St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-28
DAKOTA { MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms October 81. to the st.
Panl Globe.
NORTHEASTERN. Notes.

Col. Donan is gathering laurels by his
rhetorical pyrotechnies spread around the
dull prose of John A. Logan
The Mt. Vernon Gazette eats peanuts grown
in Dakota and pronounces them equal to
any OF the southern product
The presbytery Of Pembina met at Lari-
more the past week. 1t was reported that
live churches had been organized since
April.
vote was taken Sunday morning on the
train between Huron and Pierre that re-
suited in five majority for Cleveland and
Hendricks.
Doc. Kelley, who settled in the Red river
valley in 1871, at Acton, Walsh county, died
recently. His nearest neighbors, at that
early day were twenty two miles away.
Some OF the NORWEGIAN young men at
GLENDALE have organized fine band and
just received full set of instruments. Next
year they viii compete at any of the band
tournaments.
A farmer who resides south Of Groton and
east of Ashton, d. T., has been poisoning
wild geese for their feathers, and has killed
hundreds Of them. This fact may be of in
tfreSU 10 SpOrtSIDen.
In Dawson county last week Misses Emma
and Carrie Quimby proved up on five
quarter sections. where they had bravely
sunmered in claim shanties. They are ac-
compished and refined.
The political contest al Grand Forks is so
hot thot the editors of the papers propose to-
BET from $500 to $500 that some of their
statements are true. As neither has put up
Sis feared the parade Of wealth is delusive.
Frank S. Dvgar and Miss Eta Wilkinson
5erc married privately at Glendale early in
ahe month and attempted to keep it secret,
IS several other young men were aiming
y capture the fair prize, but it has leaked
)ut.
One DAD Gardner, who figured in the
Ii0ux Falls regions year or two ago as a
claim holder and confidence man, has re-
tently been sent to the penitentiary in
Kansas for twenty years for holding up =
nan.
Most Of the country editors in Dakota are
Icing presented with cabbage beads by their
fdmiring friends. The Aurora Times has
rue that measures ten feet and three inches
in circumference and weighs twenty-five
pounds.
p. 4. Sanders, of Lisbon township, is an
nt,:or victim OF prairie fire. Wednesday he
undertook to burn brake around his prem
isos and the fire escaped, destroying sixty
tons OF hay, quantity of grain and all his
out buildings.
Tower City expects to have new railroad,
and also be the county seat Of the new
county to DC secured by Mr.. Lachiin in the
legislature. He is an energetic young attor-
ney and quite confident he can get his bill
through the legislature if elected.
The Mitchell Cap;taL has these fire items:
IN immense prairie fire ragged through the
west and southwest part OF the county last
week deptroying & great amount of property,
among which was thirty-three tons Of hay for
Nj. Baker and seventy-fve for Mr.. Moses.
The Livingston Enterprise says: 1t is esti-
mated that il the weather remains fine so
That cattle can be gathered up on the ranges
and driven to the railway, that 3,700 car
loads OF Montana beeves will be shipped this
year to eastern markets. This will be about
10000 head.
Tac Joice in Hutchinson county says. The
corn crop is proving to be Il bonanza this
year. 1t is large every where in Hutchin-
81 county. We have reports from variou:
j,..on5 81 thc county giving fifty bushels,
uy rage per acre, and some fields are still
t,,t-r.
Tna G. \. Z. at jamestown had grand
CAM ..r,. Postmaster Tyner, Of Fargo, dc
Hg,rrG IN eloquent speech, and Gen. Clark
hus aess manager OF the Agg,S, delighted tht
iarec assembly bya witty ana poetic Response
g., t,,c toast, The heroes of the war-tht
ladies'. Others made neat responses.
80 explanation of this event is given b,
the Larimore Pioneer: Olaves MarkuseI
committed suicide at Northwood last Mon
day 10y shooting himself. He took out hi
gun saying he would shoot some game, ant
on getting away from the house cooked tn
gun and touched the trigger with a stick.
This statement Of the Broollings Press vii
apply equally to the north: ''This is Il sort o
free-ior-all year In nearly every legisla
tive district in southern Dakota they have al
independent ticket in the field, likewise tn
counties. Brookings county will probabl
have half dozen different tickets.'
OMayor Yerxa is brought into the field b
the Broaadre for sheriff, and If he works wi
aid in making the race interesting. 1t is on
OF the curiosities OF local politics that Sheril
Haggart, with the unanimous Endorsement G
both the Republican and Democratic con ven
tons, finds Jordan hard road to travel
During gale Saturday at Woolsey, Ds
kota, an empty box car was blown from th
switch on to the main line of the Chicago
Milwaukee Il st. Paul railroad, and in til
rain aud darkness the express train mar
rowly escaped running into it. delay c
several hours was caused TO remove the dt
bris.
Rev. F. NJ. Wood, superintendent of Pres
byterian missions, for north Dakota, CON
plains that his greatest difficulty is to fin
men TO supply the field. There is On
opening here for young preachers, who hav
no families, and have not acquired speci,
greed for the root Of all evil, as excessiy
wealth is termed.
The Gazette in Clark county SAYS: Prairi
fires are raging on all sides. Henry Aptet
who lives twelve miles south, lost by fire
barn and granary that contained 500 busl
els Of wheat and other produce on Monds
last. Frank Morris house, on Sunday Ia
WAS burned. Il contained sixty bushels
wheat, ten of beans and all his clothing.
was well furnished
In the Fargo, jamestown and Grand Forl
districts it looks as if the regular Republica
tickets would be mainly defeated. The r
publican committee at jamestown has take
from the legislative ticket Col. Steele an
Col Richardson, and substituted the nam
on the Democratic ticket. This is one of Il
many instances Of mutually between Il
members of the opposing parties.
The La Moure ProCreSs saws: Wild an