St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-01
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North,cestern No.es.

The Republican has fine specimens Of sweet
potatoes raised in Clay county.
A party of surveyors are said to be striking for
Bismarck from point near Huron.
The new university at Grand Forks opens
prosperously with some thirty-fve students.
There are now eighty Congregational churches
in south Dakota, thirty of them established the
past year.
The Steele Herald reports that C. E. Aiken,
merchant and postmaster at Dawson, has made
IN assignment.
Sioux Falls has laid nearly FIVE miles of water
mains. 1t has about 600 pupils enrolled in the
public schools
Parties digging a well in Walworth county
found, forty feet below the surface, the joint Of
ayertebra of an animal.
a farmer, while breaking PRAIRIE in Walworth
county, saw a buffalo, and shot it. 1t was a
large one, weighing ZOO pounds.
The Fargo postmaster. since the Pierre con-
vention, has spent most of his time at bismarck
in company with Mckenzie and Edwards.
The report from New York that Sitting Bull
took bath in that city is not credited in Dakota
1t is thought there is an mposter III the case.
Wahpeton will send its fire company and a
large delegation to the tournament at Fargo this
week, The railroads all reduce to one cent a
mile on this occasion.
view OF The fact that they have q lady post
master, II is peculiar taste that causes the resi-
dents of the new town just aid out in Penning-
ton county to name it He'll City.
Commissioner Mckenzie has met with good
success in borrowing the credit Of counties for
the Dakota display at New Orleans, lie has
$4,000 out Of the S25, 0O0 desired.
s popor tho DT,,o ,.-;...l 80
the bluest paper, has been started at La Bean,
worth. For paper town it makes line show
ing.
One day the past week, Frank Kessler, the
section foreman east Of Wahpeton, with his wife
and another in a hand car, were run into By the
regular train, and Kessler was hurt 90 badly that
he died.
j. /. Potts has just harvested eighty acres OF
fax in La Moure county that yields from ten to
twelve bushels, and in the same county Mr.
Mouton has grown forty bushels TO the acre OF
the Canada pea.
1t is expected that the board Of commissioners
of the Bismarck penitentiary, will this week
accept the building and arrange for the recep-
ton Of guests. A prominent Bismarck man will
be appointed warden, iii. said
The East Grand Forks Courier is so captious
pam
ally at the caucus to send delegates TO the egis-
lative convention at Crookston. On this side OF
the Red that is the common practice.
Thomas Elliott has returns from a car OF
wheat he shipped to Duluth and reports that he
made just S27 a more than the local buyers
would give, or about five cents bushel. Many
of the farmers are shipping fer themselves.
The Sanbom Enterprise says: We understand
that A. !. Boardman, of the famous Boardman
farm, has failed for $25, 900. II Is further ru-
lnored that sheriff McFadden went out on
Wednesday to put an attachment on the farm
One OF the novelties at the roller rink at Wah-
peton the past week was al exhibition by profes
siona quartettc of ladies. for the benefit OF the n
i. church some OF thc truly good were snoc k ed
at their going through the lgures OF the quad
rifle.
The silver ban at Nahpe o. was the only Da-
kota band That to TX prizes al t.. tournament at
at Detroit 10 took the first premium III the sec
ond class, 500, and on their return home the
people Of Wahpeton turned out aud gave them Il
grand reception and banquet.
At the Republican caucus In Fargo, Saturday
night, one OF the most radical Democrats in the
city was made precinct Committeeman for the
next year and viii serve. lie will also accent
similar position from his own party if offered
which shows the lioerality OF Duaota politicians
Col. King, OF the Chamberlain Reqister, has
been imposed so often in the matter OF mar
riage notices that he will not publish any more
unless both bride and groom come 10 his Office
with the marriage certificate and establish their
identity and he is allowed to kiss the bride,
when pretty and sweet, or course
The fair at Yankton last week was quite a sue
cess, although the agricultural boss trots" was
the leading feature. Judge Edgerton delivered
an address in which he claimed that southern
Ia1r y.Nu
anywhere in the land aud show that the value OF
the crop was much greater than that Of wheat
Dickey county has let the contract for a court
house ut Glendale, to cost 81 63S. 33, which can
not be regarded extravagaut for one OF the
finest counties. When the territory i, divided
on the forty sixth parallel Glendale will be Just
south OF the line and ive-sixths of the county
north. Probably some new county will be
formed.
The Steele Herdid reports that the organizs-
tion OF Logan county wac regular in all respects,
aud the report that it was organized before il had
settlers was in error. There is quite a migra-
ton to the county, which has excellent grazing
and will be "a good stock region. A newspaper
will be started as soon u townste or two is
located.
This paragraph explains one demand for wives
In the Devils Lake and other new regions:
The peculiarly OF either, nip here is that
every mans wife Is holding down a homestead
or pre- emption in the bouudless prairie az a
point more or less remote from town. Claims
are thus taken 10y the families OF preachers,
bankers, and even editors; hence, during the
summer there are many widowors pro tenn.
One farmer in the Missouri river region after
tryuug all the ordinary cxpcdlcnts to get rid of
the gophers procured several hundred cats and
Sc them To work. His farm was soon strcwcd
with the bodies of thousands OF the little pests
ana the gopher was eNtermlnatcd. as well as Eats
and mice. but the cats hSyc multiplied ike tba
seed OF Abraham, and he begins TO fear they
will be Il greater nuisance than their victims.
Tho county Of Mcintosh. about 100 miles
southeast Of Bismarck, has been supposed 10 be
good one TO avoid, aud thcyo Is very little SET
Element IN H. But parties who have recently
gone there have found valleys and small lake.
that are very attractive. UOsklns lake i a fine
body OF clear water = mile long and little less in
width. town site has bctn laid out on it, and
the county will soon come into special notice
Major Butt, OF Lisbon, who lately won the
title to $4,000 OF city property. has had so good
success with corn in Ransom county this season
that he will put any acres In corn next year an
raise swine largely. Il IS said thar the hog chol
era, which ia So prevalent IN The states. is un-
known IN Dakota. Peter Bonner a pioneer IN
that county, saws that in thirteen years there, At
has seen hut one season whom corn would not
mature aad DO - we'll As in amy ot the states
Tho farmers in Richlaud county, Of which
WBhpcton Is the metropolis. have nominated q
full county ticket, and will only support Tor the
legislature men pledged 10 lsSislaJe for tho pro
tectecton Of farmers from railroad elevator snd
other moucpuies" The Republicans OF Waphe.
ton have elected delegates for T. j. McCumhcr
as representative in the legislature. The county
will only claim one member, with two for Case,
Snd leaving three for the other four counties.
Thn nn.ar,an rhrani-l. s.Ns Tho snnat. cn-,-