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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
a Quartet of Pushing Oitisens Of Dakota
Who Are an Honor to the
Great Territory.
William q. standish, Member of the
Legal Profession Who Always
Fight for the Right.
Maj. j. r. wisner. Farmer, Miller,
zeal Estate Dealer and Enter
prising Gentleman.
a. c. Jordan, the Fargo Journalist,
ana Capt. Hall, Lawyer and
Author OF Juveniles.
William H. srnnhish.

William III. StandiSh of Bartlett, Ramsey
county, Oak, was born March Is. 1912. at
South Bristol, Ontario county. New York,
OF American parents, reaching back on his
patenal side 10 Miles Standish of the May
mower. He remained in his native county
on the farm attending school and teaching
untll he was 81, when in 1868 he went West
anu settled In Batavia, twenty miles east of
Cincinnati, where he read law, taking an
active part in politics, and i'm 1868 he
stumped against Vallandigham for governor
OF Ohio, and in 1864 in favor of 'Old Abe
for president and for the Republican party
In 1865 aud 1866. making i'm these four
years forty-eight speeches for his party.
IN 1864 he served four and one half months
IN West Virginia as orderly of Company X.
One Hundred and Fifty-third o. V. l.,
when he was honorably discharged by rea-
son of expiration of term of service In the
spring OF 1867 he removed TO Cincinnati.
where he soon took a fist rank amoug
young lawyers, and i'm 1S72 he was made
the Republican candidate for one OF the
iudgeships of that city. commanding a
81 salary. and although then but 80
years of age. he received 500 more votes
than his party state ticket and in 1874 he
was admitted to the United States supreme
court and had practice before it.
Being engaged in important real estate
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
FOrIlRau.
Special to the Globe.

FoRMAN, Oak, April 15.-At a meeting
held here Tuesday, at which there was very
good attendance of citizens, So, 600 in cash and
wheat were subscribed and stand pledged as
q bonus to the first gentleman who will put in
a 1O0-barrel Touring mill at this point. A good
site of four acres will also be donated. Mr..
John Lee, an Ontario capitalist who is just
now looking over Dakota, was present at the
meeting, and from conversation had with him
it is thought that in all probability he will ac-
cept of the offer and erect structure OF that
capacity and description at once. He is at
present very much pleased with our town and
the surrounding country, which is thickly
settled. Mr. Lee will decide this week and
should his decision be favorable as every
body comedies it will be, the mill will be ready
tn operate by Oct. l, and will be quite q boom
TO Forman and the country in many ways
Otherwise the field and the opportunity will be
open to others. :. Forman is a live town, well
situated in the exact center of Sargent county,
10 fine agricultural and stoclI-raising region,
and while as yet it has no railroad it has a
dozen or more live business houses, newspa-
per, etc.,-and as good railroad prospects as
any town could desire. The town has also
become more or less famous as contestant
for the county-seat in 19S4-and now again in
the courts, with the trial now nearing a decis-
ion. Forman people, of course, feel more
than confident of victory. Some farmers
are through seeding, but with the majority the
work is just getting well under way. An in
creased acreage is being sown.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
ISedfield.
Special to the Globe.

Special 10 the GlODe.
REDFIELD, Oak, April 16.-Assistant Gen.
eral Superintendent Sanborn of Winona, Chief
Engineer Blunt of the same place, and Land
Commissioner Simmons Of Chicago prominent
officials of the Northwestern road, spent last
night in town, and early this morning started
out west by team to look over the route of the
proposed extension west. 1t is understood
that they will go as far as Gettysburg i'm Pot
ter county, about seventy-hve miles from
here. .Messrs. Conklin of Clark. Hopp of
Brookings and Schlosser of Blunt were I'm
town yesterday evening. These gentlemen
are members of the executive committee Of
the South Dakota Editorial association. and
were on their way to Aberdeen
to meet the other members of the
committe and settle on next summers place
of meeting of the association. Aberdeen is
said to be in the lead for the honors, with this
place not far in the rear. -. Eli Perkins, the
great humorist, will deliver his famous lee
ture, The Philosophy of Wit and Humor. at
this place within few weeks. Col. Fahne-
took of Watertown enlightened a Redfield au-
dience on Friday evening on the advantages
of a building and loan association. The work
of organizing an association of this kind has
already been begun and stock in the institu-
ton is eagerly sought after. The Van Du-
sen elevator is fast approaching completion.
A crew Of twenty men is kept constantly Mt
work on the building. -. The new uniforms of
Company ID are expected here by the 10th of
next month.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
WatprtOyVn.
Special to the Globe.

