St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-27
TERRITORIAL TIDBlTs.
News Notes of Interest to People of
Dakota.

1t is understood that the Presbyterian gen.
eral assembly now at Minneapolis, is to make
an excursion to North Dakota June l, spend
ing night at Fargo, and going out to some
of the bonanza wheat farms, perhaps also
visiting jamestown and Grand Forks. At
the Presbyterian church in Fargo on Sunday
a committee was appointed to provide for
their reception in that city. They will be
handsomely entertained and given good
view of the biggest fields of the finest wheat
on the continent.
Figures have been compiled from the
auditors reports showing that rates of fire
insurance in Dakota are much higher than
the losses warrant. It is shown that 81, 100, 600
was paid the various companies in premiums
| in 1885, while the losses paid were but S531,-
| 600, leaving surplus of 81 per cent. for ex-
| penses and profit. On the usual estimates
| for expenses this is said to leave a profit of
| "a per cent, and show that Dakota is some
| thing of bonanza for the insurance COM
| panies. The increase of insurance is enor-
| nous each year. but the high rates are kept
| up. The local companies so numerously
| spriuging up adapt themselves more readily
! to the requirements of the situation, and are
getting great share of the business.
The Carthage Home, an advocate of the
Huron state, expresses the opinion that the
| Republican leaders would hail with ill-con-
cealed satisfaction the failure of the Demo-
upon the approaching congressional cleo
| tions.' The passage of the Springer bill by
| the Democratic house, providing for admis-
| sion as whole, will put the Republicans on
| the defensive and deprive them of the party
| capital they are depending upon. The only
real object in division, so far as the Repub-
| hcan leaders are concerned, is to secure the
advantage of two Republican states with
more offices and larger representation in con-
| gress, with more electoral votes.
| The Campbell Republican leaders, in the
| campaign they have inaugurated in favor of
| their state machine, call for the dropping OF
| party until they succeed in their efforts
| This Of course. applies only to Democrats
who are asked to do the voting to enable the
revolutionary faction of the Republican party
to defeat the conservative element. The en-
tertainment is not one that should excite q
Democratic appetite
The Huron meeting was the inauguration
of the campaign to be made by Gen. Camp
bell and bis cohorts in support of the state
machine. 1t is being followed by meetings in
all of the prominent towns of the South, aud
the popular heart is to be stirred to red heat
and leagues organized of the supporters of
the effort This is hardly in accordance with
the claim that the people are nearly unan-
imous in their devotion to that scheme.
number of young preachers from the
theological schools have recently been sent to
North Dakota. There is still great lack of
preachers. Many considerable towns only
have a preacher occasionally, and nearly
every community is ambitious to have one.
A lurge meeting of farmers was held in Day
county last week to organize farmers al
lance. w. A. Carr is president and g. H.
Allen secretary.
AS the school house was not available, the
circuit rider in the Cando district in Towner
county, on recent Sunday preached in the
leading store of the place. The congregation
sat around on boxes, barrels and counters.
and trading stopped during the services.
CaDdo is a county seat and has good local
paper, but has not got to regular preaching
yet
1t is announced that the Editorial associa-
ton, which meets at Aberdeen in June, will
take trip north as far as Bismarck, and
spend night in Fargo, June 25. That city
will, of course, extend its united hospitality
and set up the good things for which editors
have an appetite.
The Grafton guards and G. A. II. have
made arrangements to secure visit from all
the military and G. A. r. Of the Red River
valley, on June 8. Special trains at low rates
are to be run, and a general holiday enjoyed
The agents of colony of seventy-f1ve fami-
lies from Chatauqua county, New York, are
looking for location in Towner county.