St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-31
DAKOTA& MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms December 20. 70 the
Pxul GLOBE.
Northlrestrrn Notes.

time.
Lisbon is establishing a public library.
Major Butte says his children shall hvye all
the advantages TO be found III the best towns
in the state.
Il is said that the skeleton of Bill Chad
well or Styles. odAof the bans robbers killed
at Northdeid, MINI, was lost in recent FIRE
81 Grand Forks.
Parties recently from there, confirm the
! report Of the discovery of coal at Brilton in
Day county, but whether in quantities for
profitable working IS not ascertained.
The usual number Of people will keep open
house in Fargo and other Dakota cities on
| New Years day, but few will refresh visitors
with anything stronger than coffee.
There has been six inches of snow OF more
in the Chamberlain region on the Missouri
river, but not bali as much in north Dakota.
On the latter there is barely enough for
sleighiug.
As an inducement to the Judge to hold a
term Of court in that county Barnes pledges
itself 10 furnish at least sixty criminal cases,
which will help materially to al the new pen
itentiary.
Judge Smith appointed Miss Lizzie Coch-
ran, Of FaulSton, clerk Of the court OF Falk
county. She is said to be the first lady that
has ever been appointed to such position in
the territory.
The Tower City Herald kindly saws: The
able manager Of the Dakota and Montana
department Of the ST. Paul GLOBE is deserv-
| ing OF great praise for the enterprise shown
in his daily reports.
Col. LOun sherry comes to the fore with his
daily at Bismarck next week. He will also,
II Is said, furnish the legislature reports for
the associated press. There could be no
more capable agent there, and he is outside
of all the rings.
! Montana made a singular blunder in choos-
ing Republican legislature this year for the
first time. Perhaps it was an oversight that
viii not be repeated, but il can hardly expect
/ TO get into the Union with the danger of two
Republican senators.
The Argus has interviewed most OF the
] eadiug merchants in regard to the holiday
business, and most Of them report that they
have had fine trade, some the best in six
years. 1t was nearly all cash, and very little
credit viii be given hereafter.
Judge w. B. Mcconnell is receiving con-
gratulations aud encouragement from all
parts of the district since the mention. in
this department, that he is likely to be the
successor to Judge Hudson on the bench. A
more popular selection could hardly be
made.
T. NJ. Pugh, J. J. skuse and T. NJ. Evans,
who went from Fargo to Glendale year or
more ago TO start banking business, have
been forced TO enlarge and organize stock
company with S25. 900 capital paid up. They
have earned their prosperity, and one Of the
drm, Pugh, has been forced into the legisla-
ture.
The city council has decided to raise IL
censes Of theaters in Fargo TO 500 and S125
a month with view especially of closing up
the lower class of houses. II is said the Col
/ iseum Is the only one that will be able to pull
through under the Darwin theory of evou-
ton. Roller Kinks and other places of amuse-
ment will be included, as they car stand it.
The vote of the territory for delegate to
congress as officially canvassed is as follows /:
Total vote, So, 764; Clifford, a org; Wilson,
10, 1874; scattering 81. The majority of the
Republican candidate over all is 80, s94 That
| is about as emphatic as could be asked by
the most earnest Republican, and it will re-
quire powerful glasses to see any hope of
Democratic success in the early future.
Frank Cornell, of the Tower City Herald, is
such an admirer Of the sex that he envies the
patriarchs who could marry them all He
scores this point for them: dakota banks
have torty-eight women cashiers, seventeen
OF whom we're Sunday school snparintend-
ents, and for the past seven years not a sin
gle one of them have had occasion TO 90 to
Canada. Let women be admitted to all
branches OF business"
The editor Of the Valley City Times Is be-
coming frightened. He says that ''the paper
upon which the memorials petitions, sugges-
tons and applications are written, which
viii be sent to the coming legislature. will
make pile big enough 10 Outrival the pro-
duct Of the Fargo paper mill, make the clerk
baldheaded in reading them, aud drive the
listening solons to distraction" As the
Fargo mill has never gotten into operation,
the alarm Of the legislators should not be
great.
Dakotau now stopping at Pontiac in
central Illinois, writes TO friends at Howell,
in Hand county, in this way, which pleases
residents Of the territory: Mr.. Folks SAYS
that corn is selling for twenty-three cents
per bUshel, that it yielded about twenty-five
/ bushels per acre, and that it has 10 be gath
cred ard marketed in the mud a foot deep,
and that times are fully as hard there or
more so than in Dakota.
The legislature meets January Is. and on
the 14th the new capitol is to be dedicated.
Arrangements are making for big time It
is hoped to work up good deal of enthu-
siasm among the members Of the legislature
over the event, and abundance OF inspira-
ton viii be furnished them. The commits
/ s;oners OF the various counties hold con-
vention on that day, aud there will be a not
! able gathering Of Dakota statesmen and
officials.
There are signs Of opposition to the roller
! rink furvor in Dakota. At jamestown the
school board has taken adverse grounds as a
/ disturbance TO school interests, and the pull
I pit has discovered that it has all the demon
( alizing features of the wicked dance. The
young ladies require too much aid in their
glides upon wheels and fall mainly when
young mer are convenient. There are
manned ladies', it is said, that devote most Of
their time to the pleasing amuse ment, and
accidents are frequent Hygienists claim
that inhallng the dust is unhealthful and
that It is not beneficial exercise. These
are some OF the objections raised, and the
/ theaters and saloon men allege that their at
fractions pale before those Of the rink. But
every village has its roller rink and they are
crowded day after day. For a time at least
the managers have one of the best things
out.
Horrible Illusion
The Bismarck Blade takes this view Of the
operations Of the cowboy regulars on the