St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-25
DAKOTA & MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special Telegrams July "a, to the st..
Paul Globe.
North,ceste,,, Notes.

NOrtHtceSLeFt NOteSs
Vermillion claims to be the largest and
best butter market In the territory.
The telephone company is now at work re,
establishing its system in Sioux Falls
The soldiers and pioneers picnic held at
Grand Rapids, in La Moure county, this week
was great success.
A Presbyterian church was dedicated at
Gary last week. 1t cost 50, 109.10, all OF
which is paid but $3.50.
At the recent meeting of the Kidder coun-
ty commissioners the sum of $1S1.35 was
paid out for the killing of 3,627 gophers.
Horse thievng appears to be increasing in
the DEVILS Lake region. One man near
Minnewauhan lost four horses one night and
has found no trace of them.
tits reported that the prairie chicken crop
will be immense this year, and furnish any
amount of sport for hunters. 1t will be
about three weeks earlier than usual.
The Democrats of Fargo met Wednesday
night to complete the organization of the
Cleveland club. All willing to accept good
offices under President c. are expected to
join.
Hillsboro Banner: tits demon strated that
plenty of water for stock can be secured in
this vicinity by means of artesian wells. II
wheat continues to decline it may be profta-
Bile for our farmers to pay more attention to
stock raising
The stranger who committed suicide at
Morris, Minn., recently, is believed to be
Geo. Branne, an old bachelor and eccentric
character of Jamestown. He was classical
scholar and man Of fine education but lacked
practical wisdom.
1t is generally believed that the parties who
have invested SO much the past tyear in trying
to discover gold in Ransom county, have vir-
tually abandoned the effort. This item from
the Grand Rapids Journal, among others,
would indicate that such was the case:
Rev. R. H. Dolliver was one of the dele
gates from south Dakota to the prohibition
convention at Pittsburg. There was some
expectation that the territory would get one
OF the candidates. The fact that they might
not be eligible would cut no figure.
Col. Donan was to leave last night for a
visit of several weeks east. 1t is supposed
that he goes at the request of the national
committee, which is extremely ANXIOUS to Sc
cure him to take the stump The, colonel
does not seem to be quite certain which side
he is on.
term of the district court Of Cass county
will commence at Fargo, August 26. 1t is
expected that the Republican county conven-
yention to nominate delegates to Pierre will
be held on August 27, at Fargo. Col. Ray
| mo 10 fa1 I'M a 1ou tO 1ooE
after his political forces
The bean crop of Buffalo county, south
Dakota, is estimated at IA, 900 bushels. Sew
eral eastern parties are turning their atten
tiou to that county with the intention of es-
tablishing canning factories. The Dakota
bean, owing to the fine climate in which it is
raised, excells in many respects the famous
Boston brand.
If the Fairbank Tribune is good authority,
Dakota is .some pumpkin! 1t says: son
raising wheat, oats and all kinds of grain
Dakota beats the world, and she now comes
to the front with the largest pumpkin ever
grown. This pumpkin is now on exhibition
in Europe. 1t is eighteen feet in circumfer-
ence and weighs nearly eight hundred
pounds"
Last Sunday Helena enjoyed a wedding in
high life. The groom was a wealthy st. Paul
gentleman, Geo. Z. lockwood, and the bride
Miss Annie Caplice, of Butte, lady spoken
of as exceptionally beautiful and accom-
plished. The ceremony was performed by
the bishop of Helena, assisted by Rev. Father
Imoda, and all the arrangements were elab-
crate and in the most fashionable style.
Mr. II. Cross, who was clerk at the Revere
house last season has been at Griswold, the
gold-mining town, continually since the first
week and allowed that the ''bottom was
out' on the gold boom. Mr.. Griswold finds
that his machinery don't get at the gold and
has taken his departure for the east, presum-
ably on an extended visit.
The bonanza Dasey farm on the Coopers-
town branch of the Northern Pacific, north
of Sanborn, is reported to have changed
hands this week at the nominal figures
of $4,000. c. F. Kindred has been at
Valley City this week, and tits said has COM
pleted the sale of'his large landed interests
in that vicinity at $132, 900. Some time since
this sale was reported on foot, but delayed
for some reason.
Hillsboro Banner: A Belmont farmer finds
himself between the devil and the deep sea,
thus: He owns q horse affected with the
glanders; He has given a mortgage upon
the horse. If he allows the horse to live his
neighbors threaten him with arrest for keep
ing glandered stock. If he kills the horse
the mortgage threatens to arrest him for
destroying mortgaged property. Just what
to do is what agitates his bosom. The solu-
ton is simple. Shoot the mortgage.
The editor of the Dakota Sitti,tgs recently
visited the extensive gardens of Mr.. Guild
ner on DEVILS Lake, and found this exten-
sive variety of vegetables successfully grown
there: Peas, beans, potatoes, beets let
tuce, cabbage, turnips. tomatoes, onions,
cucumbers, radishes, flower beans, melons,
spnage, mustard, and last but not least, to-
bacco. This plant has beautiful growth
and when We remarked so to Mr.. Guldner he
drew from his pocket a magnificent twist
that he was chewing, made from his last
years yield
The Grand Forks Pldiadealer says: '.The
n ew road that is being built north and south
through Larimore is being pushed as fast as
the track layers can put on the iron. 1t is
now graded forty miles north from Larimore,
and the iron is laid about twenty miles. The
new town at McCannais is already booming,
aud is surveyed and plated and lots will be
one the market in few days Orr, the next
station north, will follow suit, and before
haryestthe western part of Grand Forks county
will have three or four booming young vii
| lagos on the new line of road.'
The members can make themselves solid
with the classes named by measure as sug-
gested by the Mandan Pioneer in this: ''In
tie settlement Of the estate of the defendant
recently in Morton county who had no heirs
it was declined to divide the estate equally