St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-28
Dakota NewsIets.


Tuesday. He expects to resume his legal
practice at Fargo.
Movement has been made at Glendale for
the organization of an agricultural society
to hold county fair.
The Towher County Tribune says that
every young lady in that section has fine
quarter section, and there are lots of them.
The first homestead on five years resi-
dence i'll La Moure county was proved up
last week. This indicates the age of the
county.
Parties claim to have found coal in thick
veins in Mcintosh, and also silver quartz,
mica, etc. There is but little settlement in
that county as yet.
The movement at Devils Lake is ildi-
Gated by the registry of over 2,OOO names at
the hotels the past month and the receipt
of 800 cars OF freight.
The Dunseith Times relates that man
who set fish traps in Willow river in that
section, took out 800 pounds of suckers and
picSerel at one time,
Walsh county proposes to take the lead
in the organization of an agricultural soci-
ETY. and county fair in the North. 1t is one
of the finest No. 1 hard sections.
In the south part of Sphinx county the
farmers have erected by the way a wooden
cannon inscribed, death to agents." 1t is
inferred that they have been bored.
S. j. Sherman and w. A. Todd of Min
neapoliS have secured large tract of land
in Mcpherson county, where they propose
to run sheep ranch on very extensive
scale.
Parties from ST. Louis have been at Sioux
Falls for the past week negotiating for a
thousand car loads of granite blocks for
paving the streets. 1t is believed there is
no better material.
1t is said that in some of the new coun-
ties the immigration Of Russians will be
discouraged. as they are charged with being
clannish and selfish, and keep out more en-
terprising classes.
Much of the corn planted in the central
and southerly regions was up and growing
finely before the middle of May. That
would indicate a season rather earlier than
usual and ahead of the average in the
north.
The glowing reports of that section have
brought out Eli Hartley, prominent CAPT
talist, and Henry Clay, builder of Phila-
delphia, to Towner county, and they say
there has been no eXaggeratiOn. They will
invest freely.
2. B. Cole, prominent citizen of Alton.
ILL.,, who has tried wheat-growing in the
Red river valley, the past week bought an
other half-section nine miles north of Fargo,
for $27 an acre, which shows prices of land
pretty well up.
Mile Stevens (Meyers), the actress, who
is making claim near Devils Lake, recently
lost her shack with her stock of summer
provisions and most of her stage wardrobe
by fire. She suffered in the fire at Devils
Lake last year.
The Devils Lake Inter-Ocean estimates
that 500, 600 bushels Of wheat will be mar
keted at that point this year. Last year
there was about 100, 600 bushels. The old
est settlers have never known a more IA
vOrable season SO far.
The Brookings Press shows it's Baptist
tendencies in this: A strong effort is being
made by the Prohibitionists to incorporate
their doctrine in the coming constitution.
Cold water is what the farce deserves Dip
it often and dip it deep.
It is expected there will be some
800 delegates in attendance upon the
Lutheran synod at Canton the last of June,
and important action upon the dogmas that
.
and perhape result in a split.
State Senator S. D. Patterson and other
capitalists of Minnesota are looking up a
site to lay out and build a Town on the Mis-
souri, river in Walworth county. They will
locate with view to securing an early ex-
tension of the Hastings & Dakota railroad
to their town.
To show what girl can do, it is related
that Miss Taylor, who came to Wahpeton
three years ago, took presumption and
had an offer of marriage the first year. The
second year she took homestead and tree
claim and had four offers to ''jine" farms.
She has now a section of land, twenty-seven
cows and innumerable calves and is ready
to consider the offers to marry.
Mathew Conklin of Kingsberry county
who was recently killed by lightning, with
his team, while blowing, was member of
the Democratic Central committee, and a
valued citizen. The lightning struck him
on the head, splitting open his feet and
tearing off his clothing. His watch was
found at some distance partly melted.
1t is now expected that the selection of
United States attorney general from Bis
marck will lead to the appointment of
Mayor Mccormack of Grand Forks for
OnlUou OtaCeS marshal, DIS DOUn IuarSlldl anu
attorney would not be taken from Bis
marck. The mayor is extremely popular
and will make very efficient marshal.
The Mandan Pioneer says that about co.
600 head of yearlings will be shipped from
the East to the cattlemen in West Dakota
this season. The spring roundup has COM
menced, and Theodore Roosevelt is now at
Medora with his cowboys. The Marquis de
Mores commences June to slaughter $50
head a day, and will continue all the sea-
son. This will help build up the place
quite materially.