St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-12
Da kOta Newslets.

Dakota Newslets.
The signal service shows that at Fargo. in
the month OF October, rain fell on seven days,
but the total fall for the month was but .68
OF an inch, which Is small, not one-ffth of
the average of the past five years. Last year
the fall for October was $40 inches, which is
about the usual average. There were but
ten days not set down as clear and fair The
highest point touched by the thermometer
was $50, and the lowest l76. The mean tenn
perature of the month was 400. The pre-
vailing direction of the wind was north, and
its highest velocity forty-two miles nn hour
There was little strong wind. and the month
could hardly be better adapted to comfort
and enjoyment. On two nights there were
fine exhibitions of auror2S, and lunar halos
two nights. There We're frosts on fifteen
days in the month.
1t is claimed that the evidence given by the
fifty to sixty witnesses examined the past
two weeks show UP SO vast an amount of rot
tenness at the election in Sargent county, so
much so that some of the parties Implicated
have found it advisable to travel. 1t is alleged
that 165 illegal votes at Minor are proven;
that eighty or more names are fictitious, or
those of men living in other counties not
there. and that the boxes were stuffed to COR
respond; that Forman had a clear majority
of the legal votes for county seat, and that
the best county offices nave been held by
virtue of those bogus ballots. The matter
will come before the courts at the terms soon
to be held at Fargo. in civil and criminal
suits.
Col W. H. Hayward, who was for many
years prominent citizen of Cleveland, o.,
has large property interests at Wahpeton,
and returning there recently, finds evidence
that it viii in few years be a thriving city
Of 10000 people. He expresses the opinion
to the Times, as an old commercial man, tn t
the only considerable drawback to Dakota
towns is the extravaganza freight tariffs. He
sees no reason why they should not be two or
three times as great west of st. Paul and Du-
luth as east of that metropolis, and thinks
the roads stand in their own light, as low
rates would add enormously to their business
The Times agrees with him, and they are not
alone in the view.
The Milbank Review denies that Railroad
Commissioner Evans or his bondsmen have
made good his S15, 900 shortage as late county
treasurer of Grant. The Review thinks he
is temporiZing in the matter, and threatens
to give the true inwardness of the thing.
Mr.. Evans proposed to the county board to
turn over property valued at $4,000 or 600
if the board would give him release from
the $4,000. He does not seem to be just the
kind Of man the territory needs to look
after the interests Of her people in railroads.
There is good deal of curiosity to know
the names Of the two Dakota Democrats who
were so unpatriotic as to refuse to serve as
governor of Dakota when requested by the
president, as revealed by Editor Vallandig-
ham. Some think Mr.. V. was one of them.
but his modesty is probably the basis Of it.
There are good many Democrats in Dakota
who think they are admirably qualified for
the position held by Gov Pierce who do not
remember having declined the station.
1t is supposed Judge Francis was at Wash
ingtOn at the time and induced the president
to change the program and appoint Judge
,~ETr II
stead of the Bismarck district. Barnes don't
like the idea of being sent out among the
Apaches and is working for the Dakota
bench. 1t is not known that any indorSe-
ments of Francis have been secured in Da-
kota. Still it looks as If he had some sort of
a grip at Washington.
The Bangor Rustler, South Dakota paper,
indicates quite common feeling in the local
tiles where the paper is seen, in this: The
extraordinary zeal displayed by the St, Paul
Pioneer Press in the interest of division of
Dokota, and the admission of the southeastern
portion as state, is something remarkable.
Why does the Press take such interest in a
matter which apparently so little concerns it?
One Of the ambitious metropolitan sheets
near the falls of st. Anthony is so anxious to
push it's way into Dakota that it, in some
localities, tenders its daily three or four
months for 81, and offers jack-knife valued
at from rs cents to 81. 25 to those who sub
scribe for 81 weekly There is not noted,
however, any great frequency of that sort of
knife.
AS illustrative Of the Dakota climate, it is
stated that Miss Mckinney, who came out
from Binghamton, N. Y, some weeks since,
and has been stopping at Sanborn in Barnes
county for the benefit of her health, has
added twenty-five pounds to her weight in a
short time. She has urgent inducements to
remain.
Four of the young farmers at St. George,
in La Moure county, have gone to Duchess
and Columbia counties, in New York, to spend
the winter in securing wines. A great many
Dakota young men will be found in the states
engaged in a similar way.
H. B. Schoffner of Dickinson, after being
sentenced to the penitentiary six months for
assault, pending an appeal to the supreme
court, was allowed to give bail, and the Press
thinks he has taken leg bail, and will prove
to be pious fraud.
N. D. Miller, the chief engineer of the
Manitoba railroad, has spent several weeks
in the Mouse river Turtle mountain and Big
Coulee region, and the people believe it
means something besides shooting deer and
ducks.
John Congers, one Of the county officials
and most prosperous farmers of Towner
county, is publicly pledged to marry the first
young lady he meets who will have him,
when wheat in Dakota reaches 81 a bushel.
DunSe1th expects to complete this week the
only brick school house west of Grand Forks.
1t will be a creditable structure. The brew
cry being completed there shows the march
of civilization.
Judge Mcconnell is holding court in Penn
bina county this week. Next Monday he
commences long term at Fargo, in which
many important cases will be heard.
Fl. B. Cranda writer of note and fine
qualifications, is writing an exhaustive his
tory of Richand county, and it will no doubt
be a valuable work.
The water is so low that navigation is sus-
pended on the Red river for the season. The
rainfall has been rather lighter than usual
this fall.
The James River Valley railroad is so nearly
completed that freight is now taken and billed
to Grand Rapids, the county seat of La
Moure.
The local freight business at La Moure last
month amounted to nearly $4,000 which is
pretty good for a town less than three years
old.
John Plott died in La Moure county last
week from over-exertion in fighting prairie
fire. His remains were taken to Wisconsin
A post of the G. A. r. is to be mustered at
Tower City Nov. Is. There will be banquet