St. Paul daily globe., 1884-10-24
DAKOTA& MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
tothe Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms October 20, to the st.
Paul Globe.
Northeastern Notes.

Gov. Ordway has been in Washington for
some time, but is expected at Bismarck
shortly,
The first snow at Fargo fell on the morn
ing of October %. 1t barely whitened the
ground and soon left.
Gov. Pierce mingles with people and gath
ings, and averages up to the great satisfac
ton of those who have the pleasure of his
acquaintance.
The belle of Appomattox in Potter county
has added to the admiration felt by killing,
scalding and dressing and largely consum
ing young hog.
A large portion of the farmers trust to
luck rather than plow fire breaks around
their stacks of hay, and many of them see
their mistake when the fire burns up all their
product.
Prof. E. A. Colby, the noted local come
dian and for some years book keeper of the
Argus, left this week for the south in hopes
to repair his health, which his friends fear is
fatally broken.
There was a double wedding at Glencoe,
in Emmons county, last week, and about all
the high joints for twenty miles around
shared the festivities and danced all night.
But one other wedding had ever taken place
in that county. -segf sai
In some of the public schools in Dakota
the pupils are given lessons in the proper
method of conducting political conventions
and holding elections. The Pierre conven-
ton or those held in Cass county are not,
however, taken as examples.
Tho hoe baap erao;onv- ,rooJ ~,
the vicinity of Oriska in Barnes, as indicated
by this in the Benefit: Millions of ducks
have been feeding on the hail struck grain
in this vicinity for several days, and now the
geese-thousands of 'em- are doing like
wise.
Col. Morton. of Fargo, will send to tie
New Orleans exposition some fine specimens
of his fancy poultry. He has one pair of
immense Shanghais that he has trained to
bow and crow whenever spoken to by visi-
| tors. His theory is that chickens can be
taught about as many tricks as dog, and
claims remarkable success in his in struction
of them. III
a gentleman who unhappily left Dakota
and returned to Ohio. writes to the editor of
the jamestown Capital Having spent most of
the summer on a bed of affiiction, lam now on
the stool of repentance, praying for forgive
ness and chance to get out of this bilious
country. Have you an opening or do you
know of one that l might fill! If so, please
let me know and will once more bid adieu
to the Maumee swamps and sail for a more
healthy atmosphere.
The Glendale Leader says of the growth of
that place: "Ellendale continues to grow in
moderate way. Numerous residence and
other small buildings have been erected the
present season, but the most notable i'm
provements are the two large elevators, the
new store of w. II. Jones, a $4,000 school
house and the court house nov under con-
struction, which is to be handsome build
ing. While there has been a general dull
ness everywhere, the improvements in Ell
lendale this year will amount to at least S40,-
coo, matter of congratulation to every res
ident
The Nelc STATE. in McCook county, give.
this freak of two young ladies, which is sale
to interest the boys: Some of the girls in thi
place. have habit of putting on mems attire
and parading the streets. We presume th'
girls don't mean any harm, but it look
rather ridiculous to see young ladies dressed
up In boys clothes. It adds this showing
their courage: Two ladies with ''brave'
hearts slept in little cottage by themselve
last Tuesday, but before going to bed they
tried to borrow a revolver but couldn't s.
they took two rolling pins to bed and pu
them under the pillow, with one han,
grasped hold of them, waiting to defen
themselves if any one should come in.