St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
DoEofu NeIrsFegs

Day county viii receive bids for new
court house till April II.
Tree claims in Dakota are very generally
being turned into homesteads, so that the
purpose of the law to secure trees does not
net much in that direction.
There have been several fights among
claimants on the Winnebago reservation,
aud there win no doubt be numerous coils
ions and contests growing out of the iudis-
criminate practice of jumping claims. And
then the president may revoke the order and
all be driven of.
It is believed BY those who have given the
subject special examination that the amount
of wheat still in North Dakota, in the hands
of farmers and elevators, is very much
greater than has been reported. Many of
the larger farmers in the older sections OF
the Red still have their entire crop on hand
holding for better prices Some who are able
TO hold say they never viii sell less than 81 a
bushel.
4 large colony of settlers from the vicinity
Of Elmira, y. Y, are locating near Lawrence
in Hand county. They are men of means
generally and are regarded as quite an ac-
QUESTION.
Maj Caldwell of the Sioux Falls Press,
with Petugrew, stopped in Fargo Monday 70
view the eclipse. There was a good deal of
looking through smoked and other glassware
on the occasion, and for eclipse the place
was pronounced a great success. Caldwell
will run his Office BY telephone, mainly from
Sioux Falls, with Col. Holt Of the governors
IL, .,
Democratic governor comes in there NAV be
4 change.
This claim for Dakota roads made bv the
Lawrence Journal has been fully warranted
the past year at least: Dakota's roads are the
best in the world. We say this with full
knowledge of the average condition of the
roads st this season of the year in over
twenty states of the Union. To-day we have
mile after mile OF wagon roads that are dry,
hard aud dusty.
K. +. Custiee, very prominent young
business man at Andover, in Day county,
died the past week, and his remains were
taken 10 his former home at Appleton, MINI.
It is believed that W s wynne of the
Argus win be postmaster at Sioux Falls, and
the selection viii be emineptly lit and salts
tory.
1t is claimed that J. E. Ziebaeh, son Of
the veteran Democrat and editor. was re-
moved from the clerkship of Potter county
bv Judge Smith solely because he was s
Democrat II that is the case. civil service
reform would not De seriously damaged if a
new Judge should be puI on the bench.
The watertowu Courier has seen some fine
SAMPLES Of anthracite coal found in the sup
posed coal region Of Day, some seventy-5ve
mites north ot Wstertovu- Is SAYS that Hg-
mite was found at 81 feet snd - feet lower.
coal. II IS strongly claimed that il is in
sufficient quantity 30 WORK with grest profit.
When it Is fully settled that that IS to be 4
mining section there viii be several railroads
from Wa,ertown and other points pushing 10
get thors. The Courier hss information that
/ the Burlington road viii put on a large force
st once building its Northwest extension.
The capital stock Of 500. .Oe0 has been sub
/ scribe - a Ere insurance company at Water
Z town. There are three or f01r home com
+ pauics that seem 70 be very prosperous
! I=saJ. 49, organized ss4Gae II iss GIss;
/ talent into burnt cork troupe that vii make
a tour Of South Dakeia i they are apqre-
cia,e3-
Z \ German paper, the Zeilang. hss teea
/ established e, Sioux Falls. There is quite a
German poi'1'aiiou in that section In TIE
( North :tere are comparatively few Of tha;
+ nationality, but large Scandinavian cir
neus
A yuung man who came ort from TIE
{ East n oae ot the towns in It'd LaMo1re'