St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-25
Dakota NewsBefs.

AS there was no regular train Sunday Stunt.
Guthrie of the Manitoba run q special down
from DEVILS Lake to Fargo to bring Col.
Donan. On the way he barely missed seri-
GUS accident. His car had rocking chairs and
a sudden stop tipped the colonel backwards
upon very hot stove, burning and running
his best $50 suit of clothes. He says he got
off the stove without suggestion from any
one He outlines his trip from Fargo as first
to New Orleans, via Cincinnati and st. Louis
then to New York, Chicago. Washington, and
early in January TO sail for Jamaica, Mica
ragua, and then by river and mule some hun
dreds of miles into the INTERIOR and ia Hon.
duras, where one of the syndicates with
which the colonel is operating has immense
land and mineral possessions, and has just
sent to this country its first gold ore. The
colonel will write up those central American
regions as he sees them.
Hansbrough of the Devils Lake Inter-
Ocean, whom a United States grand Jury
voted some time since to indict in connection
with land matters, has had his claim cam
celled by the land commissioner, upon report
of the special agent, and is certain the coun-
try will be ruiued unless there is change in
the hands of the department.
Editor Hall of the Fargo Democrat an
nounces that he is no longer candidate for
the Fargo postoffice. His chances were
thought as good as any, but two years is too
long to wait for vacancy. Several of the
other aspirants have only the photographs
given by the GLOBE as evidence of their
candidacy.
Randall Brown. the mind reader had the
biggest house at Fargo, Sunday night, at the
expense of the churches. His well-known
tests of mind reading were made without
hitch, but the seance with the spirits was not
novel or specially intere sting.
The editor of the Hand Press was per-
suaded, by observations taken through the
hon nf hot hnro
in the statement he had published about the
elopement of a young man of that place with
a married wpman.
There are several claimants of a share In
the famous English Lawrence Townley estate
in Dakota. One at Minor expects to take in
a million out of the SS00,000,000, and two or
three about Fargo smaller amounts.
The agricultural college at Brookings takes
the lead of all the collegiate institutions ia
Dakota, with $50 pupils and the number
growing. Tuition is free and the cost of
board last month was S2.35 per week,
The mayors of most Dakota cities patri-
otically and in glowing terms Endorsed the
proclamations from Washington and Bismarck
in regard to Thanksgiving. Some Of them
seem fitted for the pulpit.
One dry goods house in the small town of
Volga last week took in, in one day, 81. 731 on
cash sales That is one indication of the
general revival of business and increase of
currency in Dakota.
l.. McAfee and J. W. Cronn, professionals
are taking in Dakota towns at billiards, and
have the past week given exhibitions of their
skill at Milbank, Wahpeton, Fargo, and per-
haps other points.
The jug of water from the artesian we'll at
Milbank sent East for analysis, was broken
on the way, requiring another to be for.
warded. There is good deal of faith in tto
mineral properties.