St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-04
DAKOTA & MONTANA.
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms July 8, to the st.
Paul Globe.
Norfh,cestersa Notes.


figures.
sully county is proud of the fact that one of
its good mothers, Mrs. F. C. Waterson, has adj
ded three units to the population in one day and
more got away.
The town of Minor, in Sargent county, on
Monday voted to incorporate by AZ to "a. The
saloon men opposed as it will subject them to
additional license
The Bijou opera boufe company scored even
bigger success at Helena and Butte than in
Fargo. 1t is the most popular troupe that has
| gone over the Northern Pacific this year.
The assessor of Dickey county finds that the
| total acreage under cultivation is 32700 acres,
amount of breaking. 8,511; total
der cultivation at the time of assessment, 1,211
acres.
A Violent storm and heavy rain visited Richland
county one day this week, The wind blew down
a school house and killed child in the west part
of the county. Judge Berg, a noted citizen Of
this county is very i'll and will not probably re-
cover
W. G.. Mexican, editor of the La Moure Pro-
gress, has withdrawn from the legislative race in
favor of c. D. Austin, the talented and hand
some nephew of Gov. Austin. Mexican has
live newspaper on his hands and cannot take
time for political honors.
Since the opening of the Fargo Southern it is
| suggested that one of the most accessible points
for connections for both sections of the territory
is Big Stone City Ortonvile. The Fargo
Southern is the only railroad in the territory that
connects the north and south and the Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul will accommodate all the
| south.
In regard to tree culture the Steele Herald.
| says: Last spring the trees in the Northern
Pacific Railrord park were six inches to one foot
high; now they stand five and six feet in height.
! This fully settles the much argued question of
| tree culture in North Dakota. We challenge
| comparison with any trees the Norther Pa
| cifc railway
Grand Rapids Journal: One of the amuse-
ments of Dakota life to an Illinois girl is an in
discriminate slaughter of hawks and gophers.
Miss Ursula Miller, of Tonica Ill "a visitor at jeff
Smiths is making sad havoc among the above
mentioned prairie pests with a shotgun. She
seldom misses the mark except when following
| heo fathers instructions.
1t is much regretted at jamestown that the
Daily AJert, near its sixth volume, is COM
PEELED to give up its press dispatches and become
an evening paper This will give the place two
evening papers, and it is thought one of them
will be found not needed With the prospect
before that city and its rapid growth, the mer-
chants should sustain a morning and evening
paper. Both of the papers there deserve to be
| supported.
The body of an unknown man was found in
the Sheyenne river day or two ago. All that
has been learned about the matter is that some
two weeks ago party of four started to walk
from Lisbon to Fargo, and on the way went into
the Sheyenne swimming and one of them was
drowned. The others made report of it, and
the sheriff has been unable to find the mans
clothes There are some suspicious crcumstan-
ces.
The Homestake mine in the Black Hills has
| offered Commissioner Mckenzie an exhibit of
gold ore in piece worth quarter of million
dollars for display in the great Cotton EXPOSE
ton at New Orleans, as among the products of
Dakota, if the territory will defray the transpor
taton. Mckenzie wants the county boards of
the territory'to advance $50 900, to be refunded
by the legislature, to pay the expense of col |
lecting, and exhibiting all the products of Da-
kota.
Col. Pummer came down from Bismarck on |
the second with that Fourth of July speech be
will deliver on the Manitoba line. From the
hasty glance had of it, the people at Pembna
Will have rare treat. glowing picture is
drawn of the early future, when under the de-
velopment of the Blaine policy the British lion |
retires from the continent with sullen roar,
and the emasculated civilization of the republics !
to the south give way to the onward sweep of |
the American policy. The eagle flies over the
entire continent.
Now that it is settled that Dakota is to have |
two new judges the president need have no hest
tation in filling the positions from home material. |
Nearly every county can furnish saitable men
Among the numes proposed from the north are
George Flannery, of Bismarck, V. S. Stone and
George P. Wilson, of Fargo j. NJ Bartholomew,
of La Moure; Judge Dow, Wapheton, and
Col Plummer has friends. Any assistance the
ms in m he
will be readily furnished.
The Baptist church is nearly equal to any of
the denominations in strength in North Dakota
AT the association held at Tower City the past
week the reports show their membership: Tow
er City, So; Fargo, 81; Grand Forks, 81; James
town. 90: Lisbon 49, Mandan, 10; Rchland 43
Wahpeton, 81 Bsmark, "a; Grafton, 20; st.
Thomas, 25; Sanborn, ~; Page, 30: First
scandinavian, Fargo, 81; Mnto g. Eight
churches were admitted into the fellowship of
the associations making twenty six churches con
nected with that body.
Should Gov. Pierce visit Yanliton he will need
to be introduced, judging from these express
sions of the Press: ''The insane board-Great-
godemity, who's Pierce? Nobody here is ac-
quainted with Gov. Pierce, but that does not
modify popular satisfaction, as everybody agrees
that he must be better man than 0rdway. Gil,
A. Pierce is named as Ordway's successor. We
do not know who he is, excepting that he is CON
nected with the Chicago BelcS, a strong Arthur
paper But we do know that Mr.. Pierce will be
an improvement upon Ordway-therefore let us
all rejoice"
Steele Herdld: ''North Dakota is a wonderful
place for prairie chickens said gentleman
who is an expert with gun. "They are found
in abundance in the timber during the winter
months, and, strange to say, they usually in
the latest condition. They live in the wheat
fields where they breed, and No. hard agrees
with them. As yet have partridges or
quail, but we have pheasants, grouse, woodcocks
and snipe. Ducks and geese, too, flourish in
large numbers along the rivers. They are much
more plentiful than in any of the settled
portions of the United States. All the game
referred TO can be found within easy distance of
most of the towns.
In speaking of the prospect Of Steele county
when It secures the county seat definitely, the
HerdLd says Of the towns along the Northern
Pacific: FWe take for illustration the cities along
the line of the Northern Pacific beginning with
Fargo, the county seat Of Cass county, which
few years ago was vast prairie containing few
hardy sons Of toll. Now she has population Of
10000 people Next we reach Valley City,
Barnes countys capital, with $500 inhabitants.
Then arriving at jamestown, the county seat Of
Stutsman county, we find beautiful and pros
porous city with 1900 population. Then pass
ing Kidder county, we find Bismarck, the capital
Of Dakota and Burlegh county, and containing
nearly 1000 inhabitants. Then returning east
forty-three miles we find Steele, the county scat
and metropolis of'Kidder county
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