St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-20

nlture dealers, hotelkeeperS, railroad agents
and telegraph managers. in fact no one had
any dealings with him. TO their sorrow. but
( became hls creditor How he managed to
get out of the city shall always remain 4
mystery. but On Wednesday the entire
E troupe left for Rochester. Ii was his in-
tendOn 20 play at Owatonna. Faribault.
+ Red Wing and Mankato. and if those towns
! are not heard from we miss our guess. This
enterprising manager sails under the clas-
/ steal name of w. G. Fonda and may be
/ recognized by his blonde mustache. silk
hat and large cotton umbrella. which Is his
constant companion. 1t would be well for
/ business men to deal with him on the c. o.
/ ID. plan, or lac may leave some other city
( $500 or $500 in the lurch.-WinOna Herald.
Fergus Falls Politics.
/ Correspondence of the Globe.
/ FERGUS FALLS. Aug. 1s.-Fergus Falls
+ is initiating her lungs with the ozone that is
f waited in from thousand fields of golden
grain, and the city which is located at the
/ exact spot where tradition says Fergus fell,
/ is getting her second wind. Fergus has
suffered in common with us all during the
uncanny times of business depression that
/ have so persistently lowered over us for so
/ long. Bat now that the general business
outlook throughout the country begins 10
present so improved an aspect, this city is
/ among the first in the Northwest 10 feel the
reyivilying influences.
WHAT THE HARVEST HAS BEEN.
Something definite is being learned now
! concerning the wheat crop. The chaos
of speculation on this subject has been
more maddening and perplexing this season
/ than ever before. This is accounted for
/ from the fact that up TO within a month ago
crop prospects were never so good. and the
/ influences that tended 10 darken this pros
/ pect were so insidious and deceptive that
only the most experienced and intelligent
/ persons realized the great damage that
was being so Stealthily accomplished. The
heat of the latter part of July. the hail and
/ wind storms that succeeded. and the worm
/ that came after the wind have all added
| their mite TO the sum of the damage done.
! which Is DOW estimated at nearly, if not
/ quite twenty-five per cent. of what might
have been but for these untoward circum-
stances. The average yield for
! the county is now estimated
at fifteen bushels per acre. whereas a
month ago the most conservative thought
twenty bushels was a fair estimate. Otter
Tail county has 1O7, 600 acres in wheat this
year. the greater part of which is now
safely in the shock. An examination Of
the product yields surprising discovery, in
which heat, hail. wind and worm have
place. Each Individual head of wheat
turns out three distinct grades, No. hard,
No. 3 and rejected, and the proportion Of
the last two to the whole is of such ratio
that the value of the crop is doubtless re-
duced by the per cent. heretofore quoted.
THE PRICE.
The prospect for fair price redeems
say they will open on new wheat at about
75 cents, dropping TO 90, until the crop gets
dried out and it for milling
will gradually mount upward to 81 per
bushel, which figure, it is expected will be
reached by Jan. l. Ii is generally believed
! that 50 cents will be the average price paid
! for the present crop, and, estimating the
/ cOuntys yield at the very moderate figure
Of twelve bushels per acre, we have 1885,
/ O00, representing a cash outlay i'm this
county for wheat alone of over $1,000, 600
| for the season.
LITTLE POLITICS.
From the cheering thoughts of lots of
wheat and good prices, the mind of the cit
| iZen lightly turns TO thoughts of politics
/ these days, and much speculation and ex-
| pectaticn is rife, the coveted places being
the register and TeceiverShip OF the United
States land Office at this point The Office is
rated as a high class, that is. with
a salary or fee list of about SIS, YbO attached
to the receivership, and slightly less To
the registership.
There are aspirants and aspirants for
both these positions, and candor cOmpels
the statement that a change is prayed for
with equal fervency regardless of the poll
ties of the petitioners. 1t is generally con-
ceded that the present officials have not
performed the duties of their Office since
the present administration came i'm for
their health simply, but with an eye single
TO the dollars, and the fractional parts
thereof that could possibly be squeezed out
of the business. 1t has been a matter OF
current nOtOriety, ever since the date men
toned. that every service rendered by these
officials. however small, if at all out of the
usual routine of their duties, has had a
more or less gigantic fee attach
ment. This has not tended to
cement the cordial feeling between the OIL
cialS and the people, their masters. and con-
sequenuy there Is prolonged. persistent
and non-partisan petition that they be given
/ an incentive TO do as the Ute has done long
! ago. The names of the wOuld-be success
] Sors of these gentlemen have been as legion.
but those of short wind and immediate ne
cesSitieS have dropped cut of the race, until
now there are but two recognized aspirants
for register and the same number of patri-
otic individuals who stand ready to sacri-
| 1ice themselves on the altar of the
receiyer-Ship. The long wind of
MeSsrs. L. NJ. Wright and l.. l.. Aune is
/ accountable for the maintenance of prom
! inent place in the procession marching on
| the former position. and MeSsrS. j. =. Ken
nedy and Capt. II. 5. Cole for the latter.
! Narrowing the contest down TO a finer
| point Messrs. Aune and Cole appear to be
the chosen ones, and their commissions are
| said 10 he now awaiting President Cleve-
| lands surfeit of fishing to receive official
sanction and to accomplish what the loyal
Democratic hearts in this land district are
! signing for.
OF ANOTHER COLOR.
The bees in the Republican hive are be-
ginning TO arouse from the torpidity result
ing from overwhelming majorities. and a
mUtinOus spirit is becoming manifest
which is gradually resolving itself into q
determination among some of the faction
leaders to either rule or ruin in the future,
which is taken to mean that if the Demo
Gratis can't kill off Knute Nelson, then an
alliance will be proffered by the dis
affected section of the party, which,
make no mistake, is not necessarily the an
cient Kindred faction, but faction that is
even now springing into life and gathering
adherentS and strength every day, and
whose slogan Is synonym for down with
Knute Nelson" Notwithstanding all this.
the most sanguine do not predict success for
the movement and my lad, Knute, goes
serenely ahead laying wireS-not for third
term in congress, but TO succeed 10 the gu