St. Paul daily globe., 1885-02-03
DAKOTA AND MONTANA.
Queer Reasoning by an Eastern Paper
as to Why Dakota Should Not
be Admitted.
A Sanborn Geologist Claims to Have In
vented a Divining Rod for
Finding Coal
Rapid Growth of Ransom County-A Ban
quet to Jud La Moure--
News Notes.
NORTHWESTERN NOTES.

1t is designed to have the stage line from
Medora to Deadwood made mail route.
A thousand dollars are to be expended in
making the roller skating rink at Lisbon the
pride of that city.
Moorhead proposes to have grand Mardi
Gras display February II, with a carnival and
masquerade ball.
Dakota took the premium offered by the
New Yorker for the largest potato, which
weighed four and half pounds.
Matt Lee and Mrs. E. Fisher, Of Lisbon,
went to st. Paul together, and the local i'm
preston is that it is an elopement.
The legislature is asked to pass local op-
tion law in regard to licenses, and not leave
the matter with county commissioners.
Chas. Wagner, a butcher in McCook
county, adjusted some trouble over mort
gagged cattle he didn't have by hanging him
self.
1t is reported that the Northern Pacific man.
ayers are anxious for snow storm that will
stop trains on the Southwestern beyond
| Lisqon.
Parties in the Missouri valley anticipate
unusual floods in the spring. There is not
snow enough in the Red River valley to affect
! the river
Mayor Landquist, of Casselton, has opened
numerous boxes of cigars the past week over
his new daughter. He claims full Dakota
weight, thirteen pounds.
1t is reported that only two members of
the Legislature show up Democratic record,
Roach and Rnnkle, and neither is known TO
be seeking an appointment.
W. Fl. Ellis, the young editor of the Cassel
ton Courier. has sold out his paper, and it is
said has been offered position on one of the
st. Paul or Minneapolis papers.
The commissioner of the general land
office at Washington has decided the long
contested claims Of the Ward brothers, killed
at Devils Lake two years ago, in favor of
| their heirs.
Mr.. Boyce, Of the Lisbon Clipper, whose
office was recently burned, has sold the estab-
! lishment and will return to New Orleans to
conduct the bureau of correspondence he
has opened there.
DR.. w. P. Cleveland and family OF Hills
| boro, have returned from their visit to the
New Orleans fair, bringing some fine birds
and a monkey. The doctor is very proud OF
the Dakota exhibit.
| Grand Forks has trouble over its water
works, as the price charged by the Roller Mill
company is regarded as exorbitant. Some
/ insurance policies have been cancelled on ac-
count of the matter
Codingtou, Brule and several other coun-
ties in the south, elected Democratic officials,
and the Democratic papers are made official
| organs, although no county went Democratic
on the general vote.
| Major Edwards and half dozen Of the
! legislators came from Bismarck and spent
Sunday in Fargo. Most Of them attended
church by the persuasion OF Gen. Clark,
and to their own surprise.
Interesting revival meetings at the Metho
dist and Congregational churches of Fargo,
are continued this week. The city has no
worthy church edihce and the religious ele-
ment is comparatively weak.
The physicians state that Z. A. Colby, the
former cashier OF the Argus, and a very
popular amateur comedian, can live but a
short time. He went to New Orleans and
Texas, but the climate did not benefit him.
He has consumption.
The Port Emma Times regards the declar-
ing Of the James river navigable stream as
dodge to prevent the building of a bridge
at that place. 1t had not been suspected
that it is navigable river, except for turtles
and small boys In summer.
J. s. Couyers, county commissioner of
Towner county. has gone TO Mon roe county,
Missouri, to spend two months among the
constituents of Senator Vest, to work I'D a
colony for Towner There is no political
feature to the movement, however.
The Grand Forks Plaindealer, which was
burned out some time since, has just got into
its new quarters with $4,000 outfit. and
claims one of the finest establishments and
liyeiest dailies in the north. Mr.. Murphy is
one Of the pushers and deserves great success.
The wicked editor of the jamestown Alert
wants progressive eucher introduced in the
Sunday school Of which he is superintendent [.
The good deacOns are shocked, as they were
not trained in the frontier school of the
editor. He will probably be requested to
resign.
The Watertown papers insist that there Is a
fine opening there fora creamery, starch fac
tory, oil mill, tow mill, foundry. paper mill,
plow and other works. The opening Of new
railroad lines there is bound to give the place
a rapid growth, as it bas superior advantages
in location.
Valley City Is becoming noted for cases OF
triAed affections. The past week Gertie
Abrahamson swore out complaint against
An H-srna - oh -g&L
seduction under promise Of marriage and be-
ing the father Of her unborn child. Andreas
is supposed to have travelled.
d. r. Taylor, superintendent of the Fargo
Southern, states to the Maudan Times that
the proposed branch OF the Northern
Pacific from that point to the Black Hills
will be the most valuable feeder the Northern
Pacific can have. An earnest effort will be
made to secure Its construction.
The Walsh News does not take stock In
the warfare upon Senator Voorhees, 1t says:
Those editors who sent Senator Vest marked
copies Of their paper containing abusive ar
tieles, are getting them back with the iuti-
nation that he does not need them. They
do US no good bv their silly impertinence
The NorthwOod Headlight in the Goose
river country Guds special illustration Of the
saluoriiy aud fertility Of climate aud soil in
the fact that : COW only four years old, owned
By P. C. Johnson, a stock man, has pro-
duced I've ine young calves. Il is proposed
to take the bovine and all the calves to New
Orleans.
The young men at MAyville have opened
reading room where they spend evenings in
place Of INDUCING in revelry. Innocent
games are bad, and the example is worth
initiating in many Dakota towns Some of
the larger ones have no inviting resorts for
TIE grest number of young men Of this
character.
Near the Missouri river wood can be had