St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-21
Dakota and Montana Notes.

Columbia counts about 700 by local
census just taken.
A large amount of blooded stock is to be
shipped to Brown and Edmunds counties this
season. .-
The plans for the new NJ. E. college at Ord
Wayindicate the finest school structure in south
Dakota.
Attorney c. W. Butts denies the report that he
will remove to Minneapolis. He hopes to spend
part of the season there however
The Bismarck Tribune has issued second
edition of its illustrated issue larger than the
first. 1t is irstclass boom literature.
A paper on DEVILS lake says that whisky
freezes solid there but whether that indicates the
quality of the liquor or the temperature, is not
stated.
Bismarck is trying to raise 81 500 to equip its
new military company. Some of the kickers
prefer to get broom brigade Of young ladies at
hss cost.
Brown county, of which Aberdeen is the me-
tropoIs, claims eleven villages nine newspapers
and more miles of railroad than any other county
in Dakota.
Geo. Anderson will put one hundred acres of
sod into flax this season near Scotland, in South
efn Dakota. That is claimed to be q very pro-
ftable crop in that section.
Last Monday was the 22d anniversary Of the
first meeting of the Dakota Legislature. Its mem
bers were then confined to a few counties in the
building vicinity of Yankton.
Meegan & Keely, the penitentiary contractors
at Bismarck, had large quantity of lime burned
by snow getting on it But they had $500 insur-
ance which more than covered the loss.
There were last week over 200 cars of freight
sidetracked at Milbank aud Bird Island, waiting
for the snow blockade to be removed. There
was good deal of live stock among them.
Among the freight on the route to the Black
Hills are said to be 900 dozen eggs. 1t would
look as if hens could reap bonanza by settling
in the Hills, and saving the haul of their fruit IT'S
miles by wagon.
A man named Button, near keystone, in the
absence of a cellar, buried all of big crop of po-
tatoes and turnips in a hole, and on opening it
found them all rotten, on account of no venta-
ton scientists say
Aberdeen has an artesian well $50 feet deep,
and it is said that small fish have been thrown out
from in the pipes that had no eyes. One of them
that was carefully examined had eye sockets but
no indications of there ever having been any
eyes.
The LaMoure' Progress, says: There is good
opening in LaMoure for harness maker,
jeweer, a Touring mill andia planning mill There
are no institutions of the kind in the county,
none within many miles of here, and they are
much needed.
The BroGddre caused more sensation by the
abruptness of its cessation of fierce warfare
upon Col. Morton, as candidate for mayor, than
itdid by its attacks. 1t is predicted that it will
be his most enthusiastic supporter in few days
draO 10 " Is
One of the Fargo evening papers displayed
commendable enterprise in securing eulogistic
dispatches in regard to the splendid address by
Donnelly at Grand Forks on St. Patrick's day,
but sailed to make arrangements to get him
there. There is limit to even newspaper enter
prise.
Judge Hudson's clerk, E. r. Wiswell, is said
to have decided in the La Moure case that fling
a claim does not affect the right to hold offices
as six months are allowed to complete residence.
The La Moure Progress common is on it: This
is perhaps the first time that Judge has been
thus put upon record, as holding that local land
office ruling can override laws and statutes.
This from a DEVILS Lake paper should put the
Canadian and British governments on the alert:
A noted Irishman, thought to be in sympathy
with the Fenian move against Manitoba, has been
in town for the last week. He is a resident of
his actions lately are such to create suspicion
that he is quietly inaugurating a scheme of some
kind that means little tough business.
The Valley City Times says: 1t is reported
from Kibby, in the eastern portion of the county,
that Capt. Northrop has been arrested for en-
bezzlement of school funds and taken to Fargo.
The alleged offense consists in the captain having
negotiated three school orders for $1,000, the
proceeds from which have never been turned
over 1t is further reported that the transaction
occurred over year ago. He is under heavy
bonds.
The Scranton Pioneer, in Walmouth county,
says: "The immensely of the country drained
by the upper Missouri can best be conceived
when we consider the fact that with the excep-
ton Of a narrow strip of land along the northern
border of Dakota, the entire territories of Mon
tana and Dakota empty their waters into the
Missouri; or, in other words, over one hundred
and fifty millions of acres are drained by the