St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-24

are fine-lool1ing group. and it is thought
that such an exhibition of patriotism de-
serves special honor. II Mr.. Barnett is not
appointed postmaster he can be elected to
any Office in the gift of the people of that
section.
A squad of deSerters from Fort Totten
got about seyenty-five miles before they
were all captured and brought back in irons.
A party in Dawson county i'm the South
seems to be meeting good success in grow
ing peanuts. 1t is the first experiment of
the kind reported i'm the territory.
Wheat cutting has commenced in parts of
the South and will i'm the North in a few
days. If the impressions of farmers and
travellers are to be taken. the average yield
VIII be above that of any former year, and
| there will be reports of fields making forty
/ bushels. The damage by hail and storms
/ will not be noted in the general round UP.
! They will be found mainly in the variations
OF insurance companies.
In spite of all the bills distributed so
/ lavishly by the president of the Manitoba,
along the line of that road there are those
| who insist that freight rates need revising
when. as in a recent instance. goods that
cost Sl3. so from Cincinnati To st. Paul are
charged S25.3 from ST. Paul to Bathgate,
in Pembina county, not half the distance
from Cincinnati To ST. Paul. 1t is difficult
TO persuade people that rates should be
greatly higher west than east of ST. Paul,
not four times at least.
Revised census reports make the popula-
/ ton of North Dakota 154, OILS. 1t is proba-
bic that the true numbers will reach l6O,-
| 600, as in the sparSely settled regions the
Insufficient pay made the enumeratOrs
slight the work in some cases.
The land office at Bismarck has taken a
new departure and ruled that an occasional
visit to a claim, even by pretty young lady,
does not constitute legal residence. Even
pleas of poverty and good faith are not ac-
cepted in lieu of the requirements of law.
A surveying party is on the line OF the
extension of the Fargo Southern from Or
tOnville south, following the boundary line
down to the north part of deuel. county and
then striking through Gary to Flandreau.
A map recently sent out also follows this
route.
A rumor that man has received large
envelope from Washington makes him the
center of interest in many Dakota towns.
His protests that il contains no commission
do not relieve doubt. ID. NJ. Kelleher of
jamestown and w. G. Judd of Fargo have
on this account the past week been flooded
with applications for positions.
Preachers and professors all want land i'm
Dakota. One of the professors of the
Grand Forks university has $50 acres i'm
crops that will yield him more than his
salary. The president of one of the lead
ing New England colleges has large tract
near New Rockford. Those in the territory
who do not hold land are the exceptions.
The frequency with which lightning
strikes stock, houses and people in the tree
less districts prompts the suggestion in some
quarters that each township have num-
Der of rods placed upon high poles i'm ele-
waited spots. The lightning seems unusually
reckless and destructive this season. proba-
bly, because there are more people in its
way.
The case In Walsh county, in Eden town
ship, the past week shows the ignorance
and careleSsness, in regard to gases in
wells. that are prevalent. A man was
partly down in a well when he was suffO-
Gated by gas, and fell to the bottom. His
wife called a passer-by, and he FASTENED
down and fell TO the bottom. A third party
took the precautiOn 10 use a rope, and was
drawn up unconscious. Hooks were then
used to draw out the dead men.