St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-13
DAKOTA.
Dakota Newslets.

Trees and Shrubbery now nave on tnelf
spring suits at Yankton.
Wapheton now claims the most stylish
opera house west of st. Paul.
The Kate Claxton troupe played at Fargo
two nights this week and did good business
A 300-pound specimen of galena, found
in the mountains, is on exhibition at Dun
seth.
Judge Cox of Grand Forks has accepted
a lucrative opening at ST. Paul, much to
the regret of many in Dakota.
The roller rink fever has so nearly sub
sided at jamestown that it is proposed to
convert the rink into an armOry and dane
ing hall.
Wahpeton has one Of the finest bank
buildings in Dakota in process of erectiOn!>
White & Kellogg are at the head of the in
stitutiOn.
Emmons county offers $500 reward for
the capture of Mills and Gilbert, the alleged
murdererS of LEM, the German found dead
in his shack
A good many fruit trees are being put out
about Jamestown this season, Scarcely
any effort has been made with them in that
section as yet.
Miss Stevens, DEVILS Lake belle, has
returned to her claim with the means to
prove up, earned on the vaudeville boards
during the winter.
Attorney J. W. Scott of Valley City is to
be married May II, and will take six
weeks bridal tour East to avoid the dreaded
special charivari arranged for them.
There will be ITO enumerators taking the
census next month, 100 for the South and
20 in the North. The dividing line is the
10th parallel, cutting town and county
lines.
NJ. Dinner of Dayton, O.. the president
of the Turtle Mountain Coal company, is
now at Dunseith erecting large brick ho-
tel He is very enthusiastic over that
country.
The Travare Sun says that if the ''citi-
zens of Roberts county are sensible not one
vote will be cast for delegates to the Sioux
Falls convention" It is evidently opposed
to division.
Mr.. Leech, one of the largest wheat
growers in North Dakota, gives it as his
experience that it can be grown at 40 cents
bushel on a large scale with judiciOus
management.
1t is stated that Secretary Lamar keeps
up a confidential correspondence with Hon.
D. M. Kelleher of Jamestown in regard to
Dakota appointments. All the applicants
want his influence.
1t is claimed that the discovery has been
made that the legislature reduced exemp-
lions from 81, 500 to $3.50, but few members
of that body seem to have much idea just
what measures were passed.
The Marquis de Mores is confident that
the whitish clay found near the Ignite
ruins at Medora is the kaoline from which
the finest pottery ware is made. If it proves
to be such he will manufacture On large
scale there.
G. M. Clark, "Chet," as called, who died
at Caledonia the past week, was a charac-
ter of considerable note in Trail county, of
which he was the first sheriff and about the
first settler, having gone there in 1870. He
was very large land holder.
Gov. Ziebach has visited Maj. Burke at
Ipswich and the leading Democrats at
YanktOn and finds entire unanimity in
favor of his appointment as governor. He
denies, however, that his hair turned black
during his visit to Washington.
The new reform mayor of Canton is a
good type of Dakota statesman. He
oficiated at young peoples prayer meet
ing one night and gave card seance the
next night. 1t is claimed that he is equally
good in prayer and taking in chips.
The atmosphere of Dakota is conceded to
have remarkable vitalizing qualities, but it
is insufficient alone to sustain newspapers.
Recently one daily at Fargo, one at Devils
Lake, one weekly at La MOure and one at
Wheatland have joined the mortality lists.
Some of the high officers of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul have visited Roscoe
the past week and continued their overland
Journey to Scranton, which is taken as an
indication that the road will be extended
from Ipswich to Roscoe at least this season,
At the election at La Moure last week
100 votes were cast. AS there was no con-
test for most of the positions, the vote was
not full. The estimate of 700 population is
not far out of the way. The indications are
that another year will see it nearly doubled.
Hon. D. NJ. Kelleher, at Jamestown, al
ready has new and handsome block going
up on the site of the one burned last week.
He says he regrets more than anything else
the loss of the Bible given him by his moth
er, and which stopped an Indian arrow in
an early skirmish. 1t was burned.
The farmers have finished seeding in
Trail, which is one of the leading No. 1
hard counties, and the local papers report
the acreage about the same as last year.
There are few counties in the North
where it will be somewhat less, but the new
regions will more than make up the total.
The J. G. G. or ladies' jolly Cooking
club. at Valley City, recently gave Col.
Richardson, the statesman editor, a grand
banquet, every member contributing the
special dish in which she was most expert.
There were thirty-two dishes and the gal
liant colonel was required to do justice to
all. He survived, but would not like to take
the risk again.
Yankton has become alarmed at the per-
sistence of gang of burglars and marauders
that have been operating there about two
weeks. Houses have been entered every
night but the police seem unable to get on
| their track. No great amount of property
has been taken, however. Bismarck has
been troubled the same way to some extent.
Some of the financial transactions of V.
| G. Frost, a prominent citizen of Roberts
county, made him so unpopular that dele
CATION OF his tOwnSmen required him to
travel. He went to Travare and received
similar treatment and public meeting in
Becker passed this resolution, which creates
| a suspicion that he really is not wanted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet
| ing that in our connection with VIC. Frost,
we believe distance would lend en-
chantment and that Mr.. Frosts personal
welfare, as well as the good of the COM
munity, demand his early absence.
Attorney General Rice has returned from
his inspection of the reservations and set
tiers, and interviews with him elicit little
information more than has been made pub
lie. He is warmly in sympathy with the
settlers, and will present their case strongly
in his report to the governor. He does not
apprehend any resistance to the government
whatever course is taken, but is confident
that the settlers who hold on and make
their improvements will be protected He