St. Paul daily globe., 1886-02-19
DAKOTA DOTLETs.
An Epitome of the DOings of N Pros
perOus PeOp4e.

Some OF the jokers at Blunt carried
a practical sell rather too far. They pro
cured IA telegraph blank and filed up a dis
patch signed 10y the adjutant at Fort Sull.
and directed 10 the captain of the military
company at Blunt to the effect that the In
dians were on the rampage, numbering the
settlers and pillagng and burning, and NOV
ing upon Blunt. This was at night. One
fellow unbalanced withwhisky became crazed
with fright and ran from house TO house wax
ing the peple and begging protection. An
apparent Indian was then seen in the suburbs
clad in a blanket and firing a pistol. Nam
of the ladies were frightened and it Is said
that one or two premature births resulted
before the joke could be exploded. There
was mnch Indignation over the matter for a
time, and it was proposed TO arrest the jok-
ers.
From statistics recently compiled 1t Is
claimed that the Missouri slope is more
healthy than the average of the territory.
Fourteen counties I'm the upper region had a
population by the census of l4,57l, and the
deaths for the year were only So, or SO in the
l.OU0, while the per cent. in the whole terri
tory was 4 in the loo. Some allowance
should be made for the fact that a great
proportion OF the population Is OF male
adults.
1t is generally hoped by the settlers along
the line of the Northern Pacific railroad in
Dakota that its millions of Dakota lands will
not pass into the hands OF the great syndiC are
reported as negotiating for them. as IL is pre-
sumed that in that event they will not be sold
to small farmers and MI up the country.
There quite enough bonanza farms along
that road already for the good of the country
Such incidents as that related by J. II
Wishek are not probable except in a few OF
the newer counties. He starred horseback al
night to make remote pointin the county oi
Mcintosh I'm the Missouri valley, was lost on
/ N..l.s
his horse with a losded pistol all night TO de
| fend himself from pack OF wolves. In the
morning he found he was but II few hundred
yards from the house he was seeking.
A meeting was held at Plankinton. Monday
| 10 take action TO secure the crossing OF the
Duluth, Huron g. Denver railroad. a portion
of which II is regarded as pret certain vii
| be built this year. There Is some collision
of local interests in regard to the route The
president of the road is credited with the
/ statement that the route Oy WOo1s0ck e. and
PIankinton can be built 100000 cheaper
than By the Huron route.
The Mandan Pioneer states that Thomas
/ Potts, who sued Jennie Porter, the capriclou:
maid who Tilted him, 10 recover the money hs
| had advanced for her wedding outfit, has Sc
| cured a Judgment against her, but knows OF
no way to collect it unless he can persuade
her to marry him.
A lady East had seen so much in the paper,
!
| climate in developing human anatomy that il
sending her brother AT Fargo birthday pres
ent last week she put in pair OF pants tha
could only be filed by athree-hundred-pounS
| citizen.
Some of the farmers in Aurora county ar,
reported demanding the return of none,
| paid as taxes on their land, claiming tha
| under the decision OF Commissioner Spark
they are not taxable until patents are Issued
| They are not likely TO get their money back
A child was borr in a township in AcIntosl
county recently, and the school board at ono
| voted to issue bonds 10 build three schou
houses in the township. They will be neede,
In time as several parties from the count,
have gone East TO secure wives.
II is now alleged in the South that Judg
Moody is not the right material for senator
he is said TO have been noted for shirking Il
war, and is the unscrupulous attorney for
bloated monopoly in the Black Hills, but be 1
not much of a senator.
The first dividend was paid last week to III
stockholders of the Iron Hill mine aud
noticeable fact in regard TO it was that Il wa
the first dividend ever paid on a mine In III
Hills owned and operated by residents O
Dakota exclusively.
Gov. Ziebach defines the position of Hon
NJ II. Day as in favor OF division on thl
46th parallel. but opposed TO the stat
machine gotten up at Sioux Falls. and tn