St. Paul daily globe., 1886-07-08
some localities there will be almost tota
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TERRIToRIAL TIDBrTs.
News of Interest to the People of
Da kOfn.

Dakota.
The state league papers and leaders are
alarmed at the report from Washington that
Mr.. Springer intends to press his bill for an
enabling act for one state. They are appre-
hensve that the senate would also allow it to
go through. If they were as confident as they
have claimed that the people would reject it,
they would welcome its submission. as the
vote would yindicate them and place beyond
any question the fact that the people would
not consent to come in as one state, but they
know the people would accept it. hence Mr..
Canpbell s home organ says: ''rhe situation
calls for renewed activity an the part of the
league, which is the only organized body
standing between Dakota and the consumma-
ton OF disastrous scheme" 1t is designed
for the league to display its strength at the
meeting OF the constitutional convention
July 13.
The Indians on the Turtle Mountain reser-
walton lately gave season OF their brutal
and savage medicine Dances inviting the
whites from the neighboringstowns to come to
the show, which many did. There were a
hundred or more braves costumed in wooden
blankets, with their legs, arms and faces
painted in all sorts OF colOrs A raw hide
drum and homemade whistles constituted the
orchestra, and between the songs by the
crowd an old buck would make q speech. re-
lating how many whites he had killed and
Indians scaiped and hoasting his prowess A
to be brave and willing to submit to the
greatestest tortures. chief takes him and
with sharp knife bores two holes through
the skin Of his breast. and says the st. John
Journal: In the blisters fastened a rough
piece OF wood tied in the center with q rope,
the opposite end of which is tied to a post
driven solid in the ground. or tied to porv' s
neck outside the T. p, so that when getting
his head down TO feed, would better enlarge
Or rip the flesh and thus relieve the poor d.
1,
the post he must dance or kick until the stick
inserted i'll his breast also falls from itself.
i'll Doth OF these cases, when the cruelty is
being performed, hows of q most piercing
nature are heard from these heartlesS brutes.
Similar brutal performances were kept UP
several days.
Maj. Butts, the Republican mogul OF Ran
som, Is now happy that he has secured con-
vocation OF the party and new Re publican
central committee, but the old one is still in
existence if it is largely composed of Demo-
or ats, and will probably call conventions and
| as result divide the Republican party A
Ia rye convention was held the past week, and
new organization effected.
The Vermillon Republican, now in its 26tt
| year, and one of the ablest Republican papers
of the South, strongly supports admission as
W hole. 1t asks: ''NOw shall Dakota with
all lis memories, with all its mutual triumphs
with all its accumulated power of name anG
| inheritance be cut in two and shorn OF half its
glory, its very name mutilated and its victori-
Gus banner SeVered?'
There is almost entire unanimity in favor
OF Senator Harrison's bill to cut Off special
legislation in the territories. 1t is believed
| its passage will remove most Of the grounds
of complaint OF the legislature and save inany
| thousand dollars to the people, cutting off the
! JOBS that have caused so much corruption
one day the past week, James Hadley, an
estimaoLe citizen of Union county, started
| nome from Mt Vernon with his wife, when the
| team ran away throwing him out on his head
| killing him instantly, his wife received such
| injuries that it is feared she will not survive
! The Grand Rapids Journal says the work OF
| grading is being rapidly pushed by the Mil
waukee. from Glendale toward St George in
tue west part Of La Moure, and thinks it will
not be long before the Northern Pacific starts
| down in that direction.
| The Gary Interstate thinks Judge Church
| is too rapid in administering Justice to be
! popular. 1t says he handles his cases like
| a police justice Monday morning disposing of
! Sunday drunks Possibly the editol has q
| personal grievance.
| A fourteen-year-old boy named Jameson
was dragged to death by COW near Roscoe
| last week. He had the rope tied about his
wrist, when the animal became frightened
and ran, dragging him until he was SO man.
| gled that he died.
| Grant county has not suffered from the
| drouth which has affected so many of the
central counties, and crops are all excellent
| there. The average Of wheatis put at fifteen
| bushels.
A young man named Urana on Green river
in Stark county last week added one more to
| the losses of life by gas in a well. He was
! belng drawn up but was overcome and fell
| back.
| 0lowa parties propose to put up machine
| shops and foundry at Canton, asking as q
bonus only the ground. 1t is thought to be @
| good point for such works.
An analysis of the Manitou spring water in
the Milbank region shows that it possesses
medicinal properties that make it very val.
liable.
The Santee Indians have base ball club
and challenge the white clubs to play with
them. This shows advancement in civiliza-
ton.
In sinking well in Union county some fine
specimens of coal were struck also large
petrfied tree trunks