St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-28

| Fargo Special kilograms March 81, to the 81
| Paul Globe.
| Dakota and Montana Notes.
Mr.. Wymer, of the National park, states
that he lately saw 400 bison in the park.
Valley City is happy at the prospect of a
distillery at that place, to be established by
w. H. Morton.
From 800 to 500 Hebrew families of means
will come from Russia this year and form a
sett, ment in Dakota.
E E. Wakefield, of Minneapolis is arranging
to branch out in the mercantile line at Min
nehaha on DEVILS Lake.
| At Glendive the base ball clubs are in full
operation, and the spring time, gentle Annie
putting on vernal attire.
81. A. True, of Colorado, is in Bismarck,
to organize a gas company and put in
| works. He receives encouragement.
Secretary Tooker, of Montana, has gone to
Michigan with his wife on months leave
of absence. Mrs. 7. will remain longer.
There are 25, 900 lots in the townsites of
Morton county, of which Mandan is the me-
tropolis. There will be enough to last this
season at least.
He also stated that in a couple of weeks or
so surveyors would be sent out to establish
the survey, and that they had plenty of money
| to build and equip the road.
The Boston syndicate will build great
number of houses in Mandan this season,
to be sold to responsible persons on the in
stallment plan. A good work is being done
for the place in this way.
The effhct of the revival at jamestown is
visible in the local politics and newspapers.
| These show more meekness and catholicity
than ever before. There is no imputation of
dishonesty cast at either of the editors as
| candidates.
The Fargo Post Of the G.. A. R. thanks
Delegate Raymond for the very valuable
volumes, entitled, The War of the Rebel
lion," containing the records of the Union
and Confederate armies.
At lyceum discussion in Aurora county
of the question, ''Is married life preferable
to single lifean the married men all took the
negative except in cases where their wives
were present, and the young men the affirm
alive. The girls were out.
| In central and southern Dakota the
oriental order of humility is the great popular
society at present. At Plankinton ON the
night of the 2Sth they will give ball and
banquet at the Opera house, that is expected
to take the rag off of all local social covsca-
tons.
The Montana San says: James Dunlap,
brand inspector and detective for the Mon
tana Stock association, says that cattle on
the range have done remarkably well con-
| sidering the severe winter, and states that
he does not think the loss will exceed pei
cent, providing the weather continues fay
orable.
Judge c. s. Palmer, recently appointed tc
the bench in Dakota. has selected Sioux
Falls as his residence. There is good dea
of satisfaction at the fact there and recep
ton will be rendered him. He commenced
his first term of court at Swan Lake on the
25th. The first of April he will commence 6
term at Sioux Falls.
Some of the Dakota papers have been ex-
aiming the reports of Gen. Hazen, Of the
signal service, and find that the average rain
fall in Dakota is about the same as in the
northern states. During ten years the aye
rage in the James river valley is given al
twenty-eight inches, and at Yankton for seven
years twenty-seven inches.
| H. s. Harcourt, who has been secured tc
take general editorial and business control OF
the Broada1e, the new evening daily, is the
boomer of the Lisbon Clipper and full of Da-
kota ozone. If any man can make success
out of it, Harcourt is the man. There are tc
be no other immediate changes in the staff
but gradual winnowing.
The suspicion that the Arys and Republican
were in alliance in municipal politics is en-
tirely dissipated since the withdrawal of Col
Morton from the field for mayor. They are
not supporting the same candidates. The
Republican called the nominating conven-
ton, but will not support any of its nomi-
| nees. Politics are queer things.
The chairman of the ''Prohibition Home
Protection party of south Dakota, ~ has called
a convention at Mitchell, April 1884. The
| purpose of said convention is to elect dele
gates to the National Prohibition Home Pro-
tective convention, to be held at Pittsburg,
Pa, May 81, 1884, and to transact such other
business as may be deemed advisable.
Hon. John H. King, the delegate from
Chamberlain to to the Washington Dakota
lobby, has returned, and reports that Ameri
can island in the Missouri river has been
given to the town of Cham berlain; that the
reservation will be opened in August; that
| Chamberlain will secure a land office; that the
| LeMars and Chamberlain railroad will be
built, and that Arthur will be nominated at
| Chicago. If the other statements are made
on the basis of the last, their value is not OPP
pressive.
The refusal of the people in Polk county,
Mimi, to vote aid to the proposed railroad
from Grand Forks to Lake Superior has not
stopped operations. A meeting of the direc-
tors was held at Grand Forks this week, and
one of them, Mr.. Eshelman, stated to a
Plandealer reporter that the natural advan-
| tages for the road far excelled their brightest
anticipation. Two townships along the pro-
posed route will cut over 500, 000,0 900 feet of
lumber. The opportunities for a first-class
road bed throughout the entire length of the
| line cannot be surpassed.
| Chas. Marvin, founder of the dairy system
| in Minnesota and the head of the creamery
at Rochester, visited Bismark the past week
| and stated to the editor of the Tribune that he
considered north Dakota a veritable paradise
for stock raising. There is no reason why
dairy farming may not be made to pay enor-
nous profits in north Dakota and in time
supersede almost entirely the famous No. /
hard wheat which now is depended on to
| turn the tide of gold Dakotaward. Mr.. Mar
| win is most enthusiastic advocate of diver
sified farming and Dakota farmers will have
larger bank accounts and more coupons to
| clip the sooner they adopt it.
The Grand Rapids Journal is evidently