Special 10 I0e OIODN-
WATERTowN, April 16.-A fire broke out in
the meat market of J. Kelly on Kemp avenue
on Thursday night about 10 O'Clock, but was
eXtinguished after doing considerable dam
age. IA man giving the name of Frank
Crossman hired team for half a day of Dom
ahue & Ellis on Tuesday last, and has not been
heard of at this writing. He shipped his bag
gage to st. Paul marked c. E. Crossman, and
gave several different names in other parts of
the city. Jerry Kelley's bay gelding, Rich
ard X and black colt, Bashaw Benson are
making time that surprises him. under the
training of s. n. Castle. Donahue a. Ellis
have bought lots having eighty-two and one
half feet front on Kemp avenue for 81. $50.
and viii erect fine livery and sale stable.
Messrs. II. and l.. q. Graham have taken the
contract TO grade forty miles of road from
Columbia north. DIR. ]. Bennett, who has
been in poor health FOR some time, started for
Sparta and Chicago on Thursday, He was ac-
companied by his daughter, Mrs F. A. Corns.
He has been an examining surgeon for sol
hers since before the close of the war. DR.
Hills will act as clerk of the examining board
during his absence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
Aberdeen.
Special to the Globe.


ABERDEEN, April 16.-Before another week
passes Aberdeen will be lighted with cleo
trcity. The poles are all set, the machinery
is here ana will soon be in position, anu all
that is now lacking is the wire. The eNecu-
tive committee of the Dakota Press aSsocla-
ton held another session in this city Wednes-
day evening and made final arrangements for
the gathering next June. The association
will convene in Aberdeen on Monday evening,
juno 81, and continue in session dur
ing the 22d and 23d, after which
the editors will depart on their
annual excursion. The excursion has not
yet been determined, but President S. j.
COnklin and Committeeman John IL. Drake
will soon have il arranged. The Clark cornet
band has been engaged to accompany the eN-
cursion. Aberdeen is preparing for $50
guests, who will be given free entertainment
and IA banquet. The Chicago, Milwaukee Il
81. Paul Railroad company have decided TO
build n new roundhouse and machine shops
in Aberdeen this summer....F. IL. Hagerty
OF the FrieSland stock farm owns four-year-
Old heifcr which gave n daily average of
siNty-twO pounds of milk during the first
week in April. The city council have or
dered all projecting signs and wooden avn
ings on Main street to be removed before
June 1.-The city council has fixed the
liquor license at 500 per year. I'D. .
IL. Hauser was chosen city attorney.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
CAPT. G. w. HALL,
The WelI-known Writer of Juve-
nile Literature.

Charles W. Hall, now of Glendale, OAK,
better known to publishers of juvenile fic-
ton as Capt. c. w. Hall, was born at
Chelsea, Mass, Nov. ., 1s43, and at the
age of Is years removed to Prince Edward
island, where his father, of the Boston firm
of Hall, Myrick Sc Co., carried on large
fisheries. In August, 1862, he returned to
Massachusetts, and enlisted in the Forty
third regiment. NJ. V. NJ, nine months
men. and was mustered out July 90, 1868,
having been garrisoned at Newberry. n.
c., being present at the battles of Kingston,
Whitehall. GoldsbOro and Cove Greek. In
1867 ne was admitted to the Boston bar,
but a few years later went into
business in Prince Edward ISL
and, returning to Massachusetts, in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

the following order: Twice Taken, The
Great Bonanza, Adrift In the Icetields and
Drifting Round the World-all except the
first well-known Juveniles. Capt. Hall
came to Dakota in 1881. and spent the win
ter on the staff of the Fargo Republican.
In 1882 he opened a law and real estate
Office at Grand Rapids, but after the death
of his wife removed to Glendale, OAK,
where he is engaged in practice and also
edits the Glendale Commercial.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

