Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-08
DAKorANs ANXIOUS FOR WIVES
A Chat with Col. Donsn-Towns without
One MArriageable Girl.

From the \ e30 York Tribune.
owe can accommodate 600 girls with
/ husbands in Dakota on 30 days notice.
. said Col. Pat DOMAIN at the Grand Union
hotel a few days ago. The Colonel Of the
/ late Confederate forces, now a journalist
IN the great Territory, lowered full six
I feet under a big SLOUGH hat. ave have
published in the Fargo ArquS," he CON
tinued, 80, 600 letters from as many young
women and have made many matches. In
May, 1880, there was only one marriage
able girl In Fargo, and to-day, with a
population of 1900, we have only four
unmarried girls. In Deadwood, at the
height Of its mining fever in 1S10-S0, there
were 1000 bachelors and only six mar
riageable girls. You get a great many
tales in the East about the lone young
women who take up farms in Dakota and
reject all offers of marriage. Why, they
can't live In the Territory year before
they are welded
"Most OF our men went to Dakota when
| they were boys and that is the reason we
nave so many bachelors there-thOusands
OF them, all willing to marry. The strange
thing about IL all is. most of them know
lots Of girls in the Eastern towns from
which they came and make no effort to
wed them. They won't have the girls
! they used to know, and they can't get any
others very well. ANY attractive girl
who will 60 there can queen it over the
whole Territory. Montana is older than
we are and has plenty OF marriageable
women. My, how those girls there ride
horsesl But in Dakota | know scarcely
a town with an unmarried girl in it. 1t
would surprise you to know how many
army officials and men OF prominence
/ marry servant girls. High or low, rich or
| poor, "a good girl can have her choice there.
/ know one prominent man who married a
pretty waiter girl of one OF the hotels the
other day. She gave him as a wedding
present, a Dakota farm, some diamonds
ana many other valuaDles. In Dakota
women are equal with men before the
! law"
Col. DOMAIN, although now a noted
matchmaker, is bachelor himself. Mai.
| Edwards, editOr-in-chief, and II. G.
| Plumley, managing editor of the Argus.
he says, are both unmarried. although
they have overlooked and published all
the 1000 letters sent him from Eastern
young women.
When asked about the alleged great
poker game between Stanley Huntly and
Mag. Edwards in which the former threw
away four queens and drew three aces to
an ace in hand, Col. Donan said:
'Ihe story isn't to be believed. Mai.
Edwards knows how to deal and having
four kings in hand and pot OF $4,000 on
the table he would not deal his opponent
three aces"
"What about the division and admis-
sion OF the Territory as a Slater" was
asked.
"The admission and division of Dakota
have been agitated with us since 1870
when we had $4,000 inhabitants. Since
then there have been several constitu-
tl0nal conventions which have met, re-
solved and sent delegations to Washing
ton. Last winter we had delegation at
the capital which spent hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars in vain. There are three
things TO prevent division and admission.
| The South will never permit the admis-
/ sion OF two Northern States if it can help
/ it. The Eastern high tariff Republicans
viii never permit two low tariff States to
/ enter II they can help il. The Democratic
| party will never consent to the admission
Of the two Republican States if it can
/ help il. Dakota will be- admitted only
when it consents TO come IN rs one
/ State"