St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-09
DAKOTA DOTLETs.
News Notes of all Sorts From the
Land OfNo. I IIard.

| His friends relate many incidents showing
tnat he was a very kind-hearted and char
liable man. 1t is said that at one time as
many as twenty poor families acre supplied,
without charge, from his dairy. il Is stated
the young man, nearly OF age. who passed as
his son. was his ward, whose estate Mr. Ray
mond was managing. The name Of the young
man is given Warren.
The jamestown Capital which is high
authority on the subject. sets down all the
late prize fights in the north as hippodromes.
OF one it says: The pluR-uglies have taken in
Valley City for all they are worth. Brady. an
alleged prize fighter, met another alleged
prize fighter named Snyder there, and the
former, TO all intents and purposes. did
Snyder up in bad shape. the latter fainting
away. 1t now appears that Snyder and
Brady are old pals, and that the fight and the
faint were put up on the Valley Cities.
According 10 the Cando Tribune this Is
the popular outfit in the northern sections for
winter sport: "a couple Of 2xf pine scant-
lings for runners, decked with inch pine
boards, surmounted by the spring seat Of
farm wagon; no shafts; collar and traces for
harness, and any graduation. from a mongrel
Indian pony 10 thoroughbred for q
steed-with such an outfit, and one OF Town
er's fair bellies tucked up in buffalo robes be-
side him, our young gallant is happier than
any Fifth avenoodle with his fashionable and
expensive rig"
The Canton Advocate. Delegate Chords
home organ. has information from him direct
from him that Induces this courteous and
polite reference TO parties whose votes are
needed at Washington; Delegate Clifford feels
confident that before the sprngtime Of 1856
q combination Of circumstances will have rev
olutionzed the hostility OF the anti-Dakota
cranls, and that division and admission will
be voted for by these very same liars, calum-
niators and towards.
Union county has ninety-eight veterans OF
the Rebellion as gathered recently. OF these
thirty-three, just about one-third. draw pen
sions ranging from $50 TO 81 month. Among
the number are Capt. Duncan, a leading
member of the last council and famous scout
on the staf OF Gen. Sherman. and Capt. /.
r. Kent, drummer boy and famous singer
who held position in the legislature. The
latter is the Oldest ex-soldier in the county
and has lately had his pension increased from
IS to Sl7.
Prof. Montgomery of the Grand Forks uni
versitv recently reported some OF the results
OF his explorations OF few of the many In
dian mounds on Forest river. Ten OF them
he concluded were located at the point where
battle or massacre had occurred, the skele-
tons indicating that the bodies had lain I'm the
sun some time before burial. He regards
them as Indian remains. although he found a
pearl necklace and other indications of skill
and civilization.
The cost of improvements at Sioux Falls
the past year falls but a little below the aver
age Of the past four years-is greater than in
1884, and furnishes the surprising total OF
Si9O,95O. No other city ia the territory can
show such figures. With the new railroads
secured, next year will no doubt be the most
prosperous in its history. The revenue Of
the railroads from freight handled there the
past year amounted TO S2S7.276. 81. No won
der other roads are trying TO get there.
The receipts Of wheat in Park River. Walsh
county, the past season are given as 700 BUSH
Vpf m he Of
The place cla ms about one thousand popula-
ton, but the list of improvements in 1855, as
given by the Gazette in its handsome holiday
issue, would indicate town OF several thou
sand population. A Presbyterian church
costing $500 is TO be dedicated there the lat
ter part Of the month.
Fargo's delegation to the Duluth dedication
comprised thirteen of its leading citizens, who
chartered Especial car and proposed to dis
pei the superstition about that number
They will reiu rn by way OF st. Paul II is
said that physician was put in charge of the
sanitary stores, and they were TO be dispensed
on the trip and upon his prescription. The
water in Duluth was believed to be not quite
safe.
The north part of Towuer county is now
having easy access to railroad communication.
the Winnipeg Il Southwestern branch OF the
Canadian Pacific being completed TO Oak
Lake. about ten miles over the line The
Cando Tribune has what it regards as reliable
authority that the Northern Pacific will push
west from Minnewaukan into Towner i'm the
spring, with other lines probably following.
Col. Burke of the jamestown Capital, who
was indicted for libel in Kidder county, wants
il understood that the presentation by the
grand jury showed that the alleged libel re-
lated TO Col Steele, his associate upon the
stah of the governor. and not TO the officials
of kdder county, as reported. Some think
the distinction is but nominRl-that the
colonel has been the mogul Of the county.
The variety shows at Fargo are not allowed
to run Sundays, but last Sunday night por-
ton of the performers of one of them on
lower Front street announced a performance
at the opera house in their special tricks and
no objection was raised. but the audience
was very small. The Fargo public prides il
self upon its ability to ''smeu mice" in the
show line.
As showing the nerve of some of the young
ladies who are holding down claims the
Hoskins Herald mentions that during a recent
lively gale one of the young ladies found that
her house was likely TO go. but she saved IL
10y making "a rope OF her undergarments and
fastening IL about the roof. the lower end
attached TO her trunk. Her house was saved
Among the cases at the late term of court
held by Judge Francis in Kidder county was
that of McMintry, a railroad man held i'm
jail under Judgment founded on bastardy
lie was discharged under the insolve nt debt
or's oath, but the judge gave him a parting
blessing, accusing him of meanness in evad-
ing the support of his child in this way.
The character of Dakota pioneers is in
Dictated in the case of Hoskins, one OF the
newest frontier towns, six months old, in Nc
lntosh county, where large literary society
has been formed TO read Shakespeare and
discuss Literary and scientific topics The
county is away from railroad and has but
a few hundred population.
The Rapid City Journal calls attention To
this: Strange that in all the predictions
that Dakota will become a state upon the
constitution adopted prohibition is 40 loner
mentioned. But should the predictions of
the division prophets be fulfilled, prohibition
viii be as much part of the constitution as
any other provision"
The attempt to organize a cemetery boom
at Pierre has proved failure. year ago a
company secured grounds and sold stock at
pa-, but only 4 half-doZen citizens have been
Induced to occupy lots, and the disguised
syndicate now offer the stock at half cost
The country is too healthful for an enterprise
of this sort.
One party has been sent from the Bismarck
region to Detroit, Mich, for a year and five
months for perjury in proving up on a claim,
and another has been convicted at Pierre of
making false statements concerning land"
There are several others suspected of wan
dering little from strict veracity in land
matters.
A young lady at Devils Lake has lately
proved up on her second claim and has hired
a man to prove up on a third adjoining. She
will soon have $50 acres of the finest land i'm
that section. and dozen or more of the young
business and professional men of DEVILS
Like have already proposed TO her.
A singular accident happened to a man
named Fred Knute in Sargent county last
week He was digging at the bottom of a
well thirty feet deep, when stone fell on his
head, fracturing the skull and rendering him
insane. He was raised out, and was so violent
he had to be tied with rOnes