now in his fifty
first year. The
major has OPEN
ed up farms,
titled them, cul-
tiv ated vast
tracts of upland
n n d bottom
along the rich
banks of the
Sheyenne, he
has b GU g h {
farms and sold
farms. he has
built mills to
manufacture the
wheat he and
his neighbOrs
have raised, into
first class -four,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

in the First Minnesota infantry. Soon after
the first battle of Bull Run he was transferred
TO the United States signal corps. and con-
tinued in active field service until mustered
out Aug. 81, 1865, being one of tile first
and last to follow the flag in the volunteer
service. He was married in 1878 to Miss
Jennie Maxwell of Minneapolis. Under
the management of A. c. and j. j. Jordan
the Republican is attaining great and grow
ing success, and is recognized as among the
ablest and most influential journals of Da-
kOta
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

over 400 copies of this address were sent to
washington by a trusted messenger, who
delivered them about week prior to the
reversal of the Brittin case and since then
the senate bill on this subject was modified
so as To meet the suggestions Of this adj
dress and passed i'm the senate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
MAI. j. f.. WIsNER.
One OF the HustIers Who Has Pros
pered in Dnkoin.

pered i'm Dakota.
Maj. j. L. Wlsner came to Ransom
county, OAK, in 1881, before the railroad
was finished, and purchased numberless
tracts OF land scattered through the rich
valley of the Sheyenne. lie came from
Friendship, Western New York. For eight
or ten years previous to coming, the major
had given some attention TO perfecting pat
ents. Among other things he became the in
ventOr OF the first successful self-dumping
hay rake which has been manufactured by
j. w. Stoddard, Dayton. o., who paid the
major royalty amounting to many
thousand dollars a year. Mai. Wis
ner was born In Cuba. Allegheny
county, New York, in 1884. and is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
A. &. JOR DAN.
One of the Pioneers of Northwest
ern JouruaIisna

a. c. Jordan of Fargo is editor of the
Daily Evening Republican. He was born
in Eaton, Canada, is Al years of aye and
came to Minneapolis in 1854, when that
city was little more than a name. He
served as telegraph editor of the Pioneer at
St Paul for one year previous to the con-
solidatiOn and the year following. He was
also telegraph editor of the Minneapolis
Tribune three years, and associate editor
for the last six months of his connection
with that paper, which position he re-
signed in February. 1884, to come to
Fargo and take the management of the
Daily Republican, which a year later.
with his brother. j. J. Jordan. he purchased.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

uugatlOn IN Cnlca-
go, he removed to
that city in 1874.
where he remained
four years. Being
then incapacitated
from pursuing his
profession there BY
reason of a severe
bronchial difficulty.
he then. on the adj
vice of his physi-
clan, removed TO
the Northwest to
recruit his health.
by outdoor exercise,
in its dry, bracing
atm osphere. At
Chicago. aside from
other imnnrtant real
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

1878, when he became
sub-editor of the Com
mercial Bulletin, and
later edited the New
England Illustrated
News and Journal of
Commerce, besides
contributing to Oliver
Optics Magazine, the
Youths Companion.
Cottage Hearth, and
other well-known pub
locations. MeSsrs. Lee
& Shepard of Boston
pnvv puhIfSh for him in
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At the Club Window.
Town Topics.

IOWn Topics.
who's that you just nodded to9'
''Fellaw know"
whats his name?"
''Shuah l don't know"
'Where did you meet him?"
dashed f know"
''What is he, anyhow"
"Swear l don't know"
your general knowledge of him appear
to be very comprehensive. Do you know
anything more about him?"
BLESSED f I know"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

This. however,
was not Mr.. JOr-
don 5 first con-
nection with the
Dakota press. In
1872, in partner
ship with Col. C..
4. LOunsberry.
he established the
Bismarck Tri-
bune, one of the
pioneer journals
of North Dakota.
On the breaking
out of the war he
was one of the
first to respond to
the call for vol
unteers. enlisting
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
THE UNEASY sNOOzER.

