St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-02
DAKOTA & MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms August l. to the st.
Paul Globe,
Northrrestern Notes.


next Monday.
There was a good crowd out, and some
lively singing and speaking, at the organiza-
ton of the Blaine and Logan club last night.
In some of the mounds recen tly explored
near Mandan, there have been found carved
pottery and other evidences of a civilization
| prior to the Indians
Inc assessment of Barnes county reaches
the handsome figures of 50, 26S, 916, an in
crease OF half million dollars over last
year. The real value of the county will ex-
| coed seven millions.
Geo. Il. Hand would like to be the choice
OF south Dakota for congress, but it is be-
lieved that Delegate Raymond has enough
pegs in postofiice holes to prevent that sec
ton uniting upon any one.
The Republican committee in Ransom
nave thrown cold. in fact ice water, upon G.
G. Austin as candidate for the legislature,
and Attorney Stevens pretty nearly has the
field. Sore heads are numerous.
| 1t is reported that a runaway horse struck
the cheek of an editor at Bismarck the past
week, killing the horse, but not ruf1iing the
| editorial front. Some do not regard it as an
unusual exhibition of cheek for the locality.
| Chas. Osteat, farmer few miles south
of Grand Forks, was killed by lightning few
days since. He was moving in the field,
and the stroke killed two horses also. His
wife saw the occurrence from the window of
| the house.
| A. o. Sanders, a farmer near Lisbon, who
held over 400 bushels of wheat, and had 500
bushels of oats and other articles, all valued
at 81, 900, lost all by fire a few DAYS since,
while he was absent from home. He had no
| insurance.
| The Wahpeton Mercury learns that on the
l4th of August, four trains a day will be run
on the Fargo Southern between st. Paul and
Fargo. Two trains will be sent by the Mil
waukee & St. Paul company, and two by the
Fargo Southern corporation.
That we demand public control of the
railroads, the passage of a law which shall
require them to be taxed in the same man
ner as other species of property; and law
fixing rate of fare and freight and forbid
ding discrimination"
1t is probable that the Democrats of the
Fargo district will present as one of the
candidates for the council Hon. Martin Ryan,
leading attorney of Fargo. He is one of
the ablest members of his profession and has
personal popularity that will put him far
ahead of his party. 1t is not certain, how
ever, that he will consent to run.
The rapid development and maturing Of
grain in North Dakota is one of the wonder
full features of this country. We. have seen,
says the jamestown Capito1, within
| fta hat
late as the 10th of June, which will be ready
for the reaper by the middle of August
Col. Plummer delivers his noted lecture
upon the Tower of Babel, Saturday night, at
Bismarck, with some improvements based
upon the supposed discovery that the tower
was located in the Missouri valley, and Mon
day he is to be started on his missionary tour
to Maine. His special work will be to persu-
ade the Greenbackers that they ought to sup
port Blaine, and especially vote the Republi-
can state ticket in September.
At recent public meeting at Salem, in
McCook county, these, among other resolu-
tons, were adopted: ''That the territorial
legislature should enact a law by which
moneys and credits shall be placed upon the
tax list. That agents for parties outside the
territory should render to the assessor an
account of the loans and other business I'M
der their control, with a view to taxation.
The fat mems base ball club, of Fargo,
played game with similar club at Moor
head on the 31st ult, and large crowd
watched them waddle through five innings,
when the Fargos were declared the winners
by nineteen to ten. The Moorheads were
quite willing to put up the beer and quit.
There was good deal of fun but no bril-
liant playing. None of the players were I'M
der 200 pounds, and the heaviest, NJ Patrie,
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The young city of Wogansport Is miles
from Bismarck has no newspaper. There is
an evident opening there for some ambitious
journalist. A recent traveller says of the
place. Wogansport was reached about ten
o'clock and consists of two dugouts, one
used for hotel, the other for a postoffice
The former is kept by lonesome lookin g
half breed, while the latter is presided over
by solitary looking specimen OF humanity
whose name has a foreign accent.
1t is one of the curiosites of Dakota poll
tics that the rival capitals, Yankton and
Bismarck, seem to be equally enthusiastic
for the sitting delegate in congress, SO far at
least as the papers Of the two places are con-
cerned. Some may choose to remember
that the leading editors in each are also post
masters. 1t is not believed, however, that
other consideration than the common good
could influence the gentlemen. 1t is not
impossible, but perhaps difficult, to believe
them honest in claiming that the territory
has no other citizen so potent in influence at
Washington or so unselfsh and free from
sectional feeling. A postof1ice often has a
surprising effect npon the mind. Still it is
possible that these gentlemen do not EN- body
all the local sentiment and there may be
found eleven very obstinate jurymen. Col.
R. will need to do very expert and active
work if he would take the rag at Pierre.