St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-27
Dakota NeWslets.

Northwest.
Dakota Newslets.
Seattle let the contract Saturday for
sinking an artesian well.
Judge Hudson goes back to session OF
the supreme court at Yankton May 81.
A party of gentlemen from Minneapolis
have organized Norwegian colony and
will build town called Prior ON the Mis-
souri, river, in Walworth county.
There is noticeable scarcity of dogs on
the streets of Huron since the tax of SO. SO
a head was imposed, and the vigilant mar
shall has been getting in his work on the
collarlesS.
w. H. Miller has purchased the Gazette
at Miller, in Hand county, and will make
it Democratic paper. He is an old jour-
nalist and understands the popular
tendency.
The brother of Judge Mcconnell, who is
expected to be appointed clerk of Cass
county, is in the employ of another brother,
who is clerk at Valley City, Thomas G.
Mcconnell.
Aberdeen will have a wedding in high
life June 1, with Thomas c. Gage and Miss
Sophie T. Jewell as contracting and envied
parties Some 400 invitations have been
issued for the ceremony.
Quite number of the families on the
reservation in Buffalo county lately held a
picnic among the deserted shanties. They
were not in good humor for hilarity, and
did not toast the president.
It is matter of disappointment to many
members of the legislature that they are
not eligible to the Sioux Falls convention
how of
debarred from membership in it.
Fargo has special interest in the Con-
ductors' association from the fact that two
of its ladies have been invited to participate
in it. A poem was written by Mrs. Brink
erhoff and is to be read by Laura Walker.
The fire company at Aberdeen gave an
exhibition of their water system and arte-
sian well during the session of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, and threw five
streams seventy-fye feet high simultane-
ously.
Gev. Ziebach advises that the example
of Yankton county be followed and allow
the county boards to select delegates to the
Sioux Falls convention to save expense, as
he don't think its work will warrant much
expense.
The Western Union Telegraph company,
in Fargo, is to have handsome and cOmmo-
dious quarters in the new and elegant build
ing being put up by the Northern Pacific
Elevator company. The business requires
better facilities and more room.
!. A new block, being erected at Clark
in Clark county, by Col. W. H. Lamb and
several capitalists from Albany, N. Y,
will be the first structure in that part of
the territory. Clark is one of the solid towns
that has never got ahead of the country,
One phase of the Indian question given
for the consideration of sentimeatalists East
the Pierre Press notes brave on the streets
of that place stalking grandly along, fol-
lowed by two squawS, one carrying sack
of -four and the other a papoose on her back.
1t is feared that the appointment of the
United States attorney general from Bis
marck will operate unfavorable to the Sc
lection of Capt. Marratta as United States
marshal. The desire for his selection is not
confined to Democrats, and is very general
in the territory.
Dit is claimed that Campbell will soon be
the largest stock growing county in Central
Dakota. It has superior advantages for
that line of product. 1t is eighty miles from
railroad and freight comes down the river
from Bismarck. About 1, 900 of the Russian
colony located in that county.
The first publication of one of the laws of
the late legislature, that relating to DENTS
try, was made in a magazine in Philadel-
phia. 1t is not known when the official
edition of the laws will appear, but prob
ably before another legislature meets or the
territory is divided It is blunder not to
provide for immediate publication.
At the recent special election in Brook
ings ON the question of issuing $4,000 Of
bonds for court house at BrOokings, the
vote reached 1904, much the largest ever
cast, showing the county is pretty thickly
settled. The large majority against was
chiefly due to rivalry and jealousy. Some
localities were not willing to have the mat
ter settled definitely in favor of Brookings.
W. G. Judd announces in the Fargo pa
pers that he will not accept position I'M
der his father, the new postmaster at Chi
cago, but will continue in the field as can
didate for the Fargo office. Edward Hall,
the editor of the late Fargo Democrat, is
also circulating a petition and gathering
numerous autographs for the same position.
There is a dearth of information as to
whether Col. Tyner is to be removed or
serve out his two years.
The Aurora Standard, leading Republi-
can paper of the South says there is ''no
use in preparing constitution for state
government at the present time unless the
people of the proposed state are prepared
to take the bull by the horns without the
consent of congress-" Since the removal of
Gen. Campbell, who was one of the grooms
of that bull, it is not likely that others will
be found willing to take hold of its horns
The Aberdeen Republican has this i'm
preston, which may perhaps do injustice
to some of them: by the way, some of
the brightest editorial lights in the north,
among them Capt. Jewett of the Bismark
Tribune, Capt Murphy of the Grand Forks
Plaindealer and Maj. Edwards of the Fargo
Argus were once Democrats, but during
their residence in Dakota have published
Republican papers for revenue only No
doubt they are as ready to set sail in the
other direction as the wind changes
Minnewaukon, on Devils lake, is not
happy over the delay to lay the last mile of
railroad to connect it with the world. The
track is all graded and the iron is at hand.
1t could be completed in a day. There are
hundred men at work ballasting the road,
but for months now that mile has halted,
and none know when it will be laid. The
trouble is supposed to be between the
Northern Pacific and the Oregon company
that built the road. A tri-weekly freight
is run as far as completed, but passenger.
The Tribune gives this statement of the
counties in the Bismarck land district near
the river, showing that but small portion
of the land has yet been taken: In Bur
leigh county there are eight townships of
LA claims each taken; thirty-seven town
ships, including railroad land, not taken.
In Morton, six taken; sixty-four, one-half
railroad, not taken. In Emmons, three
taken, thirty-nin not taken. In Mcintosh,
one TAKEN twenty-seven not taken. In
Kidder, five taken, thirty-fve not taken.