St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-17
DAKOTA& MONTANA.
Collected and Forwarded by Tele-
graph to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms, March 16, to the S
Paul Globe.
DAKOTA and Montana Notes.

half for school purposes this year.
Farmers confidently expect to commence
seeding in the higher lands within ten days
Lisbon claims the livest and most usefu
Masonic and Odd Fellow lodge in the terri
tory.
It is understood that there will be con
ference of Fenian leaders at Grand Forks on
the 18th, but no open meeting.
Since the fast mail trains were put on tc
st. Paul Chicago papers reach Fargo the next
morning after publication, about twelve
hours earlier than before.
An association of the journalists of the
Red river valley is to be organized at Grand
Forks in connection with the st. Patrick
celebration on the 18th.
1t is stated that twenty five families from
Michigan are on their way to Stanton, in
the Knife River valley, beyond Mandan, and
many m ore are to follow.
A number of noted physicians from Chi
capo and abroad, a few days since removed a
ovarian tumor from Mrs. Cooley, at Grand
Forks. The tumor weighed forty-fve pounds.
There are now two stage lines between
jamestown and Darlington and it is claimed
that mails and passengers are carried more
expeditiously than when the trains on the
railroad were running.
Observations taken at Fort Totten, in the
Turtle mountain region, for a number of
wears. show an average rainfall of 1917 inches,
which is believed to be ample for agricultural
purposes in that section.
The CITY council of Fargo the other day did
a very absurd thing in passing an ordinance
assigning Eighth street, the fashionable resi-
dence street, as a trotting course afternoons,
and the mayor did very sensible thing in
vetoing the matter.
The first marriage in Port Emma, in
Dicky county, transpired this month, and 7.
w. Bush and Emma Williams were the i'm
mediate parties to it. The names will be
recorded in the ordinenes Of the town and
handed down to posterity.
Fashionable society in Dakota, which is
not confined to towns by any means, put in
their evenings in winter to great extent in
dancing and whist There are a good many
winter evenings in this latitude, but every
body seems to enjoy them.
While the Darlington branch railroad has
been blocked the track much of the time has
been used for sleighs, and several horses
have been hurt in the culverts. DR.. Miller
drove into one of them and had broken
leg of his horse. He shot the animal.
The Rockford Transcript says: Gen. A. c..
Hawley, of st. Paul, Mimi, late adjutant-
general of that state, is expected in New
Rockford soon. He will probably bring with
him a large amount of stock, and also engage
in some business not yet determined on.
The Lisbon Clipper says: Three thousand
dollars in hard rocks have already been sub
seribed for Congregational church at the
town of Wisner, and $4,000 is pledged for a
Catholic edifce With his accustomed liber-
atty, Mr. Wisner bears a very large share Of
| the expense.
Editor Warnock, the talented and urbane
| Jamestown Alert man, has returned from his
visit to Central Illinois, and reports that sec
| ton boiling with enthusiasm for Senator
Logan for president Professionally he shares
this glow, but personally he would prefer Mrs.
Logan for president.
According to the Montana papers more
money is being made in the new mining re-
gions by selling whisky than any other way
at present. There is, however, probably
some exaggeration in the statement that
| $1,000 was cleared on ten-gallon keg of
LIQUOR carried to the mines on a mans
| shoulders.
There is a very decid ed feeling that the bill
in the senate should be changed and give the
proposed state of south Dakota the name of
Lincoln, leaving the Dakota for the territory.
But it is not generally supposed that there is
imminent danger of any measure pertaining
to division or statehood passing congress at
this session.
| Helena Herald: The commissioner of In
dian affairs has telegraphed permission to
purchase supplies of flour, bacon, ETC., in the
open market for the destitute Indians at
BIackfoot agency. It is reported here that
numbers of children and others of the tribe
have died from the effects of prolonged fast
ing during the past winter.
The large livery stable of Mr.. Mason, at
Pembina, was burned the past week. Loss
$4,000; insurance $1,000. There were TWEEN
ty horses and several COWS consumed. Two
of the horses belonged to the United States
customs department 1t was one of the
finest livery barns in the northwest and the
fire was believed to be the work Of an in
cendiary.
There is freight at Little Medora already
for the Black Hills and Pencil 6, Jones are
about ready to start their teams. Only one
bridge is required, it is said, that at the
crossing of the Belle Fourche, which is being
created by the proprietors of the townsite of
! Minsella at that point. 1t is expected that
Demore's line of Concord coaches will soon
be put on.
The Chamberlain Register says: Tyndall
has sensation. Some time ago man and
woman (of course) went there, and regis
| tered as DR.. Morgan and wife. 1t now turns
out that his name is A. B. Hammer, that there
| is a Mrs. Hammer and nine little Hammers,
and Mrs. Hammer threatens to hammer the
life out of the adulterous Hammer. Ham
mer is under arrest
Young men ambitious and heart loose may
see an opportunity in this statement by the
Mandan Pioneer: In running conversation
with the great Sioux chief at the Inter Ocean
on Wednesday night, he was asked this ques-
ton: Gas you now look upon the white man,
would you allow promising young white
man to marry one of your daughters?" Sit
ting Bull answered promptly: eff I saw that
he loved her better than all others, and was
satisfied that he would take good care of her
and would pay well for her, would"
Gen. Bates, of the Manitoba freight depart
ment, objects to the statement recently
made by farmer Rea that 40 cents bushel
was charged on the shipment of seed wheat
from Fargoto Hope. He states that the highest
rate ever charged was 2111a cents per bushel
and at present it is shipped at 1919 cents
per bushel in car lots. There is quite a gap
between these figures and those of Mr.. Rea,
who evidently labored under misapprehen-
sion. The 40 cent rate was published in
some of the Fargo and Moorhead papers.
| The Port Emma Times has this: Various