St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-13
Dnkofn NnWsIefs.

Yankton will beat Bismarck from one to
two thousand in the census count and is
happy.
Rapid City expects to make satisfactory
arrangement with the Northwestern rail
road 10 enter that city. Ii is too much of
place to leave it one side.
Tom Ziebach, son of the coming gov
emOr was defeated in Potter county for
delegate by the PrOhibitionists. They car
ried the election wherever they tried.
The Roscoe Magnet claims information
that work will commence on the extension
OF the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul from
Ipswich to that place in the first days of
August.
ID. G. Frager writes from Fargo to cor
rect statement which appeared in the Da-
koia NewSletS, TO the effect that eight
inches of snow fell in Fargo during the
month of June. The word SNOW" should
have read rain.
The evidence in the inquest over the
body of Nels Peterson, found i'm the Shey-
enne river at Valley City, indicated that he
was killed bytwo tramps for his money and
SILVER watch Which he had impTudently
shown. He had less than $50.
The Black Hills Journal SAYS of the vote
Tor delegates to the constitutional conYen-
tlon; Whatever Southeastern Dakota may
do TO make the convention appear a move
ment of the people, it has by no means
earned that name in the Black Hills.
Wahpeton has been troubled for some
little time with burglars and thieves. Two
of them were captured and kept in the city
jail, guarded during the night. but while
the guards were at breakfast they cut their
way out through the roof and travelled.
1t is reported that the finest farms and
best crops in the Missouri valley are those
OF the Indians near the BerthOld agency,
north of Bismarck
A good deal of sport is had by the
South Dakota papers over the exhibition of
zeal Tor the South state scheme shown by
1ankton, which has been regarded as the
fountain of enthusiasm on the subject
Sc votes cast out of 1000.
The Aberdeen Pioneer records in this
way: Hon. NJ. II. Day, the hem of whose
garments all Dakota Democrats are trying
to touch, was in the city last Friday night.
and Saturday morning sent for a tailor TO
sew on buttons for him 50 he could get out
of town.
The town site of 0rdway. in Brown
county, has been abandoned after a struggle
of several years TO make a town. 1t was
one of the competitors for the location of
the capital, wanted universities and rail-
roads and had newspapers-ands some think
the name had bad odOr.
Those who were so absolutely certain
that Gov. Ziebach would be appointed be-
fore July say they are like the Second
Adventists, simply got the dates wrong.
Their faith has not abated. They will
wait till the president gets back from his
vacation in the woods and mountains.
1t is reported that Mai. n. C. Warner Of
Rockford, ILL.,, is in the field for governor
of Dakota. He wears cork leg in place of
one lost in the war, and is splendid fell
low, but he has a fine practice as an attor-
ney, has been elected city attorney in city
with 1000 Republican majority, and Da-
kota wants to name its own governor.
Maj. Quinn of the Bismarck Tribune
acquired some note last year by the bril-
liancy of the meteoric displays he witnessed
at late hours. He has this season intro
duced new feature. One night the past
week, during a storm, he saw ball of fire.
resembling a barrel of whisky in flames.
descend from the clouds with the rapidity
of lightning, circle over the town, and very
properly find its bed in the middle of the
river. The chronicler relates that cooked
fish were picked up in great numbers below
soon after. He regarded the display as su-
periOr to any on July i.