St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-26
DAKOTA { MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms July 25, to the st.
Paul Globe.
Northwestern. Notes.

Col Gutrippah has taken hold of the
Cleveland and Hendricks club, and says
there will be no gas work about it.
The Blunt Times says that school townships
that have voted bonds find great difficulty
in negotiating the bonds at SO, as the law re-
quires.
A tame Indian by the name of Ah-kah-
kah-hah-wash-ta has recently had employ
ment upon the Mandan Pioneer. He was
discharged when 1t was discovered he had
still longer given name.
A Pierre paper reports that dense fog set
tied over that city just after the Republican
committee had located the convention. The
Oldest inhabitant never saw the like before,
and no explanation is known of it,
1t is announced that directly after harvest
there will be fair under the management OF
the G. A. R. at Plankinton for the benefit of
the farmers who have lost all their crops
through the destructiveness of the late hail
storm.
The Republican editors of South Dakota
will hold conference at Pierre the day be-
fore the Republican convention to secure
concert of action in the interest Of the south.
1t is thought there will be notable lack of
harmony.
Hillsboro Banner: E. S. Kneeland has
about 1000 celery plants which are in such a
thriving condition as to lead him to believe
that Dakota dirt is just the thing for that
plant. He will probably plant two or three
acres next year.
Ipswich has been busy of late congratulate
ing Ira Perring, massive browed and ath-
letic young merchant, upon his good fortune
in becoming the proud husband of charming
Lefe Kirk, the heiress of one of the bonanza
farms of that county.
The base ballers at jamestown were indig
nant at the Mandan club for neither putting
in an appearance for the proposed match or
sending an excuse. Their wings were so
badly cut at Valley City that they have not
cared to talk base ball since.
Kimball Index: A buffalo was. discovered
swimming across the Missouri river, near
Choteau creek Bon Homme county, the
other day. He was killed by the party who
discovered him, and the hide and choice por
tions of the carcass were taken to Niobrara.
Sioux Falls Press: Bishop Hare, accom-
panied by w. L. Dow and brace of engi-
neers, went out yesterday to locate the Epis
copal college, preparatory to the erection of
that valuable improvement, which will occur
at once. The building will be enclosed with
out delay.
The assessor of Cass county figures that
the acreage in wheat in that county, even at
the low estimate of sixteen bushels per acre,
will give total of 5,128.676 bushels this
season. Others estimate the yield much
higher, but over four million dollars paid out
in one county will contribute to financial
cheerfulness.
This decision, mentioned by the Blunt
Times, would disturb many titles if enforced:
"Commissioner Mcfarland renders a very
important decision (Copp's Land Owner of
June 1st), holding that parties living and
doing business in cities and towns cannot
secure title to public lands by occasional
visits to their claims.'
Robert Merrick, of Redfeld, was arrested
and brought before U. s. Commissioner Alva
E. Taylor, the past week, on the charge of
perjury in homestead affidavit before the
U. s. land office and waived examination
and was required to give bonds in the sum
of $500 for his appearance at the next term
of U. s. court at Yankton.
The papers in south Dakota nearly all rid
icule the request of Commissioner Mckenzie
TO advance him money, to be repaid by the
legislature next winter, to be used in paying
the cost OF the Dakota exhibit at New Or
leans. There evidently should be a member
of the commission from south Dakota coop
J, 10 a1r
The region about Mitchell is in the midst
of wheat harvest. The Republican says of the
yield: ''Some of the estimates of the prob
able yield which have been made are SO large
as to appear almost improbable, but are sus-
tanned by such positive evidence as to nearly
always convince. Dakota's crop for 1884
will startle the world with its magnitude"
These are given as the acreage in wheat in
some of the south Dakota counties, mostly
on the Northwestern railroad Brookings
county, 100000 acres; Kingsbury, 10000;
Beadle, $4,000; SPHINX, 10000; Clark, 50,-
600; Codngton, 125,OO0; Hamlin, $4,000;
Brue, 10000. 1t is believed to be moder-
ate estimate to put the yield at 20 bushels
per acre.
AS there is objection to expanding much
money to take the products of Dakota to the
exposition at New Orleans, it is now pro-
posed to take photographs of them and the
wheat fields and exhibit Chromos will do.
and they can be made more natural than
life. Types of Dakota beauty also will be
received, and can be made to add greatly to
the display. nav
Mitchell Capital: Mr.. H. s. LOOMS, rep
a.
in the interest of that wide awake paper.
The GLOBE is devoting great deal of time
and attention to south Dakota and deserves
a liberal patronage. Mr.. Loomis hopes to
swell the large list already secured here by
the addition of as many more names, and
hopes to do Mitchell and south Dakota
great deal of good.
Helena Herald: John Mcguire, lessee and
manager of Ming's Opera house, returned
last evening from Fargo, Miles City, and
Bozeman. He left Col. Robert J. Ingersoll
Yesterday at Livingston, who, with his wife
and two daughters, will make tour through
the park. Mr.. Mcguire says that the Inger-
Soils lectures at Fargo, Miles City and Boze-
man were largely attended.
Vcrmillion Plain Talk: A sample of corn
raised by Tom Thomdson has bern left at
this Office. The stalks are nine feet high and
tassled and stalked. The samples were aver
age stalks from a field of fortv-seven acres.
The whole field is as neat and clean as a
Dutch woman's kitchen, and il better
stand of corn than this for this time of year
can be found in this part of America, it has
yet to be found.
county, has large field of wheat which it is
estimated will yield forty bushels to the acre
The heads measure FIVE inches in length and
fine grains are of enormous size. Almost
aDv reports of Dakota productions can be
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