St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-28
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many claiming theirs will go that. There
are some few pieces that will 20 over that
and many that viii not go only about one
half Of that amount. -. .AndOyer is still inn
proving; no boom. but a steady growth.
! We now have five church organizations. a
Grand Army of the Republic post. with
| /. b. Davis as commander and William T..
| Taylor acting commander. :. The Masons
have a lodge here Just starting. George
| Bryant master, and /. o. of G. T. have a
lodge of over sixty members. e. The Dem
oeratS are talking of forming a permanent
organization I'm this county soon and sup
! port only those that are Democrats at heart.
and the county officers to appoinG their
deputies from that grand old party.
Dakota NewsIefs.
In cases before the United States court
at Fargo for irregularities and hard swear
ing in making proofs of land, the jury re-
fused to convict. One of the government
inspectors had run down the cases, and
supposed he had evidence strong enough.
The parties had laid i'm jail quite a time,
and no doubt had disregarded some of the
technicalities Whatever the facts may be
it will be found very difficult to secure con-
viction before any jury in cases of this
kind. There is great prejudice against
these detectives and general sympathy for
the land claimants. The suits are generally
against poor fellows who have little means
to defend themselves with.
Mr.. Upham with his corps of govern
ment surveyors is making geological sur
Vey in the Northwest and is now tracing
the western shore OF a lake that occupied
the basin of the Red river and Lake Winni-
peg during the closing part of the era
known to biologists as the 'glacial period"
He finds the western shore of this lake
some fifty miles from the river. The vii
lage of Sheldon in Ransom county is on the
line of it.
The COoperstown Courier says the grand
jury of GriggS county investigated the Ques-
ton why beer was still kept up at 10 cents
for small glass, in violation of county law,
after the high tariff had been broken at Bis
marck. No indictments were drawn, how
ever. 1t Is regarded as an outrage 10 keep
beer at 10 cents when jurors get but 81 a
day.
As the assessment returns come in it is
found that in many sections the assessors
have totally disregarded the requirement Of
law and their oathS 10 assess property at its
cash value. For instance. in Aberdeen the
Republican says lots are returned for one
seventh of what they had just sold for. As
a result, taxation is very unequal and the
| totals do not do justice TO the facts.
The staff of the Dunsieth Herald i'm the
Turtle mountains, is admirably qualified to
run that country, On recent law trial,
Mrs. DIR. Farrell, the wife of one of the ed
itOrs, was the medical expert one editor
was counsel and the other as coroner
was acting sheriff.
Mrs. Tower of Philadelphia, wife of the
wealthy and philanthropic gentleman after
whom Tower City was named. has decided
TO take the insurance money and replace as
good as before the fine public library she
had given the place, which was burned last
| winter
A young lady. Miss Annie Furguson. ar
rived at Darlington last week, having come
alone from Scotland, near 5000 miles. 10
meet lover He was on hand and they
were married the evening of her arrival 1t
shows the value put upon Dakota hus-
band.
The new water works at Bismarck are
estimated to cost 500, 600 and will not be
completed this year. The water of the
Missouri is TO be pumped into a reservoir
/ la feet above the business portion of the
city. which will carry it to any building.
The Fargo Argus has reports from nearly
all sections of the Red river valley, which
uniformly state that the prospect for all
kinds of crops is the best ever known in
the valley, and wheat cutting will COM
mence from the 5th TO 18th of August.
J. w. Fisher. one of the bonanza farm
erS at CaSSelton, in Cass county, figures I'D
as the result of six years experience i'm
! growing wheat that the cost is 40 cents
/ bushel at yield OF is bushels. but he al
! lows nothing for cost of land, taxes or cap
! ital invested.
Tower City don't allow any liquor sold
but has an Immensely popular club called
/ the Qui Niye. Strangere are required to
! sign the constitution and bylaws and paw
an initiation fee graded by their bibulouS
activity as members.
Wahpeton is determined TO have the full
| 1,700 census figures made 10y the enumera-
! tor if it has 10 light for them. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY entitled to them. but there has been
no official statement of the figures.
John II. Lorlie, near Blanchard, i'm Trail
county, was struck by lightning last week
lie was unconscious for time. and when
he recovered found scorched place on his
neck, and had bad headache.
Mandan, in the Missouri valley. recently
had view of a very beautiful lunar rain
bow. perfect in form and brilliant in cOlors.
a sight of a lifetime, it is said, even in that
clear atmosphere.
George Earl, the popular hotel man at
! Tower City, has cut wheat heads from his
fields that measure five and one-half inches.
| The yield will be immense.
A merchant in Charles Mix county filed
contest on a mans claim who had been
dead two days, on the ground of abandon
ment.
Among the structures TO 90 up Aberdeen
is a Masonic block 3OX1OO and three stories.
1t viii be fine block.
Tower City is to have post of the G. 4.
r.. and farmers club TO arrange for a fair
| this fall.
Parties have gone to Europe to bring ont
large colonies TO Campbell and EmmOns
counties.
Killed i'm Fun.