St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-23
DAKOTA DOTLETS.
News Notes of All Sorts From the
Land of No, 1 Hard.

The officials of the proposed Duluth, Huron
y Denver railroad are visiting towns along
the route and securing promises of liberal
aid, but the Milbank people think their exac-
tons of that place are excessive. The road
wants $4,000, twenty-five acres of land tor
depot grounds, the right Of way through the
county and $500 per mile through the county.
1t would trouble much larger place than
Milbank to meet such requirements The
business men have made up statement of
what they think they can do.
Mcpherson county. near the geographical
center of the territory, was first settled in
1883, and now has 1000 population and valu-
alton of over $500, 600. The central portion is
traversed by the couteaus, which furnish rich
grazing lands, with fertile valleys and numer-
GUS lakes-a paradise for the stockmau and
hunter. The county has no railroad, but it is
confidently expected that branch of the
Northern Pacific and the Burlington g. Cedar
Rapids will be there in a year or two.
The Leola Banner. at the town of Leola in
Mcpherson county, has been changed to the
Northwest, and one of the pioneers who has
been there over two years, wants to have the
name of the town changed. He came out
from the East to provide home for Leola
in 1888 and now that he is ready for her, he
finds that she has married another man. AL
| most any other name for the town would suit
his aggravated feelings better.
One of the first acts of Judge Church, it is
said. was 30 offer Tom Ziebach. the son of
the "Gov.," the clerkshp in Potter county,
from which he was removed by Judge Smith
If the Pierre Signal is good authority the
judge thinks that no Repu blican should be
retained in Office if Democrat can be found
who will fill it as well. In that case there
will be change in nearly all the counties
By the winter timetables trains from
jamestown to Fargo, by way of La Moure,
go one day and return the next. When the
Southwestern is bockaded, and very little
snow will answer the purpose, no trains will
run West of Lisbon, but it is designed to
keep open the line from jamestown to La
Moure.
Mitchell has sent e asst samples of it's fax
straw for the examination of a syndicate in
Pennsylvania that proposes to remove its tow
mill to some point in Dakota. Mitchell is in
one of the best flax regions in the West and
will be likely to secure the mill. 1t is one of
the favorite points with investors in the
South.
Capt. Parshall of the Hanson Advocate adj
vises Dakota farmers to go slow about giving
the culture of tobacco attention, as he has
experimental it six years, and still buys all
his tobacco. He says that unless a man is
thoroughly familiar with its culture, and
after cure he had better not fool with it.
1t is stated by parties who have recently
visited Union county that the average yield
of corn there is seyenty-fve bushels per acre
and that farmers haul it to town and sell it
for Is cents bushel. He also states that
many use it for fuel.
Maj. Aultman of the Lower Brule agency
has induced the Indian police to have their
hair cut short. which is regarded as an evil
dence of civilization, as the Indian is much
like the Chinamau in regard to length of hair.
A leading paper in the Black Hills has
adopted the plan of selling slow accounts at
| public sale, described in this way: Han
| son John, rich farmer, two miles southeast of
| Spearfish, amount Of account, $3.50; will sell
for So
| In the prelimin airy examination of Hawks
| the sheriff of Cavalier county. who shot the
man Stephens who resisted arrest, it was de-
| cided that it was case of manslaughter, and
| he was let out on $4,000 bail.
| AS an illustration of the effect of the Da-
! kota ozone, the Courier in Cavilier county,
| mentions that one of the fairest of the bellies
of its town, at a ball last week, danced fifty
| two times, and was ready to do days wash