St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-03
TERRITOREaL TID8sTs.
News Notes of Interest to The eOpie
of Dakota.

The most effective point urged to secure
the votes of reluctant Republicans for Judge
Clifford was that the representation of the
party in future conventions would be based
on that vote. This is probably true, although
the population was taken by both parties this
year. In some parts of the South, where the
division and statehood sentiment is strong, 1t
WAS insisted that votes for Clifford would eX-
pedte division and admission. Many of linn
tied general information were deceived by
this absurd pretense and voted for Clifford.
The half dozen counties in the vicinity of
the Yankton reservation VIII try 10 induce
congress this winter TO remove the Indians
anu open the reservation to settlement. The
Indians are peSceable and do not annoy any
one but the land is among the best and the
aborigines do not cultivate much OF 1t. They
90 not seem to be wanted anywhere.
Among the election devices d paper in
Pierre published list of the indebtedness OF
a prominent candidate, showing the mort
'yga.res against him on the county records. 1t
helped rather than damaged the candidate, as
Ii excited sympathy and there were too many
voters VINO knew how it was themselves.
, Many of the Dakotians, whose letters Com
missioner Sparks recently published, are not
"a ali enthusiastic over the publicity given
their miSsives. Some of their opinions were
sound, but it is not popular in Dakota to
praise Sparks, and suspicion attaches to their
expressions that positions are sought in the
land department.
1t has been supposed that the Red river OF
laDe was lower than ever before known, but
parties on the Minnesota side fani ar with il
in 1868, state that there is about double the
water in it there was that year. Then as ia
north as Wahpeton it could be crossed on
stones or feled tree.
In Sargent county, near Dunbar, Clarke
Brooks and Miss Carrie Westen were married
last August by a civil officer, but not ben-
l.,c
week they were married over oy u clergyman.
They now feel thoroughly welded.
John Juddy a young farmer near Wahpe-
tor. even with the aid of neighbOrs, was un
bic TO stay the prairie flames when they
came TO him. He lost about S1.20J worth
of nay, grain, implements and buildings, but
saved his residence.
The next meeting of the North Dakota con-
ference is 10 be at Fargo and it is probable
that place will secu e the college TO be stlD-
lished under the auspices of the conference.
although there will be several competitors
for it.
The Milwaukee road has run asurveg from
Harlem. in Sargent county. to LISBON, a DIS
tance OF about dozen miles. and no DOUBT
will soon build this, as it will connect the An
dover branch with the Northern Pacific a.
Lisbon.
Charles Myers, the telegraphic operator at
Freeman, in Hutchinson county, departe
very hastily recently without leaving hl' fu-
ture address. and leaving bad odor behind.
The name the woman is not gve1.
Tae milan ladies of the Lower Brnle agenc
have their week. sewing circles, an inter
change local information, just lie the
wnite sisters. They have male articles tO,seli
sufficient to buy bell for their church.
There is at present an unusual prevalence
of fevers and malBral diseases in DakOt a, at
triouted largely 10 the unusual scantuesS o.
the water supplies. They are not often fatal
however. but keep the doctors busy.
A number of Illinois nlIers have lately
sent to the Red river valley for shipments of
No hard direct claiming that what they re-
ceived from the Minneapolis elevators was
mixed with soft wheat.
Hon. Jud LaMoure. the Pembina statesman
wearied OF the training Of those blacK bears
as he found there a limit to their edu-
catiOnal development and turned them over
to the butcher
Those with means of comparison state that
there have been more land and home seekers
in Dakota this fall than year ago. large
proportion have means and prefer to buy
land.
A st. Paul hunter in company with Isaac
Miner, Of Casselton, lately bagged, or vag
gOned. for the bag was not big enough, l3o
geese in one day-a pretty fair days work.
In October of six years ago the railroad ssof
Souh Dakota were blocked with snow from
the l4th to the 18th. There is not usual,
much snow before Thanksgiving.
Supt. Jones is revising the present overdose
ad indefinite conglOmeration" called a school
law, and will present the result of his labors
to the next legislature.
Farmers in the vicinity of Diana,in Sanborn
county nave lately secured very copiOus
flowing wells at the depth of only 81 feet.
They are much elatei over it.
Among the most popular stump speakers in
the late campaign in Butte county were two
young la1ies-Misses Richards and Sanborn.
W. H. Ellis, the bright young probationary,
becomes editor of the Wheatland Eagle this
week and that Eagle will take loftier flights.
Aberdeen is soon to have ii commandery of
Knights Templar.