St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-05
DAKOTA& MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms January. 2 to the S
Panl Globe.


oeratic paper at Mitchell.
The argus New Years day presented its
patrons a handsome illustrated annual of 100 o.
more pages.
Buffalo is the only lnorganized county in Soutl
Dakota east of the Missouri river. 1t is small
but has much good land yet to be had.
In some parts Of south Dakota more snow fel
in December than IN the entire winter q yea
ago. There is rather less than usual in thu
north.
The police at Fargo celebrated New Years day
with a grand banquet gwen by the chief. They
made the town lively, and were capsized in the
snow. No arrests.
A daughter OF Postmaster Bigger, of Lisbon
Miss Mamie, a local belle, was married New
Years day to A. B. Gould, a society young man
who has had many a cap set for him.
Hudson county is small, having but twelve
townships, but has forty-eight school house:
and will have sixty in another year. This speaks
well for the class OF settlers, five school houses
to a township.
The Lewis murder trial has been changed from
Dawson county to Aurora, and court will sit al
Plankinton January 3. The trial will excite s
good deal of interest. Court will hold three
weeks or more.
Major C. ". Butte recently recovered a $50
NO5 Az hNN AOSbi Ghd lLG Aiillu hdS - TclOiCCu
to see him that he swallowed a So pair Of gloves
and tattered a half dozen photographs of parties
who have responded to his matrimonial card.
The poultry show held at Fargo the past week
was a gratifying success ID the chicken fanclers.
They were surprised at the number and variety
OF the feathered bipeds and the interest shown.
Ii Is probable that another year will make this a
region noted for fine poultry.
E. B. Beesen, of the Fond du Lac (Wis.)
JOarnGt, has recently been through South Da-
kota with the troupe of which his sister, Abbie
Darlington, is the chief singer, looking for a
Democratic paper or a good place to establish
one. He did not find any for sale.
Some of the parties sent out to Dakota by the
Washington powers TO enforce the laws and keep
the people in order imagine that they are on a
lark outside of state civilization, and have a mis-
sion 10 paint the towns carmine, a. the phrase
Is. The holidays afforded notable Illustrations.
a train dispatcher in Walworth county used to
60 out TO his claim, twenty-five miles away about
twice a month, and be had erected u good house
there. but IL was decided that this did not con-
stitute a residence. A large part Of the claims
have been made upon lighter basis than this.
This spoken OF by the Alexandria Herald is In
the Sioux reservation: There is no doubt but
there is coal and petroleum on the streams
tributary 10 the Moreau river from the north.
The Indians are jubilant over the prospect. They
expect 'heap big money from the ''Great
Father for the land.
Ella Wheeler, IN a recent poetic effusion, re-
lates that she dropped asleep, draped in q soft,
luxurious gloom The ~facetious poet and jour
nalist Ut Casseiton suggests that with the Their
mometer forty below zero, as on New Year
morning, Ella would sigh for more substantial
clothing if she expected to sleep well.
If the estimates that eighty a'e per cent. OF
the wheat crop in north Dakota has passed out
Of the hands of the growers, are correct, the re-
cent advance in prices will be of little concern to
farmers. They will not be benefited to any great
extent. THIS whe do hJid it ae the larger,
prosperous class, who can afford 10 hold Inden-
niteiy.
A party Of FIVE Russians went to Potter county
the past week to occupy claims they had secured.
One Of them was a hne looking old man Of eighty
years, who, when a lad, was a guide to the nus
sian army during Napoleou's attack upon Mos
COW. they stated that u large coIony, nnmber-
ms several hundred OF their couutrymen, would
settle In central Dakota in the spring.
The jamestown AIert revived its daily on New
Years, but without dis pat ;hes. IL announces
that t-is is done Ut Il loss, but the owner, Nc
Clure, has been so fortunate in outside specula-
lions that he thinks he can stand a shortage OF
| q itN AhOurdhuS iOT tue ItpuldllOu Ol tue Aitfuc-
i've city lUO miles east OF bismarck. fac place
now has two dales which would do credit 10
much larger towns.
There is a good deal OF curiosity to know who
is the author OF II lengthy aud scathing article
from Washington in the New York World mainly
devoted to i relentless and cruel dissection OF
some or the methods and actors In Dakota mat
tiers. IL IL generally conceded hat thoress mucn
truth in 1t, although too severe Ia pasrages, and
that the author mas had Intimate expe. lence with
DLko,a characters aud movements.
The jamestown AEeJt presumes that the Da.
kota writer OF the Pioneer Press, who reported
that the scheme Of a political partnership OF Da-
kOta and Mani.oDa had been seriously ialked Of
and endorsed ny any papers, was al escaped
lunatic. The report Is travelling the rounds Jt
the eastern press, aud Is calculated TO 90 mis-
chief. II wa probably designed as a bit OF
pleasantly by the originator.
The Kimball Graphic is authority for the state.
ment that In that section some Of the Younger
lady teachers have adopted the rule to kiss the
first boy that comes to tae school In the morn.
lug. The result Is that tue big boys all get there
ueiore the teacher, and as she is unable TO decide
between thin, sue rewards them ali equally.
IL Is said That the editor OF the Graph c has APP
piled Tor admission to one Of the sch Jols.
Mai. Butte has n bonanza farm a few miles from
isaN""hs WI nv ht AAS rCk hlt several LuOQsAIl
black walnut trees, which are doing finely. lie
brought them from New Jersey. He has no
doubt that they will thrive In this climate and
his children and grandchildren be able to luxu
rate In their fruits. lie has also u variety OF
other fruit trees set out. Ills only failure wac
in planting canned tomatoes.
The Lisbon Herald claims reliable information
that the coal discoveries fifty miles south OF that
point, in Day county, four miles from Britton.
arc fully confirmed. IL says that there are two
veins, one TOUR feet below the other. the first Eve
feet thick and the second mne feet. nnd the
quality equal to Iowa or Ohio coal. II this be the
TACT that county IS fortunate indeed and The ex-
tension OF a railroad 10 the section will be had
very soon.
F.. B.. Fancher. a jamestown farmer. reports
as an encouragement to diversified farming, that
the past year be had three cows and kept an ac-
curste account OF the expense, and inds a profit
Of SI55 on the three animals. MI, L. Vac Deu-
sen, on The Toy farm in Eldder. has expert.
menis with $ small DIX OF Co,swoid sheep and
finds large profit. He notes as a singular fact
that the ewes almost inyarialy have twins. He
attributes this % the climate.
Even the most enthusiastic and uncompromis-
ing admirers Of the Dakota climate, wnen the
thermometer has been 4Oe or more below zero
lately. hsvc been forced 10 admit thar there ,as
a orlrS freshness ABOUT " tnIt was untas0fable
TO sitting around on dry gooIs boxes oT wearing
straw hats. In fact, IL was conceded tina. Il tue
thermometers were left out doors. there was
danger of frozen ears and noses. SAN when
there Is no WIND the coolest weather can be en-
dGrcd, especially around a hot stove.
long Nay H Uare.
To the Editor OF the Globe:
ST. PAIL. Jan. 8, iSs5.-In your issue Of Dec.
% appeared an item stating that the Lesdsr. at
EIenda.e. OAK, bad suspended. Being the