He who in church attemps to snooze
Must be himself the loser,
Nor get the blues
If people choose
To mark him as a snoozer.
But he who, when upon his knees,
As proud as Julius Csesar,
Thinks it the cheese
To snort and sneeze
Is most sinful sneezer.
IT'S news to him who takes his snooze
In church, that it is free, sir;
While If he sneeze
When on his knees
VIII ne'er salvation see, sir.
--Krys.
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etc., in fact has been an enterprising.
thorough going, pushing citizen, such as
North Dakota loves to honor. About a
year ago. when the price of wheat seemed
to be on the decline. and some of the less
far seeing and less enterprising were losing
their heads, thinking because wheat was
dropping and dropping that the country
was going to the dogs. the major. who
owned probably some 80, 900 acres of these
rich lands,
PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED
that he would sell the same at current
prices to any one who would cume along
and Oren up the farms or take one already
opened, aud take his pay in wheat at the
Ia;e of 81 per buShel, delivered at either
one of his mills or the nearest railroad sta
ton. and he would give all the time de-
sired To the wheat raiser, to pay for the
land i'm the crops he raised thereon; that is,
II one year was not sufficient the purchaser
could have just as many years as he desired,
81 that he worked faithfully to the end.
Under this scheme Maj. Wisner has
sold many Thousand acres of land. and one
instance may be particularly mentioned. 4
quarter of q section near Lisbon, which
was already prepared for crop. lie sold for
$500 bushels OF wheat and loaned the pur-
chaser the seed to put in the crop. In
ninety days from the time the wheat left
the seeder the purchaser harvested 5000
bushels of wheat from this quarter section.
lie deliver 800 bushels of this crop to pay
for the farm, and out of the proceeds of the
other 400 bushels paid for the seed and had
some left. The major has sold some 1000
acres of land in Ransom county on these
terms within the past year. and has 90, 600
more to sell in the same Way
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
TERRITORIAL TIDBITs.
News Items of Various Kinds Froi
ALI Parts of Dakota

1t cannot be known, of course, how many
Dakota men have secured wives through the
agency of matrimonial advertisements, but
the number is certainly considerable. Some
81 rnnnths aVo bright. merry and attr ao-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

last two weeks. Fears are entertained that
he may have wandered off under temporary
alteration of mind.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17

Fortune 'e &: %sas:
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13

NV AAoh u hShs WIFI tho Vyohius
with the crew tina. he had under his
command.
On leaving Singapore we returned
to Apjou Point. when we were ordered
to proceed to Philadelphia. On leav-
ing Anjou Point we proceeded to the
Cape of Good Hope, where we learned
that the Alabama had left seven days
ahead of US. After coaling the ship
we started for the Island of st. Helena,
and On arrival ~ tNat port we learned
that we were five days behind the pri-
vateor again. leaving Ct. Helena the
same day we started for St. Thomas,
one of the West India Islands. Here
we were near the end of our cruise.
Our next port was Philadelphia, where
the vessel was put out of commission
and the crew paid off. 1t YVES in Phila.
delphia that we heard the news Of the
capture of the Alabama by the Kear-
sage.
In conversation afterward with some
of the crew of the Alabama they stated
that they cleared ship for action on
three different occasions while we were
chasing them in the Straits of Sunda.
If we had sailed for tie English Chan
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13

There is probably no class of workeis
in the busy hive of the commercial mart
that has received more abuse, has
had more ill-natured filings thrust at it,
than the one laboring for the dissemina-
ton of knowledge under the title Of
book solicitors. Even the lightning-rod
man, the lfe-insurance agent, or the
thousand and one ~canvassers for this and
that patent lave escaped the r~eproachfui
and o%pprobrious eplthets heaped on the
head of a book solicitor, and yet it
truly be said that there are nc more
active, patient, persevering, and intelli-
gent workers than those catering in this
way to the mental feeding Of the public.
In the business of canvassing n
meets all kinds and classes, and that it
takes ali sorts of people to make a COM
munity is a truism most forcibly I'M
pressed on the mind of a book solicitor.
He will go TO one house and on asking
TO see Mr.. or Mrs. So-ard-so will be in
vited in, an3, on stating his business,
will be most c~ourteously received and
given time and attention. He will go
next door and be made at once to under
stand that the sooner he departs the bet
ter for him; or still a little further on
Mr.. or Mrs. So-and-so opens the door for
him. and standing on the threshold he
states his business, when, with a most
courteous, Excuse me-" he finds the
door slammed in his face and he is left
10 moraiize Oil the rudeness OF his fellow
being. sometimes he will be left stand
ing on the stoop like a beggar while the
servant girl goes to see if her master or
mistress will receive him, or il he i
allowed TO stand in the hall the servant
casts furtive glances at him as she goes
up stairs, fearing he may be a sneak
thief in disguise. Chicago Tribune.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13
THE FAN.

