St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-17
WHITE EARTH.
Especial Correspondence of the clobo !

wet and unfavorable season, harvesting is
all through and threshing and blowing wei
advanced; the crops, both cereal and vege
table, have been very good, and every one
who exerted time and patience in tilling the
soil seems well satisfied with the result; the
amount of hay, however, will be somewhat
lighter than formerly, owing to the almost
continued rains of August and Septem Der,
which retarded that part of the farm work, a.
also causing the ruin of several hundred
tons. In the vegetable lire potatoes have
been espe cially prolific, and if they are prop
erly cared for there will be very little demand
| for year to come.
Through the earnest effort of the enter
prising young men of the village, fin,
| roller rink has been secured and is now il
full operation in the second story of the large
building formerly occupied as government
Industrial school. There thrice weekly one
may enjoy an hour or two, either in skating
or in observing the many laughable and lu-
dicrous moves and motions peculiar to nov
ices OF both Sc xes, of all shades and color.
! The Shakespeare Literary clubn are to
hold their first meeting in the new school
house on Wednesday evening, October Is,
Lear will form the exercises for the even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook, formerly teachers
here, have been paying a short visit to the
family of Rev. A. j. Gillian, also Mrs.
Cook, the venerable mother of Mrs A. J..
Gilfillan, is enjoying the quiet rural sur
roundings of her daughters pleasant home.
The Gorgeous coloring and smiles of aut-
umn's glorious queen once more tinge the
verdant green of leaves and grass, with the
richest dyes OF purple, orange yellow and
gold.
The mercantile firm of G. A. Fairbanks &
Bro, have moved and are now occupying
quarters in their new and commodious stone
building on Beanlieu avenuewhere everything
in the line of first class country store will
be kept constantly on hand, where the win
some smiles and presence of that excellent
BON viOant Johnny Leecy will be on hand to
welcome and wait on you.
Sportsmen report ducks and geese as be-
ing very plenty in and about the rice fields
and lakes, and several of our nimrods are
having good time in hunting and bagging
large numbers of geese and ducks-the
dainty and blue winged teal and the gamey
mallard.
dastardly attempt at assassination and
murder was enacted at the village of Fosston,
on the eve of the 18th inst. As Mr.. Foss was
going from his store to his home some MUIR
derOus fend fired twice in succession
at him, the first shot passing through his
cheeks and between his teeth, and in throw
ing up his hand to his face, the second
charge lodged in the hand. As the night
was dark and the surroundings very bushy,
Mr.. Foss could get no clue to his would he
murderer. DR.. Allen, government physi-
clan here, was called, and waited on the
wounded man. He states that none
of the wounds are likely to prove
fatal. We would suggest that Foss-
ton, like many other border towns, would
be good place to organize vigilaut COM
mtttee to purge its surroundings of the
many lawless yagabonds and wretches who
seek the frontier and isolated villages in
which to pursue their helish vocation.
And now We daily note the autumna al
flight of myriads of blackbirds southwark,
and the merry chirping which is piped from
van to rear seems to express their delight in
revealing midst the cane brakes of the Della
ware, and feasting in the rice fields of the
sunny south.
Rev. Father Aloysus, o. S. B., has secured
the names of fifty boys from the reservation
to attend the industrial school at st. Joe {;
this number, with the young girls who were
sent from here last spring, will form class
of 100 students of both sexes from the Min
nesota Indian reservation. The bows will be
escorted from here by one or two clergymen
from the institution, leaving here in about
two weeks.
Col. G. II. Beanlieu has just returnedfrom
trip to St. Paul and Little Falls, where at
the former place the colonel smoked the
pipe of peace'' with Dr. Day, II. NJ Rice and
others, and had glorious time generally.
The annuity goods, etc., for the reserva-
tons are now daily arriving and everything
looks favorable for an early payment.
C. P Luse, United States Indian agent, is
absent this week. He is visiting his family
and looking after his land claims and agri-
cultural interests in the thirteen towns.''
A note from our market here: Wheat,
sec; oats, lie; vegetables, 0;butter, local Sc
eggs, 121@c per dozen; Notwithstanding
which it takes s1.00 to buy six pounds of
pork, and Sl.25 to purchase the sole 'oman''
a calico dress.
Rumors from the ''thirteen towns :" 1--WE
are going to poll an almost solid vote for
(Silyerspoon) Butler and the scattering votes
will be for BelYa LOCKWOOD We presume
that that portion of the political sphere is as
yet unimformed that there are three other
rural gentlemen--Blaine, Cleveland and St.
John-aspiring to the presidential dignity.
The stores and shops about the village
have adopted rules to close heir doors at s
P. N. the coming winter.