St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-29
TERRET0RIAL TEDBlTs.
News Notes of Interest to the People
OF Dakota.

Fifty-three years ago bachelor guardian
in Connecticut sent out to two orphan boys,
cousins, Oliver B. French and A. J. Blackman,
without a dollar, to make their way in the
world. Last week they met at Carthage, OAK,
the first time in the f1fty-three years. Both
are wealthy and have invested largely in Da-
kota-one d resident Of Geuesee, ILL.,, and the
other has an elegant mansion on the sea
coast near Los Angeles, Cal. If their bache-
Tor uncle had been more liberal with them
they might still have been digging among the
rocks of New England. They bell eve no
country now offers better opportunities for
investm ent than Dakota.
The program now set forth by the secre-
tary of the state league is: To elect men,
bers OF the territorial legislature pledged to
division on or near the forty-sixth parallel;
then provide for holding two constitutional
conventions, one in the south and one in the
north, to shape two states. 1t is anticipated
that Democratic governor will veto the
measure and two-thirds will be needed to
push it through. This may be acceptable to
the Campbell faction, but the mass of the peo-
pie do not care to waste time and money to
add to the number of paper states. They will
probably wait for congress to offer an en-
aiding act.
very old Indian relates that about forty
years ago battle extending over several
days, each having about LOCO lodges, was
fought in the vicinity of Portland. in Trail.
Chippewas, who were victorious but lost
about l,0D0 ponies that the Sioux took in their
retreat to Devils lake. They had flint-lock
muskets and the number of killed was large
on both sides. If there were records, no
doubt the Dakota lands would be found rich
in such "reminiscences Of collision of the rival
tribes OF the decaying aborigines.
Frank Calvert twelve-year-old boy in
Sargent county, near Forman, the other day
furnished another illustration of the danger
of fooling with unloaded pistols. He had
snapped it and it did not go off. A young
friend. however, objected to having it pointed
at him, so the boy put it to his own forehead
and remarked that it was the way he would
shoot buffalo. The ball passed through his
head. and he died the next day.
About 400 binders went out of Plankinton
into the wheat fields in ten days, and that Sec
ton has good wheat, much better than last
year, with greatly increased acreage. Aurora
Is one of the finest counties in the southland
the later indications are that the damage to
the crop in Dakota will cut a much smaller
figure than has been supposed. In Aurora
late sewn fax is failure, and the average of
other crops is put at two-thirds of full
yield.
There could hardly be a greater boon to
Dakota than the artesian well, which is prov
ing SO great success in most sections. In
the central and south regions the deepest of
them generally have a flow strong enough for
abundant motive power, and it is anticipated
that they may yet be available for irrigation
on large scale, and SO obviate all danger of
drouth.
Several meetings have recently been held
along the line of the proposed railroad from
Fargo to Devils Lake and the Turtle noun
tans. Energetic parties are working the
scheme and they seem to be confident that
capitalists will furnish the money. The
people will give the right of way, and perhaps
something more.
1t is said that Eastern capitalists in the
interest of the Milwaukee railroad are now
Offering to build the extension of the Fargo
Southern northeast from Fargo to Red Lake
the object being to get into the timber of
that section. They want the survey made
and right of way secured by Sept. 1.
A number Of Fargo attorneys the past
week refused to argue case before Judge
Francis at Valley City, as be would not give
them their own gait. The judge is peculiar
but he evidently runs the court and secures
results in the interest of the people in most
cases, if he does sit down on lawyers.
Minning stocks are about as unreliable as
politics in Dakota. 1t has been stated that
Gen. Allen, with his II, 900 shares of IronHill
stock that lately went up from about $3.50 to
81 or so was well equipped for the congress
s1onal race, but last week 1t jumped down to
S1.75, bursting his barrel.
Superintendent o. Public Instruction Jones.
In travelling over the territory, notes that all
wheat put in with a drill has stood the drouth
pretty well and promises fair crop, while all
the failures are with that sown broadcast
In case in Charles Mix county, Judge
Trip decided that the tax must be related
where the property was not acquired till after
April l. In this case the title to the land was
still in the government at that date.
young man named Hayter, near Esmond.
while in his house, had his shoes torn off and
his clothes set on fire by lightning. He was
thrown about six feet, but not seriously in
jured.
In Charles Mix county the wheat and oats
are all harvested and the yield was fair where
sown early and poor in late sown This is
the'general report in the south.
a specimen of the rock found at the lowest
depth of the artesian well at Grafton has been
sent to Madison for examination and pro-
nounced granite.