Love never was q hidden god,
And spite Of what the ancients say,
Twas he who sought TO see the maid;
He told me so-believe who may
Eros loved Psyche; while she slept,
Spying the virgin be admired.
At sight Of euch rare lovenliess,
His heart wal thrilled, his senses fred.
And as he bent, IN rapture lost,
The oil fell IN her where she lay;
Startled, she woke; and seeing Love,
At once took wing aud few away.
Vainly since then the love-lorn boy
Had sought the maid with szure wings;
No form of such soft beauty came
To cheer him In his wanderings.
At length one day ss sad be strobe,
BY paths made sweet with April dsw,
He spied a butterfly that paused
Oh large rosebud, full IN view.
"'fis Psyche" sold he; surely this
Must be the wing that went aud came
About her shoulder, when she fed
With flush Of rosy-colorcd shame
''Could / but seize It and he sprapg
Like a rash lover, and bis lip
With the Wild ecstacy Of love-
Closed on it's futtering azure tip.
And as he held the broken limb,
And wondered to what purpose coy
He now should turn the beauteous thing;
''I'n make Of 1t fair woman's toy"
SO f~ashioning quick, with dextrous art,
At once her shield and y~ataghan;
''Go fiutter cow forevermore.n
Said Eros-and he made the Fan.
-Jlan Aicard.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13
Every Boy Should Have a Trade.

I'm this country every boy, rich Or
poc-. j. tl,e better off for a trade. This
lad favored by fortune does not require
mechanical knowledge to earn his living
Of course; but an industrial training may
develop in him a genius for invention
that would benefit the whole race; and a
trade in the hands of a poor boy is a sure
means Of gaining a living. If all classes
are to be reached, therefore, it is hard to
see how this can be done without an in
dustrial training department in each
school.-New York Tribune.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13
Blaine stool Rising.

Rutland (Vt.) Telegram, Rep: Mr..
Blaine is not cowed by temporary de-
feat; he has not changed his politics or
his principles on account of it. He is
still the staiwari warrior whose grand
presence and marked ability. as shown
through all his political career, have
given the people such confidence in his
integrity and his craftsmanship that if
an opportunity were given at the pres
ent time to obtain the popular verdict
he would receive again the unqualified
Endorsement of the Republican party.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13

They seemed, to those who saw them meet.
Mere casual friends of every day;
Her smile was unreserved and sweet.
His courtesy was free and gay.
But yet if one the others name /.
In some unguarded moment heard.
The heart you thought so still and tame
Would fiutter like "A captured bird.
Lord HouChtOn.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13
The Grave OF Helen Hunt jackson.

tai water runs down the sunny slope
of the Cheyenne mountain, and at one
place in its course this stream passes a
spring, round abont which is a soft
carpet of pine needles and trailing
killickinnicks. At that spot LAS been
made the grave of tho writer and re.
former, Helen Hunt Jackson. Rocks
in zigzag outlines stand against the
blue above. and ut sunset the silyery
frs catch the light from the west.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13

have of Gen. Cass, by attempting to
write me into a military hero"
Here the speakers hammer fell, and
Mr.. Lincoln returned t his seat amid
pea's OF laughter and demonstrations
OF applause rom the occupants OF the
fioor and the galleries. and some min
utes elapsed before order was restored
and the regular business of the House
resumed.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13

philadelphia boasts Of a woman who can
20 DR.. Mary Walker one better. She is Mrs.
Frankfort. She has adopted the male cos.
tune entire and wears a.sombrero. The only
dlstictive feature rof her. attire lis q white
apron.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13

mel we would have had me pleasure of
exchanging a few shot and she'll with
our enemy, but w as it was we ex-
perienced some satisfaction in know
ing that we drove her into the Kear.
sage's warm embrace, which finished
her wonderful career.
BLUE JACKET.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-13

The California quail is successfully do
mesticated upon several English estates.
but u eastern variety resists all At
tempts at ~acclimatjon in Britain.