St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-10


them In fictitious names until he could find
purchasers, and then sell their rellnqulsh-
| ments. There has been great number of
Jouberts in the land business. One of the
| most common frauds has been in the enter
| ing of tree claims. No settlement being re-
quired any notary public could invent names
and file upon an unlimited number OF choice
| claims and afterwards relnQulsh them TO
settlers for four or five times the fees re-
quired by law. Only here and there is one of
them detected. There has been great deal
of what is called covering claims. In
| some instances known very straight religious
people would take all the claims the law Oh
rulings would allow, and then cover in fc-
| titious names other claims for minors to hold
till they become old enough TO enter them.
1t is conceded that the practice allowed in
| making two claims by committing has not
been quite in line with law, but to overturn
what has been done would involve
great hardship and injustice. The HUI
ronite expresses the general feeling in this:
''If the decision should be sustained blythe
secretary of the interior and the courts, it
would make fearful work with the tlteS Of
the Northwest, where the people and autnori-
ties for many years have acted under a con-
| trary understanding. We have no idea that
the position of Mr.. Sparks will be sustained:
but if it should be- then congress should
adopt some measure to secure justice to the
| thousands of settlers who have acted in good
| faith under different rulings"
Among the pioneers it is a matter of high
| pride TO have reputation at poker The
| Mandan Pioneer has this mention of recent
! sitting in which United States Marshal Ma
| rata took the pot and laurels: The marshal
| plays dashing game, never gets ratified,
| and can engineer Il tremendous bluff with the
| GOODNESS of Dakota blizzard. He had hard
| luck at the start, and his last dollar was in
| Il jack pot. The pot was finally opened, and
| his opponent laid down $500. Dan stated his
| case, and said he would call with the fees OF
| his Office for six months. His opponent con-
sented, and Dan won on full hand. He
| afterward got his money back and several
| hundred besides.
| The census shows that Grand Forks county
| the past year raised 700 bushels OF sweet po-
| tatOeS They are not exactly bananas, but
| are near enough related to warrant illusions
to the banana belt. The productions and de-
velopment of that county the past five years
| requires the use of percentages ranging from
! 100 to 1000. The same remarkable feature
| noted elsewhere in regard to the fnfantile
| crop is shown. With about $500 married
| couples there were 3,0l3 births, swell ng the
number of Dakota-born from 423 prior to
| 1880 to 3,436 in 1885. A great majority of the
| births are, of course, females, according to
| the Dakota rule.
Farmer C. c. Nichols, in Brookings county,
| is now much abashed at the discovery of his
! forgeries, and says he'd about as soon spend
| inc resi- VI HIS lie III Gu0 pSilltOutldTy Us Oh
| his farm. 1t appears that the forgeries,
| given on property he never owned and stock
| long dead, amount to a good many thousand
| dollars. He caught the three banks for from
| $500 to $1,000 each. He gave chattel mort
| cages and secured notes as collateral, with
| the security all properly recorded. In one
| case he got $40 on mortgage on $50 head
| of imaginary sheep, and also worked the
| government for a back pension of some 5000.
The new artesan well at Columbia is an
| object of great interest in all that section.
AS has been reported it is 92S feet deep and
| throws out about 1000 gallons minute or
| 100000 gallons a day with pressure of IT'S
| pounds to the square inch, which will force
| the water $40 feet high in pipes. 1t is the
biggest thing of the kind in the country.
| Hon. c. G. Williams, the eX-congressman of
| Wisconsin, and more recently land officer at
| Watertown, 81 ates that he has decided to be-
| comes a citizen of Dakota, and is not an as
| pirant for United States senator Or any other
| position. He has two farms and much other
| property in the territory. His case is like
| that of most persons who come to Dakota
| they rarely fail to become citizens.
The committee to locate the Congregational
! college for North Dakota is to meet at Valley
| City Thursday Of this week, but it is not be-
| lieved that the propositions OF the competing
| points are sufficiently matured to warrant
| final action Some quiet work has been done,
| and Fargo is regarded as in the lead and the
| most eligible point for the institution.
On complaint of large number of citizens
| the council of Casselton have the past week
| had on trial Marshal keenan, and Policeman
| Howard on charges Of inhumanly beating
| and robbing certain persons arrested. Law
yers, sheriff and policemen from Fargo were
| engaged in the case, and the decision was re-
| served for the night Of Dec. Z.
| When the St. Paul syndicate that has
bought the Dakota Great Southern was in
| Tower City last week, the band serenaded
them, and Gov. Marshall responded with the
assurance that in the spring an army of rail-
road builders would be at work, and that in
| less than year the cars would run over the
| new road.
| The Webster Reporter states that in the
| family of E. r. Ruggles of that city was born
| the first child under the territorial govern
| ment and last week a twelve-pounder was
| the first since the adoption of a state consti-
| tuition, showing that governments may come
and go, but the Kuggles family is ever loyal
| and prolific.
| The project of railroad from the Black
| Hills to Medora, or some other point on the
Northern Pacific, has not been abandoned.
| prominent New York capitalist has recently
| examined the route, and, it is said, made a
| favorable report on his return. The Northern
| Pacific will encourage the enterprise.
| Capt Quinn of Bismarck had arranged for
| an excursion on the river to Fort Yates for
| New Years eve, but the recent symptoms are
| that his forces will have to go on skates Or
ice boats. The captain, with all his warmth
| of Imagination, is unable to regard the more
| recent weather as sultry.
| No Republicans in South Dakota have
raised hand in approval of the proposed
compromise to send one Democrat and one
| Republican to the United States Senate, and
| the Democrats do not generally like the idea
of asking political favors of body contain
| ing but one Democrat.
Since the remarkable success of the arte-
| sian we'll at Columbia, jamestown and other
points in the valley Of the James it is pro-
| posed to test the mat er, as 1t IS believed to
| be cheaper and better than river water.
| Such supply would be a bonanza to any
| town.
| c. Adams, a patriotic citizen of Brookings
| the county seat of the fine county of the
| same name, claims to be the father of the
| father of first boy and also the last boy born
in that city, and the claim is conceded by his
| appreciative fellow-citizens.
| A farmer IN Emmons county has q lazy
| way of securing his venison. He has two
tame deer that he pickets near his house and
| every night dozen or more Of their untamed
brethren visit them and he takes in all he
wants to use.
1t is proposed to raise 5000. 900 for fund to
be used in dredging Lakes Big Stone and
Traverse and the Red river, to open navga-
| ton to Winnipeg. The mayor of the latter
| place is interested in promoting the project.
The Robinson house, just opened at Lisbon.
under it's new equipment has all the con-
veniences and style of first-class hotel and
the veteran journalist, Harcourt, pronounces
| it the most complete in Dakota.
The abundant supply of good water fur
nished by the artesian well at Milbank is be-
| lieved to settle the question that the head
quarters of the Dakota division of the rail-
| road remaining there.
| Many of the farmers about Larimore claim
| that the Continental Insurance company is
bol fo tprO no