St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-24

by the spearmen. The assistants quickly re-
move the fish from the spears and the irons
are again shot after more of the victims.
The Dakota Ne,Os, at WATERFOWL, has these
good suggestions in regard to mixed farming:
Farmers of Dakota, the sooner you get the
idea out OF your head that you must raise
nothlng but wheat the sooner you will real
lie the blessings ofindependence. You say,
OF mauy OF you do, that you have not the
means to carry on mixed farming to pay
ing extent. Suppose you have not; work
into 1t as rapidly as you can. If you can
afford but one cow and a pig, begin with
tnsm, and we guarantee YOU will be surprised
at the stock you will accumulate in five years
II Judiciously handled, and that you viii be
grateful to that influence which prompted
you TO put faith in more than one industry
while you lost none in that one.
| The Bismack Tribune relates this as one Of
the phases of claim jumping: An aggravat-
ing case of claim jumping exists near Fort
Lincoln if report be true. Mr.. A. Patzack.
one year ago purchased for $3.50. Of Peter
Book administrator of his brothers. estate the
right of the deceased to the claim that he oc-
cupied at the time he was killed Patzack
moved onto the claim with his family, and
afterwards Mr.. Book of whom he purchased
was also allowed to build a house on the
claim While Mr.. and Mrs. Patzack were
recently in Maudan, Book drove his children
out of doors and resold his claim to a man
named Hill, for $500. Hill and Book tore
down Patzack's house, and all efforts to Sc
cure peaceable possession of his claim have
since proven unavailing.
The Broadars explains that its conversion
to the support of Morton for mayor was so
rapid that the side first printed was not for
him, while the part printed an hour later was
boiling with enthusiasm. 1t does not allege
distribution of eggs, but throws a hint TO
! other aspirants in this: The BrOaaare was
not for COL Morton until he became its can
dtdate, aud now its for him until the end
comes. That's the kind of newspaper we
are printing. We are doing business at the
old stand. Stop in when you are passing
and get our prices. 1t is not known who
will be in the field in opposition, or whether
any one will, as the present mayor declines
to run, although large petition has been
signed urging him to stand
The Washburn Times says the school for
the instruction of Indian children at Fort
| Stevenson is proving to be a great succe SIS.
The attendance at the presant time is forty
one-ten girls and thirty-one boys ranging
in age from eight to eigeteen years. The
branc hes of study pursued in schools ordin-
ariiy Gncluding religious Instruction. are
taught with the most gratifying results.
From an unkempt rabble ofdirty ragamuflins
the youngsters have been transformed into
| Clearly, well behaved school children. They
are found to be UNEXPECTEDLY and apt in
their studies. One obstacle to their progress,
however, is found in the fact that their eff
forts to reach higher grade of intelligence
arc rdiculed by the bucks and squaws,
whose mirth is especially provoked 10y the
attempts of their offspring to speak the
paleface tongue.
There was a good deal of indignation man
ifested by Dakota papers over an absurd
article, purporting to be written at Valley
| City and first published in the New York
San, picturing in luridcolors the peril5 of the
Dakota blizzard, and alleging that the WIN
tiers are so severe that it is a miracle that any
| survive. This seems to be going the rounds
of the eastern paper, apperantly for the pur-
pose of deceiving honest but crcdulous peO-
pie and staying the migratory movement tc
this favored land. The fact is that when the
country is old enough to have trees, settled
roads and dwellings reaaonably near each
other, there will be no danger of any being
lost in a storm. The winters are less severe
than in northen Illinois, and there is less suf-
fering with the cold than in half the north
ern states. There have been no billiards.
the past winter so violent as reported in va
rious sections of the states.