St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-06
TERRI. ORRE LEDB5TS.
News Notes of imteres; TO the PEG"
pIe of Dakota.

Sully county, having no jail, has sent its
prisoners to Hughes for custody. and TIE
sheriff cha ge Is cents day Tor their hoard.
over which Uuere was a lawsuit. The Sher II
made oath that he fed the five prisoners
three of them chldren-for their daily fare
each for six months ~ pounds of beet.
pounds of potatoes. losves of tread and ali
the incidents a I'd concomitants. Even
tramp could maze pre- ty square mea OUT
of about dozen pounds of provisions day.
But wonderful appetites are aid to be derel-
oped in Dakota. If it should get out that
this is the regular fare OF Dakota jails there
will be many trying to get there.
The ladies in one OF the sections suffering
for lack of rain petitloned the governor to
appoint day of fasting and PRAYER for rain.
Gov. Pierce is not a deyout IN an. and seems
to lack faith IN the discriminating powers of
the rain authorities, and declined to comply
with the request on the ground that wife
it was much needed in some localities. in
others there had been abundant precipita-
ton. He adv Sed that the local churches
take the matter in hand, as theF would better
regulate the effort as the aqueous efusion
was produced. Very little rain has fol-
lowed so far.
There will no doubt be much less of the sec
tional distinctions in the new legislature
than ever fore. Heretofore the 46th par
allel was the dividing line. The interests
may now be better divided. as the North has
y
ter cOunciinen. 8 representatives; the South
east in council, 19 in house; the Black Hills
2 councilmen and in the house.
Cass county has never bad anybody but
John Haggart for sheriff. as Bnrleigh has
only had Alexander McKensie- Both have
served twelve or more years. and both now
retire, Mckensie voluntarily and Haggart by
force of the ballot box. Several other old
stay ers in the North have been laid aside
Some horticuturists in the North are do
mesticating the native wild small fruits, such
as plums cherries. currants. gOOseberries
and strawberries, and believe by culture
they can be made useful aud palatable. They
are iron-clad, and some OF them have positive
N "rts.
Mr.. Hutchinson, the former receiver at the
Aberdec Ian Office, with his son. has gone
to Europe TO make winter tour Most OF
the land officials who held under the old
open policy are able to make pleasure fps
now.
All but about twenty-five of the eighty-siX
organized counties produced more or less
fax this year. quite num0er of them north.
and the results compare faVOTably with any
other crop.
Valley City is rot enthusiastic at the pros
pect of having a line of the Manitoba parallel
with the Forthern Pacific only ten mil north
of them. They propose, if it is built. to try
to secure branch to it, giving them compel
ing lines.
The recent local campaigns were so hot in
some localities that no regard was paid to
what Col. Plummer defines as the unwritten
law of Dakota-uever TO look after a record
made before coming to the territory. A good
deal of unsavory biography was imported,
much to the disgust of candidates and peo-
pie.
A tenderfoot named Whitbech remained at
Ipswich long enough 10 acquire about S1,500
fro m the chattel money loaners, and departed.
| leaving them in financial grief, to work pas
lures new,