St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-11

aid the party could give. NO objection Is
raised, however. to his more fortunate COM
petitor.
The Bridgewater Times in the South re-
ports another of the incidents where an UNI
loaded shotgun did fatal work. A lad 6
years old got hold of one, and in playing
soldier, pointed 1t at his four-year-Old sis
ter. 1t went off, killing her instantly.
The award of the first premium at New
Orleans for wheat to Dakota is good adj
vertisement for the territory. The Fargo
Argus publishes good portrait and sketch
of Major Fleming, the rustler and chief
director for Dakota at the exposition.
Register Hammond at Redfeld has just
returned from Kentucky with car of high
grade shorthorn heifers for which he paid
fancy prices. He could not find any to suit
him elsewhere, 1t is surprising how much
fine stock is being brought to Dakota.
Fargo is gratlfied at the selection of S.
Corning Judd for postmaster at Chicago, as
he is well known and has many friends
there. He has son who is a leading mer-
chant at Fargo and has himself spent much
time there. The son is a candidate for the
Fargo Office.
Rev. Ben Glasgow, the Scotch clerical
capitalist, who represents several millions
OF money, looked over Grant county very
thoroughly and was so pleased with it that
he told the people his company would let
have all the loans they wanted on the most
reasonable terms.
In Roberts county the assessors have
agreed to rate property in this way: Horses,
$40 to $50, cows, $40 to $40; sheep, $1.50
to So; hogs, SO to S.; tools and implements,
10 to 40 per cent; goods 60 per cent. etc.
Ii the law imposing severe penalties for
vaiuing below cash rate is enforced, some
in Roberts county will evidently suffer.
The Grand Rapids Journal claims that
after looking over most of the North and
much of the South, the Vermont colony
have finally decided to locate in La Moure.
1t looks as if that section had been fortu-
nate OF late. 1t is noticed that the first
dedication of church in the county will be
held next Sunday.
The recent order of Commissioner Sparks
requiring the registers and receivers to pub
fish land entries in the newspaper of general
circulation nearest the land will interfere
with the practice of several of the offices.
the one at Devils Lake especially, where it
is claimed that ring has controlled all the
officers and patronage.
The Democrats in Dakota see much en-
cOuragement i'll the recent removal OF the
Republican postmaster at Ipswich and the
appointment of Democrat. Mr.. Bold, the
postmaster, was very popular, and no
charges of any sort could be brought against
him except that he was not Democrat.
The Huron Democrat believes that there is
equally good cause for the removal of every
Republican in office in the territory, and is
confident that it is pointer full of en-
couragement to Democrats.
The presbytery of Dakota, which recently
met at Flandrau in connection with the
presbytery of Central Dakota, is composed
entirely of churches among the Sioux In
dian, and most of the preachers are Indians
They compared well with their white
brethren in dress, manners and ability to
speak, and were better specimens of phys
ical strength and vigor than most Of the
whites. Civilization is making good head
way among the tribe.
Castlewood, the county seat of Hamlin,
has paper, the Times, that would do
credit to town Of 5000 people, but the
place has not half that number, as it is less
than three years old, and has had a railroad
but half the time. 1t is little south of
Watertown and one of the most promising
new towns of that fine section. AS indeed,
it may be stated that it has graded high
school and three church edifices and is beau
tifully located on the banks of the Big
Sioux.
The Bismarck Blade expresses the cur
rent opinion in Dakota in regard to the
order of the commissioner of public lands
in suspending the perfecting of titles to set
tiers, in saying that it is but an opening of
the avenue for spectators to rush in with
grip-sacks full of scrip and take up the
choicest sections of our public lands, while
the honest settler, who comes here in good
faith. must wait until a special detective of
the land Office gets round to examine his
claim-perhaps two or three years after he
has offered his final proof, done everything
necessary to perfect it and paid in his
money.
The mayor of Milbank, with view to
artesian well and water works, has been in
vestigating their operation in other points
in the central region. He says of the one
at Aberdeen that it maintains constant
minimum pressure of 100 pounds to the
square inch, and can supply over 5000, 900
gallons day, and if confined in a stand
pipe the water will rise over 800 feet high,
with pressure to supply ten streams in
case of fire. This, he says, is the only
instance known to him where power from
natural sources will do as much, and it is
the largest flow of any artesian well. He
suggests that part of the power could be
used to generate electricity to light the city.