St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-11
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| church or school house Buffalo Gap takes a
high moral stand1 in the ordinance of its city
council forbidding the of vile, vulgar or
| profane language on the streets. Unless 1t
| differs from most other Dakota towns the en-
| forcement of penalty against swearing
would furnish all the revenue needed.
Last week. in Charles Mix county, COM
pany went hunting and plummlng, two Pierce
brothers sitting on the front seat of the wagon,
when q gun in the rear was jOstled ana was
| discharged the load passing through the back
of the seat and into the hip of one of the
Pierce brothers causing hisIdeath IN two hours.
Miss Stanley is one of the plucky and
pretty, of course, Dakota girls who spent the
summer entirely alone, without even cat
for company, on her claim four miles from
Waterbury. She had ten acres of grain, a
hne garden and watermelon patch, which
she did not have to watch with a shotgun.
The parties In the North who tried to
grow corn this year, made success OF it so
Tar as escaping frost was concerned. j. h.
Butte, in Ransom county, had forty acres
which he says will average over seventy-hve
bushels an acre, Tomatoes and watermelons
also matured, as they usually do not
Editor w. S. Baxter, of the Dispatch and
Tribune, last week noting that his pass said
land lady," Immediately married Miss
frankie Waters, of Columbia, and started for
the shows at sthe Twin Cities. He says he
The local insurance company il Walsh
county was designed to save the farmers
from large cost in insurance from hail, but
the frozen water got in too much work, and
the local papers say it will not be able to pay
more than 80 to 80 per cent. of its losses.
Sixteen years ago William Van Fps camped
his wagon on the prairie where Sioux Falls
now is and invested. To-day he is believed
10 be the wealthiest man in Dakota and one
of its most active and useful citizens. He is
Democrat and don't want office.
1t is regarded as very doubtful whether the
$4,000 voted to new railroads at Aberdeen,
and similar appropriations in several other
towns, will be legal under the per cent lim1ta-
ton act of congress. But the roads will no
doubt come all the same.
The Manitoba extension from the east ia re-
ported within thirty-five miles of Glendale,
and is expected to reach there this year. 1t
is given out as the design to extend to the
Missouri river next year. This gives d.
rect route to Duluth.
The Groton Leader, from its Independent
standpoint, takes this rational view:
South Dakota conventions show a strong fol-
lowing for Clifford, which means tn at if
Clifford is nominated a Democrat will be our
next delegate.
The Campbell papers are unhappy because
the Republican conventions in neigaboring
states; IN asserting the right of Dakota TO
statehood. never refer to division, giving it
the cold shoulder, if they have ever heard
OF it.
The Northwestern railroad has sent an
agent to Sully county to report the losses by
prairie fire caused by the LOGON olives, and it
is said will settle them promptly, which will
be great relief to many who are destitute.
In Hanson county also the Democrats re-
solved in favor of admission as whole.
There are probably four or five counties
NH rxy;n qaxy0 Iirv;c in 0f
getting capital or for some local reason.
In the central region the name of NJ. j..
Gordon, OF Aberdeen, is being pressed for
delegate. He is a young man, but said to be
of much larger calibre than Clifford, still the
latter seems to have the inside track.
Senator Edgerion is to present to the
Congregational association of South Dakota
at Plankinton, Sept. 14-l6 paper upon
.'Our Marriage and Divorce Laws He re-
CARDS them as losse.
In Clark county three ladies are Compel
ing for the nomination for county superin-
tendent of schools, and it is said they esti-
mate that false hair and acidy of disposition
are not unknown.
Capt. J. w. Connella. lately of the staff of
the Fargo Argus, has accepted a position on
the Rapid City Republican, which is said to
be very able and prosperous sheet, both
daily and weekly.
At last accounts the surveyors of the Mil
waukee extension west from roscoe were in
the Cat Tail valley and expected to reach Wi
mona in Emmons county on the Missouri river
this week.
Judge Clifford is to take the noted Canton
band with him to the YanktOn convention,
and probably the female drum corps. He
will have the music and probably the votes.
Mnnewaukan laid the corner stone Of a
Presbyterian church last week with appro-
pirate ceremonies. 1t is to cost about 81, $50,
half Of it raised at home and the rest east.
The Manitoba extension west of Devils
lake now runs tri-weekly trains to Newport,
in McHenry county, The second bridge over
the Mouse river will be l 1000 feet long.
Bishop Hare who has spent some months
in Switzerland for his health, reports i'm
provement and that he will be back to Dakota
he last Of this month.
The farmers and threshers in Walsh county
come a long distance to haul water from the
arUesian well at Grafton. which is proving a
fine investment.
The cornerstone OF court house was laid
at Dickinson the past week. AS there is no
Masonic lodge in the county there was little
ceremony.
The Yankton college has adopted the Gus
tom, said to be in vogue in eastern colleges,
of making Monday the holiday instead of Sat
urday.
Brookings county has about eighty school
houses, an increase of fifteen the past year.
which is fair progress for county so long
settled.
1t is expected that the first train Of cars
will run to Bowdle in the west part Of Ed
munds county on Saturday, Sept. IL.
Bishop Marty will administer confirmation
to seventy-fve candidates at Raymond
Sept. %.