St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-24
Dakota NeWslets.

The county seat Of Trail is at Caledonia, a
| small town away from railroad and some
| of the county officials do not like to move
! there. The county board has instructed the
attorney to bring suit against Probate Judge
| Frances to remove his Office from Hillshoro
| to Caledonia. Hillsboro, by the way, is an
| exception. even in Dakota, for culture, intel
| ligence, social style and wealth. 1t is said
| that none of the cities of the West has so
many educated people in proportion to popu-
lation, or so much wealth. Among the large
| farmers is the Baron Won Steimulher, with
| sons and kindred. They spend the summers
in Dakota and winters in Germany usually.
| The baroness speaks all the continental
| languages as well as United States, is SUI
! perior vocalist and musician and an artist
with the brush, but plain, unaffected in man
| ner, and an enthusiastic admirer of Dakota.
| Tower City rises in double-leaded enthusiasm
| over the recent sale of the Dakota g. Great
| Southern railroad. This is regarded as set
| ting all doubts in favor of Tower City as the
| northern point on the Northern Pacific, and
that the road will be completed at an early
| period. The Herald breaks out with: 1.-THE
! Dakota & Great Southern railroad is destined
| to be one of the great trunk lines of the
country, and Tower City has drawn a prize
with monumental P. Arise and give thanks,
sing without ceasing. Selah!"
The firm of Allen, Moon & Co. of St. Paul
| recently seized a stock of goods they had sold
| to merchant at Hope. G. R. Hope which the
latter had mortgaged to another party to Sc
cure prior claim. The sheriff took the goods
under a writ of replevin, but released them
on the st. Paul firm giving bond The case in
| wolves an interesting question of law on
which the decisions are conflicting in the
| states.
| After having been the roaring lion of the
| Iowa campaign, and fed and fabricated with
| the best that state affords, Col Plummer
finds it difficult to settle down to the task of
editing paper in town of 800 people, He
employs phrases not given the same emphasis
| in the pulpit to express his feelings, but he
| has pledged himself to build a railroad to
Caledonia and build up the place and prides
himself on keeping his pledges. He will
even marry if necessary.
1t is believed that a gang of well-dressed
thieves who have been doing business further
west have struck Fargo and Moorhead the
past week. Depredations have taken place
at the Fargo house. Sherman and other places
in Fargo, and one or two in Moorhead. The
losses have been small, but the police are
spotting and gathering them in.
The immediate point of extension Of the
Fargo & Southwestern branch Of the North
ern Pacific railroad is to st. George, locality
twenty miles southwest settled up in view of
promises OF early extension of the road. 1t
will go beyond that to some unknown point
eventually, but probably not for a year or
two.
The experiment of local hail insurance
| company at La Moure the past year proves
| to have been quite a success. There were
6.225 acres insured, with fifteen losses aggre-
eating S1,342.S5, which required an assess
ment of only 20 cents an acre. The differ
ence in favor of the home system is placed at
| $4,000.
| The roller rink at Grafton has been fitted
up for an opera house, and was inaugurated
Monday night by the New York Lyceum COM
pany.
! The military company at Grafton SUBJ
| scribed $3.50 for new uniforms last week, and
will be ready to take the first vacancy in the
ranks of the National guards.
A Yankton paper records that Marshal
Maratta the past week found relief from his
court duties in sixty straight games of euchre
! at one sitting, which lasted till day dawned