St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-29

the light a ID big thing and the ladies'
said it was perfectly grand. The men came
the nearest to It,"
The Hope Pioneer takes this view: "The
Trail county seat contest case, which had
occupied much of the time in court for the
past two weeks at Fargo, has been again
postponed, this time TO May 81. Thus far 1t
looks as though Caledonia had a walk-away,
the two west-end papers to the contrary not
outstanding"
This is the esthetic view taken by the San
born Enterprise: s'The wild crocus mods its
beautiful bloom in the zephyrs this week for
the first. In a few days these natural chill
dren of the prairies will carpet the fields with
their gorgeousness, and permeate the air
with their perfume. Like everything else,
the wild flowers of Dakota excel those OF
every other cline"
The Tower City Herald says a new disease,
resembling spinal meningitis, has appeared
recently among horses in that vicinity. Its
first symptom is paralysis of the hind parts,
stoppage of the circulation of blood, which
clots in the arteries; the animal refuses to
eat, and is in terrible pain until death affords
relief. Two valuable horses have died with
the disease and others are affected with 1t.
sanborn Enterprise: The Northern Pacific
railroad company will furnish cuttings for
tree planting upon application to Superin-
tendent Graham, jamestown, the only ex-
pense being their transportation from the
Steele nurseries. This magnanimous offer
indicates the value put upon timber culture
by this company, and should be taken adj
vantage of by town as well as country folk.
The Pierre Signal tells of an Indianian who
believed the stories he had read about men
getting titles to Dakota lands by simply
sleeping a night or two on their claims and
paying S1.25 per acre for them. He cam
out, slept four nights out of doors, caught a
bad cold and the rheumatism, found he could
not prove up, and has gone back to Indiana
to join the legion of liars that is trying to
decry Dakota.
There is some apprehension among the
farmers over a reported invasion of the coun-
try by English sparrows. Major Fleming re-
ports having seen them out on his bonanza
farm by the million. The fl6cks are N
Gus, and so vast in numbers as to darken
the sun. If they remain they will prove
greater pests than they have been in the
east, as there Is no timber from which they
can be approached to shoot them.
Tho Mandan Pioneer says a certain young
lady in that town recently became the pos
SCISSOR of a rara avis, In the shape of a fur
pony. The bird Is the only specimen Of an
almost extinct genera that is supposed to
have existed in this country during the car
boniferous era. This conclusion is derived
from the fact that the existing specimen still
eherishes a peculiar fondness for Ignite coal
and cord wood as articles OF diet.
The Russian Mennonities in north Dakota
build their houses of four rooms, all connect
ing together In the center. Right there
they put up a great brick oven, with thick
walls. From the furnance door back to the
back yard Is a passage way. Every morning,
noon and night, they lug a jag of straw in
from the stack and burn 1t in the furnace.
The thick walls get red hot and remain SO
for hours, warming every room in the house.
At a recent law suit at Chamberlain one Of
the colored lady witnesses testified that the de-
fendant was a good, respectable woman. The
lawyer said to her: ''Did you not just hear
the defendant say she was living with Dick
Turpin without being married. Do you con-
Slder That respectaDle!" Inc witness ulu
lot regard that as requireing any modiica-
ions Of her statement, and 1t was quite a
circus to hear her attempts to define the
moral character of colored domestic rela-
tons.
Possibly Bismarck may see a warning in
this from the Watertown Courier: 'It is pro-
posed by our fellow citizen, Mr.. Banyard,
who has the interest and fame of Dakota at
heart, that next week a meeting of the citi-
zens of WATERFOWL be held and all other cities
and towns in the territory do likewise, to de-
mand that the so-called capital shall be al
tered to some other than Bismarck. In con-
sequence of the gratuitous and pointed in
suit that the German prince, who bears that
name, bestowed upon the people of the Uni
ted States"