St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-21
DAKOTA DOTLETs.
An EpitOme OF the DOings of n Pros
perou. People.

The YanktOn Herald, the Oldest Democratic
paper In the territory, endorses the statement
attributed 70 Hon. VI. II. Day,a that
Gov. Pierce Is held in his seat BY the Northern
Pacific railroad, the power being welded at
New York city. The Herald alleges that he
has. in addition. made appointments to
Office of men totally unfit and incompetent"
and demands his removal. II must be ad-
mitted. however, that as an advertising agent
for the territory he mas accomplished more
than n half-dozen immigration bureaus could.
The school at Buffalo, in Cass county, as
reported. is somewhat an exception TO the
usual pacific temper Of such institutions in
Dakota, as the Wheatland Eagle says the
teacher thrashes the little shavers with
rawhide, and carries revOlvers to protect
himself against the attack OF the big bows
and the overtures of the large girls The
latter phase is probably the most serious.
The most significant indication or the senti-
ment OF the Fargo convention on division
when Judge West sprung the dispatch
from Delegate Clifford almost entreating IL 20
take action in favor of division, and the dele
gates refused 10 give any expression on the
subject. Those who held with the delegate
did not dare 10 vote on the subject.
The advance in price OF land in Ransom
county is shown In the statement that Capt.
7. NJ. Elliot has about l,sOO acres in a body
for which be has refused SIS an acre. He
thinks IL good property 20 hold rs he cleared
captain has gone East to spend couple OF
months.
Three Dakota bachelors, who started East
TO keep appointments 10 marry, did not allow
for accidents and were detained several days
by a snow blockade, but the young ladies
were so eager Tor Dakota homes that they
had the ceremony performed, in one case at
least, by telegraph.
Clay county, one of the chief corn counties
in the extreme south, is said 10 have lost So,
100000 the past two years by hog cholera.
The farmers propose to raise no hogs for u
year or two, and ship their corn in hope of
getting rid Of the disease.
W. f. Mosher of Wheatand IS one of the
first or the CPlebs 10 return from their pros
elyting mission In the states. His convert
was Miss Jennie White of Motley. MINI. She
has come TO Dakota as Mrs. MOsher and is
pleased ut the change.
The feeling exhibited at the Fargo conven-
ton has induced the commissioner of immi-
grafton TO send a party TO the Red river val
ley TO gather material for q write-up i'm the
next bulletin. He will take up the Grand
Forks region first.
Among the immigrants already reported as
coming to the Sioux Falls region in the
spring are colonies from Vermont and Clay
ton county, Iowa. There is no government
land there, but farms can be bought at low
| figures.
y L.
and Knox county, o., that large numbers are
preparing TO migrate 10 Young. in the ex-
IRENE north. and others from the counti' S
in the states report great interest in that re-
giOn.
A near relative of Gen. Butler, d soldier of
the Seventeenth infantry, called ''SpOOney"
Butler, stationed at Standing Rock agency.
lately distinguished himself by bagging III
chickens in few hours hunt.
The dedication OF the Presbyterian church
at Alexandria last Sunday was an occasion of
unusual interest, and participated i'm by
eminent divines from abroad, The edifce is
| quite artistic and handsome.
North Dakotans visiting in Iowa and Illinois
| write back that the weather there has been
colder, and the storms more violent than they
have ever seen in Dakota. Ii shows that
| they are genuine DakOtans.
A man named I. B. Lane, who lived at
Fort Pierre, Is supposed to have fallen
! through the ice and been drowned in the
Missouri river recently.
The hest deer hunting I'm the territory is
evidently in the Sioux reservation. A party
OF four or five Indians have recently killed
| 200.
Quite a colony from Michigan is coming to
the Larimore region in the spring. and va
rious localities are presenting inducements 70
them.
At Canton the Baptist and Methodist
churches have been holding very successful
revival meetings the past week or two.
A new Presbyterian church is TO be dedi-
Gated at Inkster, In Grand Forks county,
Sunday, Jan. 81.