The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-20
MANKArO FREE PRESS.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1885.
D,kntnns Arxlnus for wives.

1--WE eau accommodate ten thousand
girls with husbands in Dakota ON nine
~ days notice." said Col. Pat. Donan
at the Grand Union hotel u few days
ago. The colonel OF the late confed-
crate forces, now q journalist IN the
great territory. lowered full six feet
under u big SLOUGH hat. I'VE have
published in the Fargo Argus" he con-
tinued. 1.-TWO thousand letters from as
many young women, and have made
many matches. In May. 1880. there
was only one marriageable girl in Far
go. and to-day, with a population Of
1000, we have only -four unmarried
girls. In Deadwood, ut the height of
It's mining fever, in 1890, there were
five thousand bachelors aud only six
manageable girls. You get u great
many tales in the east about the lone
young women who take up farms in
Dakota and reject all offers Of mar
riage. Why. they don't live in the
territory a year before they are we'd
ded.
Most of our men went to Dakota
when they were boys. and that Is the
reason why We have SO many bachelors
there-thousands Of them, all willing
to marry. The strange thing about II
all IL most Of them know lots of girls
in the eastern towns from which they
came, and make no effort to we'd them.
They won't have the girls they used TO
know, and they can't get amy others
very well. Any attractive girl who
will 90 there u queen it over the
whole territory. Montana is older than
we are. aud has plenty of marriage
able women. My, how those girls there
ride horses! But in Dakota | know
scarcely q town with IN unmarried girl
in it. 1t would surprise you to know
how many army officials and men Of
prominence marry servant-giris. High
or low, rich Or poor, a good girl can
have her choice there. | know one
prominent man who married y pretty
waiter-girl of one of the hotels the 9th
err day. She gave him as L wedding
present u Dakota farm, some dia.
monds. and many other %valuables. In
Dakota women are equal with men be-
fore the law"
Col. DOMAIN. although now u noted
matchmaker. is q bachelor himself.
Mai. Edwards, editor-in-chief, and ii.
4. P.uinley. managing editor of the
ArgnS, he says. are both unmarried,
although they have overlooked and
published all the two thousand let.
ters sent him from eastern young
women.
When asked about the alleged great
poker game between Stanley Huntley
and Mai. Edwards, in which the for.
mer threw away for queens and drew
three ICE to an c in hand. Col. Do.
a said: 1.-The story isn't to be be-
lieved. Mi Edwards knows how to
deal, and having four kings in hand
and q pot of ~. 400 on the table he
would not deal his opponent three
aces"
What about tue division and admis'
sion Of the territory rs a state?' was
asked.
1.-The admission and division Of Da-
kota have been agiiated with us since
1870. when We had twelve thousand in.
habilants. Since then there have been
several constitutional conventions
which h"v. met, resolved, and sent
delegations 10 Washington. Last win
ter We had II delegation ut the capita
which spent hundreds OF thousands o.
dollars in vain. There are three thing.
to prevent division and admission,
The south will never permit the admis
sion Of Two northern states if it car
help it. The eastern high-taritf repub
licans will never permit two lOw-tarif
states TO enter ii they u help il. Th'
democratic party will never consent te
the admission OF two republican state.
if it Il ieip it. Dakota will be ad
. mitted only when it consents to COM
in as one state. "-NeW York. Tribune