St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-13
RaHTGREaE T9DRETS.
News Notes of Interest to the PeO-
pie of Dakota.

1t is stated by those who claim to thor
oughly understand the political situation in
the legislative district which is composed of
StutSmap, Foster, Eddy, Benson and Nelson
counties, that this will be the field on which
will be fought the most stubbornly contested
political battle OF the fall campaign, the real
issue being whether or not the affairs of the
North Dakota hospital for the insane will be
Investigated by the next legislature. Nat
urally some member from this district will be
ON the committee of public institutions, and
the resident trustees of this particular inStI-
tuition are anxious to be represented by q
man thoroughly conversant with the ''ways
which are dark in the committee room.
Every effort will be made, however, to keep
this issue in the back ground.
An Icelander at Grafton recently returned
from his native land bringing twenty immi-
grants, mostly young people. He reports
that the climate there has become so bad that
the country will no longer support the people,
and great numbers of them are coming to
Manitoba and Dakota.
Since Miller has such an abundance of ar.
tesian water, some of it is to be used for
lakes in forty-acre park. 1t will also use
$4,000 more bonds to provide an enlarged sys-
TEN of water works. There is hardly a limit
to the possibilities to ensue from that l, 100
foot flowing well.
r. NJ. Springer, president of the Forest
City a. Watertown railroad states that grad
Ing HAS COHueuCtu on us fOaQ, ana IL is sure
to be built. Forest City is in Potter county,
on the Missouri river, and 1t is claimed to be
one of the most eligible points for bridge.
Judge Becker denies the charge that he
voted against Fargo as the place for holding
the Democratic convention for the reason
that he was afraid, if held here, Maj. Ed
wards would run the whole business
Sioux Falls is the latest city to claim
United States Marshal Maratta as a resident
Capt. Dan likes to make all the boys feel
good by pralsing their particular town and
express his intention of going there to live.
Judge Palmer the protege of Senator
Edmunds, and who is becoming rival of
Sparks in the matter of having his decisions
overruled, has decided that a county is not
liable for the support OF its peupers.
A man plead guilty some days since in the
district court at Fargo TO the charge of adul-
terry, and was sent UP for eighth months
This is the second or third case IN which pun
ishment has been inflicted for this crime in
the territory.
George T. Angel of Boston, who has made
his name famous through his efforts to pre-
vent cruelty to dumb animals, was in Fargo
Sunday, and organized a society for this
purpose.
laborer in Kidder county last week was
attacked by bald eagle and had desperate
fight, being knocked down several times be-
fore he could get the better OF the pugnacious
bird.
1t is alleged at Fargo that if thelaw against
shooting prairie chickens is enforced, some of
the highest city officials will have fines TO
pay. Their ducks were not shot on the
water.
The Pierre Signal says that the recent raid
on Sunday saloons was not an unqualified
success. Nor does the Signal seem to feel
bad over the failure of this moral reform.
Wheatland is considering the matter of es-
Publishing telephone communication with
Fargo. AS the line is already built to Cassel-
ton, it can be done at very little expense.
John Cannon, mechanic of Brookings,
drew the S50,0C0 Illinois farm in the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers gift concert
which recently took place in Chicago.
One hundred thousand SD ares of stock rep
resenting $4,000, 600, were wagered on a horse
race at Deadwood Sunday. The stocks are
not quoted above par, however.
A mule that IT. Punton, foreman of the
Park farm, had momentarily forgotten was
loaded, went off Saturday with almost fatal
results to Mr.. Punton.
The Manitoba is laying iron on its branch
running west through Sargent county. Ran
som City will probably be its terminus this
season.
Faulk county Democrats are violently op-
posed to division of the territory, and so ex-
week.
The first telephone ever used in Aberdeen
was put up Aug. by G. NJ. Hopkins. He
connected his residence and place of bust
ness.
Judge Churchill of the Black Hills denies
very enphatically the report that his resig-
nation was requested by President Cleveland.
Citizens of Pierre are on wild strike be-
cause of the refusal Of the aristocratic ice
dealers to deliver their goods on Sunday.
Judge Mcconnell of the Third judicial dis
trict has been granted vacation of three
weeks by Attorney General Garland.
The Pierre telephone system is thing of
the past. The wires and poles have been re-
moxed to some point in Minnesota.
The artesian well at Grafton was sunk e12
feet, but the present flow Of water comes from
depth of $50 feet.
Hyde county is talking of putting a prohi-
bition ticket in the field next fall.