St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-19
DAKOTA& MONTANA
Collected and Forwarded by Telegraph
to the Daily Globe.
Fargo Special kilograms January IS, to the S
Paul Globe
Northeastern Notes.

at Sioux with thirty pupils.
Madison, in Lake county, claims 1000
population and $1,000 in new buildings,
Some curious person has counted 131 Da-
kota papers that have perpetrated the witt
cism about pulling down they est.
If there is any premium on weight f. W.
Whitney, in Jerauld county, claims it on an
eighteen pound boy.
j. NJ. Pease, the Mt. Vernon Gazette, mar
ried Miss Lucy Burns this month, and his
paper is improving since.
The removal of the land Office from Dead
wood to Rapid City has been suspended un-
til the former place can be heard from.
Bookings county has bills of about So, 900
to pay for the recent small pox visitation. 1t
is said there is not now case in the county
B. T. Hite has just returned to Hand
county from Indiana and reports that large
migration from that section will come to Da-
kota in the spring,
Dakota papers, for some reason, do not
seem to admire Senator Vest. Those who
know any specially mean things of him will
earn their gratitude by reporting them.
prominent citizen of Hutchinson county
has just returned from an extended visit to
his native land, Russia, and brings back
quite colony of the better class of Russians.
j. L. Cotton, the noted town site speclA-
tor, has opened up ranch in Stevens county,
some $50 miles north of Bismarck, and re-
ports that stock wintered without feed there
until Christmas
The bonanza coal mine near Britton, in
Day county, is like many of the reported
cities, mainly on paper. There are indica-
tons, and miners from Pennsylvania have
bought land to test it.
The Bismarck Blade urges that the name
of the capital be changed to Garfield. 1t is
strong temperance sheet and fancies that the
name Bismarck suggests lager beer too much.
That is not, however, the popular beverage
there.
The Tri6ans, published at st. Lawrence,
OAK, advocates the passage of registration
law. 1t is understood that Councilman
Twomey, of Cass county, has prepared such
law, which he will introduce at an early
day.
The friends of editor E. T. Cressy, of
Huron, greatly regret his failure to become
chief clerk of the council after his vigorous
efforts in that direction. The suspicion that
he did not hate Gov. Ordway seems to have
been against him.
Some party east who understands that
Devils Lake is salt, wants to know if he
could not plant an oyster bed in it, There
is no doubt that he could plant all the beds
he desired in it, and there will be a home
market for all he can raise.
The malice of the Union Courier reaches
this altitude: Susan B. Anthony objects to
the admission Of Dakota as state. Wouldn't
we like to see Susan and that man from
Missouri with cheap clothing store name,
tackled by real, genuine Dakota blizzard,
forty miles from any habitations
The interior department at Washin gtou
has lately received IS for the conscience
fund, from Rapids City, Oak, and there is
much curiosity there to know what citizen
has been struck that way. Suspicion gener-
ally rests upon the editor, although some
think it is the preacher.
1t is believed that the leaders from the
south will enjoy seeing the engineers in the
north pretty Thoroughly scared, so much so
that they will work for division in solid ear
nest, and not look placdly upon the PROPOSE
ton for one state. There has been some
laundering in the absence Of McKen zie, but
Bismarck is begin ming to believe that its
security rests upon division.
The Russians In the southeast part Of the
territory raise their own fuel from sunfow-
ers. One acre, cultivated like corn, will
more than supply one stove year. cord
Of the stalks is worth more than a cord of
Ia al naA to ha he nh.a, 80
fuel for treeless country, and quite salts
factory II cut up at the right time.
Webster, in Day county, which has the
good fortune to be the home of Marietta
Bones, the popular lecturer, and II. s.
LOOMS, the suave peripatetic OF the GLOBE,
is three year old town and has 1000 popu-
lation including the suburban residences of
the township, ami county up s45, sos of i'm
provements even In the past dull season. 1t
is the metropolis of a fine country that had
only fifty residents in 1881, and now 5000,
with an assessment OF 5000, 900, has lovely
lakes and Is one Of the choice regions of CEN
trail Dakota.
The display at the dedication OF the capitol
at Bismarck only lacked in completeness one
Of those beautiful mirages and dazzling
meteoric showers so often seen by the city
editor OF the Tribune. Still It Is probable
that some of the more festive aud enthusi-
sstic participants in the ceremonies caught
glimpses Of the gorgeous celestial scenery
that is so often coniured up through hollow
glassware.
Steve Adams In McCook county is an en-
thuSiast over the Dakota climate as indicated
in this: Steve is turned AZ years, and Mrs.
Adams is within few months as old. The
only matter that marred their fourteen years
of married life was the fact that no child has
blessed their union; but that don't trouble
them now. On the last day of the old year
fine boy was born to the worthy pair. Mr.
Adams attributes II TO the climate. He has
been in the territory about year.
The Rapids City Journal says: A Dakota
paper wants to know what Moses the Lord
will raise up to deliver the people of the ter
ritory from corrupt le gislation in the interest
Of rings and monopolies. II the territory
don't furnish dozen applicants for the DO
sition It will be the first office 10 go begging
in Dakota. Tue trouble In this case will be
that there is neither salary or perquisites 10
the position.
The Black Hills Journal thinks that the
threat Of bOycotting the business men of st.
Louis on account Of the action Of Missouri's
congressman is only trihe less absurd than
the threat TO form state government and
boYcot the territorial officers By leaving them
nothing to do. /. I'll be remembered that
some OF Dakota's statesmen O. made sue b
a threat year ago, and yet the territorial
officers continue TO administer the affairs of
Dakota.
The FIRE department at Fargo Is in diff
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