St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-14

were some kinks in the agricultural
season earlier, but they have all been
taken out, and harvest will he but little
later than usual, and all sorts of pro-
auctions A No. l. AT times, with a
microscope, the growth of vegetation
can be seen-by the genuine rustler.
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The candidate for the council sup
ported by the Fargo Argus, and, per-
haps the small sunset paper that has
co-operated with it, in his platform
makes the surprising statement that out
of the Seyenty-fve attorneys of CaSS
county not more than twenty-five pay any
taxes, and the legislature should change
the revenue laws so that they will have
to pay license. If they are unable to
acquire any property to be taxed, how
can they pay high license? That can
didate evidently doesn't expect the
support of attorneys.
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Judge PALMER evidently doesn't lie
down, if he was floored in his own
county by the Smoked Yank. He has
been making captivating speeches in
the central and northern sections, and is
evidently gaining Oh his tOwnsman, but
the two will more likely kill off each
other.
The retiring judge in the Sixth dis
trict, W. H. FRANCIS, is a man with
miscellaneous features, both on and off
the bench. He has occasionally filled
a pulpit and delivered pungent adj
dresses. His judicial career will leave
a fund of incident and anecdote for at
torneys to be merry o yer for many years
to come. Conceding his honesty and
disposition to balance the equities pretty
fairly, on the average, still his exit from
the bench will afford very general and
lively qualification in the district. One
of his latest terms of court was in Barnes.
lie was very DESTROYS that the grand jury
should bring in indictments for blind
pigs. and when they were obdurate he
gave them large piece of his mind and
was ordered, and, although composed of
representative citizens, it refused to
comply with the wishes of the bench.
This was one of the FRANCIS peculiar
ities-effort to run the juries as we'll as
the bench. Mr.. ROSE. who succeeds
him, is an entirely different kind of a
man. 1t is believed he will make very
popular and efficient judge.
The last legislature passed law as
sessing the insurance companies per
cent of the premiums on the business in
the towns, to go to the fire department
of said towns. In many of them this
amounted to neat sum. Fargo gets
the most, 81, 1871, and is the only city
that reaches 500. Sioux Falls, which
claims the largest population, gets only
S549. 90, showing the singular fact that the
property there carries less than half the
insurance it does at Fargo. Probably
the use of stone for building purposes
will account for this partially, and they
have escaped with smaller losses by
fire. The sum in all the towns will help
materially to sustain the fire depart
ment. But probably the property hold
ers have higher rates of premium to
pay on their insurance Oh account of
the tax.
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SMITH. of the Lidgerwood Broadaxe,
formerly of the Abercrombie Scout, and
earlier connected with several papers
in Southern Illinois, is one of the char
acters of the craft. He illustrates his
paper by the aid of a jacknife. 1t is
related of him that at the recent tourna-
ment at Grafton he walked up to Gov.
CHURCH and said: "My name is
SMITH, of the Lidgerwood Broadaxe.
You are glad to meet me and am hon
ored by this shake. Have a cigar, gov
ernor." Before the governor could re-
spond gracefully the Lidgerwood editor
had vanished in the crowd.
The premium list has just issued
of the territorial fair to be held at Mitch
ell September 24-2S. This is the
fourth annual exposition in the south,
and promises to be even better than
either of the preceding ones. With the
big crops this. season, and the varied
productions of the south, and the rapid
increase of fine animals, the fair ought
to be inferior to none in the neighbor-
ing states.
The Grand Forks Plaindealer does not
seem at all diSQuieted over the bowling
of the tariff and monopoly sheets of its
party over its heresies and the efforts to
drive it out of the party. There is no
ing arguments in favor of tariff reform,
but its loyalty to the Republican party
is assailed. This is evidently a matter
of small moment to the Plaindealer. 1t
goes on showing the people how they
are plundered under the protective syS-
tenn. For instance, on sugar and mo-
lasses the people pay tax of 81 head,
or half million dollars for Dakota
500, 900 for Grand Forks county alone.
1t adds: 1.-The tax is unnecessary, I'M
just, productive of no good, unconsti-
tutional in its results and burdensome to
the people,
If Grand Forks was unable to secure
the territorial militia among the attrac-
tions for the North Dakota fair, it has
the promise of the &. A. r. Col. BURKE.
the gallant and suave inspector at
Fargo, is to order all the posts under
his command to convene at the Forks
for inspection and hold an encampment.
1t will be one of the drawing features.
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The Black Hills papers report Hon.
NJ. Fl. DAY celebrating the 4th by
dropping for the first time twenty
stamps on 81 ore. He now mills 100 tons
daily. This is more profitable than pol
itics, and Mr.. DAY says that in future
he will be known as miner, without
even tendency toward politics. His
friends will rejoice to see him get bar