyass
in Muine which commenced on the 18th, the
Sioux Falls Press say: eff any one thinks
that Dakota will not get a little advertising
as well as the Republican nominee, by Col.
Plummer's oratOrical exhibitions in the east,
then they do not know the man."
VIM. jackson is to have a new daily, the
Sentinel, torepresent Democracy in Bismarck.
AS there is a Democratic majority in that city
and section, it ought to have a good support.
and will live if Alex Mckenzie is friendly to
1t. He is doing rather more on the Republi-
can side this year than with his own party.
There is an absurd lack OF uniformity in
he assessments in the various counties. For
instance, in Beadle county horses are as
sessed for $26 in Brown $42, and Sphinx $40.
In adjoining and similar counties land is as
scssed in one at 81. 80 and the next $3.50.
There should be an agreement on the figures.
Pierre Press 1t now looks as though Da-
ly1tn ha tod or fI,a
New Orleans exposition next winter, as
but few OF the counties have responded IA
vorably to McKcnze's circular asking for
funds This is to be regretted, as Dakota
should not be oEt1one by any other territory
at least.
Three young ladies, Miss Rosa Whalan,
Misses Eliza and Rosa McGill, who had To-
Gated on claims in Buffalo county, found
their claims jumped by some new corners,
who had built shanties thereon. When the
young ladies discovered them there, they
hitched chain around the shanties and
hauled them of 1t is not stated whether
the jumpers were in the shanties at the time
or not
There is probably no part of the territory
were more luXuriaut vegetation is found in
seasons where there is sufficient rain, as this
season. At least, the papers keep ahead of
all other sections. The Mandan Times ex-
hibits half grown potatoes that weigh one
and quarter pounds and yield bushel to
niue hills, and all other vegetables in pro-
portion. 1t is the best season for that soil
had perhaps in ten years.
The Vermillion Republican takes view of
the matter: The idocy, which is now being
lndustriously circulated by the fools that the
next legislature viii appropriate territorial
money to be put into the capital building at
Bismarck, is the thinniest political dodge
ever known to Dakota politics. Bismarck
agreed to build their capital building and
give it to the territory. Now let them do it,
1t will make good building for north Da-
kota after division.
There will be in the fall and winter great
hegira of young men from Dadota and Mon
taua to the states ON missions like this indi-
Gated by the Livingston Enterprise: ''This
morning James s. Thompson, Of the firm Of
Thompson Bros, OF Livingston, was married
at Bridgewater, New York, to Miss Clara NJ
Parkhurst, of that place. Mr. Thompson, 1t
will be remembered, went east about six
weeks ago for vacation, which he has well
employed in wooing and wedding.
The Chamberlain Democrat brings out the
Hon. B. G. Csulfeld of Deadwood, as Dem
ocratic candidate for congress and states that
''if he will accept he can be elected and will
Oil the bill exactly" As against the present
member, should he be nominated, it is more
than probable that combination of all OPP
posed could succeed. but it is possible that an
independent non-partisan, like Col. Donan
would be more available. Other cousidera-
tions will be more influential than psrty noli-