St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-30
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paper.
The freight route from Medora, on the
Northern Pacific, to the Black Hills fell
through, and it is said that on the compile
ton of the railroad running ninety miles
south of the Black Hills, in a month or two,
most of the traffic that now goes by way of
Pierre will go that way. as the wagon haul
will be reduced nearly one-half.
Although Attorney Reddlch was not
quite elected mayor of Fargo in. April, he
has come to the front rapidly in his profess
sion, and recently bought one of the hand
soonest suburban residences of the place.
He will be one of the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party in the North, and its highest
honors will come within his reach.
In Bon Homme county very fine home
grown strawberries have supplied the mar
ket since June 6 and sold at 25 cents a
quart This does not show a backward
season. Green peas and potatoes were had
almost as early. AS small fruits are so
easily grown in all parts of Dakota, 1t is a
little surprising that more general attention
is not given them.
The efforts Of the government to civilize
and educate young Indians are meeting
with encouraging success. The school at
Fort Bennett, on the Missouri river, has
about fifty Indian boys who are taught the
common branches and agriculture There
is also mission school for girls there that
is doing good work. This seems the most
hopeful way to settle the Indian question
of the future.
While Gov. Pierce is personally popular,
the Pierre Press, in anticipating the early
appointment of Gov. Ziebach, expresses the
general feeling in this: A large majority of
the people of Dakota will hail the day of
the change, regardless of politics or their
feelings toward the present executive, but
simply because they will welcome man to
the executive chair who is and has been
identified with the interests Of Dakota and
who will continue to be after the expiration
of his term of Office.
The sad death of George Heath of Brit
ton should teach caution in meddling with
unknown plants. He was one Of party
spending a few days camping on the lakes
on the military reservation east OF BrittOn,
and in strolling about the shore of the lake
he saw plant that he thought was anise.
He ate of the root, having no doubt it was
the harmless root named. 1t proved, how
ever, to be a deadly poison and in an hour
he was dead. He was a highly-esteemed
young man, aged 49, and his sudden death
was quite shock to the community.
The people of Rapid City are confident
that the Sioux City & Pacific railroad
means to put grading parties on the Black
Hills branch to that place this season. The
distance is 100 miles, and they expect cars
there by July 4, 1855. The road to Chad
ron will soon be completed, and will COM
mand most of the Black Hills traffic as the
| nearest railroad point, whether the branch
| is constructed or not. AS this will be I'M
| der the control of the Northwestern, it is
| insisted that the Milwaukee must get neal
| the Hills in some way or lose large traffic.
The towns in the Jim river valley that
| have sunk artesian wells have all been for
| tunate in getting fine streams of water. II
| is stated as singular fact that in the five
| towns of Ashton, Aberdeen, Andover, Gro
ton ans Ipswich, the wells, about !, 900 feet
deep, do not vary in depth more than ten
feet. The average upward pressure at the
surface is $50 pounds to the square inch.
| There are lakes Oh the coteaus from 800 to
| 600 feet above the valley, but the character
| of the water indicates a different source.
| Wherever the sand-rock formation, 1000
| feet down, is struck, an abundance of water
| with enormous pressure is had.
The county of WalwOrth is stated by
one of it's four papers to have but 600 pop
ulation, and yet these are all live, prosperous
sheets, making money. It is one Of the
mysteries to the newspaper men in old sec
lions how this can be true, but it evil
IDENTIFY is. Of course the people patronize
them literally. Bangor, the county seat,
is but six months old, has a bright paper, a
graded school, and a neat court house.
The average cost of dwellings in the county
will not exceed 500, and none reach 81, 900.
But the county is only two years old and
has $4,000 acres under cultivation. Two
OF three railroads are expected.