St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-17
Dakota NeWsIers.

Judge Francis has opened court at Val
| ley City. the first term in year or more,
and the docket is long one.
There have been in the last ten DAYS
three instances reported in which lives
were lost in going down into the vapor in
wells.
One lightning shaft killed Mr.. and Mrs.
| W. {. Cook in Brule county. No relative
of the family i'm Dakota survived and
strangers buried them.
The newspaper at St. John, in the Tur-
tie mountains, is Democratic, as are most
new papers, and a very promising looking
sheet.
The Democrats did not quite carry Brown
county and elect the delegates as first re-
ported. but they effected good organiza-
ton and displayed surprising strength.
DeadwOod is greatly pleased at the action
OF the president in definitely settling the
land Office at that place. 1t has been on
wheels, ready to go to Rapid City for a
year.
Albert Clendening one of the leading
men of DaSey, was married the past week
to Miss Grace Fraser. Ii was perhaps the
most noticeable event a the kind the place
has known.
1t is expected that the United States
grand jury at Fargo this week will find in
dictments against the land officers at DEVILS
Lake which will afford good ground for
their removal.
Gen. Campbell, who attended the G.. A.
X. reunion at Portland, says he is glad to
get back TO Dakota, where crops are 100
per cent. better than any he saw in the
Eastern or Middle states.
The Joke seems to be on the deputy
sheriff of CodimgtOn. lie was called to
Clark TO take charge of a thief who had
stolen a watch. The deputy fell asleep
while guarding the thief. and when he
awoke the thief had departed, taking his
watch, money and revolver.
WateTtOwn wants an addenda TO the cen
Sus since lady of the vicinity, Mrs J.
Barnett. presented the enumerator quartet
of lively infants at one birth. They were
all corraled and are reported as doing well,
the mother surprisingly well.
Mr.. Fulmer, who has been mentioned as
having been tarred and feathered in Centre
township in Aurora county. for not marry
ing the girl he was charged with having
wronged, after she had refused him three
times, has brought suit for ssh damages
against ten prominent citizens of that sec
ton. 1t is believed that some women were
oAeANiiaAlo All nOl A1AAdDlC uc
trial will have good deal of local interest.
Gov. Ziebach does not sympathize with
those Democrats who are indignant that
Register Armstrong, in reducing the cleri-
cal force at Huron, discharged two Demo
Gratis. Gov. u. says: "A more appropri-
ate time for the exhibition Of indignation
viii be when Democratic officials I'LL the
positions within their gift with Republi-
cans. But as matter of fact were not the
Democrats discharged from the Huron
Office post-electiOn conyerts?"
The 1st OF June is probably the worst time
in the year 10 make good show in the cen
sus for many Dakota towns, as large por-
ton Of the people have claims or farms and
are away from town at that time. In the
big farm section II is also poor time for
robust figures, as sowing Is over and COM
paratively few men are employed The
enumerators report finding great number
of claims that have more or less land in