St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-14
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-AA- DA-=ft- TIT I-l>tblA lf'0lAhANAEt. AltAl
at Oshkosh. Wis. Aug. ), at the residence
os his daughter. where he had gone for rest
/ and health.
Judge Becker has withdrawn his $1,000
suit against the Elendale Leader for libel
lie found that the damage was less than
first supposed.
DIR. Hunt. professor in Bowdoin college
ia Maine. lately visited Dakota and was de-
lighted. lie secured a tree claim and made
other investments.
\ man digging for water i'm Hughes
county, at depth of ninety-five feet.
struck strata Of petTiiied fish, shells and
other curi0Sities.
In some places i'm Sargent county recent
hailstOnes Were used To freeze ice cream.
/ Stiil. they We're willing to dispense with
luxuries Of that sort.
The editor of tie Wesslngton Herald lux
/ uriated in roasting ears from his garden in
/ July. which he thinks will match localities
much further south.
! DR.. Allured. the spruce Young doctor at
I Pierre who IS charged with kieptomania.
l has been released Oh S20U bail 10 appear at
I the September court.
/ The recent appointment of E. B. Miller.
editor of tie Signal. aS postmaster at Pierre
! gives great satisfaction 10 Democrats and
! the community generally.
Maj. Barrett of the Aberdeen Republican
/ figures in the census as the only COnfeder-
ATE soldier in that district. He IS. how
ever. one Of the most popular citizens.
HillSboro proposes 20 make trouble for the
/ county board i'm building their $50. 600 court
! house NJ Calstnnia. as the county seat at
/ Iraill. The latter relies mainly upon Col
! Plnmmer.
| Quite 4 number of the business houses Of
/ New Bockfoni have agreed to close their
! stores on Sunday. They have hal no day
/ for fishing and prairie chickens are now
about ripe.
Half dozen Dakota editors have mar
/ RED the past month. Authorities differ as
/ TO the significance, whether it indicates
! prosperity or that more help is needed to
keep ailoat.
i man near Blanchard has a strip of
I wheat from seed sent from Scotland and is
/ trying to secure a cross with the Scotch and
! Saskatchewan. Some OF the heads have
/ sixty kernels.
The freight receipts of the Northwestern
railroad at Aberdeen were 5000 more in
june, 1885, than in the same month last
! wear. That indicates rapid development OF
/ the country.
Since the arteSian well at GrotOn has
been flowing freely it IS noticed that a lake
in the direction OF Fort Sisseton IS dimin-
ishing. and it is supposed the artesian well
/ draws from il.
The Milwaukee and some other railroads
are gathering the statements of Dakota
/ farmers. showing the results of their labors.
/ 10 he published in pamphlet form as adyer-
/ tiSing literature.
Mitchell :, 4i,a c,l,- ,.,:,,4 IL, IL. -
/ ored people celebrated Emancipation day.
/ Fred Douglass disappointed them at the
I barbecue, but others filled the time and the
eating was good.
Although prairie chickens do not mature
/ til Aug. 10, many of the hunters report
them 80 savage that guns are necessary for
protection, and they are careful TO ''get the
drop" on the fowl birds.
DR.. +. Andres has just taken n tour in
the North. and is enthusiastic over the
/ country. He is so years of age. and as
active aS most men East at 30. 1t is said
| that he is the oldest Mason and one of the
/ best surgeons in the territory.
Parties from Augusta. Ne. the home of
J. G. Blaine. now visiting in the vicinity Of
Bismarck report that quite migration is
coming from that point. If Mr.. Blaine
| was young man without political aspira-
tions it Is believed he would come also
1.-The editor who, at their late convention.
| introduced the resolutions charging the
railroads with eXacting excessive freight
rates and expressing the people. was easily
sat down upon as crank. He made a
buzz. however, as they were all loaded with
passes.
In Morton county the commissioners offer
4 reward or SlOO for the detection of any
enffinrr
greatly feared in the new REGIONS where
there is nothing to stop them. They DESTROY
more property every year than all the storms
and hail.
The Russian settlers brought with them
/ from the old country in their seed wheat
the seeds Of the Russian thistle. IL is found
along the roads to the Russian settlements
and Is rapidly spreading. They are hard
To eradicate and render the land almost
useless.
According 20 the census enumeratOr there
are hity-nine persons living on a school
! section adjacent 10 Huron. Nothing can
be done with these lands until a state is
formed. II there were provisions for leaS-
ing them quite revenue would accrue 10
the school fund.
The little Seven-vear-old son of c. +.
McElroy, who was killed by lightning this
week near jamestown. had his hand on a
barbed wire fence when ne received the
shock. His little sister near by felt slight
shock. but was not injured. There was no
mark Of the lightning on the boy.
Mai. Quinn i ready 10 raise his hands to
the Siars-One al least-thot on the Mis-
souri, slope corn has grown 50 rapidlv of
late aS 10 pull large watermelons several
feet above ground. He does not state tie
exact elevation, but feared the melons
might fall on his head.
There are about 100 persons EMPLOYED at
Bismarck compiling the census returns.
earning from Sl.50 10 81 day, the major
ity Of them ladies. Ii is picnic for them
Some Of tAem are wives and daughters of
editors and statesmen, who find ii eonyen-
lent 10 have pin money.
Diana, in Sanbon county. has about a
dozen ar;cSian wells, the deepest of which
Is ll2 feet. alIording on abundant supply Of
good water. In only one instance has there
been failure 10 secure water 70 flow above
ground. In fact. some OF them supply an
excess and are troublesome.
The jamestown Capital saws that the
farmers in the township Just south Of that
place have lOSi from one-f0urth TO One-thiri
of their crops from drOuth. liz has been
supposed that thereNyas no lack OF rssin
anywhere this season. The James and
Missouri river region can stand almost any
amount of rain.
The last battle of the Indian war Of 1862
was fought within few miles of Bismarck,
and the rihe pits and trenches are still viSi-
BILE. Some interesting particulars i'm regard
to il have recently been gathered. The
Ninth Minnesota infantry owas the chief
force. and lost several OF its members there.