St. Paul daily globe., 1884-08-06
DAKOTA & MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms August s. to the st.
Paul Globe,
North,restern Notes.

Northrestern Notes.
Wheatland is to put So, 900 into church. The
missionary society furnishes $500.
Bishop Hare is having the Episcopal parson-
age at Sioux Falls reconstructed for his resi-
dence.
Henry Cramer, in Ransom county, sowed bar
ley April IS and cut it July II. He was the first
III the county.
/ The Mandan Pioneer has information that
Delegate Raymond has lost most of his fortune in
speculations in the east, and that his farm is
heavily encountered
Steele, the county seat of Kidder county, will
give handsome bonus for mill. 1t is forty
miles from Bismarck, and there is no mill in the
county.
In Grant county the farmers sowed about
equally of soft and hard wheat, and the RsuieoU
learns that 25 per cent. of the soft is smutted.
Inc yield is put at from 20 to 80 bushels.
The Kindred farm at Valley City, lately
bought by d. Neston comprises of 500 acres one
third of which, is in crop. 1t has the finest farm
buildings in north Dakota, and fifty head of
horses. 1t is but two miles from the pretty
town.
Ex-Secretary Window was in this section the
past week looking after his land interests. He
has II 900 acres in Trail, comprising some of
the best land in the Red river valley. But little
of it is in crop,
Business for undertakers at Sioux Falls is said
to be very discouraging One of the preachers,
Rev. Livingston, states that in Illinois he Off
c1ated at funeral once week on an average, at
Sioux Falls he has helped bury but two persons
in year and they both died of accident.
Judge Seward Smith, the new official of the
central district, is looking over the towns from
Plere to Huron to select central and convenient
place of residence. The towns are so pleasant
| and the people cordial and inviting that he is
at a loss to choose. Huron seems the most con-
fident.
Unfortunately, every paper published in Min
neapoiis and st. Paul, except the st. Paul GLOBE,
appears to deem it necessary to give deal of
prominence to south Dakota matters, and treat
north Dakota occurrences with q foolish flip
pancy.
Col. Charles Richardson, of Valley City, is
| the prominent candidate for the legislature from
Barnes. He has all the brainwork needed as
well as virtues in excess of the average of Dakota
| statesmen. He will do honor and acquire honor
If elected as he should be.
In the recent hail storm at Grandin there were
about 5000 acres of wheat destroyed, and the
loss is estimated at $4,000. The largest suffer
ers were Rand & Rrown, 800 acres, Kenyon 81
! Sim, 500, and James Nicol $50, 1t is the small
est ones that the worst hurt.
! One of the visiting Companies that recently
came to Dakota for SPORT got off at Hope and at
| a small lake near the town bagged fine flock of
ducks Their enthusiasm was somewhat dam
pened when the station master, Barlow, invited
them to liquidate goodly bill for the slaughter
| of his lot of domestic ducks.
| Harvest has been commenced this week in
many of the north counties, and the indications
are that the unusual SUGGESTIONS of showers of
the past few weeks has concluded. There could
hardly be finer prospect Trail county alone
counts on 3,000000 bushels of wheat, after dis
| counting the few losses by hail.
| Since the fire at Miles City the insurance
| agents have met and advanced the premium rates
! two and one half per cent The rate now in the
business portion of the town is six per cent. on
| stocks and eight per cent. on buildings. OF
course there is vigorous kicking, but the place
| will have TO stand it for time.
| The Casselton San claims for Cass county ore
councilman and two representatives, or one-half
of the delegation of the district, which has six
counties. Col. Spear, the editor, has modestly
declined to for any office, but the other coun-
ties are not likely to see modesty in the claim
put forth, and will refuse to acquiesce in it.
the family to pass around box of cigars. The
| frequecy of these events makes up a big trade
| for the dealers The greater part Of the sup
port of Drs., is in this connection Au ditor Bir-
| chall OF the Fargo Southern a day or two ago,
| passed the box with paternal radence that in
dcated either twins or fifteen pounds of ''the
thing of beauty"
Al. Annis, saloon man of Fargo, while going
to his home early Sunday morning, was halted,
and so startled that he slipped down in the mud,
allowing pistol shot to pass over him. He
drew his pistol and both parties quickly un-
| loaded their weapons with no known damage
1t is not known that either of them belong to the
gun club. He had good many hundred dollars
in his pocket, which was probably the cause of
| the controversy.
The Portland Inter ocean relates this method
of closing a saloon in Ransom county: "a lady
| living few miles outside of Sheldon, came into
town the other day very much worked up ON ac-
count of saloon keeper selling liquor to her
husband. She marched up to the saloon, and,
at the point of seven-shooter, ordered the
keeper to close up his ''store,' saying she had
killed one saloon keeper and would soon make
| him fit subject for box and picket fence. He
closed up his place p. d. q.
The Niagara Times has visited the bonanza
| farm OF NJ Mcmahon in Grand Forks county and
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| acres of Scotch fife wheat which will average
nearly twenty-five bushels. About forty horned
head OF cattle, and about half as many horses.
He has raised successfully several varieties OF
m III fruits and says there is no variety but will
O well here. The Times noted fifteen varieties
Of vegetables in a thrifty state of cultivation,
besides variety of apple, cherry and plum trees.
| He haa also abont two acres of carrots, which
he highly recommends as good feed for
| horses
This is north Dakota view taken by the
1 Mandan Pioneer: One is induced to ask some
times what such papers as the St. Paul Pioneer
Press and Minneapolis 7f1bnne, the st. Paul
DtspGtch and Minneapolis Journal, ever publish
Dakota news for. These journals give promi.
nence to the most unimportant matters and al
low important news to slip them. Here, for In
stance, is specimen paragraph from the Mime
apolis Tribune:
ga crowd of Bismarck journalists have gone
to St. Lonis, floating down the Mississippi river
In boats"
Advertising Cheats!!!
''It has become so common to begin an