St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-17

vision organ as any paper of Southeastern
Dakota" while all interests and sections pay
the expenses Of the Office.
The school census of Fargo last week
showed 1902 of school age. Much satisfac-
ton is taken by some in comparing this with
the enrolment of 10,696 at st. Paul, as this
would make Fargo considerably more than
one-tenth as large as st. Paul, or approximate
ing 10000 population, if the directory esti-
mates of St. Paul are reliable. This shows q
healthy growth for Fargo, as 1t had but $500
in the census Of June, 1885.
An argument in favor of statehood is found
in the misuse of school sections by trespass-
ers. One Immediately north of Huron is
passed in going to the grounds of the terri
torial fair, and is filled with shacks and dens
occupied by rough people, so as to be an eye
sore and nuisance. With q state, these
grounds would be improved and made
source of revenue to the school fund.
A series of premiums for babies is offered
for an exhibition at the coming Farmers
alliance picnic in Barnes county, comprising
prettiest single ones and twins, tripletS and
quartets. The Times says the physicians,
with view TO business, have induced the
announcement that much larger and more
varied premiums will be given a year hence
to infants but few months old. The papers
predict lively competition then.
Quite sprinkling of the members of the
G. A. r. from all parts of Dakota will leave
on the excursion train on the Goth for the en-
campment in San Francisco. The number,
however, will be less than it would have been
had the crops held out as they promised early
in the season. Light pockets will make many
heavy hearts this year.
Grand View in Douglas county got enough
OF Indians as Fourth of July attration this
year. They engaged 500 or more of the red
folks, but had no other exercises except IL
game OF base ball, and the Indians failed to
make themselves interesting to the 5000 OF
1900 sweltering people.
Sometimes wells of good water are had at
depth of ten to fifteen feet, but one man i'll
the Gum valley bored $50 feet, got no water
and abandoned the effort But nearly all
sections will eventually succeed in securing
an abundance OF water in some way.
Parties from about Fargo have gone north
to lay out town sites on the extension of the
Manitoba west from Devils Lake. They are
enthusiastic over that country and expect
several fine towns to grow up between the
lake and Great Falls in Montana.
The low prices and partial failure of the
wheat crop in the North this year viii be q
powerful stimulus toward stock and depend
ing less upon wheat. The permanent pros
perity of the country demands this addition
to its productions
A Prof. Fischer, teacher of dancing. has
been making an unsavOry record in many of
the Red river towns of late. He collects III
advance and then travels to pastures new,
but the country is becoming too warm for
him.
Hughes county, of which Pierre is the
metropolis, is the first to choose delegates to
the Republican territorial convention, July
II. They will no doubt be for Clifford and
division.
In spite of the hot blasts and drouth the
Aberdeen News believes the wheat in that
section will harvest eight or ten bushels To
the acre if there is no further damage.
While the hot weather has been damaging
to wheat, in the corn regions it has given
that crop boom and it will be q big crop, ex-
cept where drouth may stunt it.
The Columbia Sentinel figures up some
1900 to 1,SO0 acres of wheat in that vicinity
almost totally destroyed by a recent hail
storm. Most of it was insured.
The town of Banding is the first one estab-
ished on the Manitoba extension west from
Devils Lake. 1t is at the crossing Of the
Big Coulie.
The new NJ. E. church at Bath, in Brown
county, was dedicated recently. 1t cost 81, go
and $500 was raised at the dedication to free
it from debt.
Clifford and League badges are now offered
by the dealers at 10 cents each, or So hum
dred. 1t is thought they will be much cheaper
in November
The farmers in the WATERFOWL region are
anxious for President Hill to build his road
there, so they can help him take care of some
of his bulls.
The Pierre Signal says Marshal Maratta is
the favorite in that section as the Dem ocratiS
candidate for delegate in congress.