St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-23

zen should be proud to have chance TO sup
port. The Democrats may count it red
letter day, if they elect DR.. Galloway.
The burning of the little children of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Harvey, In Hyde county, last
week, is one of the most painful casual
ties recorded of late in Dakota. The
parents We mt about a quarter of n mile away
to gather hay, taking care to leave the stove
safe and matches out of reach. When their
attention was called to the house, it was all in
flames, and q neghbor, who first reached II,
brought out the bodies of the little ones with
the flesh so badly burned that il fell from the
bones. They lost everything, but the sad
fate of all their children nearly drove them
distracted.
The managers of the Manitoba road would
relieve good deal OF local curiosity il they
would give out just what points they are
aiming for in their survey northwest from
Hope in Steele county. Cooperstown Is es-
pecially interested to know whether the
branch is coming there, as the crossing at
Romness, north of there, would be damaging
to the town.
Under the inspiration of Judge Warnock,
the able and sterling editor of the jamestown
Capital, the young Democrats of jamestown
have gone to work theoretically and have
already $50 names enrolled in their club. AS
| the Republicans are split and demOraliZed
| they may gather in some OF the fruits OF the
election.
be noticed that nearly all the members of
the last legislature who have tried to secure
nominations again, have been defeated.
Both houses will be composed almost entirely
! Of new members. AS body, that legislature
has not been popular, but some OF its mem
! bers are worthy of popular approval.
! In the Park river region some of the farm
ers have formed chicken protective associ-
/ alton, and the town hunters who come out
must pay liberal toll to get chance at the
| poultry. Chickens are numerous in that Sec
| ton, and generous bottle is found useful.
A young man from Rockford, ILL.,, named J.
! NJ Lillibridge, has reached Dakota on
| bicycle. He made good time and had
pleasant trip. He will go up the James, take
a circuit north and return on the wheel. 1t
is evidently good way to see the country.
| The Pierre Press claims that the terrific
| rial board of equalization was in some way
| urgent to the newer companies in the appor-
| tionuent of taxes, and that Hughes has
| 81, 600 more than its share. Statehood would
seem to be the onl, relief in such matters.
| In Ransom county Maj. Butts convention
! forgot his devotion to the sex and rejected a
! lady candidate for superintendent of schools,
| but Farmer Oliver did better. His wing of
alleged Republicans nominated lady, and he
is now the favorite with all the fair sex.
Parties are about ready to begin the boring
| at jamestown for an artesian well. 1t is de-
! signed to go one thousand feet or more.
! There are now about twenty Of these flowing
wells in the James valley, and the increase of
number does not affect the flow.
| Some reckless sheets evidently want to
make Dakota forest. They propose to have
| every father plant a tree on the birth of a
| child, and every aspirant for Office to show
that he has put out one or more trees before
| his name can be considered.
a young Russian named Albert Kraus, who
! does not speak English, has lately d1sap-
| peared from about Valley City, and it is be-
lieved he has been foully dealt with, as he
had not drawn his wages and left his prop
| erty.
Mr.. Adams, at Inkster, in the north, fol-
| lowed to Manitoba and found the parties who
| had taken several of his horses and vehicles
| in that direction. He returned with most OF
| the property, but did not arrest the parties.
Had the conventions at Yankton and Aber-
| deem been held few weeks later the dele
gates from the North would have saved some
| hundreds of miles of railroad travel, as the
| gap in the James Valley will then be filed.
| Gettysburg, in Potter county, is having
| boom. The graders of the railroad have
reached there, and the rails are being laid
fast. An eruption of plug hats is noted and
everything is lively.
There are said to be seventy-eight insur-
| ance companies represented in Dakota by
| 5000 agents, and yet there are numerous
complaints that losses are not paid, not even
when adjusted.
A man who lately came out to Dakota from
Illinois on a bicycle, found by his cyclometer
| that he had Travelled just 426 miles in IA
hours. He says much of the way the roads
| were bad.
In Griggs county William Kingsley sowed
| Manitoba wheat and claims yield of forty
bushels an acre. He has tried it two years
and regards it as great success.
The Pierre university has over fifty stu
dents and Brookings over three hundred.
which does not look like hard times, if it has
been droughty season.
The Iroquois Herald vouches for four
teen-months-old heifer there producing fine
calf, and attributes it to the Dakota climate.
A company with large capital in the Black
| Hills is boring for salt. They have a large
tract of land near some salt springs.
| 1t is now given out that the extension of
| the Omaha road from Salem to Mitchell will
| not be ironed this fall.
Last week little daughter of Mrs. Van
Camp, In Pembina county, was so badly
| burned that she died.
| The Burlington railroad will probably be
| completed to Sioux Falls by the middle of